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2014 Lusofonia Games

Field	Value
name	III Lusofonia Games
logo	2014 Lusophony Games logo.png
host_city	Goa, India
nations	12
athletes	7,000
events	95 in 9 sports
opening	18 January 2014
closing	29 January 2014
opened_by	Pranab Mukherjee
stadium	Fatorda Stadium
website	Goa 2014
prev	2009 Lisboa
next	2026 Goiânia

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.

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 seven Brazilian athletes, attending independently of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, competed at the 2014 Lusophone Games.

Participating countries

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

, China

;Associate members

Venues

List of 2014 Lusophone Games Venues

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

Calendar

	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	Total gold medals	97	Cumulative Total	97	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	20px]] Athletics								29		2			31
[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg	20px]] Basketball										2			2
[[File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg	20px]] Beach volleyball									2				2
[[File:Football pictogram.svg	20px]] Football											1		1
[[File:Judo pictogram.svg	20px]] Judo							14						14
[[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg	20px]] Table tennis			2		2	3							7
[[File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg	20px]] Taekwondo									8				8
[[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg	20px]] Volleyball				2									2
[[File:Wushu pictogram.svg	20px]] Wushu												30	30
Ceremonies

Medal table

Criticism

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

References

(14 July 2009). "Terceira edição será em Goa". O Público.
(22 September 2013). "It's Official: Lusofonia Games will be held in January 2014". The Goan.
(2014-01-17). "lusofonia games". Goa - Pictures, Reviews & Info {{!}} Goa.me.
(22 January 2014). "Sem Brasil, Jogos da Lusofonia só se comunicam em Inglês". Estadao.
"Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda".
"Athletics Stadium, Bambolim".
[http://lusofoniagames2014.gov.in/venue/guc Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Goa University] {{webarchive. link. (6 January 2014)
[http://www.goacom.com/sports/17179-indoor-stadium-at-taleigao-named-after-s-p-mukherjee Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Goa University] {{webarchive. link. (15 September 2014)
"Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco".
"Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Peddem".
"Miramar Beach, Panaji".
"2014 Lusofonia Games Schedule".
"Congress demands CBI Probe into 2014 Lusofonia Games held in Goa". news.biharprabha.com.

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