The Jeux de la Francophonie (Canadian English:Francophonie Games; British English:Francophone Games) are a combination of artistic and sporting events for French speaking nations, held every four years since 1989, partly as a counterweight to the Commonwealth Games.

Contents 1 Editions 2 Events 2.1 Sports 2.2 Cultural 3 Participation 3.1 55 Member Nations or Governments 3.2 3 Associate Member Nations or Governments 3.3 12 Observer Nations or Governments 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Editions

Year	Edition	Date	Host city	No. of Athletes (nations)
1989	I	8–22 July	Casablanca/Rabat, Morocco
1994	II	5–13 July	Paris/Évry-Bondoufle, France
1997	III	27 August – 6 September	Antananarivo, Madagascar
2001	IV	14–24 July	Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada
2005	V	7–17 December	Niamey, Niger
2009	VI	27 September – 6 October	Beirut, Lebanon

[edit] Events

[edit] Sports

There were four sports at the inaugural event in 1989: athletics, basketball, association football and judo. Handisport, handball, table tennis and wrestling were added to the competition programme in 1994. None of these four sports featured at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie, and boxing and tennis were introduced to the programme instead. Eight sports featured in 2001: the four inaugural sports, boxing and table tennis were included. Furthermore, handisport and beach volleyball competitions were held as demonstration events. Neither of these demonstration sports were included in 2005, with traditional style wrestling being demonstrated in addition to the six more established sports. The 2009 programme re-introduced beach volleyball.

• Athletics (details) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Basketball (details) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Beach volleyball (details) : 2001, 2009
• Boxing (details) : 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• 000 Disabled sports (details) : 2001, 2009
• Football (soccer) (details) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Handball (details) : 1994
• Judo (details) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Table tennis (details) : 1994, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Tennis (details) : 1997
• Wrestling (details) : 1994, 2005

[edit] Cultural

• Song
• Fairy tale
• Traditional inspiration dance
• Poetry
• Painting
• Photography
• Sculpture

In 2001, street art featured as a demonstration event.

[edit] Participation

Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 55 member nations, 2 associate member nations and 13 observer nations of the Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec, New Brunswick (the only officially bilingual Canadian province) and another team representing the rest of the country. The Belgian team is restricted to athletes from the French-speaking areas of the country.

Participation has so far varied between 1,700 and 3,000 athletes and artists.

[edit] 55 Member Nations or Governments

Albania Benin Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi French Community of Belgium Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canada - New Brunswick Canada - Quebec Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Dominica

Egypt France Gabon Greece Guinea Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Laos Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Mali Morocco Mauritius Mauritania Moldova

Monaco Niger Poland Czech Republic Romania Rwanda Saint Lucia São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland Chad Togo Tunisia Vanuatu Vietnam

[edit] 3 Associate Member Nations or Governments

Cyprus

Ghana

Armenia

[edit] 12 Observer Nations or Governments

Austria Croatia Georgia Hungary

Lithuania Mozambique Poland Czech Republic

Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine

[edit] See also

• Commonwealth Games
• Lusophony Games

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French) Official site of the Comité international des jeux de la Francophonie

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