Pan-American Team Handball Federation

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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.

Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)
SuccessorNorth America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation,
South and Central America Handball Confederation
Formation23 May 1977; 47 years ago (1977-05-23)
Dissolved3 July 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-03)
TypeSports Federation
HeadquartersBuenos Aires, Argentina Argentina
Region served
Americas
Membership
26 Member Federations
Official language
Spanish and English
President
First — Dr. Peter Buehning Sr. United States
LastMario Moccia Argentina
Secretary General
First — Walter Schwedhelm Mexico
Last — Héctor Fernández Bogdanic Chile
Websitewww.PanAmHandball.org

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

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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

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No. Name Country Tenure
1 Peter Buehning Sr.   United States 1977–1980
2 Walter Schwedhelm   Mexico 1980–1984
3 Andy Meszey   Canada 1984–1987
4 Peter Buehning Sr.   United States 1987–1996
5 Rubén Gómez   Uruguay 1996 (interim)
6 Manoel Luiz Oliveira   Brazil 1996–2012
7 Mario Moccia   Argentina 2012 – 11 June 2019[1]
Júlio Noveri (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

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

PATHF Commissions

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

Affiliated members

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North America and the Caribbean

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Central America

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South America

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Non-Members

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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

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Current champions

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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)   United States (2017)   Martinique (2017)
Beach Handball   United States (2016) (1)   Uruguay (2016) (2)
Youth Beach Handball   Brazil (2017) (1*)   Argentina (2017) (1*)
Club Handball   EC Pinheiros (2017) (2)   EC Pinheiros (2017) (1)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

Sponsors

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References

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  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.
  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.
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