2023 Central American and Caribbean Games

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
	Emblem of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
Host city	San Salvador
Country	El Salvador
Motto	It's time to transcend; Spanish: Es momento de trascender
Nations	37[1]
Athletes	5,000+[1]
Events	465 in 38 sports (53 disciplines)
Opening	June 23
Closing	July 8
Opened by	President Nayib Bukele (expected)
Main venue	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
Website	sansalvador2023.com

The 24th Central American and Caribbean Games are scheduled to take place in 2023. They were planned to take place in Panama City, Panama,[2] until the government announced on 24 July 2020 that it had decided to withdraw as the hosts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Panama. Centro Caribe Sports had search for alternatives. In May 2021 San Salvador, El Salvador was chosen to replace Panama City as main host city, as due to infrastructure and schedule issues 7 sports were relocated to Santo Domingo, in Dominican Republic.

Bidding process

Panama City had presented itself as the only candidate to organize the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games and also announced the commitment of the Panamanian State to invest 200 million dollars for both infrastructure and the organization of the event. One of the advantages presented by the Panamanian delegation to Centro Caribe Sports was that it would not be necessary to build an athletes' village for the event, because instead the athletes would be hosted in hotels. On February 3, 2017, Centro Caribe Sports announced that Panama City would host the event.[3] It would have been the third time: Panama City first hosted the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1938 and then in 1970.[4]

On 24 July 2020, Panama announced that it was withdrawing as the host of the 2022 event as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Centro Caribe Sports expressed its surprise at the sudden withdrawal and assured that the event will still take place in 2022. It said the executive committee would meet on 25 July 2020 to discuss the issue and begin a search for solutions and alternatives.[5][6]

On November 15, 2020 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico presented a bid to host the games conditioned that it receive financial support from the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. Mayagüez previously held the games on 2010, and thus would not have to invest as much on infrastructure since it would reuse most of the facilities.[7]

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games bidding results
City	Country	CACSO votes
Mayagüez	Puerto Rico
San Salvador	El Salvador

Participating countries

The following nations are expected to participate:

Participating National Olympic Committees[8]
Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador (host) French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands Venezuela

Games

Parade of Nations

The opening ceremony for the games will be held on 23 June 2023, although the boxing tournament will commence one day earlier on 22 June 2023. The table tennis and beach volleyball tournaments will commence one two days earlier, on 21 June 2023.

Order	Nation	Flag bearer	Sport
1	El Salvador (ESA) (host)	Ivonne Nóchez Eliodoro Portillo	Speed skating Beach soccer

Sports

The following competitions are scheduled to place:

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games[9]
Aquatics Artistic swimming (7) () Diving (8) () Open water swimming (2) () Swimming (42) () Water polo (2) () Archery (6) () Athletics (27) () Badminton (4) () Baseball (2) () Basketball () Basketball (2) 3×3 basketball (2) Beach soccer (2) () Bodybuilding (7) () Bowling (10) () Boxing (36) () Canoeing (12) () Chess (8) () Cycling () BMX (2) Mountain biking (2) Road (2) Track (2) Equestrian () Dressage (3) Eventing (2) Jumping (4) Fencing (12) () Field hockey (2) () Football () Golf (2) () Gymnastics () Artistic (14) Rhythmic (9) Trampoline (4) Handball (2) () Judo (28) () Karate (12) () Modern pentathlon (5) () Netball (1) () Racquetball (7) () Rowing (13) () Rugby sevens (2) () Sailing (7) () Shooting (25) () Softball (2) () Speed skating (7) () Surfing (6) () Table tennis (7) () Taekwondo (14) () Tennis (7) () Triathlon (5) () Volleyball () Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2) Weightlifting (16) () Wrestling (18) ()

Calendar

The edition of the schedule was published by National Olympic Committee of El Salvador.[10]

All times and dates use Atlantic Standard Time and Central Standard Time (UTC-4 and UTC-6)

