North America and Caribbean Handball Confederation

North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation
NACHC
North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation; NACHC
Sport	Handball
Other sports	Beach handball;
Official website	norcahandball.com
History
Preceding organisations	Pan-American Team Handball Federation (1977 – 2019)
Year of formation	13 April 2019; 5 years ago ; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Demographics
Membership size	21 members
Affiliations
International federation	International Handball Federation (IHF)
IHF member since	2019
Governance
President	Mario García de la Torre
Secretariat
Address	1 Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909;
Country	United States of America
Secretary General	Miguel Rivera
Regions
	North America; Caribbean;

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).

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 level, but that was also not comparable to the other continents like Europe, Asia and Africa.^[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.	Name	Country	Tenure
1	Mario García de la Torre	Mexico	1 June 2019 – present

NACHC secretaries general

No.	Name	Country	Tenure
1	Miguel Rivera	Dominican Republic	1 June 2019 – present

NACHC Council

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

Designation	Name	Country
President	Mario García de la Torre	Mexico
Vice-President	Néstor Milete Echevarria	Puerto Rico
Secretary General	Miguel Rivera	Dominican Republic
Treasurer	Felix Wilson	Dominica
Chairperson of Competitions Commission	Kurt Lauritsen	Greenland
Chairperson of Playing Rules and Referees Commission	François Lebeau	Canada
Chairperson of Methods Commission	Franklyn S. Guevara Balcazar	Cuba
Chairperson of Beach Handball Commission	Cliff Williams	Antigua and Barbuda
Chairperson of Women's Commission	Mrs. Carline Choute	Haiti
Chairperson of Medical Commission	Dr. Armand Llewellyn Harper	Barbados

Affiliated members

North America

Caribbean

✝ means non-active member

Tournaments

National

Club

North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship

Beach

Nor.Ca. Beach Handball Championship

Current champions

	Men's	Women's
Senior Handball	Cuba (2024) (2*)	Greenland (2023) (1)
Beach Handball	United States (2022) (2*)	Mexico (2022) (1*)
Club Handball	California Eagles (2024) (1*)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

References

^ "IHF statement related to Pan-American continent". IHF. 19 January 2018.
^ Michael Pavitt (25 September 2018). "IHF refuse to stop plan to split Pan American body in two despite losing CAS case". Inside the Games.
^ 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.
^ "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.

External links

[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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