USA Team Handball College Nationals – Women's Division explained

Women's College Nationals
Sport:Handball
Month Played:March–April
Establishment:1975 (as Nationals)
1996 (as College Nationals)
Format:Round Robin, Knockout Stage
Current Champion: West Point

The Women's College National is a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from the US.

History

The best college team from the Women's National was claimed as collegiate champion from 1975 until 1996.After the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta the College Nationals were founded.[1]

Record champion is the West Point with at minimum 24 titles. The college has also the most continuous titles with six from 2012 through 2017.

Results

Yearwidth=1% rowspan=23 bgcolor=ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=23 bgcolor=ffffff3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=23 bgcolor=#ffffffTeams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
First tournament:1975[2] [3]
Ohio State University, Ohio
Kansas State UniversityChampionship serie: 3-1-0
(8-8), (5-4), (10-8), (9-8)
Ohio State University2
1976[4] [5] [6]
Ohio State University, Ohio
Kansas State UniversitySlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaOhio State University3 + 1 none College: East Coast HC
1977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1978[7]
Hofstra University, New York
Ohio State UniversityWest Point2 + 3 none College:
New York THC, Miller Port HC & a country mixed team
1979
1980[8]
Colorado Springs, Colorado
West Point11-10Air Force Academy
1981
1982
Colorado Springs, Colorado
West Point[9]
1983[10]
Washington, D.C.
1984
1985California State University, Fullerton[11]
1986[12]
Ohio State University, Ohio
1987University of Minnesota[13]
1988Air Force Academy[14]
1989West Point[15]
1990West Point[16]
1991West Point
1992Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
[17]
1993[18]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994
1995
↓ College Nationals ↓
1996West Point[19]
1997Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania22-12[20] West Point Black
1998
1999
Emory University, Atlanta
West Point
2000[21] [22]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
West Point BlackFurman UniversityWest Point Gold3
2001[23]
Atlanta
West Point GoldLander UniversityMiddle Georgia State University3
2002[24]
Furman University, Greenville
West Point BlackUniversity of North CarolinaWest Point Gold3
2003[25]
Furman University, Greenville
West Point Black11-10Furman UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University10-3University of North Carolina5
2004[26] [27]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina10-6Furman UniversityWest Point Gold26-7Benedict College5 + 1 none College
2005[28]
Columbia
West Point+1 Goal|Benedict College|Furman University||University of North Carolina|4|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2006[29] |West Point Black||University of North Carolina|West Point Gold||Benedict College|5|-|2007|West Point Black|||||||- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2008[30] [31]
United States Military Academy, West Point|Cortland State|12-11|University of North Carolina|Furman University||West Point Black||- |2009[32] [33]
Weinstein Center, University of Richmond|University of North Carolina|8-6|West Point|USA College Select Team|—|—|3, one retirement |- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2010[34] [35]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|University of North Carolina|15-12|West Point Black|West Point Gold|9-7|Tar Heels|4|- |2011[36]
United States Air Force Academy, Air Force Academy, Colorado|University of North Carolina|+1 Goals|West Point Black|Dynamo HC|31-11|West Point Gold|4|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2012[37] [38]
Richmond, Virginia|West Point Black|14-13|University of North Carolina|West Point Gold||Boston HC|Ocean City High School 5th
5|-|2013[39]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill[40] |West Point Black[41] |||||||- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2014[42] [43] [44]
Auburn University, Auburn|West Point Black|19-4|University of North Carolina|—|—|—|2|-|2015[45] [46]
Auburn University, Auburn|West Point Black|18-4|University of North Carolina|West Point Gold|—|—|3 + USA Women's Residency|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2016[47]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill|West Point Black|21-13|University of North Carolina|West Point Gold|—|—|3 + a mix team|-|2017[48]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill|West Point Black|15-12|University of North Carolina|West Point Gold|||min. 3|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2018
United States Military Academy, West Point|Pennsylvania State University|10-9|West Point Black|University of North Carolina||West Point Gold|4|-|2019
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill|West Point Black|19-14|University of North Carolina|Pennsylvania State University|15-9|West Point Gold|4|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2020
Ohio State University, Ohio[49] |colspan="3|Cancelled due to COVID-19|colspan="3|Cancelled due to COVID-19||-|2021|colspan="3|Cancelled due to COVID-19|colspan="3|Cancelled due to COVID-19||- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2022
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill[50] |West Point Black|16-15|West Point Gold|University of North Carolina|17-16|Ohio State University|4|-|2023
Tiffin University, Tiffin[51] |West Point Black|34-29|University of North Carolina|Ohio State University|18-12|West Point Gold|4|- bgcolor=#E8E8F0|2024
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill[52] |West Point Black||University of North Carolina|West Point Gold||Ohio State University|5|}

References

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Notes and References

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