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The Commonwealth Youth Games are a small-scale version of the Commonwealth Games, designed for the youth of the 71 Commonwealth countries.
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History
The first Commonwealth Youth Games were held in, Scotland in August 2000 where 733 Athletes from 14 countries competed in 8 sports over 3 days. The second edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Australia in December 2004 and saw over 1000 athletes and officials from 22 countries in a 10-sport programme. The third Youth Games were held in the Indian city of Pune from 12 - 18 October 2008 where 71 nations and territories participated in 9 sports. A decision was taken by the Commonwealth Games Federation at their General Assembly in 2005 to move the Youth Games outside of the Olympic Games year and in doing so awarded the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games to the Isle of Man. A decision was taken at the General Assembly in 2008 to award the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games to Samoa and also to subsequently adjust the quadrennial cycle, so that future events will take place in 2017, 2021 and so on. All competitors in the Commonwealth Youth Games will be a minimum of 14 and maximum of 18 in the year of competition (i.e. their 18th birthday is during the calendar year in which the Games is held) and a maximum number of 1000 competitors are invited to participate from every Commonwealth Games Association.[1]
List of Commonwealth Youth Games
Edition Year Location Sports I 2000 
Edinburgh8 II 2004 
Bendigo10 III 2008 
Pune9 IV 2011 
Isle of Man7 V 2015 
Apia7 VI 2017 
Castries7 See Also
- Summer Youth Olympics
References
Commonwealth Youth Games International junior and youth athletics competitions World Continental Under-23 European U23 Championships • North American, Central American and Caribbean Under-23 Championships • South American Under-23 ChampionshipsUnder-20 African Junior Championships • Asian Junior Championships • CARIFTA Games • Central American and Caribbean Junior/Youth Championships • European Junior Championships • Oceania Junior Championships • Pan American Junior Championships • South American Junior ChampionshipsUnder-18 Arab Youth Championships • CARIFTA Games • Central American and Caribbean Junior/Youth Championships • Oceania Youth Championships • South American Youth ChampionshipsUnder-16 Central American and Caribbean Age Group ChampionshipsMulti-sport
eventsYouth Olympic Games • Gymnasiade • Commonwealth Youth Games • Asian Youth Games • European Youth Olympic Festival • Australian Youth Olympic FestivalSee also: World records – Junior • Youth Multi-sport event Global Associations Communities Islamic Solidarity Games • Gay Games • Maccabiah Games • Pan-Armenian Games • Women's Islamic Games • World OutgamesDisabled sport Professions Youth and
studentsAustralian Youth Olympic Festival • Commonwealth Youth Games • CPLP Games • European Youth Olympic Festival • Gymnasiade • SELL Student Games • Universiade • World Interuniversity Games • Youth Olympic GamesOther sport Olympic