Regional events

• All-Africa Games, held first in 1965, for all African nations
• Pan American Games, held first in 1951, for all nations of the Americas
• Central American and Caribbean Games, held first in 1926, every 4 years for nations in the Caribbean, Central America and/or borderind theCaribbean sea
• South American Games, began in 1978.
• Arafura Games, held first in 1991 and hosted in the Oceania region.
• Asian Games, held first in 1951, for all Asian nations
• Southeast Asian Games, held first in 1959, for nations in Southeast Asia
• East Asian Games, for nations in East Asia
• West Asian Games, for nations in West Asia
• Central Asian Games, for nations in Central Asia
• South Asian Games, for nations in South Asia
• European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), for youth athletes from Europe, began in 1991 (summer) and 1993 (winter).
• Mediterranean Games, held first in 1951, for all nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea
• South Pacific Games, held first in 1963 for countries around the South Pacific
• Central American Games, held first in 1973 for countries in the Central America^[1]
• Caribbean Games, proposed to be held first in june of 2009 for countries in the Caribbean sea, suspended by the swine flu fears, it still to determinate the next edition for 2011.^[2][3]
• Arctic Winter Games, held first in 1970, an international biennial celebration of circumpolar north and artic sports and culture

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