The Copa Merengue hosted the first qualifier for the Santo Domingo 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games where 64 places were up for grabs; 16 in each category.
The team event was the first to give quotas for the Games to the four best teams of the competition round.
Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico obtained the places in the four categories. These countries were joined by Cuba in recurve, Puerto Rico in compound women and El Salvador in compound men.
The remaining 16 places were awarded in the individual competition.
One of the closest matches was in the recurve men’s quarterfinals between Herber Xavier Pacheco Rodriguez of Venezuela and Daniel Catariz Ragbir of Trinidad and Tobago.
Catariz Ragbir took the lead early in the match with two set points, which were matched by Pacheco. At the end of the fourth set both archers tied with four set points.
However in the last set the Venezuelan shot a four which gave the victory to the Trinidadian 6-4 set points.
The second and final qualifying tournament will award 36 quotas, 9 in each category.
