Centro Caribe Sports (''formerly Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO)'') is a regional sports federation which oversees the
Central American and Caribbean Games
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 ...
. It is also known by its Spanish acronym ''ODECABE'' and/or its name in Spanish: ''Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe''.
Its member countries come from nations in
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
and the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
region. It is affiliated to PASO, the
Panam Sports
Panam Sports, officially the Pan American Sports Organization (), is an international organization which represents the current 41 National Olympic Committees of the American continents.
It is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee ...
.
Members
Full members
Associate Members
Recent history
Due to the suspension of the
Guatemalan Olympic Committee
The Guatemalan Olympic Committee (, abbreviated as COG) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Guatemala and a part of the International Olympic Committee and Pan American Sports Organization, PASO. It was formed ...
in 2022, Guatemala competed at the
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish language, 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, wa ...
under the Centro Caribe Sports flag.
References
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Central American and Caribbean Games
Sports governing bodies in North America
Sports governing bodies in South America
Sports organizations established in 1960