2006 Lusofonia Games

January 2020 I Lusofonia Games Macau 2006 Jogos Lusofonia.png Macau, China 119 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) 733 48 in 8 sports 7 October 2006However, the Games started earlier on 4 October due to |the international football calendar limitations. 15 October 2006 Edmund Ho Fernando Chui Macau Stadium 4 Continents,1 Language,United by sport! 2009 Lisboa The 2006 Lusofonia Games (pt 1.os Jogos da Lusofonia; 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 (嚟澳; 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.http://www.macau2006.org/en/lusofonia_02.php 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 Sports thumb|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. 22em Athletics Basketball Football (men) Futsal (men) Taekwondo (men) Table tennis Volleyball Beach volleyball Delegations A total of 733 athletes competed at the Games. NationsNumber of athletesMaleFemaleAthleticsBasketballFootball(soccer)FutsalTaekwondoTable tennisVolleyballBeachvolleyballAthleticsBasketballTable tennisVolleyballBeachvolleyballAngola 30px Angola58XXXXXXXXBrazil 30px Brazil74XXXXXXXXCape Verde 30px Cape Verde54XXXXXXXXGuinea-Bissau 30px Guinea-Bissau39XXXXXX30px|Flag of Macau, China Macau155 X X X X X X X X X X X X XMozambique 30px Mozambique46XXXXXPortugal 30px Portugal140XXXXXXXXXXXXXSao Tome and Principe 30px São Tomé and Príncipe32XXXXXEast Timor 30px East Timor57XXXXXXXXXXIndia 30px India42XXXXXXXSri Lanka 30px Sri Lanka12XXX When the Games started Equatorial Guinea didn't field any athletes. Medal table #ccccff Host nation (Macau) solid 1px #AAAAAA 2006 Lusophony Games medal count 50px Pos Country Total 1 Brazil at the 2006 Lusophony Games 29 19 9 57 2 Portugal at the 2006 Lusophony Games 12 18 21 51 3 Sri Lanka at the 2006 Lusophony Games 3 2 1 6 4 Mozambique at the 2006 Lusophony Games 3 0 3 6 5 Cape Verde at the 2006 Lusophony Games 1 1 4 6 6 Macau at the 2006 Lusophony Games 0 3 11 14 7 Angola at the 2006 Lusophony Games 0 3 2 5 8 India at the 2006 Lusophony Games 0 1 2 3 São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2006 Lusophony Games 0 1 2 3 10 East Timor East Timor 0 0 1 1 Guinea-Bissau at the 2006 Lusophony Games 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) See also ACOLOP Lusophone Games 2009 Lusophone Games 2014 Lusophone Games References External links Official website of the 1st Lusophone Games 2006 Lusofonia Games Lusophonia Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Macau Category:Multi-sport events in Macau