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

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and the Commonwealth Youth Games. The associations are subject to the rules of, and report to, the

Commonwealth Games Federation The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), currently known as Commonwealth Sport, is the international organisation responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games, and is the governing body ...

. 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

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and most of the

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, 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

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performs the function of Commonwealth Games Association for that nation. In a few nations, such as

Eswatini Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on all sides except the northeast, where i ...

and

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

, the local organisation carries both names in its normal title.

Current member associations

As stated in the CGF Constitution, the current 74 member associations are grouped into the following regions:

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and

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

are expected to make their debuts at the 2026 Commonwealth Games bringing the member associations to 74.

Africa

Americas

Asia

Caribbean

Europe

Oceania

Former member associations

The following 10 have been members of the CGA in the past, before their nations withdrew from the Commonwealth or merged with other members.

References

External links

Official Website
{{Associations at the Commonwealth Games *

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