# USA Team Handball Nationals – men's open division

The men's open national is a USA Team Handball tournament to determine the handball open national champion from the US. This is the second highest level of competition in the United States. Not qualified teams for the men's elite division are allowed to play in this division. Before the men's elite division was established, the national champion was crowned at the open division.

## Results
### Division I

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Third-place match | Third-place match | Third-place match | Teams |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 1959 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1960 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | |
| 1961 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1962 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1963 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1964 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1965 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1966 | 3 × Elizabeth S.C. 1963 one title | | | | | | |
| 1967 | Elizabeth S.C. | | | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | Adelphi University | | | | | | |
| 1970 | Rochester Sport Club | | Adelphi University | | | | |
| 1971 Newark State College | Adelphi University | 13-8 | Army A | Army B | 13-11 | SSC Newark | 8 |
| 1972 Livingston, New Jersey | Adelphi University | 21-16 | Third Army Team | | | | |
| 1973 Fort Bragg, North Carolina | Adelphi University | | | | | | Cornell University 5th, German Air Force, United States Army, Swim & Sport Club of New Jersey |
| 1974 Monmouth University, New Jersey | Adelphi University | | Jersey Jets | Army team from Fort Bragg | | Willamette University | 10 OSU 6th |
| 1975 Ohio State University, Ohio | Northwest Suburban Chicago | 20-18 | United States Army | East Ridge | 5-2 vs. 4–1–2 Match record | Willamette University | |
| 1976 Ohio State University, Ohio | Swim & Sport Club of Flanders | 22-21 | Air Force Academy | Northwest Suburban Chicago | | United States Army | 10 |
| 1977 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Chicago THC | | Air Force Academy | | | | |
| 1978 Hofstra University, New York | Air Force Academy | | | | | | |
| 1979 Colorado Springs, Colorado | University of California, Los Angeles | 18-17 | United States Army | West Point 3rd or 4th | West Point 3rd or 4th | West Point 3rd or 4th | |
| 1980 Colorado Springs, Colorado | | | | | | | |
| 1981 | Jersey Jets | | | | | | |
| 1982 Colorado Springs, Colorado | West Coast All-Stars | | | | | | |
| 1983 Washington, D.C. | | | | | | | |
| 1984 California State University, Fullerton | San Francisco CalHeat | 25-17 | Los Angeles Stars | | | | 10 New York Athletic Club (Garden City) |
| 1985 | San Francisco CalHeat | | | | | | |
| 1986 Ohio State University, Ohio | San Francisco CalHeat | | Sushi Masters | | | | |
| 1987 | Sushi Masters | | San Francisco CalHeat | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | | |
| 1988 | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | Sushi Masters | Rangers | | | |
| 1989 Adelphi University & Nassau Community College, New York | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | Los Angeles Stars | Sushi Masters | | | |
| 1990 Reno, Nevada | San Francisco CalHeat | 19–17 | Condors (Ventura Condors) | Sushi Masters | | | |
| 1991 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | 21–17 | Otra Vez | Swim & Sport Club of Flanders | 23–19 | LA Stars | |
| 1992 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | Swim & Sport Club of Flanders | | | | |
| 1993 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | New York Athletic Club II (Garden City II) | | Knight Magic | New York Athletic Club I (Garden City I) | | | |
| 1994 | Condors (Ventura Condors) | | Sushi Masters | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | | |
| 1995 | Sushi Masters | | Colorado Stars | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | | |
| 1996 | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | Sushi Masters | San Francisco CalHeat | | | |
| 1997 | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | | Condors (Ventura Condors) | Crachovia | | | |
| 1998 Atlanta, Georgia | Knight Magic | 19–18 | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | West Point | Shoot Out | Condors (Ventura Condors) | 10 |
| 1999 Fresno, California | Condors (Atlanta Condors) | 20–14 | New York Athletic Club (Garden City) | Knight Air | 24–19 | Cracovia | |
| | ↓ National Championship is new the Elite Division ↓ | ↓ National Championship is new the Elite Division ↓ | ↓ National Championship is new the Elite Division ↓ | | | | |
| 2000 Tampa, Florida | New York City THC | | Condors (Condor Old) | Swim & Sport Club of Flanders | | Atlanta THB-1 | 8 |
| 2001 Atlanta, Georgia | USA Deaf | | West Point Black | Swim & Sport Club of Flanders | | Carolina Blue | 8 |
| 2002 Nassau Community College, NY | Atlanta THC | | New York City THC | University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni | | Air Force Academy | 8 |
| 2003 Reno, Nevada | New England Freeze | 20-11 | Los Angeles THC | Sushi Masters | 23-19 | Knight Air DOGs | 8 |
| 2004 Houston, Texas | Air Force Academy | 23-22 | Houston Firehawks TH | Swim & Sport Club of Flanders | 24-18 | Rock Handball | 7 |
| 2005 | University of Utah | | Vipers Cleveland TH | PLS Firehawks | | USA Deaf | 16 |
| 2006 Houston, Texas | West Point Gold | 28-22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni | Atlanta Metro | 20-11 | West Point Black | 8 |
| 2007 University of Delaware, DE | Chicago Inter THC | 28-27 | Knight Air | New England Freeze | 38-16 | West Point Gold | |
| 2008 Newark, Delaware | | | | | | | |
| 2009 Elgin, Illinois | Only an Elite Division was held | Only an Elite Division was held | Only an Elite Division was held | | | | 0 |
| 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada | Miami Storm A | 29-26 | Minnesota | Denver HC | | Seattle HC | 13 |
| 2011 Salt Lake City, Utah | New York Athletic Club | 29-22 | Georgia HC | Seattle HC | 22-16 | Los Angeles 2 THC | 8 New York City 2 THC Tusken Raiders |
| 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota | New York Athletic Club | | West Point Gold | Georgia HC | 34-26 | Minnesota | Ohio |
| 2013 Reno, Nevada | Denver HC | 25-20 | Georgia HC | New York City 2 THC | | West Point Gold | 11 |
| 2014 Reno, Nevada | Boston THC | 24-22 | West Point Gold | Air Force Academy | 39-32 | San Francisco CalHeat | 12 |
| 2015 York, Pennsylvania | Houston Firehawks TH | 29-19 | Georgia HC | Air Force Academy | 27-19 | West Point Gold | 17 |
| 2016 York, Pennsylvania | Houston Firehawks TH | 23-17 | Georgia HC | Air Force Academy | | Ontario | 11 |
| 2017 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | DC Diplomats THC | 20-15 | Georgia HC | Chicago Inter THC | 21-20 | New York City 2 THC | 8 |
| 2018 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Los Angeles THC | 34-31 | Carolina Blue | New York City THC 2 | 31-28 | Dallas THC | 11 |
| 2019 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Alberta Team Handball | 36-31 (o.t.) | Houston Firehawks | Miami Inter Handball | 26-18 | San Francisco CalHeat II | 12 |
| 2020 Detroit, Michigan | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 0 |
| 2021 | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | cancelled | 0 |
| 2022 Adrian, Michigan | Carolina Team Handball Club | 25-17 | San Francisco CalHeat II | New York City THC II | 34-32 | Minnesota Team Handball | 8 |
| 2023 Spokane, Washington | California Eagles | 31-28 | San Francisco CalHeat II | Seattle Handball Club | 26-24 | Boston THC | 10 |
| 2024 Spokane, Washington | California Eagles | 29-23 | New York City THC | Los Angeles THC | 33-29 | San Francisco CalHeat | 6 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 New York Athletic Club played at the beginning with the name Garden City.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Condors where relocated from Ventura, California to Atlanta

