A Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) is a national sports council of the Commonwealth Sports movement. Each association is responsible for organising, supporting and overseeing their national team for both the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games. The associations are subject to the rules of, and report to, Commonwealth Sport. As well as promoting sports nationally, an association can also place a bid for the Commonwealth Games for a potential host city. While some nations have a stand-alone association dealing exclusively with the Commonwealth Games (particularly the Home Nations, the Crown Dependencies and mostThe British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands compete separately at the Olympic Games of the British Overseas Territories, all of whom compete at the Olympics as one Great Britain team but compete as separate teams at the Commonwealth Games), in many of the Commonwealth nations, the local National Olympic Committee performs the function of Commonwealth Games Association for that nation. In a few nations, such as Eswatini and Malawi, the local organisation carries both names in its normal title.
Current member associations As stated in the Commonwealth Sport Constitution, the current 74 member associations are grouped into the following regions: Gabon and Togo are expected to make their debuts at the 2026 Commonwealth Games bringing the member associations to 74.
Of the 74 member associations:
55 represent sovereign states; 9 represent British Overseas Territories; 4 represent 'home nations' within the United Kingdom; 3 represent Crown Dependencies; 2 represent associated states of the Realm of New Zealand; 1 represents an external territory of Australia.
Africa
21 member associations, all sovereign states. Botswana Cameroon Eswatini Gabon The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia
Americas
Seven member associations - three self-governing British Overseas Territories, and four sovereign states. Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia Eight member associations, all sovereign states. Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean
14 member associations - five self-governing British Overseas Territories, and nine sovereign states. Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe Ten member associations - Four home nations within the sovereign state of the United Kingdom, one self-governing British Overseas Territory, three self-governing Crown Dependencies and two further sovereign states. Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania 14 member associations - two self governing associated states of the Realm of New Zealand, one external territory of Australia and eleven sovereign states. Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Former member associations The following 9 have been members of the CGA in the past, before their nations withdrew from the Commonwealth or merged with other members.
Hong Kong Ireland
North Borneo Sarawak
See also Commonwealth Games Federation Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Youth Games National Olympic Committee
References
External links Official Website