South and Central America Handball Confederation

Handball federation

Beach handball

Official websitewww.handballsca.tvHistoryPreceding organisationsPan-American Team Handball Federation (1977 – 2019)Year of formationApril 5, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-05)
at Cali, Colombia

DemographicsMembership size19 membersAffiliationsInternational federationInternational Handball Federation (IHF)IHF member since2019GovernancePresidentMarcel Guido Mancilla Bravo

SecretariatAddress

Bombero Ossa 1010
of 302
Santiago Metropolitan Region

Country

ChileSecretary GeneralBlas César Garcete Argüello

Managing DirectorSalvio Sedréz

Number of staff6Regions

South America
Central America

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

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana ✝
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela

Central America

Belize ✝
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama

✝ means non-active member

Tournaments

National teams

Club

South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
South and Central American Women's Club Handball Championship
South and Central American Junior Club Handball Championship

Beach

Current champions

	Men's	Women's
Senior Handball	Brazil (2024) (2*)	Brazil (2022) (3*)
Junior Handball	Brazil (2022) (1*)	Argentina (2023) (2*)
Youth Handball	Argentina (2022) (1*)	Brazil (2023) (2*)
Beach Handball	Brazil (2022) (2*)	Argentina (2022) (1*)
Club Handball	EC Pinheiros (2021) (1*)	UnC Concórdia (2019) (1*)

(Titles) (*) Record titles

References

^ "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.
^ Sedrez, Sálvio (2 October 2019). "Delegados Técnicos" (PDF; 118 KB). COSCABAL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.

External links

Official website
SCAHC at IHF

International Handball Federation (IHF)

History of IHF
IHF Congress
IHF Council
Handball at the Summer Olympics
List of handball federations

Sports

Predecessors

International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) (1926–1928)
International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF) (1928–1946)
- Protocol of Stockholm

Confederations

CAHB
AHF
EHF
NACHC
OCHF
SCAHC
PATHF (1977–2018)

Men's tournaments

Women's tournaments

Presidents

Gösta Björk (1946–1950)
Hans Baumann (1950–1971)
Paul Högberg (1971–1984)
Erwin Lanc (1984–2000)
Hassan Moustafa (2000–Till date)

General Secretaries

Carl Filip Borgh (1946–1950)
Albert Wagner (1950–1972)
Max Rinkenburger (1972–1988)
Raymond Hahn (1988–2004)
Peter Mühlematter (2004–2009)
Joel Delplanque (2009–2011)
Position dissolved by IHF Congress

Awards

Hans Baumann Trophy (defunct)
IHF Badge of Merit
IHF Certificate of Merit
IHF Cup of Honour and certificate
IHF Hall of Fame
IHF Honorary President and Honorary Members
IHF Olympic Order
IHF Plaque of Merit
IHF President's Development Award
IHF Referee's Badge of Honour
IHF Referee's Diploma of Honour
IHF Ring of Honour
IHF World Coach of the Year
IHF World Player of the Year

National members of the International Handball Federation (IHF)

African Handball
Confederation (CAHB)

Asian Handball
Federation (AHF)

European Handball
Federation (EHF)

North America and Caribbean
Handball Confederation
(NACHC)

Caribbean	ANT BAH BAR CAY CUB DMA DOM GLP GRN HAI IVB JAM LCA MTQ PUR SKN TTO
Northern America	CAN GRL MEX USA

Oceania Continent
Handball Federation
(OCHF)

South and
Central America
Handball Confederation
(SCAHC)

Central America	BIZ CRC ESA GUA HON NCA PAN
South America	ARG BOL BRA CHI COL ECU GUF GUY PAR PER URU VEN

Associated Members

ǂ = suspended by the IHF

v t e International handball
IAHF IHF Olympic Games World Championships Men Women National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach handball World Championships World Games
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth University Wheelchair Men's Field Handball Women's Field Handball Youth Olympics Summer Universiade Emerging Nations IHF Inter-Continental Trophy Arab Games Mediterranean Games
Africa	African Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games
North America and Caribbean	North American and Caribbean Championship Men Women Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games
South & Central America	South & Central American Championships Men Women Pan American Games South American Games Bolivarian Games
Asia	Asian Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth Asian Games
Europe	European Championships Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach Men Beach Women Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championships Senior Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup French Pacific Championship
Defunct	Goodwill Games Intercontinental Cup Pan American Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth