Handball Australia hosts two separate national club championships. The first is a Beach Handball nationals competition and the second is the Australia Handball Club Championships featuring the state champions for Handball. The winner of the Handball Club Championships qualifies to represent Australia in the Oceania Handball Champions Cup.
The inaugural winner of the Handball Club Championships competition was New South Wales based Sydney Uni over Victorian based St Kilda HC.[1] The tournament was held at Sydney Olympic Park and featured teams from New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
The inaugural winners of the beach competition for men was won by the East Melbourne Spartans from Victoria. The women's and the mixed event was won by Tang from New South Wales.[2]
Champions
Men's Handball
Women's Handball
Men's Beach Handball
Women's Beach Handball
Mixed Beach
Year | Venue | Final | Third Place Match |
Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place |
2012 | St Kilda Beach | New South Wales | 2 legs 0 | Monash University (VIC) | unknown | unknown | unknown |
2013 | Maroubra Beach | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
2014 | Scarborough Beach | Tang (NSW) | 2 legs 0 | NT Harbourside (NT/NSW/ACT) | Monash (VIC) | 2 legs 1 | WA Vipers (WA) |
2015 | Glenelg Beach | Spinners | 2 legs 0 | S Betta (NSW) | Monash University (VIC) | unknown | Wildfire Tigersharks (SA) |
2016 | Coolangatta Beach | Maroubra Bluebottles (NSW) | 2 legs 0 | Harbourside (NSW) | unknown | unknown | unknown |
2017 | Glenelg Beach | Parrots (NZ/QLD) | unknown | Maroubra Bluebottles (NSW) | Made In France (VIC) | unknown | unknown |
Men's wheelchair
Year | Venue | Final | Third Place Match |
Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place |
2017 | Geelong, Victoria | Darebin City WHC (VIC) | unknown | Coconut WHC (VIC) | only two teams |
Handball League Australia
See main article - Handball League Australia
See also
- Australia portal
References
- ^ http://www.nswhandball.com.au/latest/march-sydney-uni-for-superglobe-oceania-qualifier/ NSWHF webpage. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014
- ^ http://www.nswhandball.com.au/latest/february-nsw-takes-2-national-beach-titles/ Beach report on NSWHF page. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014
- ^ "National Men's Club Championship: 2021". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "2022 Australian Handball Club Championships - Men". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Australia, Handball (2023-07-31). "University of Queensland make handball history". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "National Women's Club Championship: 2021". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "2022 Australian Handball Club Championships - Women". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Australia, Handball (2023-07-30). "Sydney Uni women take championship title". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
External links
- 2014 Indoor report AHF webpage. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014
- 2014 Beach results table. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014
- Beach Handball. The Daily Telegraph. 29 May, 2014.
- 2016 Beach titles. WHM Magazine pages 64-65.
- 2016 Australian Club Championship. AHF webpage.
- 2017 Australian Beach titles report. AHF webpage
- 2018 Australian Armed Services Handball. Navy Daily. 12 May 2018