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.
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.
^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 Counciledit
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.
Following is the list of national handball federations who are affiliated to the International Handball Federation but are not granted affiliation by the PATHF.
^"IHF statement related to Pan-American continent". IHF. 19 January 2018.
^IHF refuse to stop plan to split Pan American body in two despite losing CAS case - Michael Pavitt, Inside the Games, 25 September 2018
^Rockstroh, Jessica (30 April 2019). "Revised motions from IHF Council related to Article 11 of the IHF Statutes" (PDF; 255 KB). International Handball Federation. (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^"Now six Continental Confederations: IHF splits Panamerican Handball Federation into North and South". handball world. 3 July 2019. from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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PATHF official website
January 01, 1970
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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 Logo of Pan American Team Handball FederationSuccessorNorth America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation South and Central America Handball ConfederationFormation23 May 1977 46 years ago 1977 05 23 Dissolved3 July 2019 4 years ago 2019 07 03 TypeSports FederationHeadquartersBuenos Aires ArgentinaRegion servedAmericasMembership26 Member FederationsOfficial languageSpanish and EnglishPresidentFirst Dr Peter Buehning Sr Last Mario MocciaSecretary GeneralFirst Walter Schwedhelm Last Hector Fernandez BogdanicWebsitewww 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 Contents 1 History 2 PATHF Presidents 3 PATHF Council 4 PATHF Commissions 5 Affiliated members 5 1 North America and the Caribbean 5 2 Central America 5 3 South America 5 4 Non Members 6 Tournaments 6 1 PATHF 6 2 Club 6 3 Beach 6 4 South America 6 5 Central America 6 6 North America and Caribbean 7 Current champions 8 Sponsors 9 References 10 External linksHistory editPATHF 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 editNo Name Country Tenure 1 Peter Buehning Sr nbsp United States 1977 1980 2 Walter Schwedhelm nbsp Mexico 1980 1984 3 Andy Meszey nbsp Canada 1984 1987 4 Peter Buehning Sr nbsp United States 1987 1996 5 Ruben Gomez nbsp Uruguay 1996 interim 6 Manoel Luiz Oliveira nbsp Brazil 1996 2012 7 Mario Moccia nbsp Argentina 2012 11 June 2019 1 Julio Noveri Interim President nbsp Uruguay 11 June 2019 3 July 2019 2 1 Mario Moccia resigned on 11 June 2019 Julio 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 editThe 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 nbsp Argentina 1st Vice President Julio Noveri nbsp Uruguay 2nd Vice President Rafael Sepulveda Montalvo nbsp Puerto Rico Secretary General Hector Fernandez Bogdanic nbsp Chile Treasurer Carlos Ferrea nbsp Argentina IHF Continental Representative Mario Garcia de la Torre nbsp Mexico South America Vice President Gerardo Paniagua nbsp Paraguay Central America Vice President Dr Carlos Morales Sosa nbsp Guatemala Caribbean Vice President Nestor Milete Echevarria nbsp Puerto Rico North America Vice President Bryan Hayes nbsp Canada Chairman of the Competition Commission Carlos Gonzalez Aldea nbsp Cuba Chairman of the Referees Commission Salvio Sedrez nbsp BrazilPATHF Commissions editCommission Chairman Country PATHF Commission of Organizing and Competitions Carlos Gonzalez Aldea nbsp Cuba PATHF Playing Rules and Referee Commission Salvio Sedrez nbsp Brazil PATHF Commission for Development Rafael Sepulveda Montalvo nbsp Puerto Rico PATHF Commission of Coaching and Methods Mike Cavanaugh nbsp United States PATHF Medical Commission Llew Harper nbsp Barbados PATHF Marketing Commission Gabriel Klein nbsp Argentina PATHF Discipline Tribunal Daniel Canepa nbsp Argentina PATHF Appeals Tribunal Hector Alvarado Veliz nbsp El Salvador PATHF Juridical Commission Rafael Sepulveda Montalvo nbsp Puerto Rico PATHF Beach Handball Commission Luiz Filipe Galvao nbsp Brazil PATHF Wheelchair Handball Commission German Bonnemezon nbsp ArgentinaAffiliated members editNorth America and the Caribbean edit nbsp Barbados nbsp Canada nbsp Cuba nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Greenland nbsp Haiti nbsp Mexico nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Trinidad and Tobago nbsp United States of America Central America edit nbsp Costa Rica nbsp El Salvador nbsp Guatemala nbsp Honduras nbsp Nicaragua nbsp Panama South America edit nbsp Argentina nbsp Bolivia nbsp Brazil nbsp Chile nbsp Colombia nbsp Ecuador nbsp Paraguay nbsp Peru nbsp Uruguay nbsp Venezuela Non Members edit Following is the list of national handball federations who are affiliated to the International Handball Federation but are not granted affiliation by the PATHF nbsp Antigua and Barbuda nbsp Bahamas nbsp British Virgin Islands nbsp Cayman Islands nbsp Dominica nbsp Grenada nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis nbsp Saint Lucia nbsp Belize nbsp Guyana Regional Member nbsp French Guiana France nbsp Guadeloupe France nbsp Martinique France Tournaments editPATHF edit Pan American Men s Handball Championship Pan American Women s Handball Championship Pan American Men s Junior Handball Championship Pan American Women s Junior Handball Championship Pan American Men s Youth Handball Championship Pan American Women s Youth Handball Championship Pan American Men s Cadet Handball Championship Pan American Women s Cadet Handball Championship Pan American Games Club edit Pan American Men s Club Handball Championship Pan American Women s Club Handball Championship South American Men s Club Handball Championship defunct South American Women s Club Handball Championship defunct Beach edit Pan American Beach Handball Championship Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship Bolivarian Beach Games South American Beach Games South America edit South American Handball Championship South American Junior Handball Championship South American Youth Handball Championship South American Cadet Handball Championship South American U14 Handball Championship South American Games Bolivarian Games Central America edit Central American Handball Championship Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games North America and Caribbean edit Caribbean Handball Championship Nor Ca Handball ChampionshipCurrent champions editMen s Women s Senior Handball nbsp Brazil 2016 3 nbsp Brazil 2017 10 Pan American Games nbsp Brazil 2015 3 nbsp Brazil 2015 5 Junior Handball nbsp Brazil 2017 6 nbsp Brazil 2016 8 Youth Handball nbsp Argentina 2017 8 nbsp Brazil 2016 11 IHF Trophy Continental Phase nbsp United States 2017 nbsp Martinique 2017 Beach Handball nbsp United States 2016 1 nbsp Uruguay 2016 2 Youth Beach Handball nbsp Brazil 2017 1 nbsp Argentina 2017 1 Club Handball nbsp EC Pinheiros 2017 2 nbsp EC Pinheiros 2017 1 Titles Record titlesSponsors editQatar AirwaysReferences edit IHF statement related to Pan American continent IHF 19 January 2018 IHF refuse to stop plan to split Pan American body in two despite losing CAS case Michael Pavitt Inside the Games 25 September 2018 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 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 External links editPATHF official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pan American Team Handball Federation amp oldid 1166281463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
