USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division

Last updated
Men's College Nationals
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Month playedMarch – April
Established1996
Format Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Teams4 – 13
Current champion
Army West Point logo.svg West Point

The Men'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 Men's National was claimed as College champion 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 34 titles the college has also the most continues titles with 13 from 2009 until now.

Results

YearFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
1970
1971
1972 Adelphi University [2]
1973
1974 [3] [4]
Monmouth University, New Jersey
Willamette University 15-10 Ohio State
1975 [5] [6] [7]
Ohio State University, Ohio
Willamette University [8] [9] 18-11 UCLA [10] 9
OSU A, OSU B, LHU
1976 [11] [12]
Ohio State University, Ohio
West Point [1] Air Force Academy [13] UCLA OSU 4
1977 [14]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Air Force Academy [15] OSU, West Point, UCLA
1978 [16]
Hofstra University, New York
Air Force Academy [17] OSU, West Point, Gettysburg College, A&M
1979 [18]
Colorado Springs, Colorado
West Point [1] University of Southern California [19] UCLA 7th + none College: Chi-Town Club, North West All Stars
1980 [20]
Colorado Springs, Colorado
West Point [1] 16-14 Air Force Academy University of Southern California [21] OSU + none College: West Coast All-stars, New Jersey Jets
1981 West Point [1]
1982
Colorado Springs, Colorado
West Point [1]
1983 [22]
Washington, D.C.
University of Southern California [23] total 12 teams with no College
OSU
1984
California State University, Fullerton [24]
1985 West Point [1] [25]
1986 [26]
Ohio State University, Ohio
West Point [1] [25] OSU, Air Force
1987 West Point [1] [25] [27]
1988 West Point [25] University of North Carolina [25]
1989 West Point [1] [25] University of North Carolina [28] [29]
1990 West Point [1] [30]
1991 [31]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
West Point [1] University of North Carolina [28] 17-16 Ohio State University
1992 [28]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West Point [1] 11
UNC 8th [29]
1993 [32]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West Point [1] OSU, UNC [29]
1994 UNC [29]
1995 West Point [33] UNC [29]
↓ College Nationals ↓
1996 West Point [1] [34] UNC [29]
1997 West Point Black [1] 25-16 [35] West Point Gold UNC [29]
1998 [36]
Columbia
West Point [1] University of North Carolina [29] PC
1999 [1]
Emory University, Atlanta
West Point 20-13 University of North Carolina [29] Air Force Academy [13]
2000 [37] [38] [1]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Point Black 28-11 Air Force Academy [13] University of North Carolina [29] Georgia Southern University 11
2001 [39] [1]
Atlanta
West Point Black 26-15 University of North Carolina [29] Middle Georgia State University West Point Gold 9
2002 [1] [40]
Furman University, Greenville
Air Force Academy [13] West Point Black Middle Georgia State University University of North Carolina 11
2003 [1] [41]
Furman University, Greenville
West Point Black 20-19 West Point Gold University of North Carolina [29] 21-17 University of Alabama 9
2004 [42] [43]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina [29] 21-17 West Point Black Air Force Academy [13] 29-13 Tar Heel 9
2005 [44]
Columbia
University of North Carolina [29] 16-13 West Point Georgia State University Benedict College 7
2006 [45] University of North Carolina West Point Black Air Force Academy [13] West Point Gold 7
2007 [1] [46] West Point Black 20-15 University of North Carolina Air Force Academy B [13] 34-24 Air Force Academy A 5
2008 [1] [47] [48]
United States Military Academy, West Point
West Point Black 24-21 University of North Carolina Air Force Academy [13] West Point Gold
2009 [1] [49]
United States Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, Colorado
West Point Black 38-26 University of North Carolina Air Force Academy [13] West Point Gold
2010 [1] [50] [51]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
West Point Black 30-25 West Point Gold University of North Carolina 34-14 Texas A&M University 7
2011 [1] [52]
United States Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, Colorado
West Point Black 40-28 West Point Gold University of North Carolina 26-25 Air Force Academy A 6
2012 [1] [53]
Richmond, Virginia
West Point Black 29-27 (OT) West Point Gold University of North Carolina 32-12 Texas A&M University Merchant Marine Academy 5th
?
2013 [1] [54] [55]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Point Black 34-19 West Point Gold University of North Carolina Tar Heels (UNC) 9 [56]
2014 [57] [58] [59]
Auburn University, Auburn
West Point Black 23-14 University of North Carolina Air Force Academy 29-15 Clemson University 11
2015 [60] [61]
Auburn University, Auburn
West Point Black 35-32 West Point Gold University of North Carolina 20-13 Texas A&M University 12
2016 [62]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Point Black 29-17 West Point Gold Air Force Academy 28-22 University of North Carolina 13
2017
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Point Black 31-25 University of Virginia Air Force Academy 29-22 Auburn University 11
2018
United States Military Academy, West Point
West Point Black 26-25 University of Virginia West Point Gold Air Force Academy 9
2019
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Point Black 29-24 University of North Carolina Air Force Academy 34-32 Texas A&M University 7
2020
Ohio State University, Ohio [63]
Cancelled due to COVID-19Cancelled due to COVID-19

Medal count

RankCollegeGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Point 3512148
2 University of North Carolina 37818
3 Air Force Academy 331016
4 Willamette University 2002
5 University of Southern California 1012
6 University of Virginia 0202
7 UCLA 0112
8 Ohio State University 0101
9 Middle Georgia State University 0022
10 Georgia State University 0011
Totals (10 colleges)44262494

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