2003 USA Team Handball College Nationals – Men's Division

The 2003 College Nationals was the 8th Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2003 from the US.^[1]

2003 College Nationals - Men's Division

Season	2002–03
Dates	28–30 March 2003
Champion	West Point Black
Matches played	32
Goals scored	738 (23.06 per match)
Best Player	K.C. Bennett West Point Black
Top goalscorer	Kevin Williams (41 goals) University of North Carolina
Best goalkeeper	David Thompson University of Alabama
← 2002 2004 → All statistics correct as of 2018-05-19.

Venues

The championship was played at two venues at the Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.^[1]

Greenville	Furman University	Greenville
Timmons Arena		Physical Activities Center
Capacity: 4,000		Capacity: ?

Modus

West Point

UNC

Alabama

Benedict

Georgia State

Memphis

Minnesota

Purdue

Location of 2003 USA Team Handball College Nationals Men's Division Teams
The bigger size of the West Point Logo show that they have two teams.

The 9 teams were divided into two groups.

In the Group stage every group had a round-robin. The best two teams per group qualified for the semifinals.

The fifth placed team of group A played no more games and was ranked 9th.

The third and fourth per group played a 5th - 8th place bracket.

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

Results

Source: ^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
University of North Carolina	4	4	0	0	77	39	+38	8
West Point Gold	4	3	0	1	67	56	+11	6
University of Memphis	4	1	1	2	53	50	+3	3
University of Minnesota	4	1	0	3	47	81	−34	2
Purdue University	4	0	1	3	59	77	−18	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 March 2003 19:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Gold	20-11	University of Minnesota	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

28 March 2003 20:00 (UTC-5)	University of North Carolina	13-10	University of Memphis	Timmons Arena, Furman University

28 March 2003 21:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Gold	27-18	Purdue University	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

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29 March 2003 8:00 (UTC-5)	University of North Carolina	27-9	University of Minnesota	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

29 March 2003 9:00 (UTC-5)	University of Memphis	13-13	Purdue University	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 11:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Gold	7-16	University of North Carolina	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 12:00 (UTC-5)	University of Memphis	19-11	University of Minnesota	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

29 March 2003 14:00 (UTC-5)	Purdue University	15-16	University of Minnesota	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 16:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Gold	13-11	University of Memphis	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 16:00 (UTC-5)	University of North Carolina	21-13	Purdue University	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
University of Alabama	3	2	1	0	52	38	+14	5
West Point Black	3	2	0	1	55	37	+18	4
Benedict College	3	1	1	1	41	46	−5	3
Georgia State University	3	0	0	3	30	57	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 March 2003 18:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Black	15-17	University of Alabama	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

28 March 2003 20:00 (UTC-5)	Georgia State University	10-18	Benedict College	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

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29 March 2003 10:00 (UTC-5)	Georgia State University	8-20	University of Alabama	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 10:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Black	21-8	Benedict College	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

29 March 2003 13:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Black	19-12	Georgia State University	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 13:00 (UTC-5)	Benedict College	15-15	University of Alabama	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

Championship

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	University of North Carolina	16
	B2	West Point Black	17
						B2	West Point Black	20
						A2	West Point Gold	19
	A2	West Point Gold	21
	B1	University of Alabama	19			Small Final
						A1	University of North Carolina	21
						B1	University of Alabama	17

Semifinals

29 March 2003 21:00 (UTC-5)	University of North Carolina	16-17	West Point Black	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 21:00 (UTC-5)	West Point Gold	21-19	University of Alabama	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

Small Final

30 March 2003 9:30 (UTC-4)	University of North Carolina	21 - 17	University of Alabama	Timmons Arena, Furman University

Final

30 March 2003 12:30 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	20-19	West Point Gold	Timmons Arena, Furman University

Placement Games

	5th–8th Semifinals					5th place
	A3	University of Memphis	12
	B4	Georgia State University	13
						B4	Georgia State University	19
						B3	Benedict College	22
	A4	University of Minnesota	16
	B3	Benedict College	17			7th place
						A3	University of Memphis	0
						A4	University of Minnesota	8

5th–8th Semifinals

29 March 2003 19:00 (UTC-5)	University of Memphis	12-13	Georgia State University	Timmons Arena, Furman University

29 March 2003 19:00 (UTC-5)	University of Minnesota	16-17	Benedict College	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

7th place game

30 March 2003 8:00 (UTC-4)	University of Memphis	0 - 8	University of Minnesota	Physical Activities Center, Furman University

5th place game

30 March 2003 8:00 (UTC-4)	Georgia State University	19-22	Benedict College	Timmons Arena, Furman University

Final ranking

Source:^[1]

Rank	Team
	West Point Black
	West Point Gold
	University of North Carolina
4	University of Alabama
5	Benedict College
6	Georgia State University
7	University of Minnesota
8	University of Memphis
9	Purdue University

Awards

Source:^[1]

Most Valuable Player:	K.C. Bennett	West Point Black
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:	David Thompson	University of Alabama
Top Scorer:	Kevin Williams	University of North Carolina

Top scorers

Record

Source:^[1]

Rank	Name	Goals	Games	Average	Team
	Kevin Williams	41	6	6.83	University of North Carolina
	Muris Lucarevic	34	6	5.67	University of Minnesota
	Joe Lamour	32	5	6.4	University of Alabama
4	Jasmin Nuhic	29	6	4.83	University of Memphis
	Joanna Vivas				University of North Carolina
6	Scott Harr	27	6	4.5	West Point Gold
7	Goldie Harper	26	6	4.33
8	Mike McCaman	23	4	5.75	Purdue University
9	Phil Smith	20	5	4	Benedict College
10	Troy Steffen	19	5	3.8	University of Alabama

All-Tournament Team

Source:^[1]

Chris Collins	West Point Black16th Top Scorer
Joe Lamour	University of Alabama	3rd Top Scorer
Scott Harr	West Point Gold	6th Top Scorer
Goldie Harper	West Point Gold	7th Top Scorer
Kevin Williams	University of North Carolina	Top Scorer
Jasmin Nuhic	University of Memphis	4th Top Scorer
Muris Lucarevic	University of Minnesota	2nd Top Scorer

References

1. "2003 College Nationals Results". USA Team Handball. 2003-04-01. Archived from the original on 2003-06-17. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

External links

• Tournament Results archived