Handball federation
The South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) (Spanish : Confederación Sur y Centro Americana de Balonmano (COSCABAL) ) is the governing body of the Olympic sport of Handball and Beach handball in South America and Central America . It is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF).
SCAHC has 19 members countries located within the South America and Central America. One of IHF's six continental confederations, the SCAHC was formed officially on 5 April 2019 in Cali (Colombia ). The SCAHC headquarter is located in Santiago de Chile (Chile ).
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 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]
SCAHC Presidents
No.
Name
Country
Tenure
1
Marcel Guido Mancilla Bravo
Chile
1 July 2019 – Till date
SCAHC Secretaries General
No.
Name
Country
Tenure
1
Blas César Garcete Argüello
Paraguay
1 July 2019 – Till date
SCAHC Managing Director
No.
Name
Country
Tenure
1
Sálvio Sedréz [ 5]
Brazil
1 July 2019 – Till date
SCAHC Council
Following are the members serving 2019 – 2023 term.
Designation
Name
Country
President
Marcel Mancilla Bravo
Chile
1st Vice-president
Ricardo Souza
Brazil
2nd Vice-president
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Vargas
Costa Rica
Secretary General
Blas César Garcete Argüello
Paraguay
Treasurer
Victor Manuel Ramos Vergara
Colombia
Chairman of Technical and Development Commission
Cecilia Hernández
El Salvador
Chairman of Competitions Commission
Martín Chilaca
Bolivia
Managing Director
Sálvio Sedréz
Brazil
SCAHC members
South America
Central America
✝ means non-active member
Tournaments
National teams
Club
Beach
Current champions
(Titles)
(*) Record titles
References
External links
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