The 2006 Lusofonia Games (; ) 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.
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.
NationsNumber of athletesMaleFemaleAthleticsBasketballFootball(soccer)FutsalTaekwondoTable tennisVolleyballBeachvolleyballAthleticsBasketballTable tennisVolleyballBeachvolleyball Angola58XXXXXXXX Brazil74XXXXXXXX Cape Verde54XXXXXXXX Guinea-Bissau39XXXXXX Macau155 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Mozambique46XXXXX Portugal140XXXXXXXXXXXXX São Tomé and Príncipe32XXXXX East Timor57XXXXXXXXXX India42XXXXXXX Sri Lanka12XXX When the Games started 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 0 1 2 3 10 East Timor 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Total 48 48 57 153
Calendar
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! 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