The Central American and Caribbean Games are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial, typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and 5 territories in Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the South American Caribbean countries of Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The second Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana, Cuba from 15 March to 5 April 1930. The event featured 596 athletes from nine nations, competing in ten sports. Women participated in the event for the first time.
The third Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador, from 16 March to 5 April 1935. The games featured 741 athletes from nine nations which competed in fourteen sports.
The 19th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 22 to December 8, 2002 and included 4,301 competitors from 31 nations, competing in 32 sports. The main stadium for these championships was the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca. For political reasons, Cuba decided to boycott the event. Squash made its debut at the Central American and Caribbean Games.
Emilio Ballado Alvarado is a Mexican former boxer who represented his native country in the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
The Guatemala women's national football team is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Costa Rica, having won the 1999 UNCAF championship.
The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Centro Caribe Sports is a regional sports federation which oversees the Central American and Caribbean Games. It is also known by its Spanish acronym ODECABE and/or its name in Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe.
The VIII Central American Games was a multi-sport event that took place between 3 and 12 March 2006.
Athletics competitions at the 2001 Central American Games were held at the Estadio La Pedrera in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between November 30 - December 3, 2001.
Nikté Alejandra Sotomayor Ovando is a Guatemalan badminton player. She won the bronze medals at the 2019 Pan American Games in the women's singles, and at the 2021 Pan Am Championships in the women's doubles. Sotomayor will representing her country to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as the first ever Guatemalan female badminton player to compete at the Olympic Games.
The 2022 Central American and Caribbean Beach Games, officially the I Central American and Caribbean Beach Games, was an international multi-sport event held in Santa Marta, Colombia from November 19–26. It was the first time this event was realised. The games are overseen by Centro Caribe Sports.
The badminton competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games will be held in San Salvador, El Salvador from 25 to 30 July at the Coliseo Complejo El Polvorín. It was the seventh appearance for badminton at the Games.
The baseball competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa in San Salvador, El Salvador from 25 June to 1 July 2023.
The bowling competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games will be held in San Salvador, El Salvador from 28 June to 4 July at the Villa Cari.
The weightlifting competition at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in San Salvador, El Salvador from 24 to 27 June at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda.
The men's football tournament at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Santa Tecla from 28 June to 6 July.
The women's football tournament at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Santa Tecla from 25 June to 7 July.
Jasmine Alexis Casarez is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil side Juárez. Born and raised in the United States, she represents Mexico internationally.
Daniela Janet Monroy Cortez is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil side Monterrey.
