USA Team Handball Nationals – women's open division

USA Team Handball Nationals – women's open division

Tournament information
Sport	Handball
Month played	April–May
Established	1975
Format	Round-robin, knockout stage
Teams	2 - 20
Current champion
New York City THC

The women's open national is a USA Team Handball tournament to determine the national handball champion from the US. Chicago Inter holds the most title in the women's division.

The 2020 and 2021 US club nationals were cancelled due to COVID-19 and, hence, no champion was designated.

Results

Year		Final				Third-place match				Teams
		Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1975[1][2] Ohio State University, Ohio		Kansas State University	Championship serie: 3-1-0 (8-8), (5-4), (10-8), (9-8)	Ohio State University		—	—	—		2
1976[3][4][5] Ohio State University, Ohio		East Coast HC		Kansas Merchants		Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania		Ohio State University		4
1977 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1978[6] Hofstra University, New York		Ohio State University								4 West Point, New York THC, Miller Port HC & a country mixed team
1979
1980 Colorado Springs, Colorado
1981		New England[7]
1982 Colorado Springs, Colorado		G and D Leisure[8]
1983[9] Washington, D.C.
1984		California West[10]
1985		Panters[11]
1986[12] Ohio State University, Ohio
1987		P.A. Par[13]
1988		Supercade GT[14]
1989[15] Adelphi University & Nassau Community College, New York		Supercade GT		New York City THC		West Point
1990[16] Reno, Nevada		University of Minnesota[17]	20–18	Supercade GT
1991[18] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Colorado Springs Stars	31–23	University of Minnesota		Supercade GT	19–18	LA Stars
1992		Colorado Springs Stars[19]
1993[20] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994
1995						San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]
1996		Slippery Rock[22]				San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]
1997				San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]
1998				San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]
1999
2000[23] Tampa, Florida		Antique Gold		Atlanta Storm		New York City THC		Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania		9
2001[24] Atlanta, Georgia		Antique Gold		New York City THC		Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania		Atlanta Storm		9
2002[25] Nassau Community College, NY		Antique Gold		New York City THC		Atlanta Storm		Furman University		10
2003[26] Reno, Nevada		San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]	13-11	Rock Handball		Virginia Commonwealth University	12-4	West Point Black		5
2004[27] Houston, Texas		DC Diplomats THC[28]	28-23	San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]		West Point Black	28-12	Gold Stars		6
2005[29]		DC Diplomats THC[28]		San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Utah Cal Smurfs)[* 1]		Carolina		Shooting Stars		10
2006[30] Houston, Texas		San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]	20-18	Cortland State		West Point Black	8-6	Carolina Blue		9
2007[31] University of Delaware, DE		Chicago Inter Handball[32]	25-22	Cortland State		Atlanta Condors Women	30-21	San Francisco CalHeat[21] (Smurfs)[* 1]
2008 Newark, Delaware		Chicago Inter Handball
2009[33] Elgin, Illinois		Chicago Inter Handball[32]	38-25	Lady Condors		Houston Firehawks TH		New England Freeze		7
2010[34] Las Vegas, Nevada		Houston Firehawks THC	28-25	Chicago Inter Handball[32]		Denver HC		New England Freeze		9
2011[35] Salt Lake City, Utah		Chicago Inter Handball[32]	20-19	New York City THC		New York Athletic Club/Dynamo HC	27-20	Carolina
2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota		Alberta	24-23[36]	Chicago Inter Handball[32]		New York City THC[37]
2013[38] Reno, Nevada		Chicago Inter Handball[32]	21-20	Dynamo HC		Carolina Blue	24-19	Los Angeles THC		10
2014[39] Reno, Nevada		Dynamo HC	20-14	Chicago Inter Handball[32]		Phoenix THC	26-25	Los Angeles THC		7
2015[40] York, Pennsylvania		Chicago Inter Handball	23-17	New York City THC		Carolina Blue	25-20	Ocean NJ THC		10
2016[41] York, Pennsylvania		Odenwald		Chicago Inter Handball		New York City THC		San Francisco CalHeat		10
2017[42] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		Team Rogue	33-32	New York City THC		Handball Quebec	24-20	DC Diplomats		11
2018[43] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		Team Rogue	29-23	New York City THC		Handball Quebec	30-14	Boston Team Handball Club		11
2019[44] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		New York City THC	34-28	Chicago Inter Handball		DC Diplomats	16-15	Boston Team Handball Club		8
2020 Detroit, Michigan			cancelled				cancelled
2021			cancelled				cancelled
2022 Adrian, Michigan		Handball Quebec	24-15	Carolina Blue		Chicago Inter Handball	16-15	Boston Team Handball Club		12
2023 Spokane, Washington		San Francisco CalHeat	30-26	New York City THC		Handball Quebec II	25-18	Boston Team Handball Club		8
2024[45] Spokane, Washington		New York City THC	18–17	Quebec U25		Alberta U21	19–16	San Francisco CalHeat		5

