2018 USA Team Handball Nationals – women's open division

The 2018 Nationals was the 48th Women's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2018 from the US.

2018 USA Team Handball Nationals – Women's Open Division

Season	2017–18
Dates	17 – 20 May 2018
Champion	Team Rogue
Matches played	36
Goals scored	1,277 (35.47 per match)
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 2018-08-07.

Venues

The championship was played at four courts at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.^[1]

Myrtle Beach Sports Center

Location of the Myrtle Beach Sports Center

Modus

West Point Black & Gold

Boston

Carolina Blue

Houston Firehawks

SF CalHeat 1 & 2

Team Rogue

DC Diplomats

New York City

Québec

Location of 2018 USA Team Handball Nationals Women's Open Division Teams.

The eleven teams are split in two pools A and B and they play a round roubin.

The last teams per group played a 9-11th place semifinal.

The last third and fourth teams per group were qualified for the 5-8th place semifinals.

The losers from the 5-8th place semis played a 7th place game and the winners the 5th place game.

The best two teams per group were qualified for the semifinals.

The losers from the semis played a small final and the winners the final.

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Team Rogue (1)	5	5	0	0	165	73	+92	10
Boston (3т)	5	3	1	1	97	68	+29	7
Carolina Blue (NV)	5	2	2	1	89	84	+5	6
San Francisco CalHeat (NV)	5	2	1	2	93	87	+6	5
Houston Firehawks (3т)	5	1	0	4	70	106	−36	2
West Point Gold (NV)	5	0	0	5	45	141	−96	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 Mai 2018 18:30 (UTC-4)	Team Rogue	28-18	San Francisco CalHeat	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

17 Mai 2018 19:45 (UTC-4)	Houston Firehawks	9-21	Boston	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

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18 Mai 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	Team Rogue	32-16	Houston Firehawks	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 9:15 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	13-25	San Francisco CalHeat	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 9:15 (UTC-4)	Boston	14-14	Carolina Blue	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 13:15 (UTC-4)	Carolina Blue	17-36	Team Rogue	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 14:30 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	7-25	Boston	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 18:30 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat	14-21	Boston	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 18:45 (UTC-4)	Houston Firehawks	13-19	Carolina Blue	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 19:45 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	6-45	Team Rogue	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

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19 Mai 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	24-6	Carolina Blue	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 9:15 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat	21-10	Houston Firehawks	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 11:45 (UTC-4)	Boston	16-24	Team Rogue	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 13:00 (UTC-4)	Carolina Blue	15-15	San Francisco CalHeat	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 13:15 (UTC-4)	West Point Gold	13-22	Houston Firehawks	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New York City (2)	4	4	0	0	90	52	+38	8
Québec (NV)	4	3	0	1	90	54	+36	6
DC Diplomats (5)	4	2	0	2	83	57	+26	4
West Point Black (NV)	4	1	0	3	53	100	−47	2
San Francisco CalHeat 2 (NV)	4	0	0	4	34	87	−53	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 Mai 2018 14:30 (UTC-4)	Québec	12-16	New York City	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

17 Mai 2018 21:00 (UTC-4)	DC Diplomats	26-4	San Francisco CalHeat 2	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

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18 Mai 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	11-27	New York City	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 12:00 (UTC-4)	DC Diplomats	15-19	Québec	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 13:15 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	16-11	San Francisco CalHeat 2	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 17:30 (UTC-4)	New York City	24-17	DC Diplomats	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

18 Mai 2018 19:45 (UTC-4)	Québec	22-7	San Francisco CalHeat 2	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

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19 Mai 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	Québec	37-16	West Point Black	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 10:30 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat 2	12-23	New York City	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 11:45 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	10-25	DC Diplomats	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Championship

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Team Rogue	25
	B2	Québec	20
						A1	Team Rogue	29
						B1	New York City	23
	B1	New York City	18
	A2	Boston	14			Small Final
						B2	Québec	30
						A2	Boston	14

Semifinals

19 Mai 2018 17:30 (UTC-4)	Team Rogue	25-20	Québec	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 18:45 (UTC-4)	New York City	18-14	Boston	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Small Final

20 Mai 2018 10:45 (UTC-4)	Québec	30-14	Boston	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Final

20 Mai 2018 12:00 (UTC-4)	Team Rogue	29-23	New York City	Court 2, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Consolation 5-8th Place

	5-8th Place Semifinals					5th Place
	A3	Carolina Blue	20
	B4	West Point Black	19
						A3	Carolina Blue	16
						B3	DC Diplomats	20
	B3	DC Diplomats	17
	A4	San Francisco CalHeat	12			7th Place
						B4	West Point Black	12
						A4	San Francisco CalHeat	19

5-8th Place Semifinals

19 Mai 2018 16:00 (UTC-4)	Carolina Blue	20-19	West Point Black	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

19 Mai 2018 16:00 (UTC-4)	DC Diplomats	17-12	San Francisco CalHeat	Court 4, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

7th Place

20 Mai 2018 9:15 (UTC-4)	West Point Black	12-19	San Francisco CalHeat	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

5th Place

20 Mai 2018 10:30 (UTC-4)	Carolina Blue	16-20	DC Diplomats	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Consolation 9-11th Place

	9-11th Place Semifinals					9th Place
						A5	Houston Firehawks	15
	B5	San Francisco CalHeat 2	21			B5	San Francisco CalHeat 2	17
	A6	West Point Gold	7

9-11th Place Semifinal

19 Mai 2018 17:15 (UTC-4)	San Francisco CalHeat 2	21-7	West Point Gold	Court 3, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

9th Place

20 Mai 2018 8:00 (UTC-4)	Houston Firehawks	15-17	San Francisco CalHeat 2	Court 1, Myrtle Beach Sports Center
		Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Team Rogue
	New York City THC
	Québec
4	Boston THC
5	DC Diplomats
6	Carolina Blue
7	San Francisco CalHeat
8	West Point Black
9	San Francisco CalHeat 2
10	Firehawks THC
11	West Point Gold

Statistics

Awards

Most Valuable Player:	Cecile Balanche	DC Diplomats
Most Valuable Goalkeeper:	Georgeta Marincas	Carolina Blue
Top Scorer:	Jence Ann Rhoads	Team Rogue

Top scorers

Source:

Rank	Name	Goals	Games	Average	Team
	Jence Ann Rhoads	53	7	7.57	Team Rogue
	Cecile Balanche	45	6	7.5	DC Diplomats
	Kathleen Darling	41	7	5.86	Team Rogue
4	Ekaterina Martsul	40	7	5.71	Houston Firehawks
5	Helen Moser	38	6	6.33	New York City THC
6	Zoe Lombard	33	7	4.71	Team Rogue
7	Binta Jau	32	7	4.57	Boston
8	Kathrine Agger	29	7	4.14	San Francisco CalHeat
9	Constance Duvert	27	6	4.5	San Francisco CalHeat II
10	KiAnna Duncan	26	6	4.33	West Point Black

All-Tournament Team

		Pivot
		Helen Moser
		New York City THC
		Center Back
	Left Back	Jence Ann Rhoads	Right Back
	Binta Jau	Team Rogue	Kathleen Darling
	Boston Team Handball Club		Team Rogue
Left Wing		Goalkeeper		Right Wing
Cecile Balanche		Georgeta Marincas		Zoe Lombard
DC Diplomats		Carolina Blue		Team Rogue
		Most Valuable Goalkeeper