2006 Lusofonia Games Explained

I Lusofonia Games
Host:	Macau, China
Nations:	11^[1]
Athletes:	733
Events:	48 in 8 sports
Opening:	7 October 2006^[2]
Closing:	15 October 2006
Opened By:	Edmund Ho
Closed By:	Fernando Chui
Stadium:	Macau Stadium
Motto:	4 Continents, 1 Language, United by sport!
Next:	2009 Lisboa

The 1st Lusofonia Games (pt|1.<sup>os</sup> Jogos da Lusofonia;) 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

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

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Delegations

A total of 733 athletes competed at the Games.

Nations	Number of athletes	Male								width=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffff		Female
width=10%		width=10%		width=10%	Athletics	width=10%	Basketball	width=10%	Football (soccer)	width=10%	Futsal	width=10%	Taekwondo	width=10%	Table tennis	width=10%	Volleyball	width=10%	Beach volleyball	width=10%	Athletics	width=10%	Basketball	width=10%	Table tennis	width=10%	Volleyball	width=10%	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
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.

Medal table

2006 Lusophony Games medal count
Pos	Country				Total
1		29	19	9	57
2		12	18	21	51
3		3	2	1	6
4		3	0	3	6
5		1	1	4	6
6		0	3	11	14
7		0	3	2	5
8		0	1	2	3
8		0	1	2	3
10	East Timor	0	0	1	1
10		0	0	1	1
Total		48	48	57	153

Calendar

|-|bgcolor=#00cc33| ● ||Opening ceremony|| bgcolor=#3399ff| ● ||Event competitions || bgcolor=#ffcc00| ● ||Event finals||bgcolor=#ee3333| ● ||Closing ceremony|-! October !! 4th! 5th! 6th! 7th! 8th! 9th! 10th! 11th! 12th! 13th! 14th! 15th|-| Ceremonies || || || || bgcolor="#00cc33" align="center" | ● || || || || || || || || bgcolor="#ee3333" align="center" | ●|-| Athletics || || || || || || || || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || || |||-| Basketball || || || || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ●|-| Beach volleyball || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ●|-| Football || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || || || |||-| Futsal || || || || || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● |||-| Taekwondo || || || || || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || || || || || |||-| Table tennis || || || || || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || || || |||-| Volleyball || || || || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || bgcolor="#3399ff" align="center" | ● || || bgcolor="#ffcc00" align="center" | ● || || || |||-! 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)
Macau Stadium Pavilion (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)
Tennis Academy (Academia de Ténis)

External links

Official website of the 1st Lusophone Games

Notes and References

9 members of the ACOLOP (Angola; Brazil; Cape Verde;
However, the Games started earlier on 4 October due to
Web site: macau2006.org . 25 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070302060903/http://www.macau2006.org/en/lusofonia_02.php . 2 March 2007 . dead . dmy-all .