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==