2003 USA Team Handball College Nationals – Men's Division explained

Competition:2003 College Nationals - Men's Division
Season:2002–03
Dates:28–30 March 2003
Winners: West Point Black
Matches:32
Total Goals:738
Best Player:K.C. Bennett
West Point Black
League Topscorer:Kevin Williams (41 goals)
University of North Carolina
Best Goalkeeper:David Thompson
University of Alabama
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2004
Updated:2018-05-19

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]

Venues

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

GreenvilleGreenville
Timmons ArenaPhysical Activities Center
Capacity: 4,000Capacity: ?

Modus

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:

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Championship

Final

Placement Games

5th place game

Final ranking

Source:

RankTeam
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:

Most Valuable PlayerK.C. BennettWest Point Black
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:David ThompsonUniversity of Alabama
Top Scorer:Kevin WilliamsUniversity of North Carolina

Top scorers

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Source:
Rank Name Goals Games Average Team
Kevin Williams416bgcolor=#ccffcc data-sort-value=""University of North Carolina
Muris Lucarevic346data-sort-value=""University of Minnesota
Joe Lamour325University of Alabama
4Jasmin Nuhic296University of Memphis
Joanna VivasUniversity of North Carolina
6Scott Harr276West Point Gold
7Goldie Harper266data-sort-value=""
8Mike McCaman234Purdue University
9Phil Smith205Benedict College
10Troy Steffen195University of Alabama

All-Tournament Team

Source:

Chris CollinsWest Point Black16th Top Scorer
Joe LamourUniversity of Alabama3rd Top Scorer
Scott HarrWest Point Gold6th Top Scorer
Goldie HarperWest Point Gold7th Top Scorer
Kevin WilliamsUniversity of North CarolinaTop Scorer
Jasmin NuhicUniversity of Memphis4th Top Scorer
Muris LucarevicUniversity of Minnesota2nd Top Scorer

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2003 College Nationals Results. 2003-04-01. USA Team Handball. https://web.archive.org/web/20030617160702/http://www.usateamhandball.org/2003CNCresults.html. 2003-06-17. dead. 2018-05-01.