# South and Central America Handball Confederation

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. 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.
At the Extraordinary IHF Congress 2019 the IHF statues were revised to add the new federations.

## 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 | 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

* South and Central American Men's Handball Championship
* South and Central American Women's Handball Championship
* South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championship
* South and Central American Women's Junior Handball Championship
* South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship
* South and Central American Women's Youth Handball Championship
* Central American Handball Championship

### 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

* South and Central American Beach Handball Championship
* South and Central American Club Beach Handball Championship
* South and Central American Youth Beach Handball Championship

## Current champions

| | Men's | Women's |
| Senior Handball | Brazil (2024) (2*) | Brazil (2024) (4*) |
| Junior Handball | Argentina (2024) (2*) | Argentina (2023) (2*) |
| Youth Handball | Brazil (2024) (2*) | Brazil (2023) (2*) |
| Beach Handball | Brazil (2024) (3*) | Brazil (2024) (2*) |
| Club Handball | Handebol Taubaté (2024) (3*) | EC Pinheiros (2024) (3*) |
(Titles) (*) Record titles