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College team handball, is played as a club sport in several colleges and universities in the United States of America. College team handball is governed by USA Team Handball, and does not fall under the auspices of the NCAA. There are currently roughly 20 college teams—male and female—in the United States.

Team handball has been played as a club sport in universities since the 1970's with West Point (Army), Air Force and North Carolina being the most established programs. The season runs from September through May and clubs often participate in weekend tournaments vs clubs that may or may not be affiliated with a university. West Point and North Carolina annually host two of the most attended weekend tournaments. The

West Point in A collegiate champion hhas had a national championship tournament since 1977 with West Point winning the majority of the titles. The tournament is played over a 3 day weekend in the

Men's Collegiate Champion

YEAR; CHAMPION; RUNNER-UP

• 1977 – West Point (Army)
• 1978 – 
• 1979 – 
• 1980 – West Point (Army)
• 1981 – West Point (Army)
• 1982 – West Point (Army)
• 1983 – USC
• 1984 – 
• 1985 – West Point (Army)
• 1986 – West Point (Army)
• 1987 – West Point (Army), Air Force
• 1988 – Michigan
• 1989 – West Point (Army)
• 1990 – West Point (Army)
• 1991 – West Point (Army)
• 1992 – West Point (Army)
• 1993 – West Point (Army)
• 1994 – 
• 1995 – 
• 1996 – West Point (Army)
• 1997 – West Point (Army)
• 1998 – West Point (Army)
• 1999 – West Point (Army)
• 2000 – West Point (Army)
• 2001 – West Point (Army)
• 2002 – Air Force
• 2003 – West Point (Army)
• 2004 – North Carolina
• 2005 – North Carolina
• 2006 – North Carolina
• 2007 – West Point (Army)
• 2008 – West Point (Army)
• 2009 – West Point (Army)
• 2010 – West Point (Army)
• 2011 – West Point (Army)
• 2012 – West Point (Army)
• 2013 – West Point (Army)
• 2014 – West Point (Army)
• 2015 – West Point (Army)
• 2016 – West Point (Army)
• 2017 – West Point (Army)

Women's Collegiate Champion

YEAR; CHAMPION; RUNNER-UP

• 1977 – 
• 1978 – 
• 1979 – 
• 1980 – West Point (Army)
• 1981 – 
• 1982 – 
• 1983 –
• 1984 – 
• 1985 – 
• 1986 – 
• 1987 – Minnesota
• 1988 – 
• 1989 – 
• 1990 – West Point (Army)
• 1991 – West Point (Army)
• 1992 – 
• 1993 – 
• 1994 – 
• 1995 – 
• 1996 – West Point (Army)
• 1997 – 
• 1998 – 
• 1999 – West Point (Army)
• 2000 – West Point (Army)
• 2001 – West Point (Army)
• 2002 – West Point (Army)
• 2003 – West Point (Army)
• 2004 – North Carolina
• 2005 – West Point (Army)
• 2006 – West Point (Army)
• 2007 – West Point (Army)
• 2008 – Cortland St (NY)
• 2009 – North Carolina
• 2010 – North Carolina
• 2011 – North Carolina
• 2012 – West Point (Army)
• 2013 – West Point (Army)
• 2014 – West Point (Army)
• 2015 – West Point (Army)
• 2016 – West Point (Army)
• 2017 – West Point (Army)

The 2017 USA Collegiate Men's Team Handball Championship EHF was held on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC from 21-23 April 2017. West Point (Army) won their 11th consecutive title.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 18 June 2015.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
France Denmark (assigned to D1) Spain Croatia (assigned to B1)	Iceland Poland (assigned to A2) Sweden Hungary	Russia North Macedonia Germany (assigned to C3) Belarus	Serbia Norway Slovenia Montenegro

Squads

Main article: 2016 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Match officials

On 30 September 2015, 12 couples were announced.

Group stage

The draw was held on 19 June 2015.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
West Point (Army) (Black - 1st Team)	2	2	0	0	44	29	+15	4
Illinois State	2	1	0	1	46	43	+3	2
Texas A&M	2	0	0	2	31	48	-16	0

West Point (Army) (Black - 1st Team)	22 – 10	Texas A&M
Illinois State	27 – 21	Texas A&M
West Point (Army) (Black - 1st Team)	22 – 19	Illinois St

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Group B

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Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Air Force	2	2	0	0	51	30	+21	4
West Point (Army) (Gold - 2nd Team)	2	1	0	1	42	33	+9	2
Ohio St (Scarlet - 2nd Team)	2	0	0	2	25	55	-30	0

Air Force	31 – 12	Ohio St (Scarlet - 2nd Team)
West Point (Army) (Gold - 2nd Team)	24 – 13	Ohio St (Scarlet - 2nd Team)
Air Force	20 – 18	West Point (Army) (Gold - 2nd Team)

