2018 USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division

The 2018 Nationals was the 48th Men's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2018 from the US.

2018 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
Season2017–18
Dates17 - 20 May 2018
Matches played20
2017
2019
All statistics correct as of 2018-05-10.

Venues edit

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

Location of the Myrtle Beach Sports Center

Qualification edit

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Wildcard standings[2]
2017 Nationals - Men's Elite Division 19 - 21 Mai 2017 1 New York City Team Handball Club 12
2017-18 Northeast Team Handball League 18 November 2017 – 22 April 2018 2 DC Diplomats Team Handball
Boston Team Handball
11
5
2017-18 Midwest Team Handball League 30 September 2017 - 18 March 2018 1 Chicago Inter Handball Club 26
Wildcards 4 San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club
New York Athletic Club
West Point Black
Houston Firehawks Team Handball
Los Angeles Team Handball Club
20
16
11
each 9
each 9

The Air Force Academy which ranked 3rd at the Wildcard Standings will not attending the competition.[2]

Modus edit

 
 
Chicago Inter
 
New York City
 
SF CalHeat
 
Boston
 
DC Diplomats
 
Los Angeles
 
Houston Firehawks
Location of 2018 USA Team Handball Nationals Men's Elite Division Teams
The two green dots teams have two play a Playoff first

First there is a playoff game between Houston Firehawks and Los Angeles THC for the last wildcard. The loser play in the Open Division

After that 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 edit

4th Wildcard Playoff edit

17 Mai 2018
17:00 (UTC-4)
Houston Firehawks 10-0 Los Angeles Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New York City (1) 3 3 0 0 89 67 +22 6
San Francisco CalHeat (5) 3 2 0 1 80 78 +2 4
Chicago Inter (3) 3 1 0 2 76 88 −12 2
West Point Black (7) 3 0 0 3 82 94 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
17 Mai 2018
17:00 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 24-33 San Francisco CalHeat Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

18 Mai 2018
9:15 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 32-25 West Point Black Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
18 Mai 2018
9:15 (UTC-4)
New York City 26-18 San Francisco CalHeat Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
18 Mai 2018
14:30 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 20-30 New York City Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
18 Mai 2018
15:45 (UTC-4)
San Francisco CalHeat 29-28 West Point Black Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

19 Mai 2018
10:30 (UTC-4)
West Point Black 29-33 New York City Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New York Athletic Club (2) 3 3 0 0 93 77 +16 6
Boston (6) 3 2 0 1 68 66 +2 4
Houston Firehawks (8) 3 1 0 2 80 87 −7 2
DC Diplomats (4) 3 0 0 3 69 80 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
17 Mai 2018
17:00 (UTC-4)
Boston 21-17 DC Diplomats Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
17 Mai 2018
21:00 (UTC-4)
New York Athletic Club 35-30 Houston Firehawks Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

18 Mai 2018
10:30 (UTC-4)
Boston 29-25 Houston Firehawks Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
18 Mai 2018
10:30 (UTC-4)
DC Diplomats 29-34 New York Athletic Club Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
18 Mai 2018
15:45 (UTC-4)
Boston 18-24 New York Athletic Club Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
18 Mai 2018
16:00 (UTC-4)
Houston Firehawks 25-23 DC Diplomats Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Championship edit

Semifinals Final
      
A1 New York City 23
B2 Boston 19
A1 New York City 31
A2 San Francisco CalHeat 18
B1 New York Athletic Club 37
A2 San Francisco CalHeat 38 Small Final
B2 Boston 25
B1 New York Athletic Club 34

Semifinals edit

19 Mai 2018
14:30 (UTC-4)
New York City 23-19 Boston Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
19 Mai 2018
16:00 (UTC-4)
New York Athletic Club 37-38 (ET) San Francisco CalHeat Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

FT: yes ET: yes Pen: yes

Small Final edit

20 Mai 2018
11:00 (UTC-4)
Boston 25-34 New York Athletic Club Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Final edit

20 Mai 2018
13:30 (UTC-4)
New York City 31-18 San Francisco CalHeat Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Consolation edit

5-8th Place Semifinals 5th Place
      
A3 Chicago Inter 36
B4 DC Diplomats 22
A3 Chicago Inter 35
B3 Houston Firehawks 29
B3 Houston Firehawks 35
A4 West Point Black 30 7th Place
B4 DC Diplomats 37
A4 West Point Black 29

5-8th Place Semifinals edit

19 Mai 2018
14:30 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 36-22 DC Diplomats Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
19 Mai 2018
14:30 (UTC-4)
Houston Firehawks 35-30 West Point Black Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

7th Place edit

20 Mai 2018
8:00 (UTC-4)
DC Diplomats 37-29 West Point Black Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

5th Place edit

20 Mai 2018
9:30 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 35-29 Houston Firehawks Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Final ranking edit

Rank Team
  New York City
  San Francisco CalHeat
  New York Athletic Club
4 Boston
5 Chicago Inter
6 Houston Firehawks
7 DC Diplomats
8 West Point Black

Statistics edit

Awards edit

Most Valuable Player: Djordje Radovanovic New York City THC
Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Ivan Ignjatovic New York City THC
Top Scorer: Philip Altong Houston Firehawks

Top scorers edit

Source:

Rank Name Goals Games Average Team
  Philip Altong 45 6 7.5 Houston Firehawks
  Jan Ziegler 39 5 7.8 DC Diplomats
  Stefan Asceric 37 5 7.4 Chicago Inter
4 Nicholas Schebler 36 5 7.2 West Point Black
5 Ty Reed 35 5 7 New York Athletic Club
6 Jawad Bichri 33 5 6.6 Boston
7 Philipp Wieschollek 32 5 5.33 Houston Firehawks
8 Lars Schorlemer 29 5 5.8 San Francisco CalHeat
9 Eloy Rubio Blanco 29 5 5.8 Chicago Inter
10 El-Sayed Shalaby 27 5 5.4 New York City THC

All-Tournament Team edit

Pivot
Vladimir Bicvic
New York City


Center Back
Left Back Slave Jovanovski Right Back
Lars Schorlemer San Francisco CalHeat Benjamin Briffe [fr]
San Francisco CalHeat New York City


Left Wing Goalkeeper Right Wing
Thomas Harper Ivan Ignjatovic Djordje Radovanovic
New York Athletic Club New York City New York City
Most Valuable Goalkeeper Most Valuable Player

References edit

  1. ^ "US College Nationals and US Open Championships Announcement". USA Team Handball. 2018-01-09. Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ a b "Wild Card Standings". www.dcdiplomats.com/nthlwp/. 2018-04-26. Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

External links edit