2016 Australian National Handball Championship season

The Australian National Handball Championship consists of four different tournaments across various age groups including a Junior Section, Schools Tournament and Australian University games. In 2016, the Championship ran from August 31 to October 9th.

The Junior Section (first tournament) ran from July 29 to July 31, and was held at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast in Queensland over the weekend of July 29th–31st. Teams from New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and Wellington, New Zealand[1][2][3] all took part in the tournament.

The School's Tournament (second tournament) was held in Canberra and ran from August 31 to September 2.[4] This was the first Schools Tournament held since the late 1980's. Turramurra High School won both the girls and boys tournament. Other schools competing included Narrabundah College, Canberra Combined Schools and Cheltenham Secondary College.[5] This tournament replaced the Youth Nationals.

The Australian University Games (third tournament) were held in Perth, Western Australia. Division One was won by Deakin University beating Queensland University of Technology. University of Technology Sydney took bronze medal.[6] In Division Two, Griffith University beat University of Canberra. Flinders University took the bronze medal.[7]

The fourth tournament is the Senior Tournament, which was held in Sydney from 6th – 9th October 2016.[8][9] The winners of the Men's section were South Australia who defeated host's New South Wales.The winners of the women's section were Victoria who defeated Queensland.[10][11]

Senior Indoor results

Men

Final

9 October 2016
13:30		 New South Wales 23–26 South Australia Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens

3rd/4th play-off

9 October 2016
10:30		 Victoria 27–20 Western Australia Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens

5th/6th play-off

9 October 2016
09:00		 Australian Capital Territory 26–23 Queensland Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens

Women

Final

9 October 2016
12:00		 Victoria 19–18 Queensland Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens

3rd/4th play-off

9 October 2016
09:00		 New South Wales 23–28 South Australia Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens

5th/6th play-off

9 October 2016
10:30		 Australian Capital Territory 12–20 New Zealand Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope Gardens

Junior Indoor Results

Under 21 Men's

Final

31 July 2016
4:00pm		 Queensland 26–23 Wellington (NZ) Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre

Under 21 Women's

Final

31 July 2016 Queensland 17–8 Australian Capital Territory Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre

Under 18 Boys

31 July 2016 New South Wales 28–17 Wellington (NZ) Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre

Under 18 Girls

31 July 2016 Wellington (NZ) 27–15 New South Wales Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre

Schools Championship

Boys

2 September 2016 Turramurra High School 25–13 Narrabundah College Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra

Girls

2 September 2016 Turramurra High School 9–8 Narrabundah College Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra

University Games

Mixed Division 1

Gold Medal playoff

30 September 2016 Deakin University 27–24 Queensland University of Technology John XXIII College, Mount Claremont

Bronze Medal playoff

30 September 2016 University of Technology Sydney 41–31 University of Adelaide John XXIII College, Mount Claremont

Final ranking

1st, gold medalist(s)Deakin University
2nd, silver medalist(s)Queensland University of Technology
3rd, bronze medalist(s)University of Technology Sydney
4Australian College of Physical Education
5University of Adelaide
6Monash University
7Sydney University
8University of New South Wales

Mixed Division 2

Gold Medal playoff

30 September 2016 Griffith University 37–28 University of Canberra John XXIII College, Mount Claremont

Bronze Medal playoff

30 September 2016 Flinders University 26–22 University of Wollongong John XXIII College, Mount Claremont

Final ranking

1st, gold medalist(s)Griffith University
2nd, silver medalist(s)University of Canberra
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Flinders University
4University of Wollongong
5Western Sydney University
6University of Notre Dame Australia
7University of Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Congratulations | Wellington Vikings Handball Club". Vikingshc.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  2. ↑ "National Junior Championships". Handball Australia. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  3. ↑ "August – NSW Juniors perform well at Australian Champs « NSW Handball". Nswhandball.com.au. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Turramurra High School takes out the inaugural Australian Schools Championships". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  6. ↑ "2016 AUG Handball - Mixed Div 1". Results.unisport.fusesport.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  7. ↑ "2016 AUG Handball - Mixed Div 2". Results.unisport.fusesport.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Google Calendar". Calendar.google.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  9. ↑ "October – 2016 Australian Senior nationals Oct 6-9 in Sydney « NSW Handball". Nswhandball.com.au. 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Stage set for thrilling finals day at 2016 HA Nationals". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  11. ↑ "Victoria and South Australia claim gold in dramatic finals". Handball Australia. Retrieved 2016-12-01.

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