Jogos da Lusofonia
The Jogos da Lusofonia (English: Lusophony Games; German: Games of Lusophonie) are a sporting event in which teams from the community of Portuguese-speaking countries (not to be equated with Lusophonie ) compete against each other.
The event is organized by the association of the Portuguese-speaking Olympic Committees, the ACOLOP ( Port .: Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa ). This was founded on June 8, 2004 in Lisbon . The goal is not only to connect the countries through sport, but also to defend cultural self-image and political autonomy in times of globalization.
From October 7th to 15th, 2006, the Lusophonie Games took place in Macau for the first time . The role models are the Commonwealth Games and the Jeux de la Francophonie . 733 athletes from eleven countries took part. Equatorial Guinea had not sent any athletes. In addition to various athletics disciplines, there were competitions in soccer , futsal , volleyball , beach volleyball , taekwondo , table tennis and basketball .
The second games took place from July 11th to July 19th, 2009 in Lisbon. The third edition of this event took place in 2014 in the Indian state of Goa . The fourth edition will take place in 2017 in the Mozambican capital Maputo .
Members of the ACOLOP
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Angola
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Brazil
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Guinea-Bissau
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Cape Verde
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Macau ( People's Republic of China )
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Mozambique
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East Timor
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Portugal
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Sao Tome and Principe
Associate members
Ghana , Galicia ( Spain ) and Flores ( Indonesia ) are interested in participating in future games.
Venues of the Jogos da Lusofonia
| year | Games | venue | Host country | date |
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| 2006 | I. | Macau |
Macau ( People's Republic of China )
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7-15 October |
| 2009 | II | Lisbon |
Portugal
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11-19 July |
| 2014 | III | Goa |
 India
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18.-29. January |
| 2017 | IV | Maputo |
 Mozambique
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| 2021 | V | Luanda |
Angola
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supporting documents
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( Memento from October 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- First Lusophonie Games, Macau 2006 ( Memento of February 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Website of ACOLOP , the Olympic Committees of the Portuguese-speaking countries