Pan-American Team Handball Federation

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Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)
SuccessorNorth America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation,
South and Central America Handball Confederation
Formation23 May 1977; 46 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 snow handball in Americas since 23 May 1977. PATHF includes Northern 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 14th 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. 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

S. No. Name Country Tenure
1. Dr. Peter Buehning  United States 1977 – 1980
2. Dr. Walter Schwedhelm  Mexico 1980 – 1984
3. Mr. Andy Meszey  Canada 1984 – 1987
4. Dr. Peter Buehning  United States 1987 – 1996
5. Mr. Rubén Gómez  Uruguay 1996 (Interim President)
6. Prof. Dr. Manoel Luiz Oliveira  Brazil 1996 – 2012
7. Mr. Mario Moccia  Argentina 2012 – Till date

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 14th January 2018 by the International Handball Federation.

Designation Name Country
President Mario Moccia  Argentina
1st Vice-President Julio 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 Salvio Sedrez Pereira  Brazil

PATHF Commissions

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

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)  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 Brazil EC Pinheiros (2017) (2) Brazil EC Pinheiros (2017) (1)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

Sponsors

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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