ORDECA

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

Members

The five founding members were the Olympic Committees of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. At a later date, Nicaragua and Belize were also included to raise the number of members to seven, Puerto Rico was also included as a candidate member.

The eight Olympic Committee members are:

Member nations

There are 7 affiliated National Olympic Committees:

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

Administration

The ORDECA is the governing body of the Central American Games.

The then President of Olympic Committee of Guatemala Luis Canella Gutiérrez, was elected the first President of ORDECA.

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