2016 Women's Oceania Handball Championship

2016 Women's Oceania Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates5–6 October
Teams2 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Australia (7th title)
Runner-up New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored78 (39 per match)

The 2016 Women's Oceania Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, held on 5 and 6 October at Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens, Sydney, Australia.

Australia and New Zealand played in a two-legged game against each other, the aggregate winner would be the Oceania Champion.[1][2] Australia won the two-game series.[3] The next step in the qualification process for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship was the Asian Championships in Korea in March 2017.

Results

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  57–21  New Zealand 26–12 31–9

All times are local (UTC+10).

Game 1

5 October 2016
17:00 		Australia  26–12  New Zealand Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens
(14–5)

Game 2

6 October 2016
12:30 		Australia  31–9  New Zealand Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens
(15–4)

References

  1. ^ http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/content/australian-women-take-new-zealand-oceania-qualifiers Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Australian Women to take on New Zealand in Oceania qualifiers. Handball Australia. 2 October 2016
  2. ^ http://www.nswhandball.com.au/latest/october-aus-women-to-play-nz-for-oceania-title-in-sydney/ Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine OCTOBER – AUS WOMEN TO PLAY NZ FOR OCEANIA TITLE IN SYDNEY. NSW Handball. 2 October 2016
  3. ^ http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/content/australia-claim-seventh-straight-oceania-title Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Australia claim seventh straight Oceania title. Handball Australia. 8 October 2016