1997 Women's Oceania Handball Championship

1997 Women's Oceania Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–23 March
Teams	2 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runner-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	70 (35 per match)
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The 1997 Oceania Women's Handball Championship was the first edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, which took place in Melbourne, Australia from 22 to 23 March 1997. Entered nations were Australia, Vanuatu and New Zealand, but Vanuatu did not compete.^[1] Australia won the right to play Slovenia for a spot in the World Cup.

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia (H)	2	2	0	48	22	+26	4
New Zealand	2	0	2	22	48	−26	0
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local (UTC+10).

22 March 1997 20:10	Australia	27–11	New Zealand
		(14–5)

23 March 1997 11:35	New Zealand	11–22	Australia
		(9–11)

References

^ "Women Handball Oceania 1997 Melbourne (AUS) 22–23.03 – Winner Australia". Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)