2026 Central American and Caribbean Games

2026 Central American and Caribbean Games

Emblem of the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games
Host city	Santo Domingo
Country	Dominican Republic
Motto	The Centennial Games Spanish: ¡Los Juegos del Centenario!
Nations	37
Athletes	6000+
Events	483 in 40 sports (56 disciplines)
Opening	24 July 2026
Closing	8 August 2026
Opened by	President Luis Abinader (expected)
Main venue	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Website	https://jcc2026.org/en/

The 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Santo Domingo 2026), also known as the 25th Central American and Caribbean Games and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2026, will be the 24th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games, a quadrennial sports multi-sport event scheduled to take place in 24 July 2026 to 8 August 2026 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It will be both the 25th edition of the games and one hundred years since the inaugural games.^[1]

The members of Centro Caribe Sports voted unanimously to grant the game to Santo Domingo in their Extraordinary General Assembly in February 2022. It shall be the third time the games are held in the Dominican Republic.^[2]

In March 2023, the organizers, along with CANOC President Keith Joseph proposed the inclusion of cricket in the event, which would make a return to 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Esports and skateboarding will also make its debut in the Central American and Caribbean Games. Squash will make its return (for the first time since 2018).^[3]

2026 Central American and Caribbean Games bidding results
City	Country	CACSO votes
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo zone (thirty-two sports)

Parque del Este zone (nine sports)

Zona Este zone (four sports)

Zona Norte zone (five sports)

Non-competitive

The National Volunteer Committee of the Dominican Central American and Caribbean Games Organizing Committee announced the recruitment to assist at the Central American and Caribbean Games.^[4]

The following nations are expected to participate:

The following competitions are scheduled to place:

The edition of the schedule was published by National Olympic Committee of The Dominican Republic.^[6]

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

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

July/August		20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23th Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed	30th Thu	31st Fri	1st Sat	2nd Sun	3rd Mon	4th Tue	5th Wed	6th Thu	7th Fri	8th Sat	Medal Events
Ceremonies						OC															CC	—N/a
Aquatics	Artistic swimming																	3	4	3	1	67
	Diving									●	●	3	3	2	4
	Open water swimming							2	2
	Swimming									8	10	7	7	8
	Water polo	●	●	●	●	●	●	2
Archery						●	●		●	●												10
Athletics
Badminton					●	●		●	●													17
Baseball/Softball
	Baseball												●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1		1
	Softball							●	●	●	●	●	1			●	●	●	●	●	1	2
Basketball	Basketball										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		4
	3×3 Basketball												●	●	2
Beach soccer
Bowling																						10
Boxing														●	●	●	●	●				14
Canoeing																						14
Chess							●	●	●	8												8
Cricket
Cycling	Road cycling																					20
	Track cycling
	BMX											2
	Mountain biking													2
Equestrian								●					●	●
Esports				●	●		6															6
Fencing																						21
Field hockey								●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1					2
Football											●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Golf							●	●	●
Gymnastics	Artistic																					26
	Rhythmic							●	●
	Trampolining								●
Handball											●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Judo																						45
Karate																						56
Modern pentathlon																●						15
Netball																●	●	●	●	12		12
Racquetball							●	●	●	●	●	●										21
Rowing							●	●	●	●												45
Rugby sevens							●	●
Sailing													●	●	●	●	●	●	●	11		11
Shooting																						25
Skateboarding																	●	2				2
Speed skating							●
Squash															●		●
Surfing							●	●	●	●	6											6
Table tennis														●	●		●					21
Taekwondo																						58
Tennis						●	●	●	●													7
Triathlon																						5
Volleyball	Beach volleyball						●	●	●	●	●	●	2									4
	Volleyball								●	●	●	●	1			●	●	●	●	1
Weightlifting																						32
Wrestling
Daily medal events		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	483
Cumulative total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
July/August		20th Mon	21st Tue	22nd Wed	23th Thu	24th Fri	25th Sat	26th Sun	27th Mon	28th Tue	29th Wed	30th Thu	31st Fri	1st Sat	2nd Sun	3rd Mon	4th Tue	5th Wed	6th Thu	7th Fri	8th Sat	Total events
		July												August

  *   Host nation (Dominican Republic)

2026 Central American and Caribbean Games medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0
	Aruba	0	0	0	0
	Bahamas	0	0	0	0
	Barbados	0	0	0	0
	Belize	0	0	0	0
	Bermuda	0	0	0	0
	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0
	Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0
	Colombia	0	0	0	0
	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0
	Cuba	0	0	0	0
	Curaçao	0	0	0	0
	Dominica	0	0	0	0
	Dominican Republic*	0	0	0	0
	El Salvador	0	0	0	0
	French Guiana	0	0	0	0
	Grenada	0	0	0	0
	Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0
	Guatemala	0	0	0	0
	Guyana	0	0	0	0
	Haiti	0	0	0	0
	Honduras	0	0	0	0
	Jamaica	0	0	0	0
	Martinique	0	0	0	0
	Mexico	0	0	0	0
	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0
	Panama	0	0	0	0
	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0
	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0
	Sint Maarten	0	0	0	0
	Suriname	0	0	0	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0
	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0
	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0
	Venezuela	0	0	0	0
Totals (37 entries)		0	0	0	0

The official emblem and motto for the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games was unveiled on 8 February 2024 at the Salón A del Centro de Convenciones del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores in Santo Domingo, it takes the form of a silhouette of the geographic region of Central American and the Caribbean.^[7][8]

The official song for 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games was released on 8 February 2024, the song is performed by Manny Cruz.^[10]

The official mascot of the games is named Colí. It is inspired by the Hispaniolan Motmot (Todus subulatus), a bird endemic to Hispaniola. Colí symbolizes Dominican authenticity, resilience, and hospitality, as well as a commitment to sustainability and local culture. It was launched on October 13, 2025.^[11]

• Official website