- History
- PATHF Presidents
- PATHF Council
- PATHF Commissions
- Affiliated Members North America and the Caribbean Central America South America Non-Members
- Tournaments PATHF Club Beach South America Central America North America and Caribbean
- Current Champions
- Sponsors
- References
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Redirect|PATHF}}{{Infobox Organization
|name = Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF)
|image = PATHF.jpg
|size = 200px
|caption = Logo of Pan-American Team Handball Federation
| formation = {{Start date and age|1977|05|23|df=y}}
| extinction =
| successor= North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation,
South and Central America Handball Confederation
|type = Sports Federation
|headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina {{flagicon|ARG}}
|region_served = Americas
|membership = 26 Member Federations
|language = Spanish and English
|leader_title = President
|leader_name = First — Dr. Peter Buehning {{flagicon|USA}}
Last — Mario Moccia {{flagicon|ARG}}
|leader_title2 = Secretary General
|leader_name2 = First — Walter Schwedhelm {{flagicon|MEX}}
Last — Héctor Fernández Bogdanic {{flagicon|CHI}}
|website = www.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 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] HistoryPATHF 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 | {{USA}} | 1977 – 1980 | | 2. | Dr. Walter Schwedhelm | {{MEX}} | 1980 – 1984 | | 3. | Mr. Andy Meszey | {{CAN}} | 1984 – 1987 | | 4. | Dr. Peter Buehning | {{USA}} | 1987 – 1996 | | 5. | Mr. Rubén Gómez | {{URU}} | 1996 (Interim President) | | 6. | Prof. Dr. Manoel Luiz Oliveira | {{BRA}} | 1996 – 2012 | | 7. | Mr. Mario Moccia | {{ARG}} | 2012 – Till date |
PATHF CouncilThe 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 |
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| President | Mario Moccia | {{ARG}} | | 1st Vice-President | Julio Noveri | {{URU}} | | 2nd Vice-President | Rafael Sepúlveda Montalvo | {{PUR}} | | Secretary General | Héctor Fernández Bogdanic | {{CHI}} | | Treasurer | Carlos Ferrea | {{ARG}} | | IHF Continental Representative | Mario García de la Torre | {{MEX}} | | South America Vice-President | Gerardo Paniagua | {{PAR}} | | Central America Vice-President | Dr. Carlos Morales Sosa | {{GUA}} | | Caribbean Vice-President | Néstor Milete Echevarría | {{PUR}} | | North America Vice-President | Bryan Hayes | {{CAN}} | | Chairman of the Competition Commission | Carlos González Aldea | {{CUB}} | | Chairman of the Referees Commission | Salvio Sedrez Pereira | {{BRA}} |
PATHF Commissions| Commission | Chairman | Country |
|---|
| PATHF Commission of Organizing and Competitions | Mr. Carlos González Aldea | {{CUB}} | | PATHF Playing Rules and Referee Commission | Mr. Salvio Sedrez Pereira | {{BRA}} | | PATHF Commission for Development | Mr. Rafael Sepúlveda Montalvo | {{PUR}} | | PATHF Commission of Coaching and Methods | Mr. Mike Cavanaugh | {{USA}} | | PATHF Medical Commission | Dr. Llew Harper | {{BAR}} | | PATHF Marketing Commission | Mr. Gabriel Klein | {{ARG}} | | PATHF Discipline Tribunal | Mr. Daniel Cánepa | {{ARG}} | | PATHF Appeals Tribunal | Dr. Héctor Alvarado Véliz | {{ESA}} | | PATHF Juridical Commission | Mr. Rafael Sepúlveda Montalvo | {{PUR}} | | PATHF Beach Handball Commission | Mr. Luiz Filipe Galvao da Silva Caldas | {{BRA}} | | PATHF Wheelchair Handball Commission | Prof. Dr. Germán Bonnemezón | {{ARG}} |
Affiliated MembersNorth America and the Caribbean{{col-start}}{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|BAR}} Barbados
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Canada
- {{flagicon|CUB}} Cuba
- {{flagicon|DOM}} Dominican Republic
- {{flagicon|GRL}} Greenland
{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti
- {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico
- {{flagicon|PUR}} Puerto Rico
- {{flagicon|TTO}} Trinidad and Tobago
- {{flagicon|USA}} United States of America
{{col-end}}Central America{{col-start}}{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|CRC}} Costa Rica
- {{flagicon|ESA}} El Salvador
- {{flagicon|GUA}} Guatemala
{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|HON}} Honduras
- {{flagicon|NCA}} Nicaragua
- {{flagicon|PAN}} Panama
{{col-end}}South America{{col-start}}{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentina
- {{flagicon|BOL}} Bolivia
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
- {{flagicon|CHI}} Chile
- {{flagicon|COL}} Colombia
{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|ECU}} Ecuador
- {{flagicon|PAR}} Paraguay
- {{flagicon|PER}} Peru
- {{flagicon|URU}} Uruguay
- {{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuela
{{col-end}}Non-MembersFollowing is the list of national handball federations who are affiliated to the International Handball Federation but are not granted affiliation by the PATHF. {{col-start}}{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Antigua and Barbuda
- {{flagicon|BAH}} Bahamas
- {{flagicon|IVB}} British Virgin Islands
- {{flagicon|CAY}} Cayman Islands
- {{flagicon|DMA}} Dominica
- {{flagicon|GRN}} Grenada
- {{flagicon|SKN}} Saint Kitts and Nevis
{{col-2}}- {{flagicon|LCA}} Saint Lucia
- {{flagicon|BIZ}} Belize
- {{flagicon|GUY}} Guyana
- Regional Member
- {{flagicon|GUF}} French Guiana (France)
- {{flagicon|GLP}} Guadeloupe (France)
- {{flagicon|MTQ}} Martinique (France)
{{col-end}}Tournaments{{col-start}}{{col-4}}PATHF- 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- 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- Pan American Beach Handball Championship
- Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship
- Bolivarian Beach Games
- South American Beach Games
{{col-4}}South America- 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- Central American Handball Championship
- Central American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games
North America and Caribbean- Caribbean Handball Championship
- Nor.Ca. Handball Championship
{{col-end}}Current Champions| Men's | Women's |
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| Senior Handball | BRA}} (2016) (3) | BRA}} (2017) (10*) | | Pan American Games | BRA}} (2015) (3) | BRA}} (2015) (5*) | | Junior Handball | BRA}} (2017) (6) | BRA}} (2016) (8*) | | Youth Handball | ARG}} (2017) (8*) | BRA}} (2016) (11*) | | IHF Trophy (Continental Phase) | USA}} (2017) | MTQ}} (2017) | | Beach Handball | USA}} (2016) (1) | URU}} (2016) (2) | | Youth Beach Handball | BRA}} (2017) (1*) | ARG}} (2017) (1*) | | Club Handball | BRA}} EC Pinheiros (2017) (2) | BRA}} EC Pinheiros (2017) (1) |
(Titles) (*) Record titles SponsorsReferences1. ^{{cite news |title=IHF statement related to Pan-American continent |url=http://www.ihf.info/en-us/theihf/continentalfederations/europeanhandballfederation(ehf)/listoffederations/croatianhandballfederation/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5506 |publisher=IHF |date= 19 January 2018 }}
2. ^[https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070358/ihf-refuse-to-stop-plan-to-split-pan-american-body-in-two-despite-losing-cas-case IHF refuse to stop plan to split Pan American body in two despite losing CAS case] - Michael Pavitt, Inside the Games, 25 September 2018
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