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

June/July		21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	25th Sun	26th Mon	27th Tue	28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	1st Sat	2nd Sun	3rd Mon	4th Tue	5th Wed	6th Thu	7th Fri	8th Sat	Medal Events
Ceremonies				OC															CC	—
Aquatics	Artistic swimming				2	2	2	2	1											61
	Diving											2	2	2	2	2	2
	Open water swimming															2	1	2
	Swimming				7	8	7	7	7	7
	Water polo											●	●	●	●	●	●	2
Archery													2	2	●	●	3	3		10
Athletics													4	8	5	9	10	9	2	27
Badminton												●	●	●	●	●	●	4		4
Baseball/Softball
	Baseball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1							1
	Softball				●	●	●	●	●	2										2
Basketball	Basketball			●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	●	1				4
Basketball	3×3 Basketball										●	●	2							4
Beach soccer													●	●	●	●	2			2
Bodybuilding												7								7
Bowling									●	1	1	2	2	2	2					10
Boxing			6	6	6	6	6	5	1											36
Canoeing					4	4	4													12
Chess														●	●	4	4			8
Cycling	Road cycling															●	●	2		8
	Track cycling											●	●	2
	BMX				2
	Mountain biking																		2
Equestrian													●	●	●	3	2	4		9
Fencing													1	1	1	1	1	1		6
Field hockey								●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Football					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Golf															●	●	●	2		2
Gymnastics	Artistic				●	●	●	6	8											27
	Rhythmic										●	●	●	9
	Trampolining															●	●	4
Handball					●	●	●		●	1			●	●	●		●	1		2
Judo					14	8	10	2												28
Karate																	4	4	4	12
Modern pentathlon					3	2														5
Netball														●	●	●	●	1		1
Racquetball					●	●	●	●	●	●	5	2								7
Rowing					●	●	3	3	7											13
Rugby sevens						●	●	2												2
Sailing					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	7								7
Speed skating				2	2	1	2													7
Shooting						1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3					25
Surfing					●	●	●	●	●	6										6
Table tennis		●	●	●	●	3	2	2												7
Taekwondo															4	4	4	2		14
Tennis												●	●	5	●	●	●	2		7
Triathlon																2		2	1	5
Volleyball	Beach volleyball	●	●	●	●	●	2													4
Volleyball	Volleyball								●	●	●	●	1		●	●	●	●	1	4
Weightlifting				3	3	3	4	3												16
Wrestling										6	6	6								18
Daily medal events		0	6	11	43	38	44	32	27	25	14	28	17	32	17	29	35	44	10	465
Cumulative total		0	6	17	60	98	142	174	198	223	237	265	282	314	331	360	395	439	465	465
June/July 2023		21st Wed	22nd Thu	23rd Fri	24th Sat	25th Sun	26th Mon	27th Tue	28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	1st Sat	2nd Sun	3rd Mon	4th Tue	5th Wed	6th Thu	7th Fri	8th Sat	Total events
June/July 2023		July										August								Total events

Venues

Due to infrastructure and calendar issues 7 sports were relocated to Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic: taekwondo, modern pentathlon, equestrian, canoeing, shooting, racquetball and field hockey.[11]

San Salvador zone (thirty-one sports)

Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González before the renovations

Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández before the renovations

Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in 2007

Estadio Universitario before the renovations

Estadio Las Delicias before the renovations

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González	Athletics (track and field)	35,000	Renovated
	Shooting
	Opening Ceremony
	Closing Ceremony
Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández	Karate	6,000
	Volleyball (men's)
	Table tennis
Complejo Deportivo El Polvorín	Aquatics (diving, artistic swimming)	2,000
	Badminton
	Speed skating
	Track
Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda	Basketball	12,500
Estadio de Sóftbol Pablo Guzmán	Softball (men's)	3,000
Parque de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa	Baseball	4,000
Coliseo UES	Fencing		Additional
Avenida Jerusalem	Road		Existing
Plaza Gerardo Barrios	3×3 basketball
Plaza Gerardo Barrios	Boxing
Salon Hotel Terraza	Bodybuliding
Salon Hotel Terraza	Chess
Piscina Olímpica	Swimming		Renovated
Piscina Olímpica	Water polo		Renovated
Circuito Urbano Frente a Metrocenter	Athletics (race walk)		Existing
Circuito Urbano Árbol de La Paz	Athletics (marathon)
Fosa de Clavados Complejo Deportivo El Polvorín	Aquatics (diving, artistic swimming)
Universidad de El Salvador	Athletics (marathon)		Renovated
Teatro Presidente	Bodybuliding	1,429	Existing
Estadio de Playa Flor Blanca	Beach soccer	1,800	Additional
Estadio de Playa Flor Blanca	Beach volleyball	1,800
Complejo Deportivo Flor Blanca	Weightlifting	1,800
	Beach volleyball
	Netball
La Cuna del Mágico	Wrestling		Additional
Velódromo Nacional	Speed skating	2,000	Existing
Estadio Universitario	Rugby sevens	10,000	Renovated
Colonia Guatemala	Softball (women's)		Existing

Ciudad Merliot zone (five sports)

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Complejo Deportivo de Ciudad Merliot	Water polo	1,800	Renovated
	Archery
	Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic, trampoline)
	Tennis
Poligono de Tiro	Shooting
Canachas de Tenis Complejo Deportivo de Ciudad Merliot	Tennis

Ilopango zone (four sports)

Lago Ilopango

Venue	Events	Status
Lago Ilopango	Rowing	Renovated
Parque Recreativo Apulo	Open water swimming
Parque Recreativo Apulo	Sailing
Club Salvadoreño	Rowing	Existing

La Libertad zone (three sports)

Venue	Events	Status
Punta Roca	Surfing	Existing
Surf City	Surfing
Colegio San Francisco	Volleyball (women's)

Santa Tecla zone (three sports)

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Estadio Nacional Las Delicias	Football	10,000	Renovated
Ecoparque El Espino	BMX		Existing
Polígono de Tiro con Arco "Jorge Jiménez"	Archery		Existing

Mejicanos zone (two sports)

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Villa CARI	Bowling		Renovated
Division Transito Terrestre	Athletics (marathon)		Existing

San José Villanueva zone (one sport)

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Club El Encanto	Golf		Existing

Soyapango (one sport)

Venue	Events	Capacity	Status
Multigimnasio Don Bosco	Handball		Renovated

Outlying (thirteen sports)

Ahuachapán

San Luis La Herradura

Venue	Events	Status
Coliseo de Bádminton (Ahuachapán)	Badminton	Existing
Duela de Voleibol (Chalchuapa)	Netball
Duela de Voleibol (Chalchuapa)	Weightlifting
Comalapa (Comalapa)	Mountain biking
Punta Roca (La Libertad)	Surfing
Costa del Sol (San Luis La Herradura)	Triathlon
Centro Ecuestre Palmarejo (Santo Domingo)	Equestrian (Dressage, eventing, jumping)
Centro de Remo y Canotaje Presa el Rincon (Santo Domingo)	Canoeing
Estadio de Hockey del Parque del Este (Santo Domingo)	Field hockey
Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte (Santo Domingo)	Modern pentathlon
	Racquetball
	Taekwondo
Polígono de Tiro al Plato El Higuero (Santo Domingo)	Shooting

Non-competitive

Venue	Events	Status
Villa Centroamericana y del Caribe	Central American and Caribbean Games Village	Additional
	Media Village
	International Broadcast Centre
	Main Press Centre

Medal table

* Host nation (El Salvador)

2023 Central American and Caribbean Games medal table
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	El Salvador*	0	0	0	0
Totals (1 entries)		0	0	0	0

Marketing

Emblem

The official emblem and motto for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was unveiled on 23 January 2023 at the former Casa Presidencial in San Jacinto, it takes the form of a circle in an colored star pattern. The design was meant to "express the constant movement, evolution and transformation process that El Salvador is experiencing". The stars "represent guided humanity since its origins and have become a symbol that represents harmony, prosperity and glory". The official slogan Es momento de trascender was also unveiled on 23 January 2023. The slogan will be solely used in Spanish.[12]

