Pan-American Team Handball Federation

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Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)
Successor North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation,
South and Central America Handball Confederation
Formation23 May 1977;46 years ago (1977-05-23)
Dissolved3 July 2019;4 years ago (2019-07-03)
TypeSports Federation
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina Flag of Argentina.svg
Region served
Americas
Membership
26 Member Federations
Official language
Spanish and English
President
First — Dr. Peter Buehning Sr. Flag of the United States.svg
Last — Mario Moccia Flag of Argentina.svg
Secretary General
First — Walter Schwedhelm Flag of Mexico.svg
Last — Héctor Fernández Bogdanic Flag of Chile.svg
Website www.PanAmHandball.org

The Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) has been the continental governing body for handball, beach handball, wheelchair handball and snow handball 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.

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

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 Sr. (USA), Vice-President Mr. Juan Mainzhausen (Argentina), Secretary General Mr. Walter Schwedhelm (Mexico), and Treasurer Mr. Francis Geulen (Canada). Current PATHF President is Mr. Mario Moccia from Argentina.

PATHF Presidents

No.NameCountryTenure
1 Peter Buehning Sr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1977–1980
2 Walter Schwedhelm Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1980–1984
3 Andy Meszey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1984–1987
4 Peter Buehning Sr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1987–1996
5 Rubén Gómez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1996 (interim)
6 Manoel Luiz Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1996–2012
7 Mario Moccia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2012 – 11 June 2019
Júlio Noveri (Interim President)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 11 June 2019 – 3 July 2019

^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.

DesignationNameCountry
President Mario Moccia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1st Vice-President Júlio Noveri Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
2nd Vice-President Rafael Sepúlveda Montalvo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Secretary General Héctor Fernández Bogdanic Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Treasurer Carlos Ferrea Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
IHF Continental Representative Mario García de la Torre Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
South America Vice-President Gerardo Paniagua Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Central America Vice-PresidentDr. Carlos Morales Sosa Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Caribbean Vice-President Néstor Milete Echevarría Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
North America Vice-President Bryan Hayes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Chairman of the Competition Commission Carlos González Aldea Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Chairman of the Referees Commission Sálvio Sedrez Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

PATHF Commissions

CommissionChairmanCountry
PATHF Commission of Organizing and Competitions Carlos González Aldea Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
PATHF Playing Rules and Referee Commission Sálvio Sedrez Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
PATHF Commission for Development Rafael Sepúlveda Montalvo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
PATHF Commission of Coaching and Methods Mike Cavanaugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States
PATHF Medical Commission Llew Harper Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
PATHF Marketing Commission Gabriel Klein Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
PATHF Discipline Tribunal Daniel Cánepa Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
PATHF Appeals Tribunal Héctor Alvarado Véliz Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
PATHF Juridical Commission Rafael Sepúlveda Montalvo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
PATHF Beach Handball Commission Luiz Filipe Galvão Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
PATHF Wheelchair Handball Commission Germán Bonnemezón Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Affiliated members

North America and the Caribbean

Central America

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.

Regional Member

Tournaments

Current champions

Men'sWomen's
Senior HandballFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2016) (3)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2017) (10*)
Pan American GamesFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2015) (3)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2015) (5*)
Junior HandballFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2017) (6)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2016) (8*)
Youth HandballFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (2017) (8*)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2016) (11*)
IHF Trophy (Continental Phase)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2017)Flag of France.svg  Martinique (2017)
Beach HandballFlag of the United States.svg  United States (2016) (1)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay (2016) (2)
Youth Beach HandballFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2017) (1*)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (2017) (1*)
Club Handball Flag of Brazil.svg EC Pinheiros (2017) (2) Flag of Brazil.svg EC Pinheiros (2017) (1)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

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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
  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.
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