2019 USA Team Handball Nationals

The 2019 Nationals is the 49th Men's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2019 from the US.

2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
Season	2018–19
Dates	24 - 26 May 2019
Matches played	20
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 2019-05-04.

Venues edit

The championship was played at venues at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.^[1]

Myrtle Beach Sports Center

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Location of the Myrtle Beach Sports Center

Qualification edit

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified	Wildcard standings^[2]
2018 Nationals - Men's Elite Division	17 - 20 May 2018	1	New York City Team Handball Club	19
2018-19 Midwest Team Handball League	29 September 2018 - 24 March 2019	1	Chicago Inter Handball Club #1	15
2018-19 Northeast Team Handball League	14 October 2018 – 31 March 2019	2	Boston Team Handball #3 DC Diplomats Team Handball #4	7 0
Wildcards		4	San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club New York Athletic Club Los Angeles Team Handball Club Houston Firehawks Team Handball	29 12 11 7

West Point Black (Army) which ranked 2nd at the NTHL and at the Wildcard Standings will not attending the competition. due to graduation.^[3]

Modus edit

NYAC

Chicago Inter

New York City

SF CalHeat

Boston

DC Diplomats

Los Angeles

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Location of 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals Men's Elite Division Teams

The eight teams are split in two pools A and B and they play a round roubin.

The last two teams per group were qualified for the 5-8th place semifinals.

The losers from the 5-8th place semis played a 7th place game and the winners the 5th place game.

The best two teams per group were qualified for the semifinals.

The losers from the semis played a small final and the winners the final.

Results edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New York City (1)	3	3	0	95	69	+26	6
Los Angeles (5)	3	2	1	90	78	+12	4
Boston (6)	3	1	2	65	80	−15	2
Chicago Inter (3)	3	0	3	66	89	−23	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

24 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	New York City	31-29	Los Angeles	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

24 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	Chicago Inter	21-23	Boston	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

24 May 2019 15:30 (UTC-4)	Boston	19-27	New York City	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

24 May 2019 15:30 (UTC-4)	Chicago Inter	24-29	Los Angeles	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

25 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	Chicago Inter	21-37	New York City	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

25 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	Los Angeles	32-23	Boston	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Group B edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
San Francisco CalHeat (2)	3	3	0	93	74	+19	6
New York Athletic Club (4)	3	2	1	96	82	+14	4
DC Diplomats (11)	3	1	2	80	80	0	2
New York City II (8)	3	0	3	67	100	−33	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

24 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat	32-20	New York City II	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

24 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	DC Diplomats	26-28	New York Athletic Club	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

24 May 2019 15:30 (UTC-4)	New York Athletic Club	42-27	New York City II	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

24 May 2019 15:30 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat	32-28	DC Diplomats	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

25 May 2019 12:30 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat	29-26	New York Athletic Club	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

25 May 2019 12:30 (UTC-4)	New York City II	20-26	DC Diplomats	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Championship edit

Semifinals			Final

A1	New York City	32

B2	New York Athletic Club	22
			A1	New York City	30

			B1	San Francisco CalHeat	31
B1	San Francisco CalHeat	28

A2	Los Angeles	23	Small Final


			B2	New York Athletic Club	32

			A2	Los Angeles	30

Semifinals edit

25 May 2019 19:00 (UTC-4)	New York City	32-22	New York Athletic Club	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center Attendance: 100
		Report

25 May 2019 19:00 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat	28-23	Los Angeles	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center Attendance: 150 Referees: Anusic (USA), Kolahdouzan (IRN)
		Report

Small Final edit

26 May 2019 12:30 (UTC-4)	New York Athletic Club	32-30	Los Angeles	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center Attendance: 50
		Report

Final edit

26 May 2019 13:45 (UTC-4)	New York City	30-31	San Francisco CalHeat	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center Attendance: 450 Referees: Anusic (USA), Kolahdouzan (IRN)
	Stefan Lang 11, Benjamin Briffe [fr] 6	(11-12)	Eloy Rubio Blanco 10, Nicolas Raemy 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 7×

Consolation edit

5-8th Place Semifinals			5th Place

A3	Boston	24

B4	New York City II	23
			A3	Boston	25

			B3	DC Diplomats	22
B3	DC Diplomats	31

A4	Chicago Inter	19	7th Place


			A4	Chicago Inter	24

			B4	New York City II	22

5-8th Place Semifinals edit

25 May 2019 19:00 (UTC-4)	Boston	24-23	New York City II	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

25 May 2019 19:00 (UTC-4)	DC Diplomats	31-19	Chicago Inter	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

7th Place edit

26 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	New York City II	22-24	Chicago Inter	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

5th Place edit

26 May 2019 11:00 (UTC-4)	Boston	25-22	DC Diplomats	Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Final ranking edit

Rank	Team
	San Francisco CalHeat
	New York City
	New York Athletic Club
4	Los Angeles
5	Boston
6	DC Diplomats
7	Chicago Inter
8	New York City II

Statistics edit

Awards edit

Most Valuable Player:	Gil Pires	Los Angeles THC
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:	Lucas Kroeger	San Francisco CalHeat
Top Scorer:	Gil Pires	Los Angeles THC

Top scorers edit

Name	Goals	Games	Average	Team
Gil Pires	46	5	9.2	Los Angeles
Eloy Rubio	35	5	7	SF Calheat
Benjamin Briffe [fr]	29	5	5.8	New York City
Nicolas Raemy	29	5	5.8	SF Calheat
Chris Morgan	29	5	5.8	New York Athletic Club

All-Tournament Team edit

		Pivot
		Vladimir Bicvic
		New York City THC

		Center Back
	Left Back	Gil Pires	Right Back
	Eloy Rubio	Los Angeles THC	Benjamin Briffe [fr]
	San Francisco CalHeat		New York City THC

Left Wing		Goalkeeper		Right Wing
Hedi Boubaker		Lucas Kroeger		Nicolas Raemy
New York City THC		San Francisco CalHeat		San Francisco CalHeat

References edit

^ . USA Team Handball. 2019-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
^ "Wild Card Standings". Northeast Team Handball League. 2019-04-18. from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
^ bacothorn (2019-04-18). "2019 USATH National Championships – The Elite Division is Known". Northeast Team Handball League. from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

External links edit

Tournament Results^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] . USA Team Handball. 2019-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

[2] "Wild Card Standings". Northeast Team Handball League. 2019-04-18. from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

[3] thorn (2019-04-18). "2019 USATH National Championships – The Elite Division is Known". Northeast Team Handball League. from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.

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