Lusophony Games

Lusophony Games

The Lusophony Games (Portuguese: Jogos da Lusofonia) is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal.
Participating countries are founding members Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau (Chinese SAR), Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and associate members Equatorial Guinea, India and Sri Lanka. In addition, Ghana, Flores (an island of Indonesia), Mauritius and Morocco have also expressed the desire to participate in future events.
This event is similar in concept to the Commonwealth Games (for members of the Commonwealth of Nations) and the Jeux de la Francophonie (for the Francophonie community).

Editions

Year	Edition	Date	Host city	Athletes (nations)
2006	I	7–15 October	Macau, China	733
2009	II	11–19 July	Lisbon, Portugal	1300
2014	III	18–29 January	Goa, India	tbd
2017	IV	tbd	Maputo, Mozambique	tbd
2021	V	tbd	Luanda, Angola	tbd
tbd - to be determined

Inaugural edition

Participating countries (purple) and host city (yellow square) of the 1st Lusofony Games.

Main article: 2006 Lusophony Games

The 1st Lusophony Games were hosted by Macau, from 7 to 15 October 2006, comprising 733 athletes from 11 countries (Equatorial Guinea didn't field any athletes), some of which are international sports stars.
In competition were a total of 48 events distributed between 8 sports: athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, football, futsal, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball. Portugal and Brazil were the top medal collectors of the Games, managing to grab 85% of the titles. And the two countries acquired 71% of the total medals of the Games. All delegations managed to win medals.

List of countries/territories

Countries/territories that have participated

• Angola 2006
• Brazil 2006
• Cape Verde 2006
• East Timor 2006
• Equatorial Guinea 2009
• Guinea-Bissau 2006
• India 2006
• Macau, China 2006
• Mozambique 2006
• Portugal 2006
• São Tomé and Príncipe 2006
• Sri Lanka 2006

All-time medal table

Lusophony Games medal count

Pos	Country				Total
1	Brazil	62	42	29	133
2	Portugal	37	52	36	125
3	Angola	4	4	11	19
4	Sri Lanka	4	2	5	11
5	Mozambique	3	3	5	11
6	Cape Verde	2	2	9	13
7	Macau	1	6	19	26
8	India	1	2	7	10
8	São Tomé and Príncipe	1	2	7	10
10	East Timor	0	0	1	1
10	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	1	1
—	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0
Total		115	115	130	360

Sports

So far there are not any regulations concerning the list of sports that should be included in the Games schedule. The sports chosen for the 1st edition were discussed and deliberated by the ACOLOP's members on general assembly, but without any principle of future 'core' and 'rotating' sports from a list of approved ones.
However, on 14 October 2006, the president of the organizing committee for the 2009 Lusophony Games, José Vicente de Moura, mentioned the possibility of the ACOLOP proposing four or five core sports to be included on every future edition, plus the prerogative for the host country to propose three of four more to a maximum of nine sports. In 2009 edition (Lisbon) 1500 athletes participated from 12 countries. In the football tournament five U-20 national teams competed. The sport marked with an asterisk (*) means that it has a demonstration event.

• Athletics (2006-)
• Basketball (2006-)
• Beach Volleyball (2006-)
• Disabled athletics (2009-)*
• Football men (2006-)
• Futsal men (2006-2009)
• Judo (2009-)
• Taekwondo (men: 2006-, women: 2009-)
• Table Tennis (2006-)
• Wushu (2014-)
• Volleyball (2006-)

Note:

ACOLOP (acronym for Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa; English: Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees)

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