2006 Lusophony Games

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1st Lusophony Games
Host city Macau
Host NOC Macau, China
Nations participating 11[1]
Athletes participating 733
Events 48 in 8 sports
Opening ceremony October 7, 2006[2]
Closing ceremony October 15, 2006
Officially opened by Edmund Ho
Officially closed by Chui Sai On
Main stadium Macau Stadium
Motto 4 Continents,
1 Language,
United by sport!

The 1st Lusophony Games (Portuguese: 1.os Jogos da Lusofonia; traditional Chinese: 第一屆葡語系運動會) were held in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China between October 7 and 15, 2006. The 2006 Games were the first edition of this multi-sport event for Portuguese-speaking countries and territories, under the banner of ACOLOP.

The site for the opening ceremony was the Macau Stadium and the closing ceremony was held at the Macau East Asian Games Dome. The mascot for the games was a dog named Leo. The pronunciation of "Leo" in Portuguese is similar to Chinese (Lai Ao) and it means "Come to Macau".

Due to the high expenses, some of the participating NOCs received financial support from the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Committee of Portugal.[3]

Contents

[edit] Sports

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

The 2006 Lusophony Games included 8 sports, 3 individual sports and 5 team sports. In total there were 48 events at the Games.


[edit] Delegations

A total of 733 athletes competed at the Games.

Nations Number of athletes Male Female
Athletics Basketball Football
(soccer)		 Futsal Taekwondo Table tennis Volleyball Beach
volleyball		 Athletics Basketball Table tennis Volleyball Beach
volleyball
Angola 58 X X X X X X X X

Brazil

 74 X X X X X X X X

Cape Verde

 54 X X X X X X X X

Guinea-Bissau

 39 X X X X X X
Flag of Macau, China

Macau

 155 X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Mozambique

 46 X X X X X

Portugal

 140 X X X X X X X X X X X X X

São Tomé and Príncipe

 32 X X X X X

East Timor

 57 X X X X X X X X X X

India

 42 X X X X X X X

Sri Lanka

 12 X X X

When the Games started Equatorial Guinea didn't field any athletes.

[edit] Medals table

2006 Lusophony Games medal count
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Brazil Brazil 29 19 9 57
2 Flag of Portugal Portugal 12 18 21 51
3 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 2 1 6
4 Flag of Mozambique Mozambique 3 0 3 6
5 Flag of Cape Verde Cape Verde 1 1 4 6
6 Flag of Macau Macau 0 3 11 14
7 Flag of Angola Angola 0 3 2 5
8 Flag of India India 0 1 2 3
– Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 0 1 2 3
10 Flag of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 0 0 1 1
– Flag of East Timor East Timor 0 0 1 1
12 Flag of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0
48 48 57 153

[edit] Calendar

   ●    Opening ceremony    ●    Event competitions    ●    Event finals    ●    Closing ceremony
October 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Ceremonies ● ●
Athletics ● ●
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Football ● ● ● ● ●
Futsal ● ● ● ● ●
Taekwondo ● ●
Table Tennis ● ● ●
Beach Volleyball ● ● ●
Volleyball ● ● ● ●
October 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th


[edit] Venues

  • IPM Multisport Pavilion (Pavilhão Polidesportivo do IPM)
  • Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion (Pavilhão Polidesportivo Tap Seac)
  • Macau Stadium Pavilion (Pavilhão Desportivo do Estádio de Macau)
  • Macau Stadium (Estádio de Macau)
  • Sports Field and Pavilion of MUST (Campo Desportivo e Pavilhão da UCTM)
  • Macau East Asian Games Dome (Nave Desportiva dos Jogos da Ásia Oriental de Macau)
  • Tennis Academy (Academia de Ténis)


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 9 members of the ACOLOP (Angola; Brazil; Cape Verde; |East Timor; Guinea-Bissau; Macau, China; Mozambique; Portugal; and São Tomé and Príncipe) and 2 associate members (India; and Sri Lanka)
  2. ^ However, the Games started earlier on October 4 due to |the international football calendar limitations.
  3. ^ macau2006.org

[edit] External links

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