1st Lusophony Games
Host city	Macau
Host NOC	Macau, China
Nations participating	11[1]
Athletes participating	733
Events	48 in 8 sports
Opening ceremony	October 7, 2006[2]
Closing ceremony	October 15, 2006
Officially opened by	Edmund Ho
Officially closed by	Chui Sai On
Main stadium	Macau Stadium
Motto	4 Continents, 1 Language, United by sport!

The 1^st Lusophony Games (Portuguese: 1.^os Jogos da Lusofonia; traditional 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 October 7 and 15, 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 (Lai Ao) 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 Lusofony Games.

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

• Athletics
• Basketball
• Football (soccer; men)
• Futsal
• Taekwondo (men)
• Table tennis
• Volleyball
• Beach volleyball

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
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.

Medals table

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

Calendar

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 of 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
• Lusophony Games
• 2009 Lusophony Games
• Angola at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Brazil at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Cape Verde at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• East Timor at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Equatorial Guinea at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Guinea-Bissau at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• India at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Macau at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Mozambique at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Portugal at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• São Tomé and Príncipe at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Sri Lanka at the 2006 Lusophony Games

• Athletics at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Basketball at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Beach Volleyball at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Football at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Futsal at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Football at the 2006 Lusophony Games - Men's team squads
• Taekwondo at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Table Tennis at the 2006 Lusophony Games
• Volleyball at the 2006 Lusophony Games

References

External links

• Official website of the 1.^st Lusophony Games