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The VIII Central American Games (Spanish: VIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 3 and 12 March 2006.
The games were initially scheduled between 9 and 18 December 2005 in Guatemala with support of El Salvador. However, the damages caused by Hurricane Stan in October 2005 led to the resignment of the designated hosts.[1] Therefore, a minor and descentralized version of the games was organized with venues
distributed in all participating five countries with local opening ceremonies being the main took place in
Managua. The games were opened by ORDECA president
Melitón Sánchez who was participating at Panama event.[2][3][4][5]
The competition featured 19 sports which were contested at various
venues. 10 sports were cancelled. El Salvador did not participate.
There was no torch run, no games motto, no
athletes village, no mascot.[6]
^Guatemala y El Salvador desisten - Juegos CA cancelados (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, October 28, 2005, archived from the original on 2013-02-22, retrieved August 3, 2012
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Quintero, Abdiel (March 3, 2006), Juegos Centroamericanos inician hoy en Nicaragua (in Spanish), Panamá América, archived from the original on April 16, 2013, retrieved August 3, 2012
^Inaugurados en Nicaragua los VIII Juegos Centroamericanos (in Spanish), LA NACION S.A., San José, Costa Rica, March 3, 2006, retrieved August 3, 2012
^Centroamericanos: Inauguran los juegos en Nicaragua (in Spanish), El Mexicano, México, March 3, 2006, archived from the original on February 28, 2015, retrieved August 3, 2012
^JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS 2006 POR LA DIGNIDAD DEL ATLETA (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico de Guatemala, archived from the original on 2012-08-02, retrieved August 3, 2012
^Jiménez M., Gustavo (March 13, 2006), Juegos Centroamericanos - Ticos ganaron taekwondo (in Spanish), LA NACION S.A., San José, Costa Rica, archived from the original on February 25, 2015, retrieved August 3, 2012
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