2023 USA Team Handball Collegiate National Championships (Men’s Competition)

Dates: 14-16 April, 2023

Venue: Heminger Center, Tiffin University, Tiffin, Ohio

Web Streaming: Link (usateamhandball.tv) ($5.99 for the whole tournament)

Teams

Format: The teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. (Group Draw Video) Each group will play a round robin with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals. These 8 teams will play knockout matches and placing games to determine 1st to 8th. The 3rd place teams from each group will play each other in a classification group to determine places 9th to 12th.

Official Composite Schedule (Men and Women) with court assignments: Link
(Note: This is the official USA Team Handball schedule and the master from which the schedule below was derived from)

Group Play Schedule and Standings (All times local / US ET)

  • Group A
    • Friday, 5:00 PM Air Force vs Cortland 32-5 (20-3)
    • Friday, 8:00 PM Tar Heels vs Air Force 16-26 (8-12)
    • Saturday, 9:00 AM Cortland vs Tar Heels 8-14 (3-8)
  • Group B
    • Friday, 3:00 PM OSU-Scarlet vs Cincinnati 32-17 (20-7)
    • Friday, 6:00 PM WP-Gold vs Cincinnati 28-12 (13-9)
    • Saturday, 9:00 AM OSU-Scarlet vs WP-Gold 28-18 (17-6)
  • Group C
    • Friday, 3:00 PM WP-Black vs OSU-Gray 27-2 (17-2)
    • Friday, 7:00 PM WP-Black vs Auburn 26-3 (13-2)
    • Saturday, 10:00 AM Auburn vs OSU-Gray 22-18
  • Group D
    • Friday, 4:00 PM CWRU vs Miami 18-16
    • Friday, 7:00 PM Carolina vs Miami 32-7
    • Saturday, 10:00 AM Carolina vs CWRU 24-9 (13-4)

Classification (9th-12th) Schedule and Standings

  • Classification Group
    • Saturday, 2:30 PM Cortland vs Miami 12-16
    • Saturday, 2:30 PM Cincinnati vs OSU-Gray 17-21
    • Saturday, 7:30 PM Cincinnati vs Miami 37-34
    • Saturday, 7:30 PM Cortland vs OSU-Gray 12-21
    • Sunday, 8:30 AM OSU-Gray vs Miami 26-25
    • Sunday, 9:45 AM Cortland vs Cincinnati 12-25

Knockout Tourney and Classification (1-8) Schedule

  • Quarterfinals
    • M19, Saturday, 12:00 PM West Point-Black vs CWRU 33-4
    • M20, Saturday, 12:00 PM OSU-Scarlet vs Tar Heels 30-13
    • M21, Saturday, 1:15 PM Air Force vs West Point-Gold 30-29
    • M22, Saturday, 1:15 PM Carolina vs Auburn 26-12
  • Semifinals
    • Saturday, 5:00 PM West Point-Black vs OSU-Scarlet 31-24
    • Saturday, 5:00 PM Air Force vs Carolina 25-25 (Carolina won Penalty shootout 5-3)
  • Semifinals (5th-8th)
    • Saturday, 6:15 PM CWRU vs Tar Heels 12-27
    • Saturday, 6:15 PM West Point-Gold vs Auburn 31-13
  • Classification
    • 7th, Sunday, 8:30 AM CWRU vs Auburn 20-30
    • 5th, Sunday, 9:45 AM Tar Heels vs West Point-Gold 16-22
    • 3rd, Sunday, 1:00 PM OSU-Scarlet vs Air Force 40-26
    • 1st, Sunday, 1:00 PM West Point-Black vs Carolina 34-29

Final Ranking

  • 1) West Point-Black
  • 2) Carolina
  • 3) Ohio St-Scarlet
  • 4) Air Force
  • 5) West Point-Gold
  • 6) Tar Heels
  • 7) Auburn
  • 8) Case Western Reserve University
  • 9) Ohio St-Gray
  • 10) Cincinnati
  • 11) Miami (OH)
  • 12) SUNY Cortland

All Star Team/Awards

  • Left Wing: Carter Aycock, West Point-Black
  • Left Wing: Matt Bolger, Ohio State
  • Center Back: Sean Starrett, Ohio State
  • Right Back: Carter Zavala, Carolina
  • Right Wing: Gary Phillips, West Point-Black
  • ,Pivot: William Leary, West Point-Black
  • Goalkeeper, Bob Wise Ohio State
  • MVP: Colin Gray, West Point-Black Army WPB
  • Top Scorer: Jacob Bowers, Air Force (37 goals)