2015 Commonwealth Youth Games

Youth games at the Commonwealth V Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games logo.png Apia, Samoahttps://archive.today/20140202150411/http://fijidailypost.com/news.php?section=3&fijidailynews=20447 "Samoa to host 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games", Fiji Daily Post, November 25, 2008 65 807 170 in 9 sports 5 September 2015 11 September 2015 O le Ao o le Malo Tufuga EfiOpening gets mass park http://www.samoaobserver.ws/home/headlines/14220-opening-gets-pass-mark samoaobserver.ws 15 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150913101155/http://www.samoaobserver.ws/home/headlines/14220-opening-gets-pass-mark 13 September 2015 dead Apia Park 2011 2017 The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the V Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Samoa 2015, was the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in the year 2000. It was held from 5 to 11 September, 2015 in Apia, the capital of Samoa. Samoa were the only bidders for the Games.http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3855-0-0-0&sID=40069&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4675271&sectionID=40069 Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee SportingPulse 2008-06-30 2011-08-12 2011-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110520151826/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3855-0-0-0&sID=40069&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4675271&sectionID=40069 dead All events took place in the capital city, Apia. The opening and closing ceremonies were held in Apia Park, which also hosted the athletics, rugby and tennis competitions. All other events (boxing, swimming, squash, weightlifting and lawn bowls) were hosted in the Faleata Sports Complex. About a thousand athletes from 63 nations and territories participated in the nine sports: aquatics, archery, athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, tennis and weightlifting."Entertaining Opening Ceremony brings curtain up on Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games", Inside the Games, 5 September 2015 Sierra Leone's delegation of seven athletes were prevented from taking part, as the Samoan government refused to grant them visas, citing fears over the spread of ebola. The Commonwealth Games Federation appealed unsuccessfully to Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi to reverse that decision, but also rejected Ghana's request that Samoa be subjected to sanctions as a result."Commonwealth Games Federation refuse to punish Samoa after Sierra Leone banned from Apia 2015 over Ebola", Inside the Games, 2 September 2015 Sports The 2015 programme featured nine sports, two more than the previous Games and matching that of the 2008 edition.Sports https://web.archive.org/web/20211101033845/http://www.samoacyg2015.ws/?page_id=40 2021-11-01 . SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Overall Competition Schedule v2 https://web.archive.org/web/20211101033847/http://www.samoacyg2015.ws/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SCYG2015-Overall-Competition-Schedule-v2.pdf 2021-11-01 . SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07. Of the sports on the 2011 programme, badminton, cycling and gymnastics were dropped. 15em Aquatics 38 Archery 3 Athletics 34 15em Boxing 8 Lawn bowls 3 Rugby sevens 2 15em Squash 5 Tennis 5 Weightlifting 12 Medal table As of September 11, 2015 (information from official website) 24 19 19 AUS 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 13 7 15 RSA 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 12 16 16 11 3 3 MAS 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 9 4 6 IND 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 7 9 5 NZL 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 6 2 3 NGR 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 4 4 4 4 3 0 KEN 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 4 1 1 JAM 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 4 3 0 2 4 6 SAM 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 2 2 1 FIJ 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 2 0 1 BOT 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 1 5 3 1 0 2 CMR 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 1 0 2 PNG 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 1 0 1 BAN 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 1 0 0 BAR 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 1 0 0 1 0 0 GHA 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 4 2 SRI 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 2 2 UGA 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 2 0 PAK 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 0 0 1 0 CAN 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 0 CAY 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 0 COK 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 0 DMA 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 0 0 1 0 NAM 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 1 0 TGA 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 2 MRI 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 2 0 0 1 CYP 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 1 GUY 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 1 LCA 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 1 SEY 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 1 SOL 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games 0 0 1 ZAM 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games References External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20211101031921/http://www.samoacyg2015.ws/ 2021-11-01 http://samoa2015.thecgf.com https://web.archive.org/web/20170829040948/http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/ 2017-08-29 Category:Samoa and the Commonwealth of Nations 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games Commonwealth Youth Games Category:Youth sport in Samoa Category:Multi-sport events in Samoa Category:International sports competitions hosted by Samoa Category:2015 in youth sport Category:21st century in Apia