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2018 College Nationals - Men's Division

Season	2017–18
Dates	20 - 22. April 2018
Champion	West Point Black
Matches played	26
Goals scored	954 (36.69 per match)
Best Player	Logan Ormsby Air Force Academy
Top goalscorer	Logan Ormsby (48 goals) Air Force Academy
Best goalkeeper	Michael Monsen University of Virginia
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 2018-04-28.

The 2018 College Nationals was the 23rd Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2018 from the US. The University of Virginia played extremely well, wildly outperforming expectations behind strong performances from the outgoing fourth-year class, but ultimately fell short in the final to the machine-like cadets from West Point. UVA has improved vastly over the last three years, and has risen to the elite ranks of collegiate team handball.

Venues

The championship was played at two venues at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.

West Point	United States Military Academy	West Point
Arvin Gymnasium 2nd floor		Arvin Gymnasium 4th floor
Capacity: ?		Capacity: ?

Draw

The seeding was based on the USA Men's Top 5 College Rankings from April. This season was the first season such a ranking exist.

The 5th ranked team Illinois State University was not able to play at the college nationals. Because of missing money to travel.

Seeding

(т=Tie; NR=Not ranked; NV=No votes)

Modus

The nine teams were split in 3 groups A-C. And they play a round robin.

The winner of each group forms a new group D the runner-up's group D and the third group F.

The winner of group D played against the winner of group E the semifinal one and the second of group D played against the third of group D the semifinal two.

The losers of the semis play a small final.

The winners of the semis play the final.

The second and third of group F played an 8/9 classification. The loser becomes ninth. And the winner played against the loser of the 6/7 classification the 7th place game.

The winner of the 6/7 classification (third of group E against first of group F) played against the second of group E the 5th place game.

The games of the group and seeding stages had a game duration of 2×20 minutes and 5 break. The placement and semi-final games had a game duration of 2×25 minutes and 10 break. The small final and the final had a game duration of 2×30 minutes and 10 break.

Results

Source:

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Seeding stage

Group D

Group E

Group F

Championship

Semifinals

Small Final

Final

Placement Games

8/9 Classification

6/7 Classification

7th Place

5th Place

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	West Point Black (1)
	University of Virginia (2т)
	West Point Gold (NR)
4	Air Force Academy (2т)
5	University of North Carolina (NR)
6	Ohio State Grey (4)
7	Texas A&M University (NV)
8	Pennsylvania State University (NV)
9	Ohio State Scarlet (NV)

Awards

Source:

Top scorers

Source:

Rank	Name	Goals	Games	Average	Team
	player	28	5	5.6	team
	player	19	6	3.17	team

All-Tournament Team

Source:

1st team

2nd team

References

1. ^ "2018 College National Championships Recap". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
2. Ortega, Mark (2018-02-26). "The 2018 College National Championships". www.usateamhandball.usetopscore.com (DOCX; 197 KB). Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
3. "teamhandballnews.com College Top 5 Rankings – April". www.northeasthandball.com. April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
4. Ryan, John (2018-04-16). "Team Handball News Collegiate Top 5 Poll (April 16, 2018)". www.teamhandballnews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
5. "2018 College National Championships". USA Team Handball. 2018-04-18. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

External links

• Competition Page

• USA Team Handball College Nationals by year
• Army Black Knights team handball