2009 Lusophony Games
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The 2009 Lusophony Games was the 2nd Lusophony Games
, a multi-sport event
for delegations representing Portuguese-speaking National Olympic committees
.
It took place in Lisbon
, Portugal, from 11 to 19 July 2009. The Pavilhão Atlântico
acted as the main venue, staging the opening ceremonies and majority of the sporting events.
general assembly, gathered in Macau
, on 10 October 2006. José Vicente de Moura
, president of the Olympic Committee of Portugal
and honorary president of the ACOLOP, is also the president of the Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophony Games (COJOL).
(Associação dos Comités de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, Association of the Portuguese-Speaking Committees), a decision on which should be the ninth sport to be included in the competition program—out of a list that included badminton
, canoeing
, judo
, swimming
and roller hockey
— was delayed due to insufficient survey data from some of the ACOLOP member committees. Later that year, on 12 November the ACOLOP general assembly, gathered in Lisbon, finally decided to add judo to the official program.
This edition thus featured nine sports—one more than in the inaugural games in 2006
— comprising 65 events. Three events for disabled athletes were included in the athletics competition, for a total of 68. One of those disabled athletics events is of demonstration nature and is not included in the medal ranking.
, respectively. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at Pavilhão Atlântico
, the largest venue, where four sports took place as well.
and its champion do not count in the final tally.
The logo represents an "athlete, celebrating victory with a multicoloured ribbon, following the motto 'Union stronger than Victory', in an appeal to fair-play and unity between the athletes".
The mascot, representing a youthful humanized flame, is called "Xama" (after "chama", "flame" in English) and embodies the spirit of sport, the athlete's desire to surpass own limits, the "energy and vivacity" that give "body and soul in every heat".
Lusophony Games
The Lusophony Games is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP , but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal.Participating...
, a multi-sport event
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
for delegations representing Portuguese-speaking National Olympic committees
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
.
It took place in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal, from 11 to 19 July 2009. The Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico is an indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.-History:...
acted as the main venue, staging the opening ceremonies and majority of the sporting events.
Host decision
The organization was awarded to Portugal during the 6th ACOLOPACOLOP
ACOLOP , is an Olympic-related non-profit organisation officially established on June 8, 2004, in Lisbon. It was founded by the national Olympic committees of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau , Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe; it also includes Equatorial...
general assembly, gathered in Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, on 10 October 2006. José Vicente de Moura
José Vicente de Moura
José Vicente de Moura is the current president of the Olympic Committee of Portugal since 1997. This is his second term on this office, as he also held this position from 1990 to 1992. He was Portugal's chief of mission at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, where this nation...
, president of the Olympic Committee of Portugal
Olympic Committee of Portugal
The Olympic Committee of Portugal is a non-profit organisation of public utility, which serves as the National Olympic Committee for Portugal. It was founded on October 26, 1909, to ensure a timely, methodical and state-sponsored participation at the Games of the V Olympiad, in Stockholm...
and honorary president of the ACOLOP, is also the president of the Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophony Games (COJOL).
Participants
- Portugal (170 athletes)
- MacauMacauMacau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
- Brazil
- Cape VerdeCape VerdeThe Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
- MozambiqueMozambiqueMozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
- AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
- Equatorial GuineaEquatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...
- India
- Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
(20 athletes) - Guinea Bissau
- East TimorEast TimorThe Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
- São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...
Sports
On 21 May 2007, during a meeting between the 2009 Games Organizing Committee and the ACOLOPACOLOP
ACOLOP , is an Olympic-related non-profit organisation officially established on June 8, 2004, in Lisbon. It was founded by the national Olympic committees of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau , Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe; it also includes Equatorial...
(Associação dos Comités de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, Association of the Portuguese-Speaking Committees), a decision on which should be the ninth sport to be included in the competition program—out of a list that included badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, canoeing
Canoeing
Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and roller hockey
Roller hockey
Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...
— was delayed due to insufficient survey data from some of the ACOLOP member committees. Later that year, on 12 November the ACOLOP general assembly, gathered in Lisbon, finally decided to add judo to the official program.
This edition thus featured nine sports—one more than in the inaugural games in 2006
2006 Lusophony Games
The 1st Lusophony Games were held in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China between 7 and 15 October 2006...
