Centro Caribe Sports
Formation1960
TypeContinental Sports Organization
Official language
English, Spanish, French
President
Dr. Luis Mejía Oviedo
Websitecentrocaribesports.org

Centro Caribe Sports (formerly Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO)) is a regional sports federation which oversees the Central American and Caribbean Games.[1] 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 and the Caribbean region. It is affiliated to PASO, the Pan American Sports Organization.

Members

Full members

Nation Code National Olympic Committee
 Antigua and Barbuda ANT The Antigua and Barbuda Olympic Association
 Aruba ARU Aruban Olympic Committee
 Bahamas BAH Bahamas Olympic Association
 Barbados BAR Barbados Olympic Association
 Bermuda BER Bermuda Olympic Association
 Belize BIZ Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
 Cayman Islands CAY Cayman Islands Olympic Committee
 Colombia COL Colombian Olympic Committee
 Costa Rica CRC Costa Rican Olympic Committee
 Cuba CUB Cuban Olympic Committee
 Dominica DMA Dominica Olympic Committee
 Dominican Republic DOM Dominican Republic Olympic Committee
 El Salvador ESA El Salvador Olympic Committee
 Grenada GRN Grenada Olympic Committee
 Guatemala GUA Guatemalan Olympic Committee
 Guyana GUY Guyana Olympic Association
 Haiti HAI Haitian Olympic Committee
 Honduras HON Honduran Olympic Committee
 U.S. Virgin Islands ISV Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
 British Virgin Islands IVB British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
 Jamaica JAM Jamaica Olympic Association
 Saint Lucia LCA Saint Lucia Olympic Committee
 Mexico MEX Mexican Olympic Committee
 Nicaragua NCA Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
 Panama PAN Panama Olympic Committee
 Puerto Rico PUR Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
 Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee
 Suriname SUR Suriname Olympic Committee
 Trinidad and Tobago TTO Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
 Venezuela VEN Venezuelan Olympic Committee
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines VIN St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee

Other

Nation Code Type
French Guiana GUF Associate member
 Martinique MTQ
Guadeloupe GLP
Sint Maarten SXM
 Turks and Caicos Islands TCA
 Curaçao CUW
 Montserrat MSR Non-member

Recent history

Due to the suspension of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee in 2022,[2] Guatemala is competing at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games under the Centro Caribe Sports flag.[3]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) ODECABE website Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today (www.odecabe.org); retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ^ Jensen Toussaint (18 October 2022). "Guatemala gets suspended by International Olympic Committee". Al Dia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ Viana, Diego (20 June 2023). "Atletas de Guatemala no podrán representar a su país en Juegos San Salvador 2023". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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