ORDECA

ORDECA
Founded	July 15, 1972
Regional affiliation	Central America

FoundedJuly 15, 1972

Regional affiliationCentral America

The Central American Sports Organization (acronym: ORDECA; in Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) is an international organization which represents the current 8 National Olympic Committees of the Central American region. It is affiliated with the Pan American Sports Organization.

It was established on 15 July 1972. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that approved its creation at the Congress of the XX Olympiad, held in Munich, Germany, in 1972.^[1]

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Nation	National Olympic Committee
Belize	Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Costa Rica	Costa Rican Olympic Committee
El Salvador	El Salvador Olympic Committee
Guatemala	Guatemalan Olympic Committee
Honduras	Honduran Olympic Committee
Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
Panama	Panama Olympic Committee

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National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela
Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)
Associated competitions	Pan American Games Junior Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival
Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

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Founded	July 15, 1972 (1972-07-15)
Regional affiliation	Central America