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Teams from six nations to fight for IHF Trophy Oceania

02 Dec. 2022

Six youth and five junior teams are ready to participate in the IHF Trophy Oceania, which will be held between 5 and 9 December 2022 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Australia, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tahiti, and Tonga will fight for the title in the youth (U18) category, and the same nations except Tahiti will play in the junior (U20) tournament. Both events will be held in a round-robin format at Telecom Sports Arena.

The winners of both competitions will qualify for the Intercontinental Phase of the IHF Trophy. Besides, the tournaments will serve as the qualification events for the 2023 IHF Men's Youth World Championship, which will take place in Croatia, and the 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship, to be held in Germany and Greece.

The games will be streamed here.

Match schedule

All times local

Youth (U18) competition

5 December

10:00 Australia vs New Zealand
14:00 New Caledonia vs Tahiti
16:00 Cook Islands vs Tonga

6 December

10:00 Tahiti vs Australia
14:00 Tonga vs New Caledonia
16:00 New Zealand vs Cook Islands

7 December

10:00 Australia vs Tonga
14:00 New Zealand vs Tahiti
16:00 Cook Islands vs New Zealand

8 December

10:00 Tonga vs New Zealand
14:00 New Caledonia vs Australia
16:00 Cook Islands vs Tahiti

9 December

12:00 New Zealand vs New Caledonia
14:00 Tahiti vs Tonga
16:00 Australia vs Cook Islands

Junior (U20) competition