The Men's Elite Division is a team handball tournament to determine the U.S. National Champion. Only qualified teams are allowed to play in this division while teams who fail to qualify play in the Open Division . Automatic bids are given to the winners of the Northeast Team Handball League , Midwest Team Handball and, in the past, were also given to the Great Lakes Team Handball Association and Western Team Handball League. The current Elite Division format comprises 8 teams. Before the Elite Division was established, the National Champion was crowned in the Open Division.
In 2023/24, and in the absence of qualifying events, the Elite Division was not held and the US national champion was decided in the Open Division.
Results [ edit ] Year Final 3rd place match Teams Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place 2000 [1] Tampa , Florida Condor South Garden City [* 1] Condor West Knight Air 8 2001 [2] [3] Atlanta, Georgia Garden City [* 1] 20-14 Condors San Francisco CalHeat 15-9 ATH 6 2002 [4] [5] Nassau Community College , NY Knight Air Condors San Francisco CalHeat 24-21 Garden City [* 1] 8 2003 [6] Reno , Nevada ATH Blue 26-20 Condors Garden City [* 1] 16-14 San Francisco CalHeat 7 2004 [7] Houston , Texas Atlanta Metro Condors 26-15 Garden City [* 1] New York City THC 32-29 San Francisco CalHeat 14 2005 [8] Houston , Texas Garden City [* 1] Condors New York City THC Los Angeles THC 12 2006 [9] Houston , Texas New York Athletic Club 18-16 Miami Sharks Carolina THC 15-13 Condors 12 2007 University of Delaware , DE New York City THC 38-27[10] West Point Black New York Athletic Club Chicago Inter Handball 8 2008 Newark , Delaware cancelled cancelled 0 2009 [11] Elgin , Illinois New York City THC 37-34[12] Houston Firehawks TH New York Athletic Club 26-12[13] Los Angeles THC 20 2010 [14] Las Vegas , Nevada Los Angeles THC 25-20 New England Freeze New York City THC Houston Firehawks TH 8 2011 [15] Salt Lake City , Utah New York City THC 33-13 Chicago Inter Handball Boston TH 32-30 West Point 10 2012 Minneapolis , Minnesota New York City THC 25-20[16] Los Angeles THC Chicago Inter Handball 21-20[17] Boston TH 8 2013 [18] Reno , Nevada New York Athletic Club 25-24 New York City THC West Point Black 29-24 Los Angeles THC 7 2014 [19] Reno , Nevada New York Athletic Club 25-21 Los Angeles THC West Point Black 37-32 Chicago Inter Handball 8 2015 [20] York , Pennsylvania New York City THC 26-13 Boston TH New York Athletic Club 19-15 DC Diplomats THC 8 2016 [21] York , Pennsylvania New York Athletic Club 28-25 New York City THC United H.C. Boston THC 10 2017 [22] Myrtle Beach , South Carolina New York City THC 33-26 United H.C. New York Athletic Club 23-20 Boston THC 8 2018 [23] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina New York City THC 31-18 San Francisco CalHeat New York Athletic Club 34-25 Boston THC 8 2019 [24] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina San Francisco CalHeat 31-30 New York City THC New York Athletic Club 32-30 Los Angeles THC 8 2020 Detroit, Michigan cancelled cancelled 0 2021 Detroit, Michigan cancelled cancelled 0 2022 Adrian, Michigan San Francisco CalHeat 33-22 New York Athletic Club New York City THC 32-28 Chicago Inter Handball 8 2023 Spokane, Washington San Francisco CalHeat 34-30 New York City THC New York Athletic Club 24-23 Chicago Inter Handball 7 2024 Spokane, Washington No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) 0
Individual awards [ edit ] Medal count [ edit ] Men's Elite Medal count [ edit ] Men's All time Medal count [ edit ]
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Winners Tournaments
Men's Elite Division
Men's Open Division
Men's Collegiate Division
Women's Open Division