The 2016 Oceania Beach Handball Championship was held at Coolangatta Beach, Queensland, Australia between February 24 and 28, 2016.[1][2][3][4][5] There were two divisions, men's and women's with only Australia and New Zealand entering.
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In the men's draw, defending champions Australia were pushed all the way by New Zealand winning in the end two sets to one.[6] In the women's draw, Australia were also the defending champions and won two sets to nill. Both Australian team qualify for the 2016 Beach Handball World Championships in Hungary.[7]
Results
editMen's division
editTeam 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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26 February 2016 | ||
Australia | 1-2 | New Zealand |
27 February 2016 | ||
Australia | 2-1 | New Zealand |
Australia | 2-0 | New Zealand |
Women's division
editTeam 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
26 February 2016 | ||
Australia | 2-0 |
New Zealand |
27 February 2016 | ||
Australia | 2-0 | New Zealand |
References
edit- ^ http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/tags/beach-handball Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Australia and New Zealand to play for Oceania Beach Handball titles. Handball Australia. Wed, 27 January 2016
- ^ http://heyevent.com/event/5yka3zhq5hhiea/beach-handball-championships-coolangatta Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Beach Handball Championships Coolangatta. HeyEvent.com. Thursday, 25 February
- ^ http://104.131.122.36/en/2016-australian-beach-handball-championships/3479008 Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championship. Nizzino.com. Thursday, 25. February 2016
- ^ https://allevents.in/coolangatta,%20qld/2016-australian-beach-handball-championships/1061442453874753 Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championships. Allevents.in. Thu Feb 25 2016
- ^ http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Ryan-Roselli-2016-Australian-Beach-Handball-Championships Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine 2016 Australian Beach Handball Championships. WherEvent. 25 Feb, 2016
- ^ http://handball.org.nz/wp/?p=1435#more-1435 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine NZ BEACH MEN’S TEAM WINS FIRST OF TWO AT OCEANIA BEACH CHAMPS. Handball NZ. FEBRUARY 26, 2016
- ^ http://ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=3126 [1] Australia qualify for 2016 Beach Handball World Championships. International Handball Federation. 2/29/2016