Beach Volleyball Ready for Action
at the 2026
Central American and Caribbean
Games
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 20, 2026. – The region's
top beach volleyball pairs are set to battle for the 25th
Central American and Caribbean Games glory when the Santo
Domingo 2026 tournament takes place from July 25 to 31 at the
Malecón Deportivo.
The
venue, with a seating capacity of 450 spectators, will host 104
matches over seven days of competition. Preliminary-round action
begins on July 25, while the tournament concludes on July 31
with the men's and women's gold medal matches.
A
total of 20 pairs per gender will compete in four pools of five.
The top two pairs from each pool will advance to the
championship quarterfinals, while the remaining pairs will
continue in classification matches to determine the final
standings.
Puerto Rico enters the women's tournament as the defending
champion after defeating Dominican Republic in a thrilling
three-set final to claim their first-ever Central American and
Caribbean gold medal at San Salvador 2023. Mexico claimed the
bronze medal, while the Dominican Republic will look to turn
home-sand advantage into a return to the top of the podium.
Mexico will defend the men's title won at San Salvador 2023,
where it defeated Nicaragua in the championship match. Nicaragua
returns after earning the silver medal in the previous edition,
while Cuba captured the bronze medal, setting the stage for
another highly competitive tournament.
The
preliminary round pools are:
Women
Pool
A: Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, El Salvador, Belize,
Cayman Islands
Pool B: Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Martinique
Pool C: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Trinidad and
Tobago, Grenada
Pool D: Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, Bermuda,
Jamaica
Men
Pool A: Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Guatemala,
Panama, Grenada
Pool B: Mexico, Costa Rica, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Bermuda, Cayman Islands
Pool C: Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Honduras, Martinique
Pool
D: El Salvador, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Antigua and
Barbuda
With
the region's top beach volleyball teams set to compete in Santo
Domingo, the tournament promises another exciting chapter in the
history of the Central American and Caribbean Games, where every
match will bring the athletes one step closer to adding their
names to the event's distinguished list of medalists.
Historic Medalists at the Central American and
Caribbean Games
MEN
|
YEAR |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
|
1998 |
Rossell/Chambers CUB |
Jackson/Sotelo MEX |
De Jesús/Velásco PUR |
|
2002 |
Hernández/Papaleo PUR |
Rodríguez/Hernández MEX |
Vásquez/Rodríguez VEN |
|
2006 |
Álvarez/Villar CUB |
Henríquez/Hernández VEN |
Ontiveros/Ontiveros MEX |
|
2010 |
Hernández/Villafañe VEN |
Miramontes/Vírgen MEX |
Irizarry/Rodríguez PUR |
|
2014 |
González/Díaz CUB |
Villafañe/Henríquez VEN |
Vírgen/Ontiveros MEX |
|
2018 |
González/Díaz CUB |
Vírgen/Ontiveros MEX |
Murray/Manjarres COL |
|
2023 |
Vírgen/Sarabia MEX |
Mora/Cascante NCA |
Díaz/Alayo CUB |
Composite Medals
|
COUNTRY |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
|
CUB |
4 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
|
MEX |
1 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
|
VEN |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
PUR |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
NCA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
COL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
WOMEN
|
YEAR |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
|
1998 |
Amaral/Huerta MEX |
Ferrer/Blanco CUB |
Abreu/Zambrano VEN |
|
2002 |
García/Gaxiola MEX |
Rodríguez/Cova VEN |
Bonilla/Santos DOM |
|
2006 |
Fernández/Larrea CUB |
Vírgen/Revuelta MEX |
Rodríguez/García VEN |
|
2010 |
Candelas/García MEX |
Acevedo/Santiago PUR |
Galindo/Galindo COL |
|
2014 |
Flores/Martínez CUB |
Candelas/Revuelta MEX |
Pazo/Agudo VEN |
|
2018 |
Leila/Maylen CUB |
Yuli/Diana COL |
Agudo/Gabi VEN |
|
2023 |
Navas/González PUR |
Payano/Almanza DOM |
Flores/Gutiérrez MEX |
Composite Medals
|
COUNTRY |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
|
MEX |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
CUB |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
PUR |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
VEN |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
COL |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
DOM |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
