| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Month played | March - April |
| Established | 1996 |
| Format | Round Robin, Knockout Stage |
| Current champion | |
Men's: West Point Black Women's: West Point Black | |
The USA Team Handball College National Championships is a team handball tournament to determine the Men's and Women's College National Champion from the United States.
The best college team from the Nationals was recognized as College champion until 1996. After the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta the College Nationals were founded. [1]
Record champion is by both gender West Point (Army) they have a total of 60 titles.
Record champion is the West Point with, at minimum, 37 titles. The college has also the most continuous titles with fifteen from 2007 until now.
Record champion is the West Point with, at minimum, 23 titles. The college has also the most continuous titles with seven from 2012 until 2017.
Men's Medal count
| Women's Medal count
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| Rank | College | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Point | 60 | 19 | 10 | 89 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina | 7 | 18 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Air Force Academy | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kansas State University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willamette University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania State University | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| University of Southern California | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Adelphi University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| California State University, Fullerton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cortland State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Furman University | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | University of Virginia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | UCLA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Benedict College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lander University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Middle Georgia State University | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Georgia State University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 84 | 53 | 45 | 182 | |
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