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West Point Team Handball
Full nameWest Point Team Handball
Short nameWPTH
Founded1975
ArenaArvin Gymnasium
Head coachSFC Eric Lawson
CaptainChris Frazier and Will Considine
LeagueThe Northeast Team Handball League
Club colours     
Website
Official site

West Point Team Handball is a handball club from West Point, New York, United States. They are the handball team of the United States Military Academy. They play with four teams at various competitions. There are two teams for each gender. The West Point Black team (men and women) is the first team and the West Point Gold team (men and women) is the second team. They have won the most College National Championships in their collegiate league.[1]

Location of West Point Team Handball
West Point Team Handball
West Point Team Handball
Location of West Point Team Handball
Former logo until 2015

Accomplishments

  • Nationals:
    • Men's Elite:
      •  Bronze : 2014[2]
      •  Silver : 2008
    • Men's Open / Division I:
      •  Bronze : 1998
      •  Gold : 2006[3]
      •  Silver : 2014[2]
    • Men's Division II:
      •  Bronze : 2017[4]
  • College Nationals:
    • Men:
      •  Gold : 1976, 1979-1982, 1985-1987, 1989-1993, 1995-2001, 2003, 2007-2019
      •  Silver : 2002-2006, 2010-2013, 2015-2016
    • Women:
      •  Gold : 1980, 1990-1991, 1996, 1999-2003, 2005-2007, 2012-2017, 2019
      •  Silver : 2009-2011
      •  Bronze : 2000, 2002, 2006 2010, 2015-2017
  • Northeast Team Handball League
    • Men's Division I:
      •  Silver : 2012/2013, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17
      •  Bronze : 2009/2010, 2011/12, 2014/15
    • Women's Division:
      •  Gold : 2014/2015
  • Carolina Blue Cup (men) : 5
    •  Gold : 1991, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2010
    •  Silver : 1993, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2016
    •  Bronze : 1994, 2000, 2007, 2011

Rankings

2017-18

  Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6
Final
Black Men's 7 7 7 11 10 7
College * 1 (9) * 1 (8) 1 (7) 1 (5)
Gold Men's 20 NR NR NR NR 24
College * NR * NR 3

Non of the women's team received votes for the women's poll.

2018-19

  Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7
Final
Black Men's 6 6 7
College 1 (7) 1 (7) 1 (6)
Women's NV NR NR
Gold Men's 17 22 т NR
College NV NV NV

* No Ranking was released.

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
NR Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of men's poll or Top 5 College poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

References

  1. ^ mterzic (26 September 2013). "West Point Men's Team Handball". West Point Men's Team Handball. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Godwin, Maurice. "2014 USA Team Handball National Championships" (PDF). USA Team Handball (PDF; 207 KB). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ Sewell, Robert A. (2 May 2006). "Nat2006". teamhandballnews.com (XLS; 82 KB). Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ^ "USATH Open Nationals 2017". USA Team Handball. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Head Coaches". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Team Captains". West Point Men's Team Handball. 25 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.