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The XII South American Games (Spanish: XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022) was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, the government of the Republic of Paraguay and the local National Secretary of Sports.

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XII South American Games
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Host cityAsunción
Country Paraguay
Nations15
Athletes4476
Events404 in 34 sports
8 in 2 demonstration sports
Opening1 October 2022 (2022-10-01)
Closing15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)
Main venueEstadio Defensores del Chaco
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Bidding process

The city of Asunción, capital of Paraguay, announced its interest in hosting the 2022 South American Games. In September 2017, Camilo Pérez López Moreira, president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, reported that he had the endorsement of then-President Horacio Cartes to be able to present the Asunción 2022 candidacy. According to López, an investment of USD 25 million was required.[1] Meanwhile, it was speculated that the Argentine city of Rosario would also present its candidacy.

Asunción was finally the only city that officially presented its candidacy for the 2022 South American Games before the nominations deadline, on 17 November 2019. At the Odesur assembly on 11 December 2017, it was unanimously designated as the host city.[2] Rosario, meanwhile, was assigned as the venue for the 2021 South American Youth Games (now the 2022 South American Youth Games).

Among the venues that were designed for the event were the Paraguayan Olympic Park, the Sportivo Luqueño Club (both located in Luque), the bay of Asunción and Rakiura, while the South American Village was built in the city of Mariano Roque Alonso in an area of 17.5 hectares (although it was initially indicated that it would be in Costanera Norte).

However, the local National Secretary of Sports (SND) announced on 27 July 2019 that the country was renouncing the organization of the event. The reason given by the government was that the resources committed in the Games were destined to the construction of a new hospital in Barrio Obrero and other health projects.

On 8 October, the president of Odesur and also of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, Camilo Pérez, announced that Asunción will finally organize this edition of the South American Games.[3]

Budget

The capital budget of the games was cut to 180 million USD, due to budget cuts by the government. This amount was further reduced to 80 million USD.[4]

Participating nations

The number of athletes entered by a NOC is in parentheses, Curaçao debuted on the games for the first time

Sports

A total of 34 sports are scheduled to be contested, 29 of them are in the program of the 2023 Pan American Games scheduled for Santiago, Chile and will give nominal places for the event. The Organizing Committee chose as optional sports: bocce, bodybuilding, futsal and beach soccer. Along this 34 sports, they chose chess and padel are being contested as exhibition/demonstration sports.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events to be contested in each sport/discipline.

Calendar

The schedule was as follows:[15]

OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Gold medal events CCClosing ceremony
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CeremoniesOCCC—
Aquatics Artistic swimming ● 1 1 2
Diving 2 2 2 2 8
Open water swimming 2 2
Swimming 12 12 10 8 42
Water polo ● ● ● ● 2 2
Archery 2 4 ● 2 10
Athletics 8 13 17 11 49
Badminton ● 1 ● ● 5 6
Basketball Basketball ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● 1 2
3x3 basketball ● 2 2
Bocce ● ● 3 3
Bodybuilding 6 6
Bowling ● 2 ● 2 4
Boxing ● ● ● ● 6 7 13
Canoeing Canoe sprint 2 7 3 12
Canoe slalom 2 ● 4 6
Chess (demonstration sport) ● 6 6
Cycling BMX freestyle ● 2 2
BMX racing ● 2 2
Mountain biking 2 2
Road cycling 2 2 4
Track cycling 3 3 3 3 12
Equestrian ● 1 1 ● 1 1 4
Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Football Beach soccer ● ● ● ● 1 1
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Futsal ● ● ● ● 2 2
Golf ● ● ● 3 3
Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics 2 2 5 5 14
Rhythmic gymnastics 2 3 3 8
Trampoline ● 2 2
Handball ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● 1 2
Judo 7 7 1 15
Karate 4 4 4 12
Padel (demonstration sport) ● ● ● 2 2
Roller sports Artistic ● 4 4
Skateboarding ● 2 2
Speed 4 4 2 10
Rowing ● 5 5 4 14
Rugby sevens ● ● 2 2
Sailing ● ● ● ● 7 7
Shooting ● 5 1 2 3 4 15
Squash ● ● 2 3 ● 2 7
Table tennis ● 1 2 2 ● 2 7
Taekwondo 4 3 5 12
Tennis ● ● ● ● 3 2 5
Triathlon 2 1 3
Volleyball Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Volleyball ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● 1 2
Water skiing ● 6 4 10
Weightlifting 4 3 3 3 14
Wrestling 6 6 6 14
Daily medal events38462937151718991952444724404
Cumulative total3884113150165182200209218237289333380404
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (Paraguay)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)1349986319
2 Colombia (COL)797898255
3 Argentina (ARG)566575196
4 Chile (CHI)383261131
5 Venezuela (VEN)314357131
6 Ecuador (ECU)25213278
7 Peru (PER)19183774
8 Paraguay (PAR)*8261448
9 Uruguay (URU)8141840
10 Aruba (ARU)3306
11 Panama (PAN)31812
12 Bolivia (BOL)0279
13 Guyana (GUY)0123
14 Curaçao (CUW)0101
Totals (14 entries)4044044951,303
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Venues

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The Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium hosted two sports: beach soccer and beach volleyball.

These are some of the venues confirmed to host the games:[16]

  • Anfiteatro José Asunción Flores – Mountain biking.
  • Asunción Golf Club – Golf.
  • Bahía de Asunción – Canoeing; Road cycling; Rowing.
  • Bloque 1 del SND – Weightlifting; Boxing.
  • Bloque 2 del SND – Judo.
  • Bloque 3 del SND – Karate; Wrestling; Taekwondo.
  • Bochódromo del Parque Olímpico – Boules.
  • Centro Nacional de Squash – Squash.
  • Club Internacional de Tenis – Tenis.
  • Estadio Héroes de Curupayty – Rugby.
  • Federación Paraguaya de Tenis de Mesa – Table tennis; Fencing.
  • Hotel Guaraní Asunción – Bodybuilding.
  • Canal de Piracema – Canoe slalom
  • Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium – Beach soccer; Beach volleyball.
  • Pabellón de Gimnasia del SND – Artistic gymnastic; Rhythmic gymnastic; Trampoline gymnastic.
  • Pista BMX – BMX freestyle; BMX racing.
  • Pista de Atletismo del COP – Athletics.
  • Polideportivo de las Fuerzas Armadas – TBA.
  • Saltos del Monday – Canoe sprint.
  • SND Arena – Artistic skating.
  • Stand de Tiro del COP – Shooting.
  • Strike Bowling – Bowling.
  • Terminal Occidental – Open water swimming; Water skiing; Triathlon.
  • Velódromo del COP – Track cycling.

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