1976 USA Team Handball Nationals

The 1976 Nationals was the 11th Men's and second Women's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 1976 from the US.[1]

1976 USA Team Handball Nationals

Season	1975-76
Dates	7 - 9. Mai 1976
Champion	Men's Open: Swim & Sport Club of Flanders Men's Collegiate: West Point Women's Open: East Coast HC Women's Collegiate: Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
← 1975 1977 → All statistics correct as of 2018-05-19.

Final ranking

Men's Open ranking Rank Team Swim & Sport Club of Flanders Air Force Academy^1 Northwest Suburban Chicago YMCA 4 United States Army 5 Atlanta 6 East Ridge 7 West Point 8 University of California, Los Angeles 9 Ohio State University (university) 10 Ohio State University (open)

Men's Collegiate ranking Rank Team West Point Air Force Academy^1 University of California, Los Angeles 4 Ohio State University

¹ Air Force was represented by the men's varsity basketball team.[2]

Sources: [3][4]

Women's ranking

Women's Open ranking Rank Team East Coast HC Kansas Merchants Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 4 Ohio State University

Women's Collegiate ranking Rank Team Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Ohio State University Best ranked Collegiate teams in the Women's Open Division

References

1. The official Associated Press sports almanac,1977. Associated Press. 1977. p. 800. ASIN B000K09DZI. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. Djokovic, Bob (2019). ""I am hoping that one of the US clubs will qualify to the 2019 Super Globe" - Bob Djokovic". 2019 IHF Super Globe (Interview). Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-07. Our team heard that there was a national championship in this sport, so we sent our varsity basketball team to the tournament, where we finished second.
3. "Falcon Team Handball Squad Playing Tough". The Gazette-Telegraph. 9 May 1976. p. 24. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
4. "Falcon Handballers 2nd". The Gazette-Telegraph. 9 May 1976. p. 36. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.