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Tournament information | |
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Sport | Handball |
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Established | 2007 |
Teams | 8 |
Current champion | |
University of Queensland Handball Club (2) |
The UniSport Division 1 Handball Nationals is an annual mixed gender tournament conducted by the UniSport to determine the national champion of Division 1 collegiate handball in Australia. The tournament was first held in 2007.
Rank | University | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | University of Technology Sydney | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | University of Sydney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | University of Queensland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Griffith University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Deakin University | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Macquarie University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Bond University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Curtin University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | University of Western Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Queensland University of Technology | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | University of New South Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
University of Canberra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Monash University | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Victoria University | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
16 | Australian College of Physical Education | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Edith Cowan University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
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