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]

5th Commonwealth Youth Game
Host cityApia, Samoa[1]
Nations65
Athletes807
Events170 in 9 sports
OpeningSeptember 5th
ClosingSeptember 11th
Opened byTufuga Efi[2]
Main venueApia Park
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All events took place in the capital city, Apia. The opening and closing ceremonies were held in Apia Park, which also hosted the athletics, rugby and tennis competitions. All other events (boxing, swimming, squash, weightlifting and lawn bowls) were hosted in the Faleata Sports Complex.[1]

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.[4] Sierra Leone's delegation of seven athletes were prevented from taking part, as the Samoan government refused to grant them visas, citing fears over the spread of ebola. The Commonwealth Games Federation appealed unsuccessfully to Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi to reverse that decision, but also rejected Ghana's request that Samoa be subjected to sanctions as a result.[5]

Sports

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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.

Medal table

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As of September 11, 2015 (information from official website)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia (AUS)24191962
2  South Africa (RSA)1371535
3  England (ENG)12161644
4  Malaysia (MAS)113317
5  India (IND)94619
6  New Zealand (NZL)79521
7  Nigeria (NGR)62311
8  Northern Ireland (NIR)44412
9  Kenya (KEN)4307
  Scotland (SCO)4307
11  Jamaica (JAM)4116
12  Samoa (SAM)24612
13  Fiji (FIJ)2215
14  Botswana (BOT)2013
15  Wales (WAL)1539
16  Cameroon (CMR)1023
  Papua New Guinea (PNG)1023
18  Bangladesh (BAN)1012
19  Barbados (BAR)1001
  Ghana (GHA)1001
  Guernsey (GGY)1001
22  Sri Lanka (SRI)0426
23  Uganda (UGA)0224
24  Pakistan (PAK)0202
25  Anguilla (AIA)0101
  Canada (CAN)0101
  Cayman Islands (CAY)0101
  Cook Islands (COK)0101
  Dominica (DMA)0101
  Isle of Man (IOM)0101
  Namibia (NAM)0101
  Tonga (TGA)0101
33  Mauritius (MRI)0022
  Norfolk Island (NFK)0022
35  Cyprus (CYP)0011
  Guyana (GUY)0011
  Saint Lucia (LCA)0011
  Seychelles (SEY)0011
  Solomon Islands (SOL)0011
  Zambia (ZAM)0011
Totals (40 entries)11198102311

References

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  1. ^ a b "Samoa to host 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games", Fiji Daily Post, November 25, 2008
  2. ^ "Opening gets mass park". samoaobserver.ws. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee". SportingPulse. 2008-06-30. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  4. ^ "Entertaining Opening Ceremony brings curtain up on Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games", Inside the Games, 5 September 2015
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games Federation refuse to punish Samoa after Sierra Leone banned from Apia 2015 over Ebola", Inside the Games, 2 September 2015
  6. ^ Sports Archived 2021-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
  7. ^ Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015 Overall Competition Schedule v2 Archived 2021-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. SamoaCYG2015. Retrieved on 2015-09-07.
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