2014 Lusofonia Games


The 2014 Lusophone Games was the 3rd edition of the Lusophone Games, a multi-sport event that represent athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and territories. It was held from 18–29 January 2014 in the Indian state of Goa.
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.
Since Goa was elected to host the games, Brazil chose not to send their athletes because of the ¨huge postponement¨ of the competition. Only 7 Brazilian athletes, independently of Brazilian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2014 Lusophone Games.

Participating countries

All ACOLOP and associated member countries are expected to participate in these Games:
;Associate members

Venues

VenueCityCapacitySportsRef
Fatorda StadiumMargão22,000Football
GMC ComplexBambolim3,600Athletics
Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor StadiumBambolim4,000Basketball & Volleyball
Tilak Maidan StadiumVasco da Gama5,000Football
Multipurpose Indoor StadiumPeddem2,000Judo, Taekwondo, Table Tennis & Wushu
Miramar BeachPanaji1,900Beach Volleyball

Sports

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.
 Opening ceremony Event competitions Event finals Closing ceremony

January 201418th
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medals
Athletics29231
Basketball22
Beach volleyball22
Football11
Judo1414
Table tennis2237
Taekwondo88
Volleyball22
Wushu3030
Total gold medals97
Cumulative Total97
Ceremonies
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medals

Medal table

Criticism

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.