| First event | São Paulo, Brazil in 2018 |
|---|---|
| Occur every | Two years[1] |
| Last event | Cali, Colombia in 2024 |
| Next event | Lima, Peru in 2026 |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event forcollege athletes from nations on the American continents |
| Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Website | https://www.fisuamerica.com/ |
TheFISU America Games (Spanish:Juegos FISU América,Portuguese:Jogos FISU América) is acontinentalmulti-sport event betweencollege athletes from countries ofthe Americas.[2] It was first held in 2018 to provide additional competition for athletes before the globalFISU World University Games, also known as the Universiade.[3]
Its regional predecessor forSouth America, theSouth American University Games (Spanish:Juegos Universitarios Sudamericanos,Portuguese:Jogos Universitários Sul-Americanos), was first held in 2004 and originally scheduled on aquadrennial basis, but after 2010 it was held irregularly.
| Year | Edition | City | Country | Nations | Athletes | Sports | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | Concepción[4] | Chile | 8 | ~500 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 2 | Curitiba[4] | Brazil | 8 | ~900 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 3 | Curitiba[4] | Brazil | 5 | 350 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | Buenos Aires[4] | Argentina | 7 | 1000 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 5 | Bogotá | Colombia | 6 | 400 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 6 | Concepción[6] | Chile | 6 | 400 | 6 |
| Year | Edition | City | Country | Nations | Athletes | Sports | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | São Paulo | Brazil | 13 | ~1500 | 10 | Brazil[7] |
| 2022 | 2 | Mérida | Mexico | 12 | 11 | Mexico[8] | |
| 2024 | 3 | Cali[1] | Colombia | 12 | ~1000 | 17 | Brazil[9] |
| 2026 | 4 | Lima | Peru |
| Sport | 2004 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | X | X | X | |
| Basketball | X | X | X | |
| Football | X | X | X | X |
| Futsal | X | |||
| Handball | X | |||
| Judo | X | |||
| Swimming | X | X | ||
| Table tennis | X | X | X | |
| Taekwondo | X | |||
| Tennis | X | X | ||
| Volleyball | X | X | X | X |