USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division

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.

USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division

Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Month played	April–May
Established	2000
Format	Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Teams	8
Current champion
California Eagles

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. 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 Rank Club Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Garden City / New York Athletic Club 7 3 8 18 2 New York City THC 6 4 4 14 3 San Francisco CalHeat 3 1 2 6 4 Condors 2 4 1 7 5 Los Angeles THC 1 2 0 3 6 ATH Blue 1 0 0 1 Knight Air 1 0 0 1 8 West Point 0 1 2 3 9 Boston THC 0 1 1 2 Chicago Inter THC 0 1 1 2 United H.C. 0 1 1 2 12 Houston Firehawks TH 0 1 0 1 Miami Sharks 0 1 0 1 New England Freeze 0 1 0 1 15 Carolina THC 0 0 1 1 Totals (15 entries) 21 21 21 63

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

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