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 38 titles the college has also the most continues titles with 16 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]
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
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [64]

West Point Black 31-30 Ohio State University University of North Carolina 31-25 Air Force Academy 10
2023
Tiffin University, Tiffin [65] 		West Point Black 34-29 University of North Carolina Ohio State Scarlet 40-26 Air Force Academy 12
2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [66] 		West Point Black University of North Carolina West Point Gold Air Force Academy 5

Division 2

YearFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [66] 		University of Pittsburgh James Madison University San Jose State University OSU Gray 10

Medal count

RankCollegeGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Point 3812252
2 University of North Carolina 391022
3 Air Force Academy 331016
4 Willamette University 2002
5 University of Southern California 1012
6 Adelphi University 1001
7 Ohio State University 0213
8 University of Virginia 0202
9 UCLA 0112
10 Middle Georgia State University 0022
11 Georgia State University 0011
Totals (11 entries)482928105

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