Commonwealth Games Association

A Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) is a national sports council of the Commonwealth Sports movement. Each association is responsible for organising, supporting and overseeing their national team for both the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games.^[1] The associations are subject to the rules of, and report to, the Commonwealth Games Federation.^[2] As well as promoting sports nationally, an association can also place a bid for the Commonwealth Games for a potential host city.^[3]^[4] While some nations have a stand-alone association dealing exclusively with the Commonwealth Games (particularly the Home Nations, the Crown Dependencies and most^[5] of the British Overseas Territories, all of whom compete at the Olympics as one Great Britain team but compete as separate teams at the Commonwealth Games), in many of the Commonwealth nations, the local National Olympic Committee performs the function of Commonwealth Games Association for that nation. In a few nations, such as Eswatini and Malawi, the local organisation carries both names in its normal title.

Current member associations

As stated in the CGF Constitution, the current 72 member associations are grouped into the following regions:^[6] Gabon and Togo are members of the Commonwealth but have not yet formed or maintained any associations with the Commonwealth Games Federation. Gabon and Togo will make their debuts for the 2026 Commonwealth Games bringing the member associations to 74.

Africa

Americas

Asia

Caribbean

Europe

Oceania

Former member associations

The following 10 have been members of the CGA in the past, before their nations withdrew from the Commonwealth or merged with other members.

References

^ "Youth athletes forced to look long-term after Commonwealth Games postponement". 27 May 2020.
^ "The Commonwealth Games Federation | Commonwealth Games Federation".
^ "Hamilton pivots to bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games following CGF encouragement". 26 May 2020.
^ "The Commonwealth Games Associations". Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
^ The British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands compete separately at the Olympic Games
^ Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth Games Federation (PDF). CGF. May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Youth athletes forced to look long-term after Commonwealth Games postponement". 27 May 2020.

[2] "The Commonwealth Games Federation | Commonwealth Games Federation".

[3] "Hamilton pivots to bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games following CGF encouragement". 26 May 2020.

[4] "The Commonwealth Games Associations". Archived from the original on 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

[5] The British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands compete separately at the Olympic Games

[6] Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth Games Federation (PDF). CGF. May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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v t e Commonwealth Games
CGF Bids CGAs Participating nations Commonwealth Day Inter-Empire Championships Queen's Baton Relay Medal table Sports Records Mascots Results
Commonwealth Games	1930 Hamilton 1934 London 1938 Sydney 1950 Auckland 1954 Vancouver 1958 Cardiff 1962 Perth 1966 Kingston 1970 Edinburgh 1974 Christchurch 1978 Edmonton 1982 Brisbane 1986 Edinburgh 1990 Auckland 1994 Victoria 1998 Kuala Lumpur 2002 Manchester 2006 Melbourne 2010 Delhi 2014 Glasgow 2018 Gold Coast 2022 Birmingham 2026 Glasgow 2030 TBA
Commonwealth Youth Games	2000 Edinburgh 2004 Bendigo 2008 Pune 2011 Isle of Man 2015 Apia 2017 Nassau 2023 Trinidad and Tobago
Category Commons

v t e Commonwealth Youth Games
CGF CGAs Commonwealth of Nations Head of the Commonwealth Participating nations Sports
Games	2000 Edinburgh 2004 Bendigo 2008 Pune 2011 Isle of Man 2015 Apia 2017 Nassau 2023 Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Winter Games Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

v t e Commonwealth Games Associations
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Eswatini The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei Malaysia Maldives India Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Former	British North Borneo Hong Kong Ireland Newfoundland Sarawak Federation of South Arabia Zimbabwe