2006 Lusofonia Games

1st Lusophone Games—Macau 2006
Host	Macau, China
Motto	4 Continents,; 1 Language,; United by sport!
Nations participating	11
Athletes participating	733
Events	48 in 8 sports
Opening ceremony	7 October 2006
Closing ceremony	15 October 2006
Officially opened by	Edmund Ho
Officially closed by	Fernando Chui
Main venue	Macau Stadium

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.

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
	58	X	X	X	X	X			X	X				X
	74	X			X	X	X		X	X		X		X
	54	X	X	X		X			X	X	X			X
	39	X	X	X					X	X				X
Macau	155	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
	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.

Medal table[]

Host nation (Macau)

Total		48	48	57	153
2006 Lusophony Games medal count
Pos	Country				Total
1		29	19	9	57
2	Portugal	12	18	21	51
3	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	6
4		3	0	3	6
5		1	1	4	6
6	Macau	0	3	11	14
7		0	3	2	5
8	India	0	1	2	3
8	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	1	2	3
10	East Timor	0	0	1	1
10		0	0	1	1

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					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Beach volleyball										●	●	●
Football	●	●	●		●		●
Futsal						●	●	●		●	●
Taekwondo					●	●
Table tennis						●	●	●
Volleyball				●	●	●		●
October	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th

Venues[]

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

References[]

^ 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)
^ However, the Games started earlier on 4 October due to |the international football calendar limitations.
^ "macau2006.org". Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2006.

External links[]

Official website of the 1st Lusophone Games

[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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