The 2018 Men's

Oceania Youth Handball Championship The Oceania Youth Handball Championship is an Under 19 for Boys and Under 18 for Girls handball tournament organised by the Oceania Continent Handball Federation. The winners of these competition qualify for the IHF Men's Youth World Championship an ...

is to be held at the L'Arene du Sud,

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between 10 - 15 June 2018. This is the first championship since 2011. The competition participants were defending champions

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, hosts

and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. New Zealand successfully defended their title, beating out New Caledonia for first place. Third was Australia followed by Fiji, Papua New Guinea and The Cook Islands.Australia and New Zealand take continental honours. International Handball Federation webpage. Retrieved 20.6.2018
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Results

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Rankings

References

La Nouvelle-Zélande domine les Cagous chez les U18 La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)

https://www.lnc.nc/article/sports/aux-oceania-les-cagous-aurontla-revanche-dans-la-peau La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)

Faire le lien entre l’ancienne et la nouvelle génération La Nouvelles Calledoniennes (French)

Critical for the development of handball in our region. IHF webpage. 26 June 2018.

Strong Hornsby contingent in Australian Youth team contesting for Oceania Challenge Trophy. Hornsby Advocate. June 12, 2018

The Arc News. University of New South Wales web page. Retrieved 26 Dec 2019
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