| South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) Spanish; Castilian: Confederación Sur y Centro Americana de Balonmano (COSCABAL) | |
| Logosize: | 215px |
| Url: | www.handballsca.tv |
| Sport: | Handball |
| Othersport1: | Beach handball |
| Historytitle: | History |
| Founded: | |
| Demographicstitle: | Demographics |
| Membership Size: | 19 members |
| Affiliationstitle: | Affiliations |
| If: | International Handball Federation |
| If Abbr: | IHF |
| If Joined: | 2019 |
| Electedtitle: | Governance |
| President: | Marcel Guido Mancilla Bravo |
| Sectitle: | Secretariat |
| Address1: | Bombero Ossa 1010 |
| Address2: | of 302 |
| Address3: | Santiago Metropolitan Region |
| Secretary General: | Blas César Garcete Argüello |
| Staff Pos1: | Managing Director |
| Staff Name1: | Salvio Sedréz  |
| Staff Number: | 6 |
| Financetitle: | Finance |
| Regionstitle: | Regions |
| Region1: | South America |
| Region2: | Central America |
The South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) (Spanish; Castilian: Confederación Sur y Centro Americana de Balonmano (COSCABAL)|link=yes) 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).
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]
Following are the members serving 2019 – 2023 term.
| Designation | Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Marcel Mancilla Bravo | ||
| 1st Vice-president | Ricardo Souza | ||
| 2nd Vice-president | Juan Carlos Gutiérrez Vargas | ||
| Secretary General | Blas César Garcete Argüello | ||
| Treasurer | Victor Manuel Ramos Vergara | ||
| Chairman of Technical and Development Commission | Cecilia Hernández | ||
| Chairman of Competitions Commission | Martín Chilaca | ||
| Managing Director | Sálvio Sedréz |
Argentina
Bolivia Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana ✝
Peru
Venezuela
Panama| Men's | Women's | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Handball | (2024) (2*) | (2022) (3*) | |
| Junior Handball | (2022) (1*) | (2023) (2*) | |
| Youth Handball | (2022) (1*) | (2023) (2*) | |
| Beach Handball | (2022) (2*) | (2022) (1*) | |
| Club Handball | EC Pinheiros (2021) (1*) | UnC Concórdia (2019) (1*) |