2019 USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division explained

Competition:	2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
Season:	2018–19
Dates:	24 - 26 May 2019
Matches:	20
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2020
Updated:	2019-05-04

The 2019 Nationals is the 49th Men's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2019 from the US.

Venues

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

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified	Wildcard standings^[2]
2018 Nationals - Men's Elite Division	17 - 20 May 2018	1	New York City Team Handball Club	19
2018-19 Midwest Team Handball League	29 September 2018 - 24 March 2019	1	Chicago Inter Handball Club #1	15
2018-19 Northeast Team Handball League	14 October 2018 – 31 March 2019	2	Boston Team Handball #3 DC Diplomats Team Handball #4	7 0
Wildcards		4	San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club New York Athletic Club Los Angeles Team Handball Club Houston Firehawks Team Handball	29 12 11 7

West Point Black (Army) which ranked 2nd at the NTHL and at the Wildcard Standings will not attending the competition. due to graduation.^[3]

Modus

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

The last two 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 B

Championship

Final

Consolation

5th Place

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	San Francisco CalHeat
	New York City
	New York Athletic Club
4	Los Angeles
5	Boston
6	DC Diplomats
7	Chicago Inter
8	New York City II

Statistics

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Gil Pires	Los Angeles THC
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:	Lucas Kroeger	San Francisco CalHeat
Top Scorer:	Gil Pires	Los Angeles THC

Top scorers

Name	Goals	Games	Average	Team
Gil Pires	46	5		Los Angeles
Eloy Rubio	35	5	data-sort-value=""		SF Calheat
	29	5	data-sort-value=""		New York City
Nicolas Raemy	29	5	data-sort-value=""		SF Calheat
Chris Morgan	29	5	data-sort-value=""		New York Athletic Club

All-Tournament Team

External links

Tournament Results

Notes and References

Web site: Save the Date: College National Championships and US Open National Championships. 2019-01-30. USA Team Handball. https://web.archive.org/web/20190504104329/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Team-Handball/News/2019/January/30/Save-the-Date-Nationals. 2019-05-04. dead. 2019-05-04.
Web site: Wild Card Standings. 2019-04-18. Northeast Team Handball League. https://web.archive.org/web/20190504103959/http://www.dcdiplomats.com/nthlwp/wild-card-standings/. 2019-05-04. live. 2019-05-04.
Web site: 2019 USATH National Championships – The Elite Division is Known. bacothorn. 2019-04-18. Northeast Team Handball League. https://web.archive.org/web/20190504103957/http://www.dcdiplomats.com/nthlwp/2019-usath-national-championships-the-elite-division-is-known/. 2019-05-04. live. 2019-05-04.