Ministry for Sports is preparing the final phase of the Community Games to be held in December

Published at: 31/10/2025 08:52 PM

The Organizing Committee of the third edition of the National Community Sports Games held a meeting in which they reviewed the logistical details of what will be the national phase of the competition that will take place in the states of Mérida, Trujillo and Táchira, in December, with the participation of 49,183 communal councils and 5,336 communal circuits in the country.

“The Community Games are the root, the genesis of community sports, of sports mass and which directly contribute to promoting communal sports with all community councils,” and a national sports system has been built that allows us to reach all the communities of the country with the objective of turning Venezuela into a sports power, said the sports minister, Franklin Cardillo.

The head of the ministerial portfolio stressed that among the objectives of these games are to promote the massification of sports and physical activity, not only among children and adolescents, but also among the adult and older population to improve the quality of life of the population.

“The Community Games are the excuse to reach all communities, to promote, develop and expand sports and physical activity,” he added.

The meeting, held in the Francisco “Morochito” Rodríguez Hall of the National Sports Institute (IND), in Caracas, was attended by the Minister of Popular Power for Sports, Franklin Cardillo; and the Deputy Minister of Sports Massification, Juan Carlos Amarante; together with representatives of the different commissions that will provide support during the sports event.

High-level facilities

For her part, the person in charge of supervising the sports facilities, Samar Kattar, visited the host states to evaluate the work they will carry out at the competition venues so that they can receive the athletes and the general public in the best way.

“The state of Trujillo needs more work, but we are sure that we will meet the stated objectives of recovering and maintaining sports facilities,” he said.

Program and participants

The III National Community Sports Games will have the participation of nearly three thousand 600 communes and four thousand 530 communal circuits from all over the country, in the phase that will take place between December 1 and 17.

The program will consist of chess, athletics, parathletics with visual, intellectual, hearing and motor disabilities, 3×3 and 5×5 basketball, handball, baseball5; conventional futsal and Down syndrome athletes, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, judo, karate, kickingball, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, skating, skateboarding, taekwondo, table tennis and indoor volleyball. In addition, traditional games such as metras, perinola, spinning top, dance therapy and festival will be developed for older adults.

Mazo News Team