San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club will be sending one women’s team along with one men’s team to USATH’s 2017 National Championships held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on the weekend of May 19th – 21st . Our players are looking forward to represent the Bay Area during this tournament, and will be joined by the top teams in the USA and Canada. This is San Francisco CalHeat Team Handball Club’s and USATH’s most important tournament of the season.
The tournament schedule for our women is as follows:
Friday 19th, 10 am – NYC vs SF CalHeat
Friday 19th, 3 pm – Alberta vs SF CalHeat
Saturday 20th, 8 am – SF CalHeat vs Army Gold
Saturday 20th, Quarterfinals and Semifinals
Sunday 21st, Final
After finishing 4th in last year’s edition, the women’s team is looking to reach an even higher placement and bring a medal to the Bay Area. The players representing the San Francisco Bay Area this year on the Women’s Open National Championship are:
(GK) Helena Bondan
(GK) Friederike Mueller
Constance Duvert
Mari Carmen Moreno
Padideh Dehdari
Tanja Stolze
Michelle Mensing
Jessica Webb
Kathrine Agger
Lissy Haeuser
Agustina Amiconi
Johanna Rydefalk
Laura Savy
Isamarie Perez
Leila Movahedian
Chantal Garstenveld
(Coach) Alf Goebel
(A. Coach) Martin Bilello
The tournament schedule for our men is as follows:
Friday 19th, 11 am – NYAC vs SF CalHeat
Friday 19th, 5 pm – LATHC vs SF CalHeat
Saturday 20th, 10 am – Boston vs SF CalHeat
Saturday 20th, Semifinals
Sunday 21st, Final
CalHeat Men’s team will seek to avenge the close call that knocked them out of the semi-finals last year, and reach that stage this time around. The players representing the San Francisco Bay Area this year on the Elite National Championship are:
(GK) Jean-Francois Remy
(GK) Remo Riedweg
(GK) Armin Buescher
Raphael Renault
Joaquin Tintore
Francis Brero
Matthew Nikhad
Juan Pablo Roig
Vilmos Urban
(A. Coach) Jean-Marc Junique
Julien Boizot
Simon Bracklow
Slave Jovanovski
Soren Mueller
Bjoern Kanning
Anel Balic
(Coach) Danilo Rojevic
(A. Coach) Chris Kraemer
Live-streaming of the tournament will be provided on USA-Team-Handball
We’ll keep you updated on our Facebook page
Press release: Press Release Nationals 2017