Season | 1975-76 |
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Dates | 7 - 9. Mai 1976 |
Champion | Men's Open: Swim & Sport Club of Flanders Men's Collegiate: West Point Women's Open: East Coast HC Women's Collegiate: Kansas Merchants |
← 1975 1977 → All statistics correct as of 2018-05-19. |
The 1976 Nationals was the 11th Men's and second Women's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 1976 from the US. [1]
Men's Open ranking
| Men's Collegiate ranking
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Women's Open ranking
| Women's Collegiate ranking
Best ranked Collegiate teams in the Women's Open Division |
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Our team heard that there was a national championship in this sport, so we sent our varsity basketball team to the tournament, where we finished second.