Pan-American Team Handball Federation

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Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)
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Logo of Pan-American Team Handball Federation
SuccessorNorth America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation,
South and Central America Handball Confederation
Formation23 May 1977; 44 years ago (1977-05-23)
TypeSports Federation
HeadquartersBuenos Aires, Argentina Argentina
Region served
Americas
Membership
26 Member Federations
Official language
Spanish and English
President
First — Dr. Peter Buehning United States
Last — Mario Moccia Argentina
Secretary General
First — Walter Schwedhelm Mexico
Last — Héctor Fernández Bogdanic Chile
Websitewww.PanAmHandball.org

The Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) is the continental governing body for handball, beach handball, wheelchair handball and in Americas since 23 May 1977. PATHF includes North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. PATHF's primary functions is to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct Men's World Handball Championship and Women's World Handball Championship qualifying tournaments.

On 14 January 2018, during the IHF Council meeting, PATHF was suspended by International Handball Federation and was divided into two continental confederations namely the North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation and the South and Central America Handball Confederation. The IHF Council decision was taken on the facts that there are no signs of development in the level of handball and beach handball in the North American, Central American and the Caribbean countries. There was some development in South American level but that was also not comparable to the other continents like Europe, Asia and Africa.[1] No team from Americas had ever reached to the semifinal stage of the IHF World Men's Handball Championship and the IHF Men's Junior World Championship till date. The PATHF appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and it annulled IHF's decision.[2]

History[]

PATHF was founded on 23 May 1977, which made it one of the five continental confederations affiliated with International Handball Federation. Argentina, Chile, Canada, Mexico and the United States of America were founding members. The first executive committee was composed of President Dr. Peter Buehning (USA), Vice-President Mr. (Argentina), Secretary General Mr. (Mexico), and Treasurer Mr. (Canada). Current PATHF President is Mr. Mario Moccia from Argentina.

PATHF Presidents[]

No. Name Country Tenure
1 Peter Buehning  United States 1977–1980
2  Mexico 1980–1984
3  Canada 1984–1987
4 Peter Buehning  United States 1987–1996
5  Uruguay 1996 (interim)
6  Brazil 1996–2012
7 Mario Moccia  Argentina 2012 – 11 June 2019[1]
(Interim President)  Uruguay 11 June 2019 – 3 July 2019[2]

^1 Mario Moccia resigned on 11 June 2019, Júlio Noveri took over as Interim President.
^2 PATHF was succeeded by NACHC and SCAHC as per the decision of Extraordinary IHF Congress held at Gothenburg (Sweden) on 3 July 2019.

PATHF Council[]

The PATHF Council was an institution of the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. It was the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of PATHF Congress. It also had a subsidiary i.e. PATHF Executive Committee, which takes decisions during the intervals of Council Meetings. PATHF Executive Committee was formed of the President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, Secretary General and Treasurer. Following was the last PATHF Council elected for the years 2016 – 2020 before PATHF's dissolution on 14 January 2018 by the International Handball Federation.

Designation Name Country
President Mario Moccia  Argentina
1st Vice-President  Uruguay
2nd Vice-President  Puerto Rico
Secretary General  Chile
Treasurer  Argentina
IHF Continental Representative Mario García de la Torre  Mexico
South America Vice-President  Paraguay
Central America Vice-President Dr.  Guatemala
Caribbean Vice-President  Puerto Rico
North America Vice-President Bryan Hayes  Canada
Chairman of the Competition Commission  Cuba
Chairman of the Referees Commission  Brazil

PATHF Commissions[]

Commission Chairman Country
 Cuba
 Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 United States
 Barbados
 Argentina
 Argentina
 El Salvador
 Puerto Rico
 Brazil
 Argentina

Affiliated members[]

North America and the Caribbean[]

Central America[]

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama

South America[]

Non-Members[]

Following is the list of national handball federations who are affiliated to the International Handball Federation but are not granted affiliation by the PATHF.

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • The Bahamas
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • Grenada
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Belize
  • Guyana
Regional Member
  • French Guiana (France)
  • Guadeloupe (France)
  • Martinique (France)

Tournaments[]

Current champions[]

Men's Women's
Senior Handball  Brazil (2016) (3)  Brazil (2017) (10*)
Pan American Games  Brazil (2015) (3)  Brazil (2015) (5*)
Junior Handball  Brazil (2017) (6)  Brazil (2016) (8*)
Youth Handball  Argentina (2017) (8*)  Brazil (2016) (11*)
IHF Trophy (Continental Phase)   ()   ()
Beach Handball  United States () (1)  Uruguay () (2)
Youth Beach Handball  Brazil () (1*)  Argentina () (1*)
Club Handball Brazil EC Pinheiros (2017) (2) Brazil EC Pinheiros (2017) (1)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

Sponsors[]

  • Qatar Airways

References[]

  1. ^ "IHF statement related to Pan-American continent". IHF. 19 January 2018.
  2. ^ IHF refuse to stop plan to split Pan American body in two despite losing CAS case - Michael Pavitt, Inside the Games, 25 September 2018

External links[]

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