Regional Association News: 2008 ODUCC Games
June 23rd, 2008
The 12th edition of the ODUCC Games was hosted in San Salvador, El Salvador from June 13th to 22nd, 2008 with student-athletes from 18 countries participating. Eight sports are on the program of these regional Central American and Caribbean University Games, i.e. athletics, baseball, basketball, football, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball. Below you find the medal table of the Games.
|
Place |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
1. |
Costa Rica |
28 |
26 |
25 |
79 |
|
2 |
El Salvador |
26 |
34 |
29 |
89 |
|
3 |
Guatemala |
22 |
15 |
8 |
45 |
|
4 |
Nicaragua |
8 |
10 |
16 |
34 |
|
5 |
Virgin Islands |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
6 |
Dominican Republic |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
7 |
Ecuador |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
8 |
Haiti |
1 |
1 |
||
|
9 |
Honduras |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Total |
91 |
91 |
81 |
263 |

ODUCC or Organización Deportiva Universitaria de Centroamérica y el Caribe was founded on May 23rd 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was in the same city in 1972, from May 27th to June 4th, that the first Edition of the ODUCC Games was held. The Games are hosted biennial.
More info and a photo gallery of the Games can be found on: http://www.indes.gob.sv/adusal/index.html
