# USA Team Handball Nationals – men's elite division

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

| Year | Final | Final | Final | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | Teams |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 2000 Tampa, Florida | Condor South | | Garden City | Condor West | | Knight Air | 8 |
| 2001 Atlanta, Georgia | Garden City | 20-14 | Condors | San Francisco CalHeat | 15-9 | ATH | 6 |
| 2002 Nassau Community College, NY | Knight Air | | Condors | San Francisco CalHeat | 24-21 | Garden City | 8 |
| 2003 Reno, Nevada | ATH Blue | 26-20 | Condors | Garden City | 16-14 | San Francisco CalHeat | 7 |
| 2004 Houston, Texas | Atlanta Metro Condors | 26-15 | Garden City | New York City THC | 32-29 | San Francisco CalHeat | 14 |
| 2005 Houston, Texas | Garden City | | Condors | New York City THC | | Los Angeles THC | 12 |
| 2006 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 | West Point Black | New York Athletic Club | | Chicago Inter Handball | 8 |
| 2008 Newark, Delaware | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 0 |
| 2009 Elgin, Illinois | New York City THC | 37-34 | Houston Firehawks TH | New York Athletic Club | 26-12 | Los Angeles THC | 20 |
| 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada | Los Angeles THC | 25-20 | New England Freeze | New York City THC | | Houston Firehawks TH | 8 |
| 2011 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 | Los Angeles THC | Chicago Inter Handball | 21-20 | Boston TH | 8 |
| 2013 Reno, Nevada | New York Athletic Club | 25-24 | New York City THC | West Point Black | 29-24 | Los Angeles THC | 7 |
| 2014 Reno, Nevada | New York Athletic Club | 25-21 | Los Angeles THC | West Point Black | 37-32 | Chicago Inter Handball | 8 |
| 2015 York, Pennsylvania | New York City THC | 26-13 | Boston TH | New York Athletic Club | 19-15 | DC Diplomats THC | 8 |
| 2016 York, Pennsylvania | New York Athletic Club | 28-25 | New York City THC | United H.C. | | Boston THC | 10 |
| 2017 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | New York City THC | 33-26 | United H.C. | New York Athletic Club | 23-20 | Boston THC | 8 |
| 2018 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | New York City THC | 31-18 | San Francisco CalHeat | New York Athletic Club | 34-25 | Boston THC | 8 |
| 2019 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 | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 0 |
| 2021 Detroit, Michigan | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 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) | No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) | No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) | No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) | No Elite division (replaced by Open D1) | 0 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 New York Athletic Club played at the beginning with the name Garden City.

## Individual awards

| Year | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
| | MVP | MVP | MVG | MVG | Top Scorer | Top Scorer |
| 2000 | Mike Hurdle | Condor South | Manuel Poch | Condor South | | |
| 2001 | Thomas Fitzgerald | Garden City | Dan Hennessey | Garden City | | |
| 2002 | Jeff Kunard | Knight Air | Matt Van Houten | Knight Air | | |
| 2003 | John Kelly | ATH Blue | Italo Zanzi | ATH Red | | |
| 2004 | Gary Hines | Atlanta Metro Condors | Manuel Poch | Atlanta Metro Condors | | |
| 2006 | Odael Marcos Puerta | Miami Sharks | Danny Caparelli | New York Athletic Club | | |
| 2007 | Zoran Ostojic | New York City THC | Ivan Ignjatovic | New York City THC | | |
| 2008 | cancelled | | cancelled | | | |
| 2009 | Zoran Ostojic | New York City THC | Aleksandr Voronov | Houston Firehawks | | |
| 2011 | Djordje Radovanovic | New York City THC | Ivan Ignjatovic | New York City THC | | |
| 2012 | Sayed Shalaby | New York City THC | Ivan Ignjatovic | New York City THC | | |
| 2013 | Djordje Radovanovic | New York City THC | Danny Caparelli | New York Athletic Club | | |
| 2014 | Jordan Fithian | New York Athletic Club | Danny Caparelli | New York Athletic Club | | |
| 2015 | Sayed Shalaby | New York City THC | Ivan Ignjatovic | New York City THC | | |
| 2016 | Pär Möllerberg | New York Athletic Club | Danny Caparelli | New York Athletic Club | | |
| 2017 | Sayed Shalaby | New York City THC | Ryan Homsy | New York City THC | Philip Altong | Houston Firehawks |
| 2018 | Djordje Radovanovic | New York City THC | Ivan Ignjatovic | New York City THC | Philip Altong | Houston Firehawks |
| 2019 | Gil Pires | Los Angeles THC | Lucas Kroeger | San Francisco CalHeat | Gil Pires | Los Angeles THC |
| | Dr. Peter Buehning MVP | Dr. Peter Buehning MVP | Sandor Rivnyak MVG | Sandor Rivnyak MVG | Top Scorer | Top Scorer |
| 2022 | Ty Reed | New York Athletic Club | Lucas Kroeger | San Francisco CalHeat | Israel Bayardo | Los Angeles THC |
| 2023 | Kylian Prat | New York City THC | Lucas Kroeger | San Francisco CalHeat | Robero Alcaraz | Denver Wolves |