USA Team Handball Nationals – men's open division

The men's open national is a USA Team Handball tournament to determine the handball 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.

USA Team Handball Nationals – men's open division

Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Month played	April–May
Established	1959
Format	Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Current champion
California Eagles

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

Results

Division I

Year		Final				Third-place match				Teams
		Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th 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		Adelphi University
1970^[3]		Rochester Sport Club		Adelphi University
1971^[3]^[4] Newark State College		Adelphi University	13-8	Army A		Army B	13-11	SSC Newark		8
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 Chicago	20-18	United States Army		East Ridge	5-2 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]	25-17	Los Angeles Stars						10 New York Athletic Club (Garden City)^[* 1]
1985		San Francisco CalHeat^[25]
1986^[26] Ohio State University, Ohio		San Francisco CalHeat		Sushi 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 Masters		Rangers
1989^[26]^[29] Adelphi University & Nassau Community College, New York		New York Athletic Club (Garden City)^[* 1]		Los Angeles Stars		Sushi 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 Vez		Swim & 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 Masters		Colorado Stars		New York Athletic Club (Garden City)^[* 1]
1996^[26]		New York Athletic Club (Garden City)^[* 1]		Sushi Masters		San 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 THC		Condors (Condor Old)^[* 2]		Swim & Sport Club of Flanders		Atlanta THB-1		8
2001^[33] Atlanta, Georgia		USA Deaf		West Point Black		Swim & Sport Club of Flanders		Carolina Blue		8
2002^[34] Nassau Community College, NY		Atlanta THC		New York City THC		University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni		Air Force Academy		8
2003^[35] Reno, Nevada		New England Freeze	20-11	Los Angeles THC		Sushi Masters	23-19	Knight Air DOGs		8
2004^[36] Houston, Texas		Air Force Academy	23-22	Houston Firehawks TH		Swim & Sport Club of Flanders	24-18	Rock Handball		7
2005^[37]		University of Utah		Vipers Cleveland TH		PLS Firehawks		USA Deaf		16
2006^[38] Houston, Texas		West Point Gold	28-22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni		Atlanta Metro	20-11	West Point Black		8
2007^[39] University of Delaware, DE		Chicago Inter THC	28-27	Knight Air		New England Freeze	38-16	West Point Gold
2008 Newark, Delaware
2009^[40] Elgin, Illinois		Only an Elite Division was held
2010^[41] Las Vegas, Nevada		Miami Storm A	29-26	Minnesota	Denver HC		Seattle HC	13
2011^[42] Salt Lake City, Utah		New York Athletic Club^[43]^[44]	29-22	Georgia HC	Seattle HC	22-16	Los Angeles 2 THC	8 New York City 2 THC Tusken Raiders
2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota		New York Athletic Club^[43]^[44]		West Point Gold	Georgia HC	34-26	Minnesota	Ohio
2013^[45] Reno, Nevada		Denver HC	25-20	Georgia HC	New York City 2 THC		West Point Gold	11
2014^[46] Reno, Nevada		Boston THC	24-22	West Point Gold	Air Force Academy	39-32	San Francisco CalHeat	12
2015^[47] York, Pennsylvania		Houston Firehawks TH	29-19	Georgia HC	Air Force Academy	27-19	West Point Gold	17
2016^[48] York, Pennsylvania		Houston Firehawks TH	23-17	Georgia HC	Air Force Academy		Ontario	11
2017^[49] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		DC Diplomats THC	20-15	Georgia HC	Chicago Inter THC	21-20	New York City 2 THC	8
2018^[50] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		Los Angeles THC	34-31	Carolina Blue	New York City THC 2	31-28	Dallas THC	11
2019^[51] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		Alberta Team Handball	36-31 (o.t.)	Houston Firehawks		Miami Inter Handball	26-18	San Francisco CalHeat II		12
2020 Detroit, Michigan			cancelled				cancelled			12
2021 TBD			cancelled				cancelled			8
2022 Adrian, Michigan		Carolina Team Handball Club	25-17	San Francisco CalHeat II		New York City THC II	34-32	Minnesota Team Handball		8
2023 Spokane, Washington		California Eagles	31-28	San Francisco CalHeat II		Seattle Handball Club	26-24	Boston THC		10

1. New York Athletic Club played at the beginning with the name Garden City.
2. The Condors where relocated from Ventura, California to Atlanta

Division II

Year		Final				Third-place match				Teams
		Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th 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	21-20	Rock Handball		West Point Gold	22-16	ATH Red		8
2004^[36] Houston, Texas		West Point Gold	18-14	Kansas		ATH Red	20-19	Colorado State University		5
2017^[52] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		New York City 3 THC	15-13	Boston THC		West Point Gold	21-20	University of Virginia		7
2022 Adrian, Michigan		HC Toronto	29-19	Fargo-Moorhead Wolves		DC Diplomats	24-23	Columbus Armada		6

