CONPASA – The Pan American Softball Confederation is a regional body that encompasses all of the national softball federations in the Americas that are members of the ISF.  The current CONPASA President is Jesús Suniaga, who is also president of the Venezuela Softball Federation and an ISF VP/Latin America.  He can be contacted via e-mail at jasuniaga@hotmail.com.  The photo below is from the CONPASA General Assembly held in Guatemala in 2004, when they celebrated their 25th anniversary.

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ESF – The European Softball Federation is a regional body that includes all of the national softball federations throughout Europe that are members of the ISF.  The current ESF President is Andre van Overbeek (Netherlands), who is also an ISF VP/Europe.  The ESF has its own website at www.europeansoftball.org.  The photo below is from the 2005 ESF Congress, which was held in Prague, Czech Republic.

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SCA – The Softball Confederation of Asia is the regional body that includes all of the national softball federations throughout Asia that are members of the ISF.  ISF Secretary General Ms. LOW Beng Choo (Malaysia) is the president of the SCA.  She can be contacted via e-mail at bclow@bclowco.com.  The photo below is from the SCA’s 2004 Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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On August 2, 2005, the Oceania Softball Confederation was established by representatives of nine of the 13 member nations of Oceania’s National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and ISF members at a meeting in Palau. A constitution was approved and elections were held for officers as well as executive board committee members. The Confederation’s objectives are to represent the interests of member softball federations and to foster the development and participation in softball activities within the Oceania Region. ISF VP/Oceania Bob Steffy, who is Secretary General/Treasurer of the Guam NOC, was elected president of the Oceania Softball Confederation. Vice Presidents are Federated States of Micronesia Softball Federation President Willy Hawley (North) and American Samoa Softball Federation Vice President Larry Sanitoa (South). For more information, contact Mr. Steffy at cpasteff@ite.net.

 

The regional body for the national softball federations in Africa changed following an African Softball Summit that was held in May 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa (see photo below).  The formalization of the African Softball Confederation was finalized in October 2007 at the ISF Congress in the Philippines. Six months later in Zambia they held their first meeting, which included the election of officer positions, under the observation of then-ISF Secretary General Andy Loechner. ISF VP/Africa Marumo Morule (Botswana) is the ASC president. He can be contacted at wsb@it.bw.

To see the list of the breakdown of ISF member countries by region, go to the Directory/Member Countries page on our website via the “The ISF” option in the navigation bar at the top of the right-hand column of this or any other page of our website.