USA Team Handball College Nationals – Women's Division

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Women's College Nationals
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Month playedMarch–April
Established1975 (as Nationals)
1996 (as College Nationals)
Format Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Current champion
Army West Point logo.svg West Point

The Women's College National is a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from the US.

Contents

History

The best college team from the Women's National was claimed as collegiate champion from 1975 until 1996. After the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta the College Nationals were founded. [1]

Record champion is the West Point with at minimum 24 titles. The college has also the most continuous titles with six from 2012 through 2017.

Results

YearFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
First tournament:1975 [2] [3]
Ohio State University, Ohio 		Kansas State University Championship serie: 3-1-0
(8-8), (5-4), (10-8), (9-8)		 Ohio State University ———2
1976 [4] [5] [6]
Ohio State University, Ohio 		Kansas State University Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Ohio State University ——3 + 1 none College: East Coast HC
1977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1978 [7]
Hofstra University, New York 		Ohio State University West Point ———2 + 3 none College:
New York THC, Miller Port HC & a country mixed team
1979
1980 [8]
Colorado Springs, Colorado 		West Point [1] 11-10 Air Force Academy
1981
1982
Colorado Springs, Colorado [1] 		West Point [9]
1983 [10]
Washington, D.C.
1984
1985 California State University, Fullerton [11]
1986 [12]
Ohio State University, Ohio
1987 University of Minnesota [13]
1988 Air Force Academy [14]
1989 West Point [15]
1990 West Point [15] [16]
1991 West Point [15]
1992 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
[17]
1993 [18]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994
1995
↓ College Nationals ↓
1996 West Point [15] [19]
1997 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 22-12 [20] West Point Black
1998
1999
Emory University, Atlanta [1] 		West Point
2000 [21] [22]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 		West Point Black Furman University West Point Gold ——3
2001 [23]
Atlanta 		West Point Gold Lander University Middle Georgia State University ——3
2002 [24]
Furman University, Greenville 		West Point Black University of North Carolina West Point Gold ——3
2003 [25]
Furman University, Greenville 		West Point Black 11-10 Furman University Virginia Commonwealth University 10-3 University of North Carolina 5
2004 [26] [27]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 		University of North Carolina 10-6 Furman University West Point Gold 26-7 Benedict College 5 + 1 none College
2005 [28]
Columbia 		West Point +1 Goal Benedict College Furman University University of North Carolina 4
2006 [29] West Point Black University of North Carolina West Point Gold Benedict College 5
2007 West Point Black
2008 [30] [31]
United States Military Academy, West Point 		Cortland State 12-11 University of North Carolina Furman University West Point Black
2009 [32] [33]
Weinstein Center, University of Richmond 		University of North Carolina 8-6 West Point USA College Select Team——3, one retirement
2010 [34] [35]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		University of North Carolina 15-12 West Point Black West Point Gold 9-7 Tar Heels 4
2011 [36]
United States Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, Colorado 		University of North Carolina +1 Goals West Point Black Dynamo HC 31-11 West Point Gold 4
2012 [37] [38]
Richmond, Virginia 		West Point Black 14-13 University of North Carolina West Point Gold Boston HC Ocean City High School 5th
5
2013 [39]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [40] 		West Point Black [41]
2014 [42] [43] [44]
Auburn University, Auburn 		West Point Black 19-4 University of North Carolina ———2
2015 [45] [46]
Auburn University, Auburn 		West Point Black 18-4 University of North Carolina West Point Gold ——3 + USA Women's Residency
2016 [39] [47]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 		West Point Black 21-13 University of North Carolina West Point Gold ——3 + a mix team
2017 [48]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 		West Point Black 15-12 University of North Carolina West Point Gold min. 3
2018
United States Military Academy, West Point 		Pennsylvania State University 10-9 West Point Black University of North Carolina West Point Gold 4
2019
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 		West Point Black 19-14 University of North Carolina Pennsylvania State University 15-9 West Point Gold 4
2020
Ohio State University, Ohio [49] 		Cancelled due to COVID-19Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [50] 		West Point Black 16-15 West Point Gold University of North Carolina 17-16 Ohio State University 4
2023
Tiffin University, Tiffin [51] 		West Point Black 34-29 University of North Carolina Ohio State University 18-12 West Point Gold 4
2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [52] 		West Point Black University of North Carolina West Point Gold Ohio State University 5

Medal count

RankCollegeGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Point 2471041
2 University of North Carolina 411217
3 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 2103
4 Kansas State University 2002
5 Ohio State University 1124
6 United States Air Force Academy 1102
7 Pennsylvania State University 1012
8 California State University, Fullerton 1001
Cortland State 1001
University of Minnesota 1001
11 Furman University 0325
12 Benedict College 0101
Lander University 0101
14 Middle Georgia State University 0011
Virginia Commonwealth University 0011
Totals (15 entries)38261983

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