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Group C

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Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Auburn	2	2	0	0	44	25	+19	4
Ohio St (Grey - 1st Team)	2	0	0	2	25	44	--19	0

Auburn	21 – 13	Ohio St (Grey - 1st Team)
Auburn	23 – 12	Ohio St (Grey - 1st Team)

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Group D

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Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Virginia	2	2	0	0	38	28	+10	4
North Carolina	2	0	1	1	29	33	-4	1
James Madison	2	0	1	1	27	33	-6	1

North Carolina	14 – 14	James Madison
Virginia	19 – 13	James Madison
Virginia	19 – 15	North Carolina

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Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	West Point	23
	Auburn	21
					West Point	31
					Virginia	25
	Air Force	15
	Virginia	22
					Bronze-final
					Air Force	29
					Auburn	22

Final ranking

1. Sweden

2. Germany

3. Denmark

4. Iceland

5. Russia

6. France

7. Spain

8. Czech Republic

9. Portugal

10. FR Yugoslavia

11. Ukraine

12. Slovenia

13. Switzerland

14. Israel

15. Poland

16. Croatia

	Semi-finals				Final
	2. February 2002
	Denmark	23
					3. February 2002
	Germany	28
					Germany	31
	2. February 2002
					Sweden	33
	Sweden	33
	Iceland	22
					Bronze-final
					3. February 2002
					Denmark	29
					Iceland	22

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	29 January 2016
	Norway	33
					31 January 2016
	Germany (OT)	34
					Germany	24
	29 January 2016
					Spain	17
	Spain	33
	Croatia	29
					Third place game
					31 January 2016
					Norway	24
					Croatia	31

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Ranking and statistics

Results

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	84	76	+8	6	Advance to main round
2	France	3	2	0	1	91	80	+11	4
3	North Macedonia	3	0	1	2	73	81	−8	1
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	81	92	−11	1	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

15 January 2016 18:00	France	30–23	North Macedonia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Sorhaindo 6	(12–12)	K. Lazarov 9
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 7×

15 January 2016 20:30	Poland	29–28	Serbia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,100 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Jurecki 7	(14–15)	Nenadić, Nikčević 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 6× 1×

17 January 2016 18:15	Serbia	26–36	France	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Šešum 7	(16–19)	Nyokas 8
	3× 7×	Report	2× 2×

17 January 2016 20:30	North Macedonia	23–24	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	K. Lazarov 8	(13–11)	Syprzak 6
	4× 4×	Report	1× 5× 1×

19 January 2016 18:15	North Macedonia	27–27	Serbia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Manaskov 10	(13–13)	Nenadić, Šešum 7
	4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2016 20:30	France	25–31	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,854 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Abalo, Mahé 5	(12–15)	Bielecki 9
	2× 3×	Report	4× 6×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	0	1	88	84	+4	4	Advance to main round
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	95	83	+12	4
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	87	94	−7	2
4	Iceland	3	1	0	2	92	101	−9	2	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

15 January 2016 16:00	Croatia	27–21	Belarus	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Štrlek 9	(15–15)	Rutenka 8
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

15 January 2016 18:15	Iceland	26–25	Norway	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Pálmarsson 8	(10–11)	Bjørnsen 7
	4× 7×	Report	4× 4×

17 January 2016 16:00	Belarus	39–38	Iceland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pukhouski 11	(17–18)	Petersson 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

17 January 2016 18:15	Norway	34–31	Croatia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 8,400 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bjørnsen 7	(16–17)	Duvnjak 8
	2× 4×	Report	4× 6×

19 January 2016 18:15	Belarus	27–29	Norway	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Rutenka 9	(13–12)	Bjørnsen, O'Sullivan 5
	4× 6×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2016 20:30	Croatia	37–28	Iceland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Marić 8	(19–10)	Gunnarsson, Sigurðsson 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	80	75	+5	5	Advance to main round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	81	79	+2	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	71	72	−1	2
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	66	72	−6	1	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

16 January 2016 18:30	Spain	32–29	Germany	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Rivera 7	(18–15)	Dissinger 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7×

16 January 2016 20:45	Sweden	23–21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Ekberg 4	(16–9)	Gaber 5
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

18 January 2016 18:15	Slovenia	24–24	Spain	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Žvižej 6	(13–10)	Aguinagalde 6
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

18 January 2016 20:30	Germany	27–26	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Reichmann 9	(13–17)	Jakobsson 8
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2016 17:15	Germany	25–21	Slovenia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Reichmann 5	(12–10)	Kavtičnik 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	2× 7× 1×

20 January 2016 20:00	Spain	24–22	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Rivera 9	(12–10)	Jakobsson, Östlund 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	91	75	+16	6	Advance to main round
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	80	78	+2	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	80	84	−4	2
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	76	90	−14	0	Eliminated

Source: EHF-Euro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

16 January 2016 18:00	Hungary	32–27	Montenegro	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,864 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Bánhidi 7	(16–12)	Borozan 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

