Editing Quetzaltenango (section)

== Sports ==
Quetzaltenango is home to the [[Club Xelajú MC]] soccer team. The team competes at [[Estadio Mario Camposeco]] which has a capacity of 13,500 and is the most successful non-capital team in the [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mixelajumc.com/historia/ |title=La historia de un grande del fútbol nacional |website=mixelajumc.com |url-status=unfit |archive-date=2007-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514064854/http://www.mixelajumc.com/historia/}}</ref>

Due to the city's high altitude many athletes have prepared themselves here such as Olympic silver medalist [[Erick Barrondo]] and the 2004 Cuban volleyball team.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The swimming team has enjoyed success in national and international events.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Quetzaltenango withdrew from hosting the [[2018 Central American and Caribbean Games]]. It planned to build a 30,000-seat stadium by 2016, as well seven new facilities for indoor sports and aquatics.<ref>[http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/xela-presenta-candidatura-para-realizar-juegos-centroamericanos-y-del-caribe-201 noticias.emisorasunidas.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144800/http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/xela-presenta-candidatura-para-realizar-juegos-centroamericanos-y-del-caribe-201 |date=2012-03-23 }}; ''Xela presenta candidatura para realizar Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2018. Radio Emisoras Unidas - en línea desde Guatemala.''</ref>