Games and Rings
  • A Blog for Olympic Sports Fans

March 11:  Oceania Wrestling Championships

2/28/2016

 
Picture
What: The Oceania Championship 2016

Where: Hamilton, New Zealand

When: March 11 - 12, 2016

More: Junior, Cadet, and Senior-level events to be held across men's and women's freestyle and men's greco-roman.

Fun Fact: Beach wrestling events will be held as well.

​Official: https://unitedworldwrestling.org

October 17:  Oceania Cup (Field Hockey)

10/1/2015

 
Picture
What: The Oceania Cup 

Where: Starford, New Zealand

When: October 17 - 25, 2015

Competing: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa (men and women)

More: The continental championship has been held every two years since 1999, with Australia winning every men's title to-date.

Fun Fact: If New Zealand upsets Australia and wins the men's competition, they will qualify for the Olympics. On the women's side, both New Zealand and Australia have already earned Rio berths.

Official: http://hockeynz.co.nz/Events

August 15: Oceania Basketball Championships

7/29/2015

 
Picture
What: The FIBA Oceania Men and Women Championships

Where: Melbourne, Australia, Tauranga & Wellington, New Zealand (see logo)

When: August 15 - 18, 2015


Competing: Australia and New Zealand

More: Both the men and the women are playing a home-and-away two game format; the winner of each series by point differential earns the Oceania qualification to Rio 2016. The other moves on to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament next year.

Fun Fact: Australia has always won the women's competition in its 17 years; while New Zealand has won the men's three times since 1971, most recently in 2009. The last time a third team entered was Fji, in the 2007 women's competition.

Official: http://www.fiba.com/oceania/2015

    About This Page

    Tracking the calendar of key international Olympic sport events (World, Continental and Regional Championships, World Cups, etc.) throughout the year. 
    *(Am I missing something you think should be here? Send me a comment in the 'About' page!)

    Tweets by @GamesandRings

    Favorite Sites

    The IOC
    Team USA
    Around the Rings
    Inside the Games
    GamesBids.com
    NBC Olympics
    Olympic Historian Society
    Rio 2016
    Pyeongchang 2018
    Tokyo 2020

    Categories

    All
    African Championships
    Alpine Skiing
    Archery
    Asian Championships
    Athletics
    Badminton
    Basketball
    Beach Volleyball
    Biathlon
    Bobsled
    Boxing
    Canoeing
    Continental Championships
    Cricket
    Cross Country Racing
    Cross-country Skiing
    Curling
    Cycling
    Equestrian
    European Championships
    Fencing
    Field Hockey
    Figure Skating
    Football
    Freestyle Skiing
    Grand Slam
    Gymnastics
    Ice Hockey
    Judo
    Kayaking
    Luge
    Marathon
    Modern Pentathlon
    Mountain Biking
    Multi Sport
    Multi-sport
    Multi-sport
    Nordic Combined
    Nordic Skiing
    Oceania Championships
    Olympic Qualification
    Olympics
    One-day Event
    Regional Championships
    Rowing
    Rugby
    Sailing
    Shooting
    Short Track
    Skeleton
    Ski Jumping
    Snowboard
    Soccer
    Softball
    South American Championships
    Speed Skating
    Squash
    Summer Olympics
    Swimming
    Table Tennis
    Taekwondo
    Team Handball
    Tennis
    Track & Field
    Triathlon
    Volleyball
    Water Polo
    Weightlifting
    Winter Sports
    World Championships
    World Cup
    Wrestling
    Youth
    Youth Olympic Games

    Archives

    August 2014

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly