Handball in the United States

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Handball in the United States is a minor sport.[1] The U.S. is represented in international competitions, such as the Summer Olympics and the Pan American Games, by the United States men's national handball team and the United States women's national handball team. The U.S. men's and women's teams have struggled in international competitions against nations where handball is more popular.[2]

A common popular sport in

NHL owners in one-tenant arena situations.[5][6]

It is governed by USA Team Handball, which is funded in part by the U.S. Olympic Committee.[7] Previously, the governing body was the United States Team Handball Federation, but was revoked of its governing duties by the

United States Olympic Committee.[citation needed
]

Handball is starting to be recognized by a few notable universities, such as West Point, The Ohio State University, University of North Carolina (UNC), Air Force, Texas A&M University, University of Virginia and others. Those schools and academies along with other amateur teams participate in the Club National Championships and Collegiate National Championships, one for men and the other for women.[8][9] There are also several club level leagues in various sections of the country, like the Midwest Team Handball League, Northeast Team Handball League, and the Great Lakes Team Handball Association.

History

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German Sport Club of Elizabeth
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Location of Union City and New York are not clear

John Jakobs was the founder of the first handball section (First German Sport Club of Brooklyn) in the USA. On 26 May 1926 he made a call in the

New Yorker Herold
to promote handball.

On 28 October 1926 the first field handball game was played between the Turnverein Union City and the First German Sport Club of Brooklyn. The game ended in a 9 to 9 draw. Newark TV joined the other two and they played some friendly games.

In 1927 the German American Athletic Union (GAAU) started to sponsor field handball. The first handball chairman was Gustav Ricke from First German Sport Club of Brooklyn. In the season 1927-28 only friendly games were played.

Professional leagues

In 1978, the National Teamball League was formed with six clubs: the

Macomb County Community College in Warren, Michigan, was taped in early December and aired on WXON on Friday, December 8, 1978, and again the next day.[11]

The Hawks-Chiefs matchup was the only NTL match known to have been televised; in fact, it was one of the few known to have been played, as press coverage of the loop was almost nonexistent. A local Boston-area newspaper, the Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle, covered at least one of their matches, as the Comets played at Medford Street Gym in

Charlestown, Massachusetts with several local players. After a win over Detroit (the Hawks' first loss of the season) on February 3, 1979, the Comets record was reported as 4-0, including two victories over Philadelphia in December. Whether the league's first season (scheduled to run through April 1979) was completed is unknown; most likely, the NTL died quickly and disappeared. ("National Teamball League, Inc." was incorporated by Johnson in August 1978 and dissolved in March 1980.)[12]

In 2020, former

Paris Saint-Germain.[13]

Season League Cup Teams
1929 Not held
German Sport Club of Elizabeth
7 teams
1929-30 First German Sport Club of Brooklyn First German Sport Club of Brooklyn ?
1930-31 Newark TV ?
13 teams
1931-32 Newark TV ? ?
1932-33 Not held ? ?
1933-34 First German Sport Club of Brooklyn ? ?
1934-35 Newark TV ? ?
1935-36 Cake Baker's Sport Club[14] ? ?
1936-37 ? ? ?
1937-38 Cake Baker's Sport Club[14] ? ?

Because handball was part of the 1936 Summer Olympics the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) started to sponsor field handball in 1934. Many of the handball leaders of the DAAV were chosen to lead the handball committee of the AAU.[15]

In 1942 the Office of Alien Property Custodian seized all records of the German American Athletic Union.[16]

After World War II, handball had no national body until 1959 as the United States Team Handball Federation was founded. In the same year, the United States Handball Federation League was founded. The Elizabeth S.C. won at least all season until 1967.[17] In 1962, nine teams from New York and New Jersey played in the league as a winter conditioner for soccer.[18] In 1963, 20 teams with 200 players competed in handball.[19]

Middle school

San Francisco Bay Area

The Youth Team Handball Middle School League and Youth California Cup organized by

San Francisco CalHeat THC
are the only competitions accommodating middle school in the USA.

Year Boys Girls
League Cup League Cup
2017 Stanbridge[20] Lycée Français[21] No league or Cup
for the Girls
2018 Bret Harte[22] Bret Harte[23]
2019 Bret Harte Castillero
2020 No championships due to Covid
2021 Bret Harte Bret Harte – Bret Harte
2022 Bret Harte Bret Harte Bret Harte

High school

San Francisco Bay Area

The Youth Team Handball High School League and Youth California Cup organized by

San Francisco CalHeat THC
are the high school competitions in the SF Bay Area.

