1976 USA Team Handball Nationals

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
	← → All statistics correct as of 2018-05-19.

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]

Final ranking[]

Men's Open ranking[]

Rank	Team
	Swim & Sport Club of Flanders
	Air Force Academy¹
	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 Academy¹
	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[]

^ The official Associated Press sports almanac,1977. Associated Press. 1977. p. 800. ASIN B000K09DZI. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Falcon Handballers 2nd". The Gazette-Telegraph. 9 May 1976. p. 36. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

[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.

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