USA Team Handball College Nationals
American college team handball tournament
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The USA Team Handball College National Championships is a team handball tournament to determine the Men's and Women's College National Champion from the United States.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Handball |
| Month played | March - April |
| Established | 1996 |
| Format | Round Robin, Knockout Stage |
| Current champion | |
Men's: West Point BlackWomen's: West Point Black | |
History
Prior to 1996, the highest placing college team at USA Team Handball Nationals was recognized as College Champion. After the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games the College Nationals were founded.[1]
Army has the most collegiate championships of any school, with a combined 65 between the men's and women's teams.
Men's
Record champion is Army with, at minimum, 40 titles. The college has also the most continuous titles with 18 from 2007 until now.
Women's
Army has the most titles with at least 25. The college has also the most consecutive titles with seven from 2012 until 2017.
Medal count
Men's Medal count
|
Women's Medal count
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Medal count
| Rank | College | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Point | 65 | 21 | 13 | 99 |
| 2 | University of North Carolina | 8 | 21 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Air Force Academy | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kansas State University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willamette University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania State University | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| University of Southern California | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Adelphi University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| California State University, Fullerton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cortland State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| University of Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Furman University | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | University of Virginia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | UCLA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Benedict College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lander University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Middle Georgia State University | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Georgia State University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 90 | 59 | 51 | 200 | |