North America and Caribbean Handball Confederation

The North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation 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.
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. The NACHC headquarters is located in Colorado Springs.

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 countries, but that was also not comparable to the other continents like Europe and Asia. 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.
At the Extraordinary IHF Congress 2019 the IHF statues were revised to add the new federations.
On 29 October 2019 the new headquarters was opened at the bureaus of USA Team Handball.

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

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

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