CPLP Games

CPLP Games
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Frequency	biannual
Location	various
Inaugurated	1992 (1992)

The CPLP Games (Portuguese: Jogos da CPLP, sometimes translated as "Youth Lusofonia Games" or "Lusofonia Youth Games") is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries that are less than 16 years old.

This event is similar in concept to the Lusophone Games, but for younger athletes.

Editions

Not held in 2020 and 2022.

Edition	Year	Host city	Date	Athletes	Participants
I	1992	Lisbon		500
II	1995	Bissau		300
III	1997	Maputo		500
IV	2002	Praia	Jul 20 – 28	470
V	2005	Luanda	Aug 12 – 18	575	Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal
VI	2008	Rio de Janeiro	Jul 27 – Aug 2	600	Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal
VII	2010	Maputo	Jul 29 – Aug 7		Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
VIII	2012	Mafra	Jul 7 – 15		Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
IX	2014	Luanda	Jul 23 – Aug 3		Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
X	2016	Sal, Cape Verde	Jul 17 – Jul 24		Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
XI	2018	São Tomé Island	Jul 21 – Jul 28
XII	2025	Dili	Jul 17 – Jul 27		Angola, Cape Verde, East Timor, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Medal table

Year City	Edition	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
1992 Lisbon	I
1995 Bissau	II
1997 Maputo	III
2002 Praia	IV	Portugal
2005 Luanda	V	Brazil 2005 15 2005 4 2005 3	Angola 2005 5 2005 6 2005 6	Cape Verde 2005 5 2005 6 2005 3	Portugal 2005 2 2005 5 2005 3	Guinea Bissau 2005 1 2005 4 2005 5	Sao Tome 2005 2 2005 1	Mozambique 2005 2
2008 Rio	VI	Brazil 2008 7 2008 6 2008 2	Angola 2008 3 2008 3 2008 3	Portugal 2008 3 2008 1 2008 1	Mozambique 2008 2 2008 3	Guinea Bissau 2008 1 2008 2	Cape Verde 2008 2
2010 Maputo	VII	Brazil 2010 18 2010 9 2010 1	Portugal 2010 9 2010 7 2010 6	Angola 2010 3 2010 8 2010 6	Mozambique 2010 1 2010 5 2010 11	Guinea Bissau 2010 1 2010 2 2010 3	Cape Verde 2010 2 2010 1
2012 Mafra	VIII	Portugal 2012 17 2012 6 2012 4	Brazil 2012 7 2012 11 2012 5	Mozambique 2012 2 2012 6 2012 7	Angola 2012 1 2012 2 2012 8	Cape Verde 2010 1 2010 3	East Timor 2012 1	Sao Tome
2014 Luanda	IX	Brazil 2014 26 2014 10 2014 13	Portugal 2014 12 2014 20 2014 12	Angola 2014 6 2014 11 2014 16	Mozambique 2014 6 2014 5 2014 9	Cape Verde 2014 3 2014 4	Sao Tome 2014 1 2014 2	East Timor

Participating nations

In the first edition, the nations that have participated are as follows:

• Portugal
• Angola
• Mozambique
• Cape Verde
• Guinea-Bissau
• São Tomé and Príncipe

In Maputo 1997, Brazil entered the competition, but in Praia 2002 it did not participate. Luanda 2005 saw the return of Brazil.

In 2008, the CPLP Games saw all the possible participating nations competing in Rio de Janeiro, after East Timor participated for the first time, plus Macau (PR China) that was invited to be present.

Sports

So far, there are no regulations specifying which sports must be included in the Games schedule. In the 2025 edition, the list of sports included:

• 3x3 basketball
• Athletics
• Beach volleyball
• Chess
• Disabled athletic
• Football
• Karate
• Taekwondo

• Tennis

See also

• CPLP
• ACOLOP
• Lusophone Games

External links

• Official website of VIII CPLP Games