2010 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy

Handball tournament held in Australia The 2010 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia between December 7 and 17, 2010. The competition participants were defending champions from 1998 and host Australia, and 1998 runners up New Zealand. New to the championship were Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Samoa. Vanuatu arrived late due to Visa problems and had to forfeit their first two games. Hosts Australia were the winners and undefeated all tournament beating New Zealand in the final. Third was Vanuatu over Cook Islands. Fifth was Samoa over Solomon Islands. Results Group results main WDL Q 2 n AUS AUS NZL NZL COK COK VAN VAN SAM SAM SOL SOL 5 0 0 168 62 4 0 1 169 72 3 0 2 87 97 2 0 3 77 87 1 0 4 73 122 0 0 5 43 177 green1 A A yellow1 B B blue1 C C complete 7 December 2010 13:30 AUS 10 – 0Forfeit VAN Ipswich, Australia 15:00 NZL 34 – 6 SAM 21 - 1 Ipswich, Australia 16:30 COK 22 – 8 SOL 12 - 4 Ipswich, Australia 8 December 2010 13:30 AUS 38 – 14 SAM 19 - 6 Ipswich, Australia 15:00 COK 10 – 0Forfeit VAN Ipswich, Australia 16:30 NZL 38 – 7 SOL 23 - 4 Ipswich, Australia 9 December 2010 13:30 SAM 18 – 8 SOL 11 - 2 Ipswich, Australia 15:00 AUS 38 – 14 COK 17 - 9 Ipswich, Australia 16:30 NZL 37 – 13 VAN 20 - 7 Ipswich, Australia 10 December 2010 13:30 SAM 15 – 20 COK 7 - 10 Ipswich, Australia 15:00 VAN 42 – 10 SOL 24 - 4 Ipswich, Australia 16:30 AUS 25 – 24 NZL 9 - 14 Ipswich, Australia 11 December 2010 13:30 NZL 36 – 21 COK 17 - 9 Ipswich, Australia 15:00 AUS 57 – 10 SOL 31 - 8 Ipswich, Australia 16:30 VAN 22 – 20 SAM 10 - 12 Ipswich, Australia Semi finals 12 December 2010 14:00 COK 20 – 33 NZL 11 - 16 Ipswich, Australia 16:00 VAN 25 – 44 AUS 14 - 22 Ipswich, Australia Fifth place game 17 December 2010 13:00 SAM 24 – 10 SOL 4 - 6 Ipswich, Australia Third place game #cc9966 17 December 2010 14:30 VAN 26 – 20 COK 14 - 14 Ipswich, Australia Final gold 17 December 2010 16:00 AUS 35 – 31 NZL 18 - 13 Ipswich, Australia Rankings Classification AUS NZL VAN 4 COK 5 SAM 6 SOL References Draw & Rankings on OCHF webpage Media watch on OCHF webpage Team messages on OCHF webpage Violi Calvert blog on OCHF webpage Men's 2010 results archive Men's 2010 report on NSWHF webpage Ipswich secures Oceania trophy. Ipswich Times, 2 Dec 2010. Category:Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy 2010 Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy Category:2010 in Australian sport