The North America and The Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) was officially born on 13 April 2019 and only a few months later recognized by the International Handball Federation (IHF), after the IHF Member Federations voted on its recognition at the IHF Extraordinary Congress held in Gothenburg, Sweden on 3 July 2019.
Comprising of 21 members and based in the United States of America, the NACHC, along with the South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC), replaced the Pan American Team Handball Federation in order to allow for more development opportunities and bespoke management of the varied and unique situations among the member federations within the region.
To celebrate International Handball Week, ihf.info spoke with NACHC President Mario García de la Torre to check in on the fledgling confederation and the handball in its region which includes Greenland in the north down to Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago in the south.
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