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2019 USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division

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2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
Season2018–19
Dates24 - 26 May 2019
Matches played20
2018
2020
All statistics correct as of 2019-05-04.

The 2019 Nationals is the 49th Men's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2019 from the US.

Venues

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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

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Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Wildcard standings[2]
2018 Nationals - Men's Elite Division 17 - 20 May 2018 1 New York City Team Handball Club 19
2018-19 Midwest Team Handball League 29 September 2018 - 24 March 2019 1 Chicago Inter Handball Club #1 15
2018-19 Northeast Team Handball League 14 October 2018 – 31 March 2019 2 Boston Team Handball #3
DC Diplomats Team Handball #4
7
0
Wildcards 4 San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club
New York Athletic Club
Los Angeles Team Handball Club
Houston Firehawks Team Handball
29
12
11
7

West Point Black (Army) which ranked 2nd at the NTHL and at the Wildcard Standings will not attending the competition. due to graduation.[3]

Modus

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Location of 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals Teams Men's Elite Division
Chicago Inter
Chicago Inter
New York City
New York City
SF CalHeat
SF CalHeat
Boston
Boston
DC Diplomats
DC Diplomats
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Location of 2019 USA Team Handball Nationals Men's Elite Division Teams

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

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New York City (1) 3 3 0 0 95 69 +26 6
Los Angeles (5) 3 2 0 1 90 78 +12 4
Boston (6) 3 1 0 2 65 80 −15 2
Chicago Inter (3) 3 0 0 3 66 89 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]
24 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
New York City 31-29 Los Angeles Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
24 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 21-23 Boston Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
24 May 2019
15:30 (UTC-4)
Boston 19-27 New York City Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
24 May 2019
15:30 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 24-29 Los Angeles Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
25 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
Chicago Inter 21-37 New York City Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
25 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
Los Angeles 32-23 Boston Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
San Francisco CalHeat (2) 3 3 0 0 93 74 +19 6
New York Athletic Club (4) 3 2 0 1 96 82 +14 4
DC Diplomats (11) 3 1 0 2 80 80 0 2
New York City II (8) 3 0 0 3 67 100 −33 0
Source: [citation needed]
24 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
San Francisco CalHeat 32-20 New York City II Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
24 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
DC Diplomats 26-28 New York Athletic Club Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
24 May 2019
15:30 (UTC-4)
New York Athletic Club 42-27 New York City II Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
24 May 2019
15:30 (UTC-4)
San Francisco CalHeat 32-28 DC Diplomats Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
25 May 2019
12:30 (UTC-4)
San Francisco CalHeat 29-26 New York Athletic Club Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
25 May 2019
12:30 (UTC-4)
New York City II 20-26 DC Diplomats Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Championship

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Semifinals Final
      
A1 New York City 32
B2 New York Athletic Club 22
A1 New York City 30
B1 San Francisco CalHeat 31
B1 San Francisco CalHeat 28
A2 Los Angeles 23 Small Final
B2 New York Athletic Club 32
A2 Los Angeles 30

Semifinals

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25 May 2019
19:00 (UTC-4)
New York City 32-22 New York Athletic Club Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Attendance: 100
Report
25 May 2019
19:00 (UTC-4)
San Francisco CalHeat 28-23 Los Angeles Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Attendance: 150
Referees: Anusic (USA), Kolahdouzan (IRN)
Report

Small Final

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26 May 2019
12:30 (UTC-4)
New York Athletic Club 32-30 Los Angeles Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Attendance: 50
Report

Final

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26 May 2019
13:45 (UTC-4)
New York City 30-31 San Francisco CalHeat Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Attendance: 450
Referees: Anusic (USA), Kolahdouzan (IRN)
Stefan Lang 11, Benjamin Briffe [fr] 6 (11-12) Eloy Rubio Blanco 10, Nicolas Raemy 8
Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Consolation

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5-8th Place Semifinals 5th Place
      
A3 Boston 24
B4 New York City II 23
A3 Boston 25
B3 DC Diplomats 22
B3 DC Diplomats 31
A4 Chicago Inter 19 7th Place
A4 Chicago Inter 24
B4 New York City II 22

5-8th Place Semifinals

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25 May 2019
19:00 (UTC-4)
Boston 24-23 New York City II Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report
25 May 2019
19:00 (UTC-4)
DC Diplomats 31-19 Chicago Inter Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

7th Place

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26 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
New York City II 22-24 Chicago Inter Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

5th Place

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26 May 2019
11:00 (UTC-4)
Boston 25-22 DC Diplomats Myrtle Beach Sports Center
Report

Final ranking

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) San Francisco CalHeat
2nd place, silver medalist(s) New York City
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New York Athletic Club
4 Los Angeles
5 Boston
6 DC Diplomats
7 Chicago Inter
8 New York City II

Statistics

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Awards

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Most Valuable Player: Gil Pires Los Angeles THC
Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Lucas Kroeger San Francisco CalHeat
Top Scorer: Gil Pires Los Angeles THC

Top scorers

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Rank Name Goals Games Average Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gil Pires 46 5 9.2 Los Angeles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eloy Rubio 35 5 7 SF Calheat
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Benjamin Briffe [fr] 29 5 5.8 New York City
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicolas Raemy 29 5 5.8 SF Calheat
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Morgan 29 5 5.8 New York Athletic Club

All-Tournament Team

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Pivot
Vladimir Bicvic
New York City THC


Center Back
Left Back Gil Pires Right Back
Eloy Rubio Los Angeles THC Benjamin Briffe [fr]
San Francisco CalHeat New York City THC


Left Wing Goalkeeper Right Wing
Hedi Boubaker Lucas Kroeger Nicolas Raemy
New York City THC San Francisco CalHeat San Francisco CalHeat


References

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  1. ^ "Save the Date: College National Championships and US Open National Championships". USA Team Handball. 2019-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  2. ^ "Wild Card Standings". Northeast Team Handball League. 2019-04-18. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  3. ^ bacothorn (2019-04-18). "2019 USATH National Championships – The Elite Division is Known". Northeast Team Handball League. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
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