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The Central American and Caribbean Games ( CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and 5 territories in Central America, the Caribbean ( Caribbean Countries ), Mexico, and the South American ...
Association football is one of the sports played at the Central American and Caribbean Games, a quadrennial multi-sports event for countries in those regions. The Games can involve eligible national teams from two football confederations, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL . A men's tournament was first held in the second edition of the Games in 1930.
Central America [b] is a subregion of North America. [2] Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Central America is usually defined as consisting of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras ...
However, some people and organizations have criticised the games for not including the Mesoamerican ballgame, the oldest ball sport in the continent, on the sports programme. The competition is the second multi-sport event to have the name: the Central American and Caribbean Games began life in 1926 as the Central American Games and had this ...
The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023), also known as the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games and commonly known as San Salvador 2023, was the 24th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games, a quadrennial sports multi-sport event which was held from 23 June to 8 July 2023 in San Salvador, El ...
Quetzaltenango was the only city to meet CACSO's January 2012 deadline to bid for the Games, and on October 29, 2012 it was named the host city. Guatemala last hosted the Games in 1950 (in Guatemala City); Central America last hosted in 2002 (in San Salvador, El Salvador). Panajachel would be the venue for sailing, open water swimming and ...
The 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games ( Spanish: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Santo Domingo 2026), also known as the 25th Central American and Caribbean Games and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2026, are scheduled to take place in 2026 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It will be both the 25th edition of the ...
NORCECA was formally created by the FIVB and its President, Mr. Paul Liband in 1968, when Canada and the United States of America joined the confederation. Its first Senior Championship was held in Mexico from August 4–9, 1969 and the inaugural game featured Haiti vs. Panama , with Haiti winning 3-0.