Individual awards

Year	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Men's open division I
	MVP		MVG		Top Scorer
2001	Richard Jacobs	USA Deaf	Ty Kovacs	USA Deaf
2002	Josh Ehman	Air Force Academy	Italo Zanzi	Atlanta
2003	Thomas Hedlund	Los Angeles THC	Thomas Sheppard	West Point Black
2004	Ivan Paz	Houston Firehawks	Dave Schmitt	Air Force Academy
2011	Bobby Dunn	New York Athletic Club	Danny Caparelli	New York Athletic Club
2012	Divine Jackson	New York Athletic Club	Danny Caparelli	New York Athletic Club
2013	Dennis Skarpeid Hermansen	Georgia HC	Thibault Salingue	New York City 2 THC
2014	Sean Cahill	Air Force Academy	Forrest Keller	West Point Gold
2015	Christopher Lindager	Houston Firehawks	Peter Acosta	Houston Firehawks
2017	Adrien Frier	DC Diplomats	Christoph Schmid	DC Diplomats	Adrien Frier	DC Diplomats
2018	Roger Silva	Dallas THC	Michael Gordon	Long Island Tigers	Roger Silva	Dallas THC
2019	Mateusz Piec	Carolina Blue	Eliud Fonseca	Houston Firehawks	Alriel Briggs / Matt Grohs	Long Island Tigers / Saskatchewan Junior Men
2022	Aaron Hamm	Carolina THC	Jack Moore	Carolina THC	Paul Meisner	Minnesota Team Handball
2023	Robin Zoeller	California Eagles	Omar Bentahar	San Francisco CalHeat II	Kyle Colwell	Saskatchewan Juniors
Men's open division II
	MVP		MVG		Top Scorer
2001	Matt Johnson	University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni	Chad Benesh	University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni
2002	Remo Ziegler	MIT Lions	Brian Beachkofski	KA DOGs
2003	John Parker	Rock Handball	Brandon Strack	Rock Handball
2004	Scott Pace	West Point Gold	Bjoern Meinhardt	Kansas
2017	Daniel Suarez	Boston TH II	Kevin O’Connel	New York City 3 THC	Joseph Drennan	West Point Gold
2022	Alexis Renaud	HC Toronto	Julien Renaud	HC Toronto	Sean Starrett	Columbus Armada

Medal count

Men's open I medal count Rank Club Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 New York Athletic Club 9 2 4 15 2 San Francisco CalHeat 4 1 1 6 3 Adelphi University 4 0 0 4 4 Sushi Masters 2 4 3 9 5 Air Force Academy 2 1 3 6 6 Houston Firehawks TH 2 1 0 3 7 West Point 1 2 1 4 8 Ventura Condors 1 2 0 3 9 Swim & Sport Club of Flanders 1 1 4 6 10 New York City THC 1 1 1 3 11 Knight Magic 1 1 0 2 12 Chicago Inter THC 1 0 1 2 Denver HC 1 0 1 2 New England Freeze 1 0 1 2 Northwest Suburban Chicago 1 0 1 2 16 Atlanta Condors 1 0 0 1 Atlanta THC 1 0 0 1 Boston THC 1 0 0 1 Chicago THC 1 0 0 1 DC Diplomats THC 1 0 0 1 Jersey Jets 1 0 0 1 Miami Storm 1 0 0 1 Rochester Sport Club 1 0 0 1 USA Deaf 1 0 0 1 University of California, LA 1 0 0 1 University of Utah 1 0 0 1 West Coast All-Stars 1 0 0 1 28 Georgia HC 0 5 1 6 29 United States Army 0 3 0 3 30 Carolina THC 0 1 1 2 Knight Air 0 1 1 2 32 Condor Old 0 1 0 1 LA Stars 0 1 0 1 Los Angeles THC 0 1 0 1 Minnesota 0 1 0 1 Otra Vez 0 1 0 1 Vipers Cleveland TH 0 1 0 1 38 Atlanta Metro 0 0 1 1 Crachovia 0 0 1 1 PLS Firehawks 0 0 1 1 Rangers 0 0 1 1 Seattle HC 0 0 1 1 Willamette University 0 0 1 1 Totals (43 entries) 44 32 30 106

Men's all-time medal count Rank Club Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 New York Athletic Club 20 4 8 32 2 New York City THC 6 2 3 11 3 San Francisco CalHeat 4 1 3 8 4 Sushi Masters 2 4 3 9 5 Atlanta Metro Condors 2 0 0 2 6 Condors 1 4 1 6 7 Los Angeles THC 1 2 0 3 Ventura Condors 1 2 0 3 9 Swim & Sport Club of Flanders 1 1 1 3 10 Air Force Academy 1 1 0 2 Knight Magic 1 1 0 2 12 Knight Air 1 0 1 2 Northwest Suburban Chicago 1 0 1 2 14 ATH 1 0 0 1 Chicago THC 1 0 0 1 Jersey Jets 1 0 0 1 Rochester Sport Club 1 0 0 1 University of California, LA 1 0 0 1 West Coast All-Stars 1 0 0 1 20 United States Army 0 2 0 2 21 West Point 0 1 3 4 22 Boston TH 0 1 1 2 Chicago Inter THC 0 1 1 2 United H.C. 0 1 1 2 25 Colorado Stars 0 1 0 1 Houston Firehawks TH 0 1 0 1 LA Stars 0 1 0 1 Miami Sharks 0 1 0 1 New England Freeze 0 1 0 1 Otra Vez 0 1 0 1 31 Carolina THC 0 0 1 1 Crachovia 0 0 1 1 Rangers 0 0 1 1 Willamette University 0 0 1 1 Totals (34 entries) 48 34 31 113

Men's open II medal count

Rank	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Air Force Academy	2	1	0	3
2	West Point	2	0	2	4
3	Carolina THC	1	0	1	2
4	Badger THC	1	0	0	1
	HC Toronto	1	0	0	1
	Knight Air DOGs	1	0	0	1
	New York City THC	1	0	0	1
8	Boston THC	0	1	0	1
	Fargo-Moorhead Wolves	0	1	0	1
	Kansas	0	1	0	1
	MIT Lions	0	1	0	1
	Rock Handball	0	1	0	1
	USA Deaf	0	1	0	1
14	ATH	0	0	1	1
	Buchanan Indian Storm	0	0	1	1
	DC Diplomats	0	0	1	1
	Los Angeles THC	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		9	7	7	23

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