Lusophony Games - Sports

Sports

So far there are not any regulations concerning the list of sports that should be included in the Games schedule. The sports chosen for the 1st edition were discussed and deliberated by the ACOLOP's members on general assembly, but without any principle of future 'core' and 'rotating' sports from a list of approved ones.

However, on 14 October 2006, the president of the organizing committee for the 2009 Lusophony Games, José Vicente de Moura, mentioned the possibility of the ACOLOP proposing four or five core sports to be included on every future edition, plus the prerogative for the host country to propose three of four more to a maximum of nine sports. In 2009 edition (Lisbon) 1500 athletes participated from 12 countries. In the football tournament five U-20 national teams competed. The sport marked with an asterisk (*) means that is has a demonstration event.

  • Athletics (2006-)
  • Basketball (2006-)
  • Beach Volleyball (2006-)
  • Disabled athletics (2009-)*
  • Football men (2006-)
  • Futsal men (2006-)
  • Judo (2009-)
  • Taekwondo (men: 2006-, women: 2009-)
  • Table Tennis (2006-)
  • Wushu (2013-)
  • Volleyball (2006-)

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