Official song

The official song for 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games was released on 8 May 2023, the song is performed by Zaki, Leena Bae, Mayki Graff, and Sebas Barcenas. The song was released by Yamil Bukele, president of the Organizing Committee of the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games (COSSAN2023).[13]

Corporate sponsorship

Sponsors of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games[14]
Official Central American and Caribbean Partners Banco Cuscatlan Bornan Sports Technology CEL Coca-Cola Electrolit Lotería SISA Suguros Surf City El Salvador

References

"San Salvador Lanza Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2023" [San Salvador Spears the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games]. Associated Press (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
"Panamá oficialmente será sede de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2022". Telemetro.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
"Panamá será la sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos 2022". Elnuevodia.com. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
"Panamá crea Comité Organizador de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2022". Lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
Panamá declina sede de los Juegos 2022 y del Mundial Sub-20 femenino
Statement from CACSO
Ribas Reyes, Fernando (November 16, 2020), "El Copur oficializa a Mayagüez", El Nuevo Día (in Spanish), San Juan, PR, vol. 18302, p. 43
"San Salvador 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games - Countries". San Salvador 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
"CALENDARIO DE JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS Y DEL CARIBE 2023" (PDF). sansalvador2023.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
"Calendario". sansalvador2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
Sánchez G., Carlos (3 May 2022). "Confirmados los deportes que República Dominicana acogerá para Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023" [Confirmed the sports that the Dominican Republic will host for Central American and Caribbean San Salvador 2023]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
""San Salvador 2023: Es momento de trascender". sansalvador2023.com. COSSAN. 23 January 2023.
"San Salvador 2023 da la bienvenida a sus patrocinadores oficiales". sansalvador2023.com. COSSAN. 17 May 2023.
"¡No voy a parar!, la canción oficial de los Juegos San Salvador 2023". sansalvador2023.com. COSSAN. 8 May 2023.

External links

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[AP-1] "San Salvador Lanza Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2023" [San Salvador Spears the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games]. Associated Press (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[2] "Panamá oficialmente será sede de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2022". Telemetro.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[3] "Panamá será la sede de los Juegos Centroamericanos 2022". Elnuevodia.com. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[4] "Panamá crea Comité Organizador de Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2022". Lavanguardia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[5] Panamá declina sede de los Juegos 2022 y del Mundial Sub-20 femenino

[6] Statement from CACSO

[7] Ribas Reyes, Fernando (November 16, 2020), "El Copur oficializa a Mayagüez", El Nuevo Día (in Spanish), San Juan, PR, vol. 18302, p. 43

[8] "San Salvador 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games - Countries". San Salvador 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[9] "CALENDARIO DE JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS Y DEL CARIBE 2023" (PDF). sansalvador2023.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[10] "Calendario". sansalvador2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[11] Sánchez G., Carlos (3 May 2022). "Confirmados los deportes que República Dominicana acogerá para Centroamericanos y del Caribe San Salvador 2023" [Confirmed the sports that the Dominican Republic will host for Central American and Caribbean San Salvador 2023]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[12] ""San Salvador 2023: Es momento de trascender". sansalvador2023.com. COSSAN. 23 January 2023.

[13] "San Salvador 2023 da la bienvenida a sus patrocinadores oficiales". sansalvador2023.com. COSSAN. 17 May 2023.

[14] "¡No voy a parar!, la canción oficial de los Juegos San Salvador 2023". sansalvador2023.com. COSSAN. 8 May 2023.

Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games	1926 Mexico City 1930 Havana 1935 San Salvador 1938 Panama City 1946 Barranquilla 1950 Guatemala City 1954 Mexico City 1959 Caracas 1962 Kingston 1966 San Juan 1970 Panama City 1974 Santo Domingo 1978 Medellín 1982 Havana 1986 Santiago 1990 Mexico City 1993 Ponce 1998 Maracaibo 2002 San Salvador 2006 Cartagena 2010 Mayagüez 2014 Veracruz 2018 Baranquilla 2023 San Salvador 2026 Santo Domingo
Central American and Caribbean Beach Games	2022 Santa Marta
Central American and Caribbean Junior Games	2024