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III Lusofonia Games
File:2014 Lusophony Games logo.png
Host cityGoa, India
Nations12
Athletes7,000[citation needed]
Events95 in 9 sports
Opening18 January 2014
Closing29 January 2014
Opened byPranab Mukherjee
Main venueFatorda Stadium
WebsiteGoa 2014

The 2014 Lusofonia Games was the third edition of the Lusofonia Games, a multi-sport event held between athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and territories. It was held from 18 to 29 January 2014 in the Indian state of Goa.[1][2][3]

Brazil and Sri Lanka also put in bids to stage the event. Participating delegations represented every Portuguese-speaking National Olympic Committee and other countries with historic ties to Portugal. The Chairman for these Games was Manohar Parrikar, the chief minister of Goa and the Chief Executive Officer was Keshav Chandra IAS, Secretary to the Government of Goa for Sports and Education. The Games were originally planned to be held in 2013, but was postponed and moved to the January 2014 dates.[2]

Since Goa was elected to host the games, Brazil chose not to send their athletes because of the "huge postponement" of the competition. Only seven Brazilian athletes, attending independently of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2014 Lusophone Games.[4]

Participating countries

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All ACOLOP member and associated member countries were expected to participate in these Games:

Members
Associate members

Venues

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List of 2014 Lusophone Games Venues Archived 21 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Venue City Capacity Sports Ref
Fatorda Stadium Margão 22,000 Football [5]
GMC Athletic Stadium Bambolim 3,600 Athletics [6]
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium Bambolim 4,000 Basketball & Volleyball [7][8]
Tilak Maidan Stadium Vasco da Gama 5,000 Football [9]
Multipurpose Indoor Stadium Peddem 2,000 Judo, Taekwondo, Table Tennis & Wushu [10]
Miramar Beach Panaji 1,900 Beach Volleyball [11]

Sports

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File:2014 Lusophony Games mascot.png
Jojo, the official mascot of the Games

For these Games, 97 events in 9 sports, were contested for medals. Wushu made its debut. The majority of the sports here were contested at the first Lusophone Games in 2006, with the exception of judo, which made its debut in 2009. However, futsal was dropped from these Games, after being contested in both 2006 and 2009.

Calendar

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[12]

Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals Closing ceremony
January 2014 18th
Sat 		19th
Sun 		20th
Mon 		21st
Tue 		22nd
Wed 		23rd
Thu 		24th
Fri 		25th
Sat 		26th
Sun 		27th
Mon 		28th
Tue 		29th
Wed 		Gold
medals
File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 29 2 31
File:Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball 2 2
File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach volleyball 2 2
File:Football pictogram.svg Football 1 1
File:Judo pictogram.svg Judo 14 14
File:Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis 2 2 3 7
File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo 8 8
File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball 2 2
File:Wushu pictogram.svg Wushu 30 30
Total gold medals 97
Cumulative Total 97
Ceremonies
January 2014 18th
Sat 		19th
Sun 		20th
Mon 		21st
Tue 		22nd
Wed 		23rd
Thu 		24th
Fri 		25th
Sat 		26th
Sun 		27th
Mon 		28th
Tue 		29th
Wed 		Gold
medals

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (India)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1File:Flag of India.svg India (IND)*37272892
2File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (POR)18201250
3File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau (MAC)1591438
4File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (SRI)7111331
5File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (ANG)581427
6File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (MOZ)44513
7File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (BRA)2136
8File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau (GNB)2103
9File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde (CPV)16512
10File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)0101
11File:Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste (TLS)0011
Totals (11 entries)918895274

Criticism

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The organizers of the Games were criticized by political parties over corruption. Indian National Congress spokesperson Durgadas Kamat alleged a ₹100 crore scam in the pricing of the Games' medals, grand opening and closing ceremonies, hiring of taxis, as well as in laying out infrastructure.[13]

See also

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References

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