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 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.
NACHC presidents No. Name Country Tenure 1 Mario García de la Torre 1 June 2019 – present
NACHC secretaries general No. Name Country Tenure 1 Miguel Rivera 1 June 2019 – 2025 2 Fitzroy Clarke 2025 – present
NACHC Council 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
Affiliated members North America
Canada Greenland Mexico United States of America
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands ✝ Cayman Islands ✝ Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada ✝ Haiti Jamaica Guadeloupe Martinique Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago
✝ means non-active member
Tournaments National Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship
Club North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship
Beach Nor.Ca. Beach Handball Championship
Current champions Men's Women's Senior Handball (2026) (2*) (2025) (3*) Beach Handball (2026) (4*) (2026) (3*) Club Handball Los Angeles THC (2026) (1) (Titles) (*) Record titles
References
External links Official website NACHC at IHF