2009 Lusofonia Games

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II Lusofonia Games
Host cityLisbon,  Portugal
MottoA união é mais importante que a vitória
"Union is more important than victory"
Nations12[1]
Athletes1,300[2]
Events67 (10 sports)
plus one demonstration event
Opening11 July 2009
Closing19 July 2009
Opened byAníbal Cavaco Silva
Closed byJosé Sócrates
Main venueMEO Arena (ceremonies)
Estádio Universitário (athletics)
Websitelisboa2009.org

The 2009 Lusofonia Games was the 2nd Lusofonia Games (Portuguese: 2.os Jogos da Lusofonia), 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 the majority of the sporting events.[3][4]

Host decision[edit]

The organization was awarded to Portugal during the 6th ACOLOP 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).

Participants[edit]

Countries participating in the 2009 Lusophony Games

Games[edit]

Sports[edit]

On 21 May 2007, during a meeting between the 2009 Games Organizing Committee (Portuguese: Comité Organizador dos Jogos da Lusofonia 2009, COJOL) and the ACOLOP (Associação dos Comités de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, English: 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.[7] Later that year, on 12 November the ACOLOP general assembly, gathered in Lisbon, finally decided to add judo to the official program.[3]

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.[8] One of those disabled athletics events is of demonstration nature and is not included in the medal ranking.

Venues[edit]

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 Almada, respectively.[9] The opening and closing ceremonies were held at Pavilhão Atlântico, the largest venue, where four sports took place as well.

Venue Location Sport Capacity
Estádio Universitário Lisbon Athletics, Disabled athletics 3,670[10]
Pavilhão Açoreana Seguros Lisbon Basketball 2,400[11]
Pavilhão Atlântico Lisbon Judo, Futsal, Taekwondo, Table tennis 20,000
Pavilhão Municipal de Almada Almada Volleyball N/A
Santo Amaro de Oeiras Beach Oeiras Beach volleyball and Closing Ceremonies N/A
Estádio Nacional Oeiras Football 38,000
Estádio José Gomes Amadora Football 10,000

Calendar[edit]

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 sport and its champion does 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
Athletics 13 16 2 31
Basketball               2 2
Beach volleyball       2 2
Disabled athletics* 2 2
Football         1 1
Futsal         1 1
Judo 6 8 14
Table tennis 2 2 5
Taekwondo 4 4 8
Volleyball     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[edit]

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".[12] 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".[13]

Medal table[edit]

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 on the competition's website.

  Host nation (Portugal)

2009 Lusophony Games medal count
Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Brazil 33 23 20 76
2  Portugal 25 34 15 74
3  Angola 4 1 9 14
4  Macau 1 3 8 12
5  Cape Verde 1 1 5 7
 India 1 1 5 7
 São Tomé and Príncipe 1 1 5 7
8  Sri Lanka 1 0 4 5
9  Mozambique 0 3 2 5
Total 67 67 73 207

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nine founding members of the ACOLOP (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé & Príncipe) and three associate members (Equatorial Guinea, India and Sri Lanka)
  2. ^ "Pano cai com Portugal como segundo país mais medalhado" (in Portuguese). Comité Olímpico de Portugal. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b "ACOLOP aprova programa dos 2.ºs Jogos da Lusofonia" (in Portuguese). Comité Olímpico de Portugal. 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
  4. ^ "The 2nd Lusophony Games – The European Olympic Committees". www.eurolympic.org. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Comité Olímpico de Portugal". Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News – Lakehouse Newspapers". Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  7. ^ Agência Lusa (21 May 2007). "Jogos Lusofonia – Organização de Lisboa2009 adia decisão sobre a modalide a incluir no programa" (in Portuguese). RTP. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2007.
  8. ^ "Sports". Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophony Games (COJOL). Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  9. ^ "Location". Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophone Games (COJOL). Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Estádio Universitário de Lisboa (EUL)" (in Portuguese). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  11. ^ "Pavilhão Açoreana Seguros" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
  12. ^ "Logo". Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophone Games (COJOL). Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  13. ^ "Mascot". Organizing Committee for the 2009 Lusophone Games (COJOL). Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2008.

External links[edit]

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