North America and Caribbean Handball Confederation

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North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation
NACHC
NACHC Logo.png
Sport Handball
Other sports
Official website norcahandball.com
History
Preceding organisations Pan-American Team Handball Federation (1977 – 2019)
Year of formation13 April 2019;5 years ago (2019-04-13)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Demographics
Membership size 21 members
Affiliations
International federation International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since2019
Governance
President Mario García de la Torre
Secretariat
Address
CountryUnited States of America
Secretary GeneralMiguel Rivera
Regions

The North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) is the governing body of the Olympic sport of handball and beach handball in North America and the Caribbean. It is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF).

Contents

The NACHC has 21 member countries located within North America and the Caribbean. One of the IHF's six continental confederations, the NACHC was formed officially on 13 April 2019 in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). The NACHC headquarters is located in Colorado Springs (United States).

History

On 14 January 2018, during the IHF Council meeting, Pan-American Team Handball Federation 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 fact that there were no signs of development at the level of handball and beach handball in the North American, Central American and the Caribbean countries. There was some development at the South American countries, but that was also not comparable to the other continents like Europe and Asia. [1] No team from the Americas had ever reached to the semifinal stage of the IHF World Men's Handball Championship and the IHF Men's Junior World Championship. The PATHF appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and it annulled the IHF's decision. [2]

At the Extraordinary IHF Congress 2019 the IHF statues were revised to add the new federations. [3] [4]

On 29 October 2019 the new headquarters was opened at the bureaus of USA Team Handball. [5]

NACHC presidents

No.NameCountryTenure
1 Mario García de la Torre Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1 June 2019 – present

NACHC secretaries general

No.NameCountryTenure
1 Miguel Rivera Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1 June 2019 – present

NACHC Council

The following are the members serving in the 2019–2023 term.

DesignationNameCountry
President Mario García de la Torre Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Vice-PresidentNéstor Milete EchevarriaFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Secretary GeneralMiguel RiveraFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
TreasurerFelix WilsonFlag of Dominica.svg  Dominica
Chairperson of Competitions CommissionKurt LauritsenFlag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Chairperson of Playing Rules and Referees CommissionFrançois LebeauFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Chairperson of Methods CommissionFranklyn S. Guevara BalcazarFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Chairperson of Beach Handball CommissionCliff WilliamsFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda
Chairperson of Women's CommissionMrs. Carline ChouteFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
Chairperson of Medical CommissionDr. Armand Llewellyn HarperFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados

Affiliated members

North America
Caribbean

Tournaments

National

Club

Beach

Current champions

Men'sWomen's
Senior HandballFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (2024) (2*)Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland (2023) (1)
Beach HandballFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2022) (2*)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (2022) (1*)
Club Handball Flag of the United States.svg California Eagles (2024) (1*)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

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References

  1. ↑ "IHF statement related to Pan-American continent". IHF. 19 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Michael Pavitt (25 September 2018). "IHF refuse to stop plan to split Pan American body in two despite losing CAS case". Inside the Games.
  3. ↑ Rockstroh, Jessica (30 April 2019). "Revised motions from IHF Council related to Article 11 of the IHF Statutes" (PDF; 255 KB). International Handball Federation . Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Now six Continental Confederations: IHF splits Panamerican Handball Federation into North and South". handball world. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "North America & Caribbean Handball Confederation Headquarters Opens In Colorado Springs In Partnership With USA Team Handball". USA Team Handball . 29 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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