2026 South American Games

XIII South American Games

Host city	Rosario, Santa Fe, and Rafaela
Country	Argentina
Nations	15
Events	465 in 43 sports (60 disciplines)
Opening	12 September 2026 (2026-09-12)
Closing	26 September 2026 (2026-09-26)
Opened by	Javier Milei (expected)

The XIII South American Games (Spanish: XIII Juegos Suramericanos Santa Fe 2026) will be a multi-sport event to be held between 12 and 26 September 2026 in Rosario, Santa Fe, and Rafaela, Argentina. It will be the third time the games take place in the country after the 1982 games in Rosario and the 2006 games in Buenos Aires.

The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Argentine Olympic Committee, the government of the Republic of Argentina and the local Provincial government. Many of the events will be part of the qualification system for the 2027 Pan American Games, set to be held in Lima, Peru.

Participating nations

The number of athletes entered by a NOC will be in parentheses:

• Argentina (Host)
• Aruba
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Curaçao
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Sports

A total of 43 sports are scheduled to be contested, 26 of them are in the program of the 2027 Pan American Games scheduled for Lima, Peru and will give nominal places for the event. The sports of cricket, sport climbing and surfing will be making their debuts during the 2026 South American Games. Baseball, basque pelota, modern pentathlon, racquetball and softball will return after not being included for the previous edition of the games. Namely, baseball and softball were last included at the 2010 games. Basketball, bodybuilding, beach soccer and futsal were dropped from this year's program. Chess, billiards and mixed martial arts will be contested as exhibition/demonstration sports. Cricket was dropped in August 2026 due to a lack of participating teams.

• Aquatics
  •  Artistic swimming (3) ()
  •  Diving (10) ()
  •  Open water swimming (2) ()
  •  Swimming (41) ()
  •  Water polo (2) ()
•  Archery (10) ()
•  Athletics (46) ()
•  Badminton (6) ()
•  Baseball ()
  •  Baseball (1)
  •  Softball (1)
•  Basque pelota (6) ()
•  Bocce (4) ()
•  Boxing (14) ()
•  Bowling (4) ()
•  Canoeing ()
  •  Canoe sprint (16)
  •  Slalom canoeing (8)
•  Cycling ()
  •  BMX freestyle (2)
  •  BMX racing (2)
  •  Road cycling (4)
  •  Mountain biking (2)
  •  Track cycling (12)
•  Cricket (2) ()
•  Equestrian ()
  •  Dressage (2)
  •  Eventing (2)
  •  Jumping (2)
•  Esports (5) ()
•  Fencing (12) ()
•  Field hockey (2) ()
•  Football (2) ()
•  Golf (3) ()
•  Gymnastics ()
  •  Artistic gymnastics (14)
  •  Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
  •  Trampoline (5)
•  Handball (2) ()
•  Judo (18) ()
•  Karate (12) ()
•  Modern pentathlon (5) ()
•  Padel (2) ()
•  Racquetball (7) ()
•  Roller sports ()
  •  Artistic roller skating (4)
  •  Inline speed skating (10)
  •  Skateboarding (2)
•  Rowing ()
  •  Coastal rowing (5)
  •  Rowing (17)
•  Rugby sevens (2) ()
•  Sailing (7) ()
•  Shooting (15) ()
•  Sport climbing (6) ()
•  Squash (7) ()
•  Surfing (14)
•  Taekwondo (12) ()
•  Table tennis (7) ()
•  Tennis (5) ()
•  Triathlon (3) ()
•  Water skiing (10) ()
•  Weightlifting (16) ()
•  Wrestling ()
  •  Freestyle wrestling (12)
  •  Greco-Roman wrestling (6)
• Volleyball
  •  Beach volleyball (2) ()
  •  Volleyball (2) ()

Venues

The Estadio Marcelo Bielsa within the Parque de la Independencia will host the men's football tournament.

Rowing, triathlon and sailing, all will take place at Laguna Setúbal in Santa Fe.

Surfing will take place at Playa Grande in Mar del Plata.

Most of the events are scheduled to take place across different venues in Rosario, Santa Fe, and Rafaela. Additionally, softball will take place in Paraná, while Vicente López will host the bowlingand surfing events will be held in Mar del Plata.

Cluster	Venue	City	Sports
Parque del Sur	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo	Santa Fe	Athletics
	Estadio de la Asociación Santafesina de Hockey		Field hockey
	Instituto Superior de Educación Física N° 27		Sport climbing
	Invencible Santa Fe		Handball
	Lago Sur		Open water swimming
			Slalom canoeing
			Water skiing
Estación Belgrano			Bocce
Laguna Setúbal	Costanera Este		Rowing
			Triathlon
	Club de Niños Manuel Belgrano		Coastal rowing
			Sailing
Museo del Deporte Santafesino	Invencible Centro Acuático Provincial		Artistic swimming
			Diving
			Swimming
			Water polo
	Asociación Rosarina de Fútbol		Football (women's tournament)
Recreo	Invencible Centro Internacional de Tiro Deportivo		Shooting
Estadio Mundialista de Sóftbol		Paraná	Softball
Parque de la Independencia	Estadio Marcelo Bielsa	Rosario	Football (men's tournament)
	Estadio Salvador Bonilla		Fencing
			Table tennis
	Estadio Claudio Newell		Volleyball
	Estadio Municipal Jorge Newbery		Modern pentathlon
	Instituto Superior de Educación Física N° 11		Badminton
			Racquetball
	Invencible Rosario		Judo
			Karate
			Artistic roller skating
	Invencible Arena		Gymnastics
	Rural Picadero		Beach volleyball
	Patinódromo Municipal		Inline speed skating
	Hipódromo		Archery
			Tennis
			Rugby sevens
	Rural Nave B		Taekwondo
			Wrestling
	Gimnasio N° 5		Weightlifting
	Rural Nave C		Squash
Parque a la Bandera	Club Gimnasia y Esgrima		Basque pelota (trinquete)
	Monumento a la Bandera		Basque pelota (fronton and frontball)
Jockey Club Rosario			Equestrian
Rosario Golf Club			Golf
Mercado del Patio	L2 Arena		Esports
Eco Parque	BMX Park	Rafaela	BMX freestyle
	BMX Race		BMX racing
	Invencible Velódromo		Track cycling
	Skate Park		Skateboarding
Autódromo	Circuito MTB		Mountain biking
Distrito Joven	Estadio Invencible Rafaela		Boxing
			Padel
Ruta 34	Circuito Ruta		Road cycling
Vicente López	Norcenter	Buenos Aires	Bowling
Mar del Plata	Playa Grande		Surfing

External links

• Official website
• "Santa Fe oficializó la creación del Comité para los Juegos Suramericanos 2026", Aire de Santa Fé (January 8, 2025)