1. San Francisco CalHeat played at the beginning with the name Smurfs.

Division B

Year		Final				Third-place match				Teams
		Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1988		West Point Black[14]

Individual awards

Year	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
	MVP		MVG		Top Scorer
2000	Dawn Marple	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	Laura Ryan	Antique Gold
2001	Astrid Siene	New York City THC	Danielle Ryan	Antique Gold
2002	Marketa Chromkova	New York City THC	Anca Hesser	Antique Gold
2003	Grit Farrell	Rock Handball	Lasonia Morris	Virginia Commonwealth University
2004	Katharina Ellmers	DC Diplomats	Kiera Connerty	West Point Black
2006	Kathy Darling	Chicago Inter Handball	Jacque Messel	Chicago Inter Handball
2007	Sladjana Prvanov	Chicago Inter Handball	Nataliya Mitrjuk	Chicago Inter Handball
2008	cancelled		cancelled
2009	Jolanta Kunickaite	Chicago Inter Handball	Katarina Husova	Chicago Inter Handball
2011	Annika Schmid	New York City THC	Jacque Messel	Chicago Inter Handball
2012	Amber Smart	Alberta	Kate Greabeiel	Alberta
2013	Jolanta Kunickaite	Chicago Inter Handball	Sophie Fasold	Dynamo HC
2014	Caroline Wahlberg	Dynamo HC	Sophie Fasold	Dynamo HC
2015	Irina Irimia	Chicago Inter Handball	Jacque Messel	Chicago Inter Handball
2017	Kathy Darling	Team Rogue	Anna Oedegaard Dennison	New York City THC	Cecile Balanche	DC Diplomats
2018	Cecile Balanche	DC Diplomats	Georgeta Marincas	Carolina Blue	Jence Ann Rhoads	Team Rogue
2019	Noelia Anton Bolanos	Boston THC	Athena Del Rosario	San Francisco CalHeat	Kathrine Agger	San Francisco CalHeat II
	Cindy Stinger MVP		Pam Boyd MVG		Top Scorer
2022	Zion Krullars	Carolina Blue	Vassilia Gagnon	Handball Quebec	Mariia Rachiteleva	Los Angeles THC
2023	Micaela Millar	New York City THC	Natallia Zhelnova	San Francisco CalHeat	Oihane Manrique Garin	Chicago Inter Handball
2024	Michelle Laerke	New York City THC	Stephanie Moreno	New York City THC	Céline Labonté (38)	Quebec U25

Medal count

Rank	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chicago Inter HC	6	5	1	12
2	San Francisco CalHeat	3	4	2	9
3	Antique Gold	3	0	0	3
4	New York City THC	2	8	3	13
5	Supercade GT	2	1	1	4
6	DC Diplomats THC	2	0	1	3
7	Colorado Springs Stars	2	0	0	2
	Team Rogue	2	0	0	2
9	Québec	1	1	3	5
10	Dynamo HC	1	1	1	3
11	Kansas State University	1	1	0	2
	Ohio State University	1	1	0	2
	University of Minnesota	1	1	0	2
14	Alberta	1	0	1	2
	Houston Firehawks TH	1	0	1	2
16	California West	1	0	0	1
	East Coast HC	1	0	0	1
	G and D Leisure	1	0	0	1
	New England	1	0	0	1
	Odenwald	1	0	0	1
	P.A. Par	1	0	0	1
	Panters	1	0	0	1
23	Cortland State	0	2	0	2
24	Carolina THC	0	1	3	4
25	Atlanta Storm	0	1	1	2
	Lady Condors / Atlanta Condors	0	1	1	2
27	Rock Handball	0	1	0	1
28	West Point	0	0	3	3
29	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	0	0	2	2
30	Denver HC	0	0	1	1
	Phoenix THC	0	0	1	1
	Virginia Commonwealth University	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		36	29	27	92

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