2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the VI Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Bahamas 2017, or Nassau 2017, was the sixth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000. The games were held from 19 to 23 July 2017 in Nassau, Bahamas.[1] 64 nations participated at the games. The Bahamas 2017 was the largest international sporting event ever to be hosted in The Bahamas, and the largest-ever edition of the Youth Games, with up to 1300 athletes. During the opening ceremony the Prime Minister of the Bahamas Hubert Minnis declared the games officially open.[2] It was the first the time that the tournament was opened by a prime minister instead of a monarch or a president.

Sixth Commonwealth Youth Games
Host cityNassau, The Bahamas
Nations64
Athletes1034
Events96
Opening18 July 2017
Closing23 July 2017
Opened byHubert Minnis
Queen's Baton Final RunnerTanya Robinson
Main venueThomas Robinson Stadium
Websitehttp://www.bahamas2017cyg.org/

Host selection

They were planned to be held in Castries, the capital of Saint Lucia, but Saint Lucia withdrew in 2015, citing financial difficulties. Canada and Scotland both offered to host the games if no other nation was willing to bid.[3][4]

In 2016, Nassau, Bahamas, was selected to host the 2017 edition.

The Games

It was the second edition of the Youth Games to be held on a Small Island Developing State, following the hugely successful Samoa 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in September 2015. It was also be the first Commonwealth Games event to be held in the Caribbean for over 50 years, with Commonwealth athletes last participating in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.

The Games were coordinated by the Bahamas Commonwealth Games Association and the Bahamas' Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The sports contested at the Bahamas 2017 were athletics, swimming, beach soccer, boxing, cycling (road), judo, rugby sevens, tennis, and beach volleyball. It was the first time judo, beach soccer, and beach volleyball have been presented at a Commonwealth Youth Games.[5][6]

  • Athletics – Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium
  • Beach soccer – Bahamas Football Association National Stadium
  • Beach volleyball - Queen Elizabeth Sports Center
  • Boxing and judo – Sir Kendal G. L. Isaacs Gymnasium
  • Cycling – Streets of New Providence
  • Rugby sevens – Old Thomas A. Robinson Stadium
  • Swimming – Betty Kelly-Kenning National Swim Complex
  • Tennis – National Tennis Center

Participating nations

There were 64 participating nations at the Games. The following countries did not send any athletes: Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Seychelles and Swaziland. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[7]

  •  Anguilla (5)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (18)
  •  Australia (75)
  •  Bahamas (100) (host nation)
  •  Bangladesh (4)
  •  Barbados (9)
  •  Belize (5)
  •  Bermuda (20)
  •  Botswana (14)
  •  British Virgin Islands (8)
  •  Canada (60)
  •  Cayman Islands (9)
  •  Cook Islands (3)
  •  Cyprus (13)
  •  Dominica (6)
  •  England (73)
  •  Fiji (33)
  •  Ghana (11)
  •  Gibraltar (6)
  •  Grenada (6)
  •  Guernsey (9)
  •  Guyana (10)
  •  India (31)
  •  Isle of Man (8)
  •  Jamaica (30)
  •  Jersey (7)
  •  Kenya (4)
  •  Kiribati (5)
  •  Lesotho (6)
  •  Malta (5)
  •  Malawi (4)
  •  Malaysia (14)
  •  Mauritius (4)
  •  Mozambique (6)
  •  Namibia (9)
  •  Nauru (2)
  •  New Zealand (33)
  •  Nigeria (22)
  •  Niue (4)
  •  Norfolk Island (1)
  •  Northern Ireland (18)
  •  Pakistan (5)
  •  Papua New Guinea (8)
  •  Rwanda (4)
  •  Saint Helena (4)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
  •  Saint Lucia (23)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
  •  Samoa (21)
  •  Scotland (40)
  •  Sierra Leone (4)
  •  Singapore (40)
  •  Solomon Islands (3)
  •  South Africa (23)
  •  Sri Lanka (28)
  •  Tanzania (4)
  •  Tonga (4)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (51)
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands (23)
  •  Tuvalu (2)
  •  Uganda (4)
  •  Vanuatu (2)
  •  Wales (38)
  •  Zambia (4)

Sports

The 2017 Games featured nine sports and introduced three new sports—beach soccer, judo and beach volleyball—whilst dropping archery, lawn bowls, weightlifting, and squash. cycling also made a return during these Games.

Schedule
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony
July 18
Tue		 19
Wed		 20
Thu		 21
Fri		 22
Sat		 23
Sun		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Athletics 7 5 8 9 29
Beach Soccer ● ● ● 2 2
Beach Volleyball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Boxing ● ● ● ● 11 11
Cycling 2 2 4
Judo 8 8
Rugby sevens ● ● 2 2
Swimming 9 9 9 8 35
Tennis ● ● ● ● 3 3
Total events 8 11 16 16 20 25 96
Cumulative total 8 19 35 51 71 96
July18
Tue		19
Wed		20
Thu		21
Fri		22
Sat		23
Sun		Events

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England23161251
2 Australia14141139
3 New Zealand814931
4 Scotland86721
5 South Africa83718
6 Singapore74617
7 India41611
8 Kenya3104
9 Canada27918
10 Wales26513
11 Northern Ireland25512
12 Jamaica2349
13 Trinidad and Tobago2215
14 Saint Lucia2002
 Zambia2002
16 Bahamas*121013
17 Bermuda1012
 Samoa1012
19 Antigua and Barbuda1001
 Guernsey1001
 Uganda1001
22 Cyprus0426
23 Sri Lanka0202
24 British Virgin Islands0112
25 Dominica0101
 Guyana0101
 Isle of Man0101
 Mozambique0101
29 Botswana0033
30 Fiji0022
31 Grenada0011
 Namibia0011
 Rwanda0011
 Tanzania0011
 Turks and Caicos Islands0011
Totals (35 entries)9595107297
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

References
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