USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Open Division

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USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Open Division
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Month playedApril-May
Established1959
Format Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Current champion
Alberta Team Handball

The Men's Open National is a team handball tournament to determine the Open National Champion from the US. This is the second highest level of competition in the United States. Not qualified teams for the Men's Elite Division are allowed to play in this Division. Before the Men's Elite Division was established, the National Champion was crowned at the Open Division.

Contents

The 2020 US Club Nationals were cancelled due to COVID-19 and, hence, no champion was designated.


Results

Division I

YearFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
1959 3 × Elizabeth S.C. [1]
1963 one title [2]
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967 Elizabeth S.C. [1]
1968
1969
1970 [3] Rochester Sport Club
1971 [3] [4]
Newark State College 		Adelphi University 13-8 Army A Army B 13-11SSC Newark8
1972 [3] [5]
Livingston, New Jersey 		Adelphi University 21-16 [6] Third Army Team
1973 [3] [7] [8]
Fort Bragg, North Carolina 		Adelphi University Cornell University 5th, German Air Force, United States Army, Swim & Sport Club of New Jersey
1974 [3] [9] [10]
Monmouth University, New Jersey 		Adelphi University Jersey Jets Army team from Fort Bragg Willamette University [11] 10
OSU 6th
1975 [3] [12] [13]
Ohio State University, Ohio 		Northwest Suburban Chicago20-18 United States Army East Ridge5-2 vs. 4-1-2
Match record		 Willamette University [11]
1976 [3]
Ohio State University, Ohio 		Swim & Sport Club of Flanders [14] 22-21 Air Force Academy Northwest Suburban Chicago United States Army 10
1977 [15]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 		Chicago THC [16] Air Force Academy [17]
1978 [18]
Hofstra University, New York 		Air Force Academy [19]
1979 [20]
Colorado Springs, Colorado 		University of California, Los Angeles 18-17 United States Army West Point 3rd or 4th
1980
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1981 Jersey Jets [21]
1982
Colorado Springs, Colorado 		West Coast All-Stars [22]
1983
Washington, D.C.
1984
California State University, Fullerton [23] 		San Francisco CalHeat [24] 25-17Los Angeles Stars10
New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1]
1985 San Francisco CalHeat [25]
1986 [26]
Ohio State University, Ohio 		San Francisco CalHeatSushi Masters
1987 [26] Sushi Masters [27] San Francisco CalHeat New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1]
1988 [26] New York Athletic Club [28]
(Garden City) [* 1] 		Sushi MastersRangers
1989 [26] [29]
Adelphi University & Nassau Community College, New York 		New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] 		Los Angeles StarsSushi Masters
1990 [26] San Francisco CalHeat [30] Condors
(Ventura Condors) [* 2] 		Sushi Masters
1991 [26]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 		New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] 		Otra VezSwim & Sport Club of Flanders
1992 [26]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] [31] 		Swim & Sport Club of Flanders
1993 [26]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		New York Athletic Club II
(Garden City II) [* 1] 		Knight Magic New York Athletic Club I
(Garden City I) [* 1]
1994 [26] Condors
(Ventura Condors) [* 2] 		Sushi Masters New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1]
1995 [26] Sushi MastersColorado Stars New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1]
1996 [26] New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] 		Sushi MastersSan Francisco CalHeat
1997 [26] New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] 		Condors
(Ventura Condors) [* 2] 		Crachovia
1998 [26] Knight Magic New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] 		West Point
1999 [26] Condors
(Atlanta Condors) [* 2] 		New York Athletic Club
(Garden City) [* 1] 		Knight Air
↓ National Championship is new the Elite Division ↓
2000 [32]
Tampa, Florida 		New York City THCCondors
(Condor Old) [* 2] 		Swim & Sport Club of FlandersAtlanta THB-18
2001 [33]
Atlanta, Georgia 		USA Deaf West Point Black Swim & Sport Club of Flanders Carolina Blue 8
2002 [34]
Nassau Community College, NY 		Atlanta THCNew York City THC University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni Air Force Academy 8
2003 [35]
Reno, Nevada 		New England Freeze20-11Los Angeles THCSushi Masters23-19Knight Air DOGs8
2004 [36]
Houston, Texas 		Air Force Academy 23-22Houston Firehawks THSwim & Sport Club of Flanders24-18Rock Handball7
2005 [37] University of Utah Vipers Cleveland THPLS FirehawksUSA Deaf16
2006 [38]
Houston, Texas 		West Point Gold 28-22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni Atlanta Metro20-11 West Point Black 8
2007 [39]
University of Delaware, DE 		Chicago Inter THC28-27Knight AirNew England Freeze38-16 West Point Gold
2008
Newark, Delaware
2009 [40]
Elgin, Illinois 		Only an Elite Division was held
2010 [41]
Las Vegas, Nevada 		Miami Storm A29-26MinnesotaDenver HCSeattle HC13
2011 [42]
Salt Lake City, Utah 		New York Athletic Club [43] [44] 29-22Georgia HCSeattle HC22-16Los Angeles 2 THC8
New York City 2 THC
Tusken Raiders
2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota 		New York Athletic Club [43] [44] Georgia HC34-26MinnesotaOhio
2013 [45]
Reno, Nevada 		Denver HCGeorgia HCNew York City 2 THC West Point Gold 11
2014 [46]
Reno, Nevada 		Boston THC24-22 West Point Gold Air Force Academy 39-32San Francisco CalHeat12
2015 [47]
York, Pennsylvania 		Houston Firehawks TH29-19Georgia HC Air Force Academy 27-19 West Point Gold 17
2016 [48]
York, Pennsylvania 		Houston Firehawks TH23-17Georgia HC Air Force Academy Ontario11
2017 [49]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		DC Diplomats THC20-15Georgia HCChicago Inter THC21-20New York City 2 THC8
2018 [50]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		Los Angeles THC34-31 Carolina Blue New York City THC 231-28Dallas THC11
2019 [51]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		Alberta Team Handball36-31 (o.t.)Houston FirehawksMiami Inter Handball26-18San Francisco CalHeat II12
2020

Detroit, Michigan

cancelledcancelled12
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 New York Athletic Club played at the beginning with the name Garden City.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The Condors where relocated from Ventura, California to Atlanta

Division II

YearFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
1987 [27] Badger THC
1988 [28] West Point
2000 [32]
Tampa, Florida 		Air Force Academy USA Deaf University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni West Point Gold 8
2001 [33]
Atlanta, Georgia 		University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni Air Force Academy Buchanan Indian Storm Lander Alumni 6
2002 [34]
Nassau Community College, NY 		Knight Air DOGs MIT Lions Los Angeles THC Georgia Institute of Technology 10
2003 [35]
Reno, Nevada 		Air Force Academy 21-20Rock Handball West Point Gold 22-16ATH Red8
2004 [36]
Houston, Texas 		West Point Gold 18-14KansasATH Red20-19 Colorado State University 5
2017 [52]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		New York City 3 THC15-13Boston THC West Point Gold 21-20 University of Virginia 7

Medal count

Men's Open II Medal count

RankClubGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Air Force Academy 2103
2 West Point 2024
3 Carolina THC 1012
4Badger THC1001
Knight Air DOGs1001
New York City THC1001
7Boston THC0101
Kansas0101
MIT Lions 0101
Rock Handball0101
USA Deaf0101
12ATH0011
Buchanan Indian Storm0011
Los Angeles THC0011
Totals (14 clubs)86620

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