Pan American Hockey Federation

Pan American Hockey Federation
Founded	1959
president	Antonio of Ondarza
Members	26th
Official languages)	English Spanish
Homepage	www.panamhockey.org

The Pan American Hockey Federation ( PAHF for short ) is the American continental hockey federation. It consists of 26 members. He is a member of the world hockey association FIH and organizes various continental competitions for women’s and men’s national teams, in particular the American continental championship, the Pan American Cup .

history

The PAHF was founded on October 17, 1959 under the name Pan-American Field Hockey Federation (short name PFHF). The first president was J. William Middendorf (USA), the first vice-president George Parsons (Argentina), after whom the George Parsons Trophy is named. Founding members were Argentina, Bermuda, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles and the USA.

Members

Argentina	Bahamas	Barbados	Bermuda	Brazil
Canada	Cayman Islands	Chile	Costa Rica	Cuba
Dominican Republic	Ecuador	El Salvador	Guatemala	Guyana
Jamaica	Mexico	Netherlands Antilles	Panama	Paraguay
Peru	Puerto Rico	Trinidad & Tobago	United States	Uruguay
Venezuela

Competitions

• Pan American Cup : American Championship, men since 2000, women since 2001
• Indoor Pan American Cup : Indoor American championship, women and men, since 2002
• Pan American Junior Championships : American Championship, juniors since 1978, juniors since 1988
• South American Championship : South American Championship , women and men, since 2003
• Hockey at the Pan American Games : men since 1967, women since 1987
• Hockey at the Central American & Caribbean Games : Women and Men, Mexico has been part of Central America here since 1998

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the Pan American Hockey Federation
2. ↑ http://www.panamhockey.org/documents/1959-PAHFconstitution.pdf