— comprising 65 events. Three events for disabled athletes were included in the athletics competition, for a total of 68. One of those disabled athletics events is of demonstration nature and is not included in the medal ranking.
- Athletics
- Disabled athletics
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Beach volleyballBeach volleyballBeach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
- Football (men)
- FutsalFutsalFutsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
(men) - JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- Table TennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
- TaekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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.The complete rules are extensive...
Venues
Most of the competitions were held in venues within Lisbon, but other sports, like beach and indoor volleyball, were played in the neighbouring municipalities of Oeiras and AlmadaAlmada
Almada is a municipality in Portugal, covering an area of 70.2 km² located on the southern margin of the Tagus River. Its municipal population in 2008 was 164,844 inhabitants; the urbanized center had a population of 102,357.The seat is the city of Almada....
, respectively. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico is an indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.-History:...
, the largest venue, where four sports took place as well.
| Venue | Location | Sport | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estádio Universitário Estádio Universitário de Lisboa Estádio Universitário de Lisboa is a multi-use stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used as the home stadium of Portugal national rugby union team matches. The capacity of the stadium is 8,000 spectators. It also hosted the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics.... |
Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
Athletics Athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Athletics competition at the 2009 Lusophony Games was held in the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on July 12, July 13 and July 19, 2009.-Men's:-Women's:-Medal table:... , Disabled athletics Disabled athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games The athletics competition at the 2009 Lusophony Games was held in the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on July. Since the 1500 meters men wheelchair was a demonstration sport, its champion do not count in the final tally. The event is marked with an asterix in the results table.-Medal table by... |
3,670 |
| Pavilhão Açoreana Seguros | Lisbon | Basketball Basketball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Basketball tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Complexo dos Desportos de Almada. The tournament was played from 11 to 19 July 2009, and there are both men's and women's competition.-Preliminary:... |
2,400 |
| Pavilhão Atlântico Pavilhão Atlântico Pavilhão Atlântico is an indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.-History:... |
Lisbon | Judo Judo at the 2009 Lusophony Games -Medal table by country:-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-See also:*ACOLOP*2009 Lusophony Games... , Futsal Futsal at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Futsal tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Pavilhão Atlântico. The tournament was played from 12 to 17 July 2009, and there was just the men's competition.-Futsal medal table by country:... , Taekwondo Taekwondo at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Taekwondo at the 2009 Lusophony Games was held in the Pavilhão Atlântico on July.-Medal table by country:-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-See also:*ACOLOP*2006 Lusophony Games... , Table tennis Table tennis at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Table Tennis tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, Portugal. The tournament was played from 12 to 13 July 2009, and there was both the men's and women's competition with singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.... |
20,000 |
| Pavilhão Municipal de Almada | Almada Almada Almada is a municipality in Portugal, covering an area of 70.2 km² located on the southern margin of the Tagus River. Its municipal population in 2008 was 164,844 inhabitants; the urbanized center had a population of 102,357.The seat is the city of Almada.... |
Volleyball Volleyball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Volleyball tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Complexo Desportivo Municipal do Casal Vistoso... |
N/A |
| Santo Amaro de Oeiras Beach | Oeiras | Beach volleyball Beach volleyball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Beach Volleyball tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Praia de Santo Amaro de Oeiras. The tournament was played from July 16 to 19 July 2009, and there are both men's and women's competition.... and Closing Ceremonies |
N/A |
| Estádio Nacional Estádio Nacional The Estádio Nacional , also known as Estádio do Jamor, is the Portuguese national football ground. It is located in the Jamor sports complex, in Oeiras, near Lisbon. It was designed by Jacobetty Rosa and the building works started in 1939, with its inauguration happening on 10 June 1944 by the... |
Oeiras | Football Football at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Football tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Estádio José Gomes and Estádio Nacional. The tournament was played from 11 to 19 July 2009, and there was just the men's competition.... |
38,000 |
| Estádio José Gomes Estádio José Gomes Estádio José Gomes, informally known as Estádio da Reboleira, after its location, is the stadium of the Portuguese football team C.F. Estrela da Amadora and it has a capacity of 9,288.... |
Amadora Amadora Amadora is a city and a municipality in Portugal, in the northwest of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The city and municipality population is 175,872 in eleven freguesias . With an area of 23.77 km², it is the most densely populated municipality of Portugal... |
Football Football at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Football tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Estádio José Gomes and Estádio Nacional. The tournament was played from 11 to 19 July 2009, and there was just the men's competition.... |
10,000 |
Calendar
In this table, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round or group match. The golden boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. The number indicated in each box represents the number of finals that were to be contested on that day. The sports marked with an asterisk (*) means that it has an event that is a demonstration sportDemonstration sport
A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote itself, most commonly during the Olympic Games, but also at other sporting events.Demonstration sports were officially introduced in 1912 Summer Olympics, when Sweden decided to include glima, traditional Icelandic wrestling, in the...
