Jeux de la Francophonie

The Jeux de la Francophonie (Canadian English: Francophonie Games; British English: Francophone Games) are a combination of artistic and sporting events for the Francophonie, mostly French-speaking nations and former colonies of France, held every four years since 1989.

Editions

Year	Edition	Opened by	Date	Host city	No. of Athletes (nations)
1989	I	Hassan II	8–22 July	Template:Flagicon Casablanca & Rabat, Morocco	1,700 (39)
1994	II	François Mitterrand	5–13 July	Template:Flagicon Paris, Évry & Bondoufle, France	2,700 (45)
1997	III	Didier Ratsiraka	27 August – 6 September	Template:Flagicon Antananarivo, Madagascar	2,300 (38)
2001	IV	Adrienne Clarkson	14–24 July	Template:Flagicon and Template:Flagicon Ottawa–Gatineau, Canada	2,400 (51)
2005	V	Mamadou Tandja	7–17 December	Template:Flagicon Niamey, Niger	2,500 (44)
2009	VI	Michel Suleiman	27 September – 6 October	Template:Flagicon Beirut, Lebanon	2,500 (40)
2013	VII	François Hollande	6–15 September	Template:Flagicon Nice, France	2,700 (54)
2017	VIII	Alassane Ouattara	21–30 July	Template:Flagicon Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	4,000 (49)
2023	IX	Félix Tshisekedi	28 July – 6 August	Template:Flagicon Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	3,000 (36)
2027	X	TBA	23 July – 1 August	Template:Flagicon Yerevan, Armenia	TBD

Events

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, parasports and beach volleyball competitions were held. Neither of these 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 Athletics (Template:DetailsLink) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023
• Basketball Basketball (Template:DetailsLink) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023
• Beach volleyball Beach volleyball (Template:DetailsLink) : 2001, 2009
• Boxing Boxing (Template:DetailsLink) : 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
• Cycling Cycling (Template:DetailsLink) : 2013, 2023
• File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Road cycling (demonstration) (Template:DetailsLink) : 2017
• Athletics Disabled sports (Template:DetailsLink) : 2001, 2009, 2017, 2023
• Football Football (Template:DetailsLink) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023
• Handball Handball (Template:DetailsLink) : 1994
• Judo Judo (Template:DetailsLink) : 1989, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023
• Table tennis Table tennis (Template:DetailsLink) : 1994, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023
• Tennis Tennis (Template:DetailsLink) : 1997
• Wrestling Wrestling (Template:DetailsLink) : 1994, 2013, 2017, 2023
• Traditional wrestling Traditional African wrestling (Template:DetailsLink) : 2005 (demonstration), 2013, 2017, 2023

Cultural

The Jeux de la Francophonie are distinctive, if not unique, among international multi-sport competitions for including competitive cultural performances and exhibitions, complete with gold, silver, and bronze medals for winning participants.

• Song (Template:DetailsLink)
• Storytelling (Template:DetailsLink)
• Traditional inspiration dance (Template:DetailsLink)
• Poetry (Template:DetailsLink)
• Painting (Template:DetailsLink)
• Photography (Template:DetailsLink)
• Sculpture (Template:DetailsLink)

In 2001, street art was featured as a demonstration event.

Medal table

An all-time Jeux de la Francophonie Medal Table from 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie to 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, is tabulated below. The table is the sum of the medal tables of the various editions of the Jeux de la Francophonie.

Participation

The Jeux de la Francophonie are open to athletes and artists of the 57 member nations, 6 associate member nations and 25 observer nations and governaments of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Canada is represented by three teams: Quebec, New Brunswick (the only officially bilingual Canadian province), and a team representing the remainder of Canada. The Belgian team is restricted to athletes from the French-speaking areas of the country.

Participation has so far varied between 1,700 and 4,000 athletes and artists in the past 20 years.

56 member nations or governments

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Five associate member nations

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Observer territories, nations, and provinces

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See also

• Commonwealth Games
• Lusophony Games
• Mediterranean Games

External links

• Official site of the Comité international des jeux de la Francophonie Template:In lang