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 and IHF Women's Youth World Championship respectively.

There have only been two tournaments held. In 2007 Australia won and they proceeded to the 2007 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Bahrain finishing 16th (last). The other was won by New Zealand in April 2011.^[1]^[2] They proceeded to the 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Argentina finishing 20th (last).^[3] The Cook Islands represented Oceania 2010 World Youth Games in Singapore finishing 6th (last). Both New Zealand and Australia did not take up their option.^[4]

There has not been a women's tournament as yet, but Australia did represent Oceania in the 2010 World Youth Games in Singapore.^[5]

Champions

Year	Venue	Final
Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2007	Unknown	Australia	Unknown	New Zealand	only 2 teams
2011	Cook Islands	New Zealand	Unknown	Australia	Cook Islands	only 3 teams
2016	Cook Islands	tournament to be played in December 2016

Year	Venue	Final
Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2016	Cook Islands	tournament to be played in December 2016

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

National youth handball teams of Oceania (OCHF)

Men	America Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tuvalu Vanuatu Federated States of Micronesia French Polynesia (Tahiti) Marshall Islands New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Wallis and Futuna

Women	America Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tuvalu Vanuatu Federated States of Micronesia French Polynesia (Tahiti) Marshall Islands New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Wallis and Futuna

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