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| Lusofonia Games | |
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Official logo of the ACOLOP
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Sports event |
| Frequency | Quadrennially (every 4th year) |
| Location(s) | Varies |
| Inaugurated | 2006 (2006) |
| Organized by | ACOLOP |
The Lusofonia Games (Portuguese: Jogos da Lusofonia) is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries. Most countries competing are countries that are members of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but some are countries with significant Portuguese communities or have a history with Portugal.[1]
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 (Goa) and Sri Lanka. In addition, Ghana, Flores (an island of Indonesia), Mauritius and Morocco have also expressed the desire to participate in future events.[2]
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 Francophone community).
| Year | Edition | Date | Host country | Host city | Champions | Athletes (nations) |
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| 2006 | I | 7–15 October |  Macau
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Macau |  Brazil (57 medals)
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733 (11) |
| 2009 | II | 11–19 July |  Portugal
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Lisbon | Brazil (76 medals)
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1300 (12) |
| 2014 | III | 18–29 January |  India
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Goa[3] | India (92 medals)
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7000 (12) |
| 2017 | — | cancelled |  Mozambique
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Maputo | — | cancelled |
The 2017 Games were awarded to Mozambique. However, as of November 2017, they had not taken place. A delegation from CPLP met with officials in São Tomé and Príncipe about holding the Games there in July 2018.[4]
The 1st Lusofonia Games were hosted by Macau, from 7 to 15 October 2006, comprising 733 athletes from 11 countries (Equatorial Guinea did not 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. These two countries acquired 71% of the total medals of the Games. All delegations won medals.
Angola Brazil
Cape Verde
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau India Macau Mozambique Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sri Lanka| Pos | Country | 
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Total |
| 1 | Brazil
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64 | 43 | 32 | 139 |
| 2 | Portugal
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55 | 72 | 48 | 175 |
| 3 | India
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38 | 29 | 35 | 102 |
| 4 | Macau
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16 | 15 | 33 | 64 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka
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10 | 13 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Angola
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9 | 12 | 25 | 46 |
| 7 | Mozambique
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8 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 8 | Cape Verde
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3 | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | São Tomé and Príncipe
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1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | East Timor
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 206 | 203 | 227 | 636 | |
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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.[6] The sport marked with an asterisk (*) means that it was a demonstration event.
Athletics (details)
Badminton (details)
Basketball (details)
Basketball 3x3 (details)
Beach volleyball (details)
Cycling (details)
Disabled sports (details)
Football (details)
Futsal (details)
Golf (details)
Gymnastics (details)
Judo (details)
Sailing (details)
Shooting (details)
Taekwondo (details)
Table tennis (details)
Tennis (details)
Triathlon (details)
Weightlifting (details)
Windsurfing (details)
Wrestling (details)
Wushu (details)
Volleyball (details)|
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Countries at the Lusofonia Games
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