Year League Cup
2016 Sterne[24] Sterne[25]
2017 Sterne[20] Sterne[21]
2018 Lycée Français[26] Lycée Français 1
2019 Leland Leland
2020 No championship due to Covid
2021 Cali Kings Handball Cali Kings Handball
2022 Pioneer
1 Youth Cup was cancelled due to bad air quality because of the Camp Fire (2018). Lycée Français got the title because of their regular season record.[23]

Montgomery County, Maryland

The MCPS Athletics offers team handball as corollary sports.[27]

Season County[28] Division[29]
2012-13 none Clarksburg (West)
Blair (East)
2013-14 Margruder Magrunder (West)
Blair (South)
2014-15 Blair Wootton (South)
Sherwood (East)
2015-16 Wootton Sherwood (D-1)
Wootton (D-2)
2016-17 Blair Sherwood (D-1)
Blair (D-2)
2017-18 Wootton Sherwood (D-1)
Wootton (D-2)
2018-19[30] Walt Whitman Sherwood (D-1)
Blair (D-2)
2019-20[31] Blair Clarksburg (D-1)
Sherwood (D-2)
2020–21 No championship due to Covid
2021-22[32] Walt Whitman Walt Whitman (D-1)
2022–23 Wootton Single Division

See also

References

  1. ^ "How USA Team Handball Plans to Break Through – SportsTravel". 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Why isn’t handball popular in the US?", Boston Globe, Shira Springer, August 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Springer, Shira (August 16, 2016). "Why isn't handball popular in the US? – The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Professional handball League in USA with 10 teams to start in 2023? | Handball Planet". 28 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Verizon steps into Rings, sponsors Team Handball". Sports Business Journal. January 20, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  6. New York Business Journal
    . Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "Team Handball: Why the U.S. Stinks", Wall Street Journal, Barry Newman, August 22, 2008.
  8. ^ http://usateamhandball.org/content/index/6497[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "2009 Men's Collegiate National Championship | Events | USA Team Handball". Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  10. ^ "Yes, folks, yet another pro sport".
  11. ^ "Sports on television, Detroit Free Press".
  12. ^ "NATIONAL TEAMBALL LEAGUE, INC".
  13. New York Business Journal
    . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Zwölf Jahre Cake Baker's Sport Club" [Twelve years Cake Baker's Sport Club]. 15. Stiftungsfest Deutsch-Amerikanischer Athletik-Verband von Nordamerika Festschrift [15. anniversary celebration German American Athletic Union of North America commemorative] (in German). German American Athletic Union. 1941. p. 109.
  15. OCLC 1070710652
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  16. ^ Seized Records of the German American Athletic Union, ca. 1942 - 1950. Record Group 131: Records of the Office of Alien Property, 1878 - 1966. Archived from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  17. ^ "Team Handball Tourney Slated At Summit Gym". The Chatham Press. 9 November 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  18. New York Times: 37. 2 April 1962. Archived
    from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021. Played only sporadically here by foreign-born members of sports club as a winter conditioner for soccer, European handball has grown into a nine-team league in New York and New Jersey.
  19. ^ Feldhandball-Weltmeisterschaft (Program for the Field WC 1963) (in German). 1963. p. 29.
  20. ^
    San Francisco CalHeat THC. 20 September 2017. Archived
    from the original on 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  21. ^
    San Francisco CalHeat THC. 19 November 2017. Archived
    from the original on 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  22. San Francisco CalHeat THC. Archived
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    San Francisco CalHeat THC. Archived
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  24. San Francisco CalHeat THC. Archived
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  25. San Francisco CalHeat THC. 5 November 2016. Archived
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  26. San Francisco CalHeat THC. Archived
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  27. ^ "Corollary Sports". Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland). Archived from the original on 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  28. ^ "Team Handball County Champions". Google Docs. Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Team Handball Division Champions". Google Docs. Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  30. ^ @MCPSAthletics (November 7, 2018). "Congratulations to @WWHSAthletics Team Handball 2018 County Champions! #WeRAISE" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2019-06-12 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ @MCPSAthletics (November 6, 2019). "Congratulations to @BlairAthletics for winning the 2019 @MCPS Team Handball Championship! Great season for @WarriorResults, who finish season as division champions! Congratulations to both teams on a well-played, exciting game! #WeRAISE" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2019-11-06. Retrieved 2020-06-29 – via Twitter.
  32. ^ @MCPSAthletics (November 2, 2021). "Congratulations @WWHSAthletics 2021 Team Handball County Champions! #WeRAISE @mcpsAD" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2019-06-12 – via Twitter.
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