and its champion do not count in the final tally.
| Opening ceremony | Event competitions | Event finals | Closing ceremony |
| July 2009 | 10th Sat |
11th Sat |
12th Sun |
13th Mon |
14th Tue |
15th Wed |
16th Thu |
17th Fri |
18th Sat |
19th Sun |
Gold medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 AthleticsAthletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Athletics competition at the 2009 Lusophony Games was held in the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on July 12, July 13 and July 19, 2009.-Men's:-Women's:-Medal table:... |
13 | 16 | 2 | 31 | |||||||
 BasketballBasketball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Basketball tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Complexo dos Desportos de Almada. The tournament was played from 11 to 19 July 2009, and there are both men's and women's competition.-Preliminary:... |
2 | 2 | |||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png) Beach volleyballBeach volleyball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Beach Volleyball tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Praia de Santo Amaro de Oeiras. The tournament was played from July 16 to 19 July 2009, and there are both men's and women's competition.... |
2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Disabled athletics Disabled athletics at the 2009 Lusophony Games The athletics competition at the 2009 Lusophony Games was held in the Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on July. Since the 1500 meters men wheelchair was a demonstration sport, its champion do not count in the final tally. The event is marked with an asterix in the results table.-Medal table by... * |
2 | 2 | |||||||||
 FootballFootball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Football tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Estádio José Gomes and Estádio Nacional. The tournament was played from 11 to 19 July 2009, and there was just the men's competition.... |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 FutsalFutsal at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Futsal tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Pavilhão Atlântico. The tournament was played from 12 to 17 July 2009, and there was just the men's competition.-Futsal medal table by country:... |
1 | 1 | |||||||||
 JudoJudo at the 2009 Lusophony Games -Medal table by country:-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-See also:*ACOLOP*2009 Lusophony Games... |
6 | 8 | 14 | ||||||||
 Table tennisTable tennis at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Table Tennis tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, Portugal. The tournament was played from 12 to 13 July 2009, and there was both the men's and women's competition with singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.... |
2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
 TaekwondoTaekwondo at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Taekwondo at the 2009 Lusophony Games was held in the Pavilhão Atlântico on July.-Medal table by country:-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-See also:*ACOLOP*2006 Lusophony Games... |
4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
_pictogram.svg.png) VolleyballVolleyball at the 2009 Lusophony Games The Volleyball tournament of the 2009 Lusophony Games was played in Lisbon, Portugal. The venue was the Complexo Desportivo Municipal do Casal Vistoso... |
2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total gold medals | 19 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Cumulative Total | 19 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 61 | 67 | |||
| Ceremonies | |||||||||||
| July 2009 | 10th Sat |
11th Sat |
12th Sun |
13th Mon |
14th Tue |
15th Wed |
16th Thu |
17th Fri |
18th Sat |
19th Sun |
Gold medals |
Symbols
The image and identity of the Lisbon 2009 Lusophony Games were conveyed by its official logo and mascot.The logo represents an "athlete, celebrating victory with a multicoloured ribbon, following the motto 'Union stronger than Victory', in an appeal to fair-play and unity between the athletes".
The mascot, representing a youthful humanized flame, is called "Xama" (after "chama", "flame" in English) and embodies the spirit of sport, the athlete's desire to surpass own limits, the "energy and vivacity" that give "body and soul in every heat".
Medal table
Note that when each champion is counted, the results will differ from the official results, therefore the following table will not match the official one as shown in the competition's website.| 2009 Lusophony Games medal count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country |  |
 |
 |
Total |
| 1 | 33 | 23 | 20 | 76 | |
| 2 | 25 | 34 | 15 | 74 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Total | 67 | 67 | 73 | 207 | |
External links
- Official website (archived)