The 1st 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

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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

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". Due to the high expenses, some of the participating NOCs received financial support from the

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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. * * * (men) * (men) * (men) * * *

Delegations

A total of 733 athletes competed at the Games. *When the Games started didn't field any athletes.

Medal table

Calendar

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Beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

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Taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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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'')

References

External links

Official website of the 1st Lusophone Games
{{Macauafter1999

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Lusofonia Games Lusophonia Games International sports competitions hosted by Macau Multi-sport events in Macau