page_title: Lusofonia Games
section_title: Inaugural edition
hierarchical_section_title: Lusofonia Games / Editions / Inaugural edition
caption_attribution_description: World map with participating countries at the 2006 Lusofonia Games
context_page_description: The Lusofonia Games is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone countries, most countries competing are countries that are members of the CPLP, but some are countries with significant Portuguese communities or have a history with Portugal
  Participating countries are founding members Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and associate members Equatorial Guinea, India and Sri Lanka. In addition, Ghana, Flores, Mauritius and Morocco have also expressed the desire to participate in future events.
  This event is similar in concept to the Commonwealth Games and the Jeux de la Francophonie.
context_section_description: The 1st Lusofonia Games were hosted by Macau, from 7 to 15 October 2006, comprising 733 athletes from 11 countries (Equatorial Guinea did not field any athletes), some of which are international sports stars.
  In competition were a total of 48 events distributed between 8 sports: athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, football, futsal, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball. Portugal and Brazil were the top medal collectors of the Games, managing to grab 85% of the titles. These two countries acquired 71% of the total medals of the Games. All delegations won medals.
caption: Participating countries (purple) and host city (yellow square) of the 1st Lusofonia Games.
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