The 2009 Lusofonia Games () was the second Lusofonia Games, a multi-sport event for delegations representing Portuguese-speaking National Olympic committees. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 11 to 19 July 2009. The Pavilhão Atlântico acted as the main venue, staging the opening ceremonies and the majority of the sporting events.

Host decision The organization was awarded to Portugal during the 6th ACOLOP general assembly, gathered in Macau, on 10 October 2006. José Vicente de Moura, president of the Olympic Committee of Portugal and honorary president of the ACOLOP, is also the president of the Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophony Games (COJOL).

Participants

Portugal (170 athletes) Macau Brazil Cape Verde Mozambique Angola Equatorial Guinea India Sri Lanka (20 athletes) Guinea-Bissau East Timor São Tomé and Príncipe

Games

Sports On 21 May 2007, during a meeting between the 2009 Games Organizing Committee (, COJOL) and the ACOLOP (Associação dos Comités de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, ), a decision on which should be the ninth sport to be included in the competition program—out of a list that included badminton, canoeing, judo, swimming, and roller hockey — was delayed due to insufficient survey data from some of the ACOLOP member committees. Later that year, on 12 November the ACOLOP general assembly, gathered in Lisbon, finally decided to add judo to the official program.

This edition thus featured nine sports—one more than in the inaugural games in 2006 — comprising 65 events. Three events for disabled athletes were included in the athletics competition, for a total of 68. One of those disabled athletics events is of demonstration nature and is not included in the medal ranking.

Athletics Disabled athletics Basketball Beach volleyball Football (men)

Futsal (men) Judo Table Tennis Taekwondo Volleyball

Venues Most of the competitions were held in venues within Lisbon, but other sports, like beach and indoor volleyball, were played in the neighbouring municipalities of Oeiras and Almada, respectively. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at Pavilhão Atlântico, the largest venue, where four sports took place as well.

Venue Location Sport Capacity Estádio Universitário Lisbon Athletics, Disabled athletics 3,670 Pavilhão Açoreana Seguros Lisbon Basketball 2,400 Pavilhão Atlântico Lisbon Judo, Futsal, Taekwondo, Table tennis 20,000 Pavilhão Municipal de Almada Almada Volleyball N/A Santo Amaro de Oeiras Beach Oeiras Beach volleyball and closing ceremonies N/A Estádio Nacional Oeiras Football 38,000 Estádio José Gomes Amadora Football 10,000

Calendar In this table, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round or group match. The golden boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. The number indicated in each box represents the number of finals that were to be contested on that day. The sports marked with an asterisk (*) means that it has an event that is a demonstration sport and its champion does not count in the final tally.

Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals Closing ceremony

July 200910thSat11thSat12thSun13thMon14thTue15thWed16thThu17thFri18thSat19thSunGoldmedals Athletics 13 16 2 31 Basketball 2 2 Beach volleyball 2 2 Disabled athletics* 2 2 Football 1 1 Futsal 1 1 Judo 6 8 14 Table tennis 2 2 5 Taekwondo 4 4 8 Volleyball 2 2 Total gold medals 19 18 6 8 4 5 1 6 Cumulative Total 19 37 43 51 55 60 61 67 Ceremonies    July 200910thSat11thSat12thSun13thMon14thTue15thWed16thThu17thFri18thSat19thSunGoldmedals

Symbols The image and identity of the Lisbon 2009 Lusophony Games were conveyed by its official logo and mascot. The logo represents an "athlete, celebrating victory with a multicoloured ribbon, following the motto 'Union stronger than Victory', in an appeal to fair-play and unity between the athletes". The mascot, representing a youthful humanized flame, is called "Xama" (after "chama", "flame" in English) and embodies the spirit of sport, the athlete's desire to surpass own limits, the "energy and vivacity" that give "body and soul in every heat".

Medal table Note that when each champion is counted, the results will differ from the official results, therefore the following table will not match the official one as shown on the competition's website.

2009 Lusophony Games medal count Pos Country Total 1 33 23 20 76 2 25 34 15 74 3 4 1 9 14 4 1 3 8 12 5 1 1 5 7 1 1 5 7 1 1 5 7 8 1 0 4 5 9 0 3 2 5 Total 67 67 73 207

References

External links Official website (archived)