USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division

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USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
Tournament information
Sport Handball
Month playedApril–May
Established2000
Format Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Teams8
Current champion
California Eagles

The Men's Elite Division is a team handball tournament to determine the U.S. National Champion. Only qualified teams are allowed to play in this division while teams who fail to qualify play in the Open Division. Automatic bids are given to the winners of the Northeast Team Handball League, Midwest Team Handball and, in the past, were also given to the Great Lakes Team Handball Association and Western Team Handball League. The current Elite Division format comprises 8 teams. Before the Elite Division was established, the National Champion was crowned in the Open Division.

Contents

In 2023/24, and in the absence of qualifying events, the Elite Division was not held and the US national champion was decided in the Open Division.


Results

YearFinal3rd place matchTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
2000 [1]
Tampa, Florida 		Condor South Garden City [* 1] Condor WestKnight Air8
2001 [2] [3]
Atlanta, Georgia 		Garden City [* 1] 20-14Condors San Francisco CalHeat 15-9ATH6
2002 [4] [5]
Nassau Community College, NY 		Knight AirCondors San Francisco CalHeat 24-21 Garden City [* 1] 8
2003 [6]
Reno, Nevada 		ATH Blue26-20Condors Garden City [* 1] 16-14 San Francisco CalHeat 7
2004 [7]
Houston, Texas 		Atlanta Metro Condors26-15 Garden City [* 1] New York City THC 32-29 San Francisco CalHeat 14
2005 [8]
Houston, Texas 		Garden City [* 1] Condors New York City THC Los Angeles THC 12
2006 [9]
Houston, Texas 		New York Athletic Club 18-16Miami Sharks Carolina THC 15-13Condors12
2007
University of Delaware, DE 		New York City THC 38-27 [10] West Point Black New York Athletic Club Chicago Inter Handball8
2008
Newark, Delaware 		cancelledcancelled0
2009 [11]
Elgin, Illinois 		New York City THC 37-34 [12] Houston Firehawks TH New York Athletic Club 26-12 [13] Los Angeles THC 20
2010 [14]
Las Vegas, Nevada 		Los Angeles THC 25-20New England Freeze New York City THC Houston Firehawks TH8
2011 [15]
Salt Lake City, Utah 		New York City THC 33-13Chicago Inter HandballBoston TH32-30 West Point 10
2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota 		New York City THC 25-20 [16] Los Angeles THC Chicago Inter Handball21-20 [17] Boston TH8
2013 [18]
Reno, Nevada 		New York Athletic Club 25-24 New York City THC West Point Black 29-24 Los Angeles THC 7
2014 [19]
Reno, Nevada 		New York Athletic Club 25-21 Los Angeles THC West Point Black 37-32Chicago Inter Handball8
2015 [20]
York, Pennsylvania 		New York City THC 26-13Boston TH New York Athletic Club 19-15DC Diplomats THC8
2016 [21]
York, Pennsylvania 		New York Athletic Club 28-25 New York City THC United H.C.Boston THC10
2017 [22]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		New York City THC 33-26United H.C. New York Athletic Club 23-20Boston THC8
2018 [23]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		New York City THC 31-18 San Francisco CalHeat New York Athletic Club 34-25Boston THC8
2019 [24]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		San Francisco CalHeat 31-30 New York City THC New York Athletic Club 32-30 Los Angeles THC 8
2020
Detroit, Michigan 		cancelledcancelled0
2021
Detroit, Michigan 		cancelledcancelled0
2022
Adrian, Michigan 		San Francisco CalHeat 33-22 New York Athletic Club New York City THC 32-28Chicago Inter Handball8
2023
Spokane, Washington 		San Francisco CalHeat 34-30 New York City THC New York Athletic Club 24-23Chicago Inter Handball7
2024
Spokane, Washington 		No Elite division (replaced by Open D1)No Elite division (replaced by Open D1)0
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 New York Athletic Club played at the beginning with the name Garden City.

Individual awards

YearPlayerTeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
MVPMVGTop Scorer
2000Mike HurdleCondor SouthManuel PochCondor South
2001Thomas FitzgeraldGarden CityDan HennesseyGarden City
2002Jeff KunardKnight AirMatt Van HoutenKnight Air
2003John KellyATH BlueItalo ZanziATH Red
2004 Gary Hines Atlanta Metro CondorsManuel PochAtlanta Metro Condors
2006Odael Marcos PuertaMiami SharksDanny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2007Zoran Ostojic New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2008cancelledcancelled
2009Zoran Ostojic New York City THC Aleksandr VoronovHouston Firehawks
2011Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2012Sayed Shalaby New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2013Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2014Jordan Fithian New York Athletic Club Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2015Sayed Shalaby New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2016Pär Möllerberg New York Athletic Club Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2017Sayed Shalaby New York City THC Ryan Homsy New York City THC Philip AltongHouston Firehawks
2018Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC Philip AltongHouston Firehawks
2019Gil Pires Los Angeles THC Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat Gil Pires Los Angeles THC
Dr. Peter Buehning MVP Sandor Rivnyak MVGTop Scorer
2022Ty Reed New York Athletic Club Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat Israel Bayardo Los Angeles THC
2023Kylian Prat New York City THC Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat Robero Alcaraz Denver Wolves

Medal count

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