16 January 2016 20:15	Denmark	31–25	Russia	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 7,952 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 4	(13–13)	Shelmenko 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

18 January 2016 18:00	Russia	27–26	Hungary	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,452 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Dibirov 6	(14–10)	Jamali 6
	4× 6×	Report	3× 3×

18 January 2016 20:15	Montenegro	28–30	Denmark	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 6,980 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Grbović 7	(16–14)	Eggert 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2016 17:15	Russia	28–21	Montenegro	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 5,930 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Gorbok, Shelmenko 5	(14–9)	Ševaljević, Vujović 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

20 January 2016 20:00	Denmark	30–22	Hungary	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk / Sopot Attendance: 8,361 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Hansen 9	(18–10)	Hornyák 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	1	0	153	141	+12	9	Advanced to semifinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	153	134	+19	6
3	France	5	3	0	2	145	130	+15	6	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Poland	5	3	0	2	138	142	−4	6	Advanced to seventh place game
5	Belarus	5	1	0	4	128	151	−23	2	Eliminated
6	North Macedonia	5	0	1	4	130	149	−19	1

Source: EHF-Euro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

21 January 2016 18:15	France	34–23	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 6,900 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Karabatić 9	(20–5)	Khadkevich 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2016 20:30	North Macedonia	24–34	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Manaskov 7	(13–17)	Slišković 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

23 January 2016 18:15	France	32–24	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,600 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Abalo 6	(16–10)	Duvnjak 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

23 January 2016 20:30	Poland	28–30	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,600 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bielecki 10	(15–16)	Hansen 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 2016 18:15	North Macedonia	31–31	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 7,600 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	K. Lazarov 11	(17–13)	Bjørnsen 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 5×

25 January 2016 20:30	Poland	32–27	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Jurecki 9	(19–13)	Shylovich 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2016 16:00	North Macedonia	29–30	Belarus	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	K. Lazarov 10	(13–14)	Pukhouski 11
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

27 January 2016 18:15	France	24–29	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 10,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Narcisse 7	(11–12)	Tønnesen 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 7×

27 January 2016 20:30	Poland	23–37	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Bielecki, Daszek 4	(10–15)	Štrlek 11
	1× 6×	Report	2× 5×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	135	130	+5	8	Advanced to semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	140	129	+11	8
3	Denmark	5	3	1	1	139	123	+16	7	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Sweden	5	1	2	2	126	121	+5	4	Advanced to seventh place game
5	Russia	5	1	1	3	132	140	−8	3	Eliminated
6	Hungary	5	0	0	5	110	139	−29	0

Source: EHF-Euro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

22 January 2016 18:15	Germany	29–19	Hungary	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Wiede 6	(17–9)	three players 3
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

22 January 2016 20:30	Sweden	28–28	Russia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,350 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Jakobsson 9	(15–15)	Dibirov 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

24 January 2016 18:15	Germany	30–29	Russia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Dissinger 7	(17–16)	Dibirov 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

24 January 2016 20:30	Spain	23–27	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Entrerríos, Rivera 4	(14–11)	Damgaard 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

26 January 2016 18:15	Spain	31–29	Hungary	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Rivera 5	(15–15)	Nagy 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

26 January 2016 20:30	Sweden	28–28	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	three players 5	(13–15)	Damgaard 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4× 1×

27 January 2016 16:00	Sweden	22–14	Hungary	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Nilsson, Östlund 5	(10–7)	Bodó 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

27 January 2016 18:15	Germany	25–23	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,593 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Fäth 6	(12–13)	Hansen 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2016 20:30	Spain	25–23	Russia	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Rivera 11	(11–12)	Dibirov 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

29 January 2016 18:30	Norway	33–34 (ET)	Germany	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Bjørnsen 8	(13–14)	Reichmann 10
	4× 6×	Report	3× 2×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 6–7

29 January 2016 21:00	Spain	33–29	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 11,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	García, Rivera 6	(18–14)	Slišković 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 3×

29 January 2016 16:00	Poland	26–24	Sweden	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Konitz, Krajewski 5	(12–12)	Nilsson 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

29 January 2016 18:30	France	29–26	Denmark	Hala Stulecia, Wrocław Attendance: 4,500 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Kounkoud 8	(15–13)	Balling 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

31 January 2016 15:00	Norway	24–31	Croatia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Sagosen 5	(11–15)	Horvat 8
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4× 1×

31 January 2016 17:30	Germany	24–17	Spain	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Häfner 7	(10–6)	Entrerríos 5
	3× 8×	Report	1× 4×

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Spain
	Croatia
4	Norway
5	France
6	Denmark
7	Poland
8	Sweden
9	Russia
10	Belarus
11	North Macedonia
12	Hungary
13	Iceland
14	Slovenia
15	Serbia
16	Montenegro