2018 USA Team Handball Nationals – women's open division explained

Competition:2018 USA Team Handball Nationals – Women's Open Division
Season:2017–18
Dates:17 – 20 May 2018
Winners:Team Rogue
Matches:36
Total Goals:1277
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019
Updated:2018-08-07

The 2018 Nationals was the 48th Women's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2018 from the US.

Venues

The championship was played at four courts at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.[1]

Modus

The eleven teams are split in two pools A and B and they play a round roubin.

The last teams per group played a 9-11th place semifinal.

The last third and fourth teams per group were qualified for the 5-8th place semifinals.

The losers from the 5-8th place semis played a 7th place game and the winners the 5th place game.

The best two teams per group were qualified for the semifinals.

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

Results

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Championship

Final

Consolation 5-8th Place

5th Place

Consolation 9-11th Place

9th Place

Final ranking

RankTeam
Team Rogue
New York City THC
Québec
4 Boston THC
5 DC Diplomats
6 Carolina Blue
7 San Francisco CalHeat
8 West Point Black
9 San Francisco CalHeat 2
10Firehawks THC
11West Point Gold

Statistics

Awards

Most Valuable PlayerCecile BalancheDC Diplomats
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:Georgeta MarincasCarolina Blue
Top Scorer:Jence Ann RhoadsTeam Rogue

Top scorers

Source:

Rank Name Goals Games Average Team
Jence Ann Rhoads537Team Rogue
Cecile Balanche456data-sort-value=""DC Diplomats
Kathleen Darling417data-sort-value=""Team Rogue
4 Ekaterina Martsul407data-sort-value=""Houston Firehawks
5 Helen Moser386data-sort-value=""New York City THC
6 Zoe Lombard337data-sort-value=""Team Rogue
7 Binta Jau327data-sort-value=""Boston
8 Kathrine Agger297data-sort-value=""San Francisco CalHeat
9 Constance Duvert276data-sort-value=""San Francisco CalHeat II
10 KiAnna Duncan266data-sort-value=""West Point Black

All-Tournament Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US College Nationals and US Open Championships Announcement. 2018-01-09. USA Team Handball. https://web.archive.org/web/20180506090140/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/News/2018/January/09/US-College-Nationals-and-US-Open-Championships-Announcement. 2018-05-06. dead. 2018-05-06.