USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division

USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
Tournament information
SportHandball
Month playedApril–May
Established2000
FormatRound 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.

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

Year Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2000[1]
Tampa, Florida 		Condor South Garden City[* 1] Condor West Knight Air 8
2001[2][3]
Atlanta, Georgia 		Garden City[* 1] 20-14 Condors San Francisco CalHeat 15-9 ATH 6
2002[4][5]
Nassau Community College, NY 		Knight Air Condors San Francisco CalHeat 24-21 Garden City[* 1] 8
2003[6]
Reno, Nevada 		ATH Blue 26-20 Condors Garden City[* 1] 16-14 San Francisco CalHeat 7
2004[7]
Houston, Texas 		Atlanta Metro Condors 26-15 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 18-16 Miami Sharks Carolina THC 15-13 Condors 12
2007
University of Delaware, DE 		New York City THC 38-27[10] West Point Black New York Athletic Club Chicago Inter Handball 8
2008
Newark, Delaware 		cancelled cancelled 0
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 25-20 New England Freeze New York City THC Houston Firehawks TH 8
2011[15]
Salt Lake City, Utah 		New York City THC 33-13 Chicago Inter Handball Boston TH 32-30 West Point 10
2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota 		New York City THC 25-20[16] Los Angeles THC Chicago Inter Handball 21-20[17] Boston TH 8
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 37-32 Chicago Inter Handball 8
2015[20]
York, Pennsylvania 		New York City THC 26-13 Boston TH New York Athletic Club 19-15 DC Diplomats THC 8
2016[21]
York, Pennsylvania 		New York Athletic Club 28-25 New York City THC United H.C. Boston THC 10
2017[22]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		New York City THC 33-26 United H.C. New York Athletic Club 23-20 Boston THC 8
2018[23]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 		New York City THC 31-18 San Francisco CalHeat New York Athletic Club 34-25 Boston THC 8
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 		cancelled cancelled 0
2021
Detroit, Michigan 		cancelled cancelled 0
2022
Adrian, Michigan 		San Francisco CalHeat 33-22 New York Athletic Club New York City THC 32-28 Chicago Inter Handball 8
2023
Spokane, Washington 		San Francisco CalHeat 34-30 New York City THC New York Athletic Club 24-23 Chicago Inter Handball 7
2024
Spokane, Washington 		No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) 0
  1. ^ a b c d e f New York Athletic Club played at the beginning with the name Garden City.

Individual awards

Year Player Team Player Team Player Team
MVP MVG Top Scorer
2000 Mike Hurdle Condor South Manuel Poch Condor South
2001 Thomas Fitzgerald Garden City Dan Hennessey Garden City
2002 Jeff Kunard Knight Air Matt Van Houten Knight Air
2003 John Kelly ATH Blue Italo Zanzi ATH Red
2004 Gary Hines Atlanta Metro Condors Manuel Poch Atlanta Metro Condors
2006 Odael Marcos Puerta Miami Sharks Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2007 Zoran Ostojic New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2008 cancelled cancelled
2009 Zoran Ostojic New York City THC Aleksandr Voronov Houston Firehawks
2011 Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2012 Sayed Shalaby New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2013 Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2014 Jordan Fithian New York Athletic Club Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2015 Sayed Shalaby New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
2016 Pär Möllerberg New York Athletic Club Danny Caparelli New York Athletic Club
2017 Sayed Shalaby New York City THC Ryan Homsy New York City THC Philip Altong Houston Firehawks
2018 Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC Philip Altong Houston Firehawks
2019 Gil Pires Los Angeles THC Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat Gil Pires Los Angeles THC
Dr. Peter Buehning MVP Sandor Rivnyak MVG Top Scorer
2022 Ty Reed New York Athletic Club Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat Israel Bayardo Los Angeles THC
2023 Kylian Prat New York City THC Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat Robero Alcaraz Denver Wolves

Medal count

Men's Elite Medal count

RankClubGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Garden City / New York Athletic Club73818
2New York City THC64414
3San Francisco CalHeat3126
4Condors2417
5Los Angeles THC1203
6ATH Blue1001
Knight Air1001
8West Point0123
9Boston THC0112
Chicago Inter THC0112
United H.C.0112
12Houston Firehawks TH0101
Miami Sharks0101
New England Freeze0101
15Carolina THC0011
Totals (15 entries)21212163

Men's All time Medal count

RankClubGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1New York Athletic Club204832
2New York City THC62311
3San Francisco CalHeat4138
4Sushi Masters2439
5Atlanta Metro Condors2002
6Condors1416
7Los Angeles THC1203
Ventura Condors1203
9Swim & Sport Club of Flanders1113
10Air Force Academy1102
Knight Magic1102
12Knight Air1012
Northwest Suburban Chicago1012
14ATH1001
Chicago THC1001
Jersey Jets1001
Rochester Sport Club1001
University of California, LA1001
West Coast All-Stars1001
20United States Army0202
21West Point0134
22Boston TH0112
Chicago Inter THC0112
United H.C.0112
25Colorado Stars0101
Houston Firehawks TH0101
LA Stars0101
Miami Sharks0101
New England Freeze0101
Otra Vez0101
31Carolina THC0011
Crachovia0011
Rangers0011
Willamette University0011
Totals (34 entries)483431113

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