### Division II

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Third-place match | Third-place match | Third-place match | Teams |
| Year | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 1987 | Badger THC | | | | | | |
| 1988 | West Point | | | | | | |
| 1991 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | West Point | 17–16 | Air Force | University of North Carolina | 17–16 | Ohio State | |
| 1995 Atlanta, Georgia | All-Indian Team Handball | | | | | | |
| 2000 Tampa, Florida | Air Force Academy | | USA Deaf | University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni | | West Point Gold | 8 |
| 2001 Atlanta, Georgia | University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni | | Air Force Academy | Buchanan Indian Storm | | Lander Alumni | 6 |
| 2002 Nassau Community College, NY | Knight Air DOGs | | MIT Lions | Los Angeles THC | | Georgia Institute of Technology | 10 |
| 2003 Reno, Nevada | Air Force Academy | 21-20 | Rock Handball | West Point Gold | 22-16 | ATH Red | 8 |
| 2004 Houston, Texas | West Point Gold | 18-14 | Kansas | ATH Red | 20-19 | Colorado State University | 5 |
| 2017 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | New York City 3 THC | 15-13 | Boston THC | West Point Gold | 21-20 | University of Virginia | 7 |
| 2022 Adrian, Michigan | HC Toronto | 29-19 | Fargo-Moorhead Wolves | DC Diplomats | 24-23 | Columbus Armada | 6 |
| 2024 Spokane, Washington | Prairie Selects | 29-19 | San Francisco CalHeat II | California Ealges II | 25-23 | Alberta U21 | 9 |

## Individual awards

| Year | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
| Men's open division I |||||||
| | MVP | MVP | MVG | MVG | Top Scorer | Top Scorer |
| 2001 | Richard Jacobs | USA Deaf | Ty Kovacs | USA Deaf | | |
| 2002 | Josh Ehman | Air Force Academy | Italo Zanzi | Atlanta | | |
| 2003 | Thomas Hedlund | Los Angeles THC | Thomas Sheppard | West Point Black | | |
| 2004 | Ivan Paz | Houston Firehawks | Dave Schmitt | Air Force Academy | | |
| 2011 | Bobby Dunn | New York Athletic Club | Danny Caparelli | New York Athletic Club | | |
| 2012 | Divine Jackson | New York Athletic Club | Danny Caparelli | New York Athletic Club | | |
| 2013 | Dennis Skarpeid Hermansen | Georgia HC | Thibault Salingue | New York City 2 THC | | |
| 2014 | Sean Cahill | Air Force Academy | Forrest Keller | West Point Gold | | |
| 2015 | Christopher Lindager | Houston Firehawks | Peter Acosta | Houston Firehawks | | |
| 2017 | Adrien Frier | DC Diplomats | Christoph Schmid | DC Diplomats | Adrien Frier | DC Diplomats |
| 2018 | Roger Silva | Dallas THC | Michael Gordon | Long Island Tigers | Roger Silva | Dallas THC |
| 2019 | Mateusz Piec | Carolina Blue | Eliud Fonseca | Houston Firehawks | Alriel Briggs / Matt Grohs | Long Island Tigers / Saskatchewan Junior Men |
| 2022 | Aaron Hamm | Carolina THC | Jack Moore | Carolina THC | Paul Meisner | Minnesota Team Handball |
| 2023 | Robin Zoeller | California Eagles | Omar Bentahar | San Francisco CalHeat II | Kyle Colwell | Saskatchewan Juniors |
| 2024 | Maxime Bouschet | California Eagles | Mohsen B. Renani | Los Angeles THC | Nikolai Keller | Los Angeles THC |
| Men's open division II |||||||
| | MVP | MVP | MVG | MVG | Top Scorer | Top Scorer |
| 2001 | Matt Johnson | University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni | Chad Benesh | University of North Carolina at Chapel Alumni | | |
| 2002 | Remo Ziegler | MIT Lions | Brian Beachkofski | KA DOGs | | |
| 2003 | John Parker | Rock Handball | Brandon Strack | Rock Handball | | |
| 2004 | Scott Pace | West Point Gold | Bjoern Meinhardt | Kansas | | |
| 2017 | Daniel Suarez | Boston TH II | Kevin O’Connel | New York City 3 THC | Joseph Drennan | West Point Gold |
| 2022 | Alexis Renaud | HC Toronto | Julien Renaud | HC Toronto | Sean Starrett | Columbus Armada |
| 2023 |
| 2024 | Kyle Colwell | Prairie Selects | Matthew Styles | Prairie Selects | Arnau Rossell | San Diego THC |

## Medal count
### Men's open II medal count

| Rank | Club | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | West Point | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Air Force Academy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Carolina THC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | All-Indian Team Handball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Badger THC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | HC Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Knight Air DOGs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | New York City THC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Prairie Selects | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Boston THC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Fargo-Moorhead Wolves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kansas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MIT Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rock Handball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | San Francisco CalHeat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | USA Deaf | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | ATH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Buchanan Indian Storm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | California Eagles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | DC Diplomats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Los Angeles THC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 |