2015 Commonwealth Youth Games
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The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the V Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Samoa 2015, was the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in the year 2000. It was held from 5 to 11 September, 2015 in Apia, the capital of Samoa. Samoa were the only bidders for the Games.[3]
All events took place in the capital city,
About a thousand athletes from 63 nations and territories participated in the nine sports: aquatics, archery, athletics, boxing, lawn bowls, rugby sevens, squash, tennis and weightlifting.
Sports
The 2015 programme featured nine sports, two more than the previous Games and matching that of the 2008 edition.[6][7] Of the sports on the 2011 programme, badminton, cycling and gymnastics were dropped.
- Boxing (8) ( )
- Lawn bowls (3) ()
- Rugby sevens (2) ( )
Medal table
As of September 11, 2015 (information from official website)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Zealand (NZL) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
7 | Nigeria (NGR) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
8 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
9 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Scotland (SCO) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
11 | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
12 | Samoa (SAM) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
13 | Fiji (FIJ) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
14 | Botswana (BOT) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
15 | Wales (WAL) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
16 | Cameroon (CMR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
18 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
19 | Barbados (BAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Guernsey (GGY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
23 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
24 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
25 | Anguilla (AIA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Cayman Islands (CAY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Cook Islands (COK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Dominica (DMA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Isle of Man (IOM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tonga (TGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Norfolk Island (NFK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
35 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Saint Lucia (LCA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Solomon Islands (SOL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (40 entries) | 111 | 98 | 102 | 311 |
References
- ^ a b "Samoa to host 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games", Fiji Daily Post, November 25, 2008
- ^ "Opening gets mass park". samoaobserver.ws. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee". SportingPulse. 2008-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "Entertaining Opening Ceremony brings curtain up on Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games", Inside the Games, 5 September 2015
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Federation refuse to punish Samoa after Sierra Leone banned from Apia 2015 over Ebola", Inside the Games, 2 September 2015
- ^ Sports Archived 2021-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
- ^ Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Overall Competition Schedule v2 Archived 2021-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
External links
- Official website Archived 2021-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- http://samoa2015.thecgf.com Archived 2017-08-29 at the Wayback Machine