The 2025 Central American Games baseball event will be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from October 24–29 at Estadio Enrique “Trapo” Torrebiarte, with host nation Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and El Salvador participating.
Panama will not play in the 2025 CAG. The Panamanian Federation announced on May 8 that they would withdraw from the tournament.
A por la tercera de oro 🔥
Panamá🇵🇦 competirá junto a Costa Rica🇨🇷, El Salvador🇸🇻, Guatemala🇬🇹, Honduras🇭🇳 y Nicaragua🇳🇮 en el beisbol de los XII Juegos Centroamericanos del 24 al 29 de octubre. ¡Vamos Panamá!🇵🇦🇵🇦🇵🇦#beisbol #Panamá #baseball #TodosSomosPanamá #selecciondepanama pic.twitter.com/vG4YCFzBlz— Selección de beisbol de Panamá (@panamabeisbol_) May 9, 2025
Panama will instead focus on building its roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic and will participate in the 2025 Copa América de Béisbol in November.
All official information for the 2025 CAG baseball tournament can be found here.
and games will be streamed here:
The full tournament schedule is available here.
No confirmed information has stated whether games will be seven or nine innings.
According to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) world rankings, Nicaragua is ranked No. 16, Guatemala No. 49, Costa Rica No. 46, Honduras No. 53, and El Salvador No. 59.
In the WBSC Americas sector rankings, Nicaragua is No. 9, Guatemala No. 18, Costa Rica No. 17, Honduras No. 21, and El Salvador No. 22.
The Central and North American Baseball Confederation (CONCEBE) is part of the WBSC Americas sector, which includes Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and El Salvador.
According to the Olympics website:
“The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Guatemalan National Olympic Committee (NOC) due to a domestic legal dispute regarding the NOC’s leadership and governance. The dispute centered on who should lead the Olympic Committee, with the IOC recognizing one leader and the Guatemalan electoral body recognizing another. This suspension meant Guatemalan athletes could not participate in international multi-sport events under their own flag. However, the suspension was later provisionally lifted, allowing Guatemalan athletes to compete under their flag in Paris 2024.”
Further details on the GNOC suspension are available here:
The IOC lifted Guatemala’s National Olympic Committee suspension on March 19, 2024.
Guatemala had previously been labeled as Team WBSC or NTW at events where its flag was not recognized by governing bodies until this year’s international baseball cycle.
Guatemala earned WBSC ranking points from the following events:
2024 U-18 Men’s Baseball World Cup (12th place, 18 points)
2024 VI Pan-American U-15 event (10th place, 21 points)
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Qualifier (4th place, 15 points)
2022 U-23 Men’s Baseball World Cup Qualifier (7th place, 12 points)
Nicaragua will evaluate its roster for the 2026 WBC through participation in the CAG, despite facing relatively low competition levels, while also building its roster for the 2025–26 winter league season in the Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional.
Baseball was first included in the Central American Games in 1977.
The last CAG was held in 2017 in Managua, Nicaragua, at Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez, marking the first major event hosted at that venue after its grand opening.
Panama has won two gold medals at the CAG (2010 and 1997).
Nicaragua has the most with seven (1977, 1986, 1994, 2001, 2006, 2013, and 2017).
El Salvador won gold in 1990.
Costa Rica earned silver in 1986 and bronze in 2010.
Guatemala won silver in 1994, 2001, and 2006.
Honduras won bronze in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1997, and 2006.
In 2017, Panama won silver, and El Salvador and Guatemala shared bronze.
Previous host cities for CAG baseball include:
San Salvador (1977, 1994), Tegucigalpa (1990), San Pedro Sula (1997), Managua (2006, 2017), Panama City (2010), and San José, Costa Rica (2013).
Guatemala City will host baseball at the CAG for the third time, having done so previously in 1986 and 2001.
All Games Will Be Played at Estadio Enrique “Trapo” Torrebiarte, Guatemala City
No game start times have been announced yet for the gold and bronze medal games on October 29.
Round Robin
Friday, October 24
Nicaragua vs. Honduras – 4 p.m. EDT
Costa Rica vs. Guatemala – 8 p.m. EDT
Saturday, October 25
Costa Rica vs. El Salvador – 4 p.m. EDT
Guatemala vs. Honduras – 8 p.m. EDT
Sunday, October 26
Honduras vs. Costa Rica – 4 p.m. EDT
El Salvador vs. Nicaragua – 8 p.m. EDT
Monday, October 27
Nicaragua vs. Costa Rica – 4 p.m. EDT
El Salvador vs. Guatemala – 8 p.m. EDT
Tuesday, October 28
Honduras vs. El Salvador – 4 p.m. EDT
Guatemala vs. Nicaragua – 8 p.m. EDT
Wednesday, October 29
Bronze Medal Game – TBD
Gold Medal Game – TBD
