USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division

The Women's Open National is a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from the US. Chicago Inter holds the most title in the women's division. The current US reigning champion is New York City THC.

USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division
Tournament information
SportHandball
Month playedApril-May
Established1975
FormatRound Robin, Knockout Stage
Teams6 - 20
Current champion
New York City THC

The 2020 US Club Nationals were cancelled due to COVID-19 and, hence, no champion was designated.

Results
Year Final 3rd 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[14]
1989[15]
Adelphi University & Nassau Community College, New York		 Supercade New York City THC West Point
1990 University of Minnesota[16]
1991
1992 Colorado Springs Stars[17]
1993[18]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994
1995 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]
1996 Slippery Rock[20] San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]
1997 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]
1998 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]
1999
2000[21]
Tampa, Florida		 Antique Gold Atlanta Storm New York City THC Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 9
2001[22]
Atlanta, Georgia		 Antique Gold New York City THC Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Atlanta Storm 9
2002[23]
Nassau Community College, NY		 Antique Gold New York City THC Atlanta Storm Furman University 10
2003[24]
Reno, Nevada		 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]		 13-11 Rock Handball Virginia Commonwealth University 12-4 West Point Black 5
2004[25]
Houston, Texas		 DC Diplomats THC[26] 28-23 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]		 West Point Black 28-12 Gold Stars 6
2005[27] DC Diplomats THC[26] San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Utah Cal Smurfs)[* 1]		 Carolina Shooting Stars 10
2006[28]
Houston, Texas		 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]		 20-18 Cortland State West Point Black 8-6 Carolina 9
2007[29]
University of Delaware, DE		 Chicago Inter HC[30] 25-22 Cortland State Atlanta Condors Women 30-21 San Francisco CalHeat[19]
(Smurfs)[* 1]
2008
Newark, Delaware		 Chicago Inter HC
2009[31]
Elgin, Illinois		 Chicago Inter HC[30] 38-25 Lady Condors Houston Firehawks TH New England Freeze 7
2010[32]
Las Vegas, Nevada		 Houston Firehawks TH 28-25 Chicago Inter HC[30] Denver HC New England Freeze 9
2011[33]
Salt Lake City, Utah		 Chicago Inter HC[30] 20-19 New York City THC New York Athletic Club/Dynamo HC 27-20 Carolina
2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota		 Alberta 24-23[34] Chicago Inter HC[30] New York City THC[35]
2013[36]
Reno, Nevada		 Chicago Inter HC[30] 21-20 Dynamo HC Carolina Blue 24-19 Los Angeles THC 10
2014[37]
Reno, Nevada		 Dynamo HC 20-14 Chicago Inter HC[30] Phoenix THC 26-25 Los Angeles THC 7
2015[38]
York, Pennsylvania		 Chicago Inter HC 23-17 New York City THC Carolina Blue 25-20 Ocean NJ THC 10
2016[39]
York, Pennsylvania		 Odenwald Chicago Inter HC New York City THC San Francisco CalHeat 10
2017[40]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		 Team Rogue 33-32 New York City THC Québec 24-20 DC Diplomats THC 11
2018[41]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		 Team Rogue 29-23 New York City THC Québec 30-14 Boston THC 11
2019[42]
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina		 New York City THC 34-28 Chicago Inter DC Diplomats 16-15 Boston Team Handball Club 8
2020

Detroit, Michigan

 cancelled cancelled 8
  1. San Francisco CalHeat played at the beginning with the name Smurfs.

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

Medal count
RankClubGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Chicago Inter HC65011
2Antique Gold3003
3San Francisco CalHeat2428
4DC Diplomats THC2002
Supercade2002
6Dynamo HC1113
7Ohio State University1102
8Houston Firehawks TH1012
9Alberta1001
California West1001
Colorado Springs Stars1001
East Coast HC1001
G and D Leisure1001
Kansas State University1001
New England1001
Odenwald1001
P.A. Par1001
Panters1001
Team Rogue1001
University of Minnesota1001
21New York City THC0639
22Cortland State0202
23Atlanta Storm0112
24Kansas Merchants0101
Lady Condors0101
Rock Handball0101
27Carolina THC0033
West Point0033
29Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania0022
30Atlanta Condors Women0011
Denver HC0011
Phoenix THC0011
Québec0011
Virginia Commonwealth University0011
Totals (34 clubs)30232174

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