2006 Lusofonia Games

The 1st Lusophone Games (Portuguese: 1.os Jogos da Lusofonia; 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 7 and 15 October 2006. The 2006 Games were the first edition of this multi-sport event for Portuguese-speaking countries and territories, under the banner of ACOLOP.

1st Lusophone Games—Macau 2006
HostMacau, China
Motto4 Continents,
1 Language,
United by sport!
Nations11[1]
Athletes733
Events48 in 8 sports
Opening7 October 2006[2]
Closing15 October 2006
Opened byEdmund Ho
Closed byFernando Chui
Main venueMacau Stadium

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 (Lei O) 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]

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

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

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

Angola

 58 X X X X X X X X
Brazil

Brazil

 74 X X X X X X X X
Cape Verde

Cape Verde

 54 X X X X X X X X
Guinea-Bissau

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

Mozambique

 46 X X X X X
Portugal

Portugal

 140 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe

 32 X X X X X
East Timor

East Timor

 57 X X X X X X X X X X
India

India

 42 X X X X X X X
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

 12 X X X

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

Medal table

  Host nation (Macau)

2006 Lusophony Games medal count
Pos Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 Brazil 2919957
2 Portugal 12182151
3 Sri Lanka 3216
4 Mozambique 3036
5 Cape Verde 1146
6 Macau 031114
7 Angola 0325
8 India 0123
 São Tomé and Príncipe 0123
10East Timor East Timor 0011
 Guinea-Bissau 0011
Total484857153

Venues

See also

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 4 October due to |the international football calendar limitations.
  3. "macau2006.org". Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2006.
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