Central American Games
The Central American Games (Spanish: Juegos Deportivo Centroamericanos ) are a regional multi-sport event which since 1973 every four years, usually in the year after the Olympics, takes place. Eligible are nations of Central America, which member of the Central American Sports Organisation ( Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana ) ORDECA are. These are Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and Belize since 1990.
The games have an equivalent of the Olympic flame, which is in Q'umarkaj, one of the most important Mayan cult sites of Central America, inflamed. Criticism will be given to the Central American games because they do not include the traditional Central American sports such as the Mesoamerican ball game.
The Central American Games are the second event of this name: the Central American and Caribbean Games, introduced in 1926, were renamed to its expansion in 1935 under the same name.
Venues
Olympic Summer Games • Winter Olympics • Youth Olympic Games World Games • • • Military World Games Universiade • World Police and Fire Games • Special Olympics • Deaflympics
Arafura Games • Commonwealth Games • Jogos da Lusofonia • Indian Ocean • Islamic Solidarity Games Games Iceland • Iceland • Maccabiah Games • Mediterranean Games • Pan Arab Games
All-Africa Games • Central African Games
Pan American Games • South America Games • Central American and Caribbean Games • Central American Games
Asian Games • Asian Winter Games • East Asian Games • Games • Southeast Asia South Asia Central Asia Games • Games • West Asian Games • Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games
Europe European Universities Games • Games • Games of the Small States of Europe
Pacific Games • Mikronesienspiele
- Multi-sport event