title: 2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy
text: # 2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy
  
  The 2014 Women's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Wellington, New Zealand between December 8 and 13, 2014.
  
  The competition participants were defending champions Australia, host New Zealand, regulars Vanuatu and Cook Islands. New to the championship were America Samoa, New Caledonia, and Samoa.
  
  Hosts New Zealand were the winner upsetting Australia in the final and going through undefeated. Third was New Caledonia over Vanuatu. Fifth was Cook Islands, then Samoa and America Samoa.
  
  ## Women's results
  
  ### Pool A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 12 | +35 | 4 |
  | Vanuatu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 2 |
  | American Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 42 | −24 | 0 |
  | 8 December 2014 | New Zealand | 27 – 6 | American Samoa | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | 9 December 2014 | New Zealand | 20 – 6 | Vanuatu | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | 10 December 2014 | American Samoa | 12 – 15 | Vanuatu | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  
  ### Pool B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 6 |
  | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 52 | +24 | 4 |
  | Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 2 |
  | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 83 | −48 | 0 |
  | 8 December 2014 | New Caledonia | 16 – 21 | Australia | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | Samoa | 10 – 30 | Cook Islands | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | 9 December 2014 | Australia | 23 – 12 | Cook Islands | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | New Caledonia | 31 – 14 | Samoa | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | 10 December 2014 | Australia | 22 – 11 | Samoa | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | New Caledonia | 29 – 17 | Cook Islands | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  
  ### 5th to 7th place
  
  Each team to play each other once. Round robin rounds and additional games to finalize positions.
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cook Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 4 |
  | Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 2 |
  | American Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 0 |
  | 8 December 2014 | Samoa | 10 – 30 | Cook Islands | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | 12 December 2014 | Cook Islands | 35 – 16 | American Samoa | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | 13 December 2014 | Samoa | 10 – 0 (forfeit) | American Samoa | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  
  ### Semi finals
  
  | 12 December 2014 | New Caledonia | 11 – 13 | New Zealand | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Vanuatu | 11 – 28 | Australia | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  
  ### Third place game
  
  | 13 December 2014 | Vanuatu | 12 – 30 | New Caledonia | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Final
  
  | 13 December 2014 | New Zealand | 11 – 7 | Australia | ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand Referees: Robert Ridley, Richard Ridley (AUS) |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ## Rankings
  
  Classification :
  
  | | New Zealand |
  | - | - |
  | | Australia |
  | | New Caledonia |
  | 4 | Vanuatu |
  | 5 | Cook Islands |
  | 6 | Samoa |
  | 7 | American Samoa |
  