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==Sports== [[File:Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala.JPG|thumb|Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]] Guatemala City possesses several sportsgrounds and is home to many sports clubs. [[association football|Football]] is the most popular sport, with [[CSD Municipal]], [[Aurora F.C.]], and [[Comunicaciones]] being the main clubs.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} The [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], located in the Zone 5 of the city, is the largest stadium in the country, followed in capacity by the [[Estadio Cementos Progreso]], [[Estadio del Ejército]], and [[Estadio El Trébol]]. An important multi-functional hall is the [[Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} The city has hosted several promotional functions and some international sports events: in 1950 it hosted the [[1950 Central American and Caribbean Games|VI Central American and Caribbean Games]], and in 2000 the [[FIFA Futsal World Championship]]. On 4 July 2007 the [[International Olympic Committee]] gathered in Guatemala City and voted [[Sochi]] to become the host for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] and [[2014 Winter Paralympics|Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rga-online.de/sport/topnews.php?publikation=2&template=phparttext_tt&ausgabe=42929&redaktion=1&artikel=108623013 |title=Topnews – Sport – Remscheid: Remscheider General-Anzeiger |website=Rga-online.de |access-date=8 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605182717/http://www.rga-online.de/sport/topnews.php?publikation=2&template=phparttext_tt&ausgabe=42929&redaktion=1&artikel=108623013 |archive-date=5 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In April 2010, it hosted the XIVth Pan-American Mountain Bike Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guatepanamericanomtb2010.com/ |website=guatepanamericanomtb2010.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313233337/http://www.guatepanamericanomtb2010.com/ |archive-date=13 March 2010 |url-status=dead |title=XIVth Pan-American Mountain Bike Championships }}</ref> Guatemala City hosted the [[2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship|2008 edition]] of the [[North and Central American Futsal Championship|CONCACAF Futsal Championship]], played at the Domo Polideportivo from 2 to 8 June 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Futsal Championship 2008 Recap |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/futsal-championship-2008-recap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022053056/http://www.concacaf.com/article/futsal-championship-2008-recap |archive-date=22 October 2014 |work=CONCACAF }}</ref> The [[2024 Senior Pan American Championships]] will be held in the city from 7 to 9 June at Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIG – Event Detail – 17733 |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=17733#loaded |access-date=1 March 2024 |website=www.gymnastics.sport |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301152822/https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=17733#loaded |url-status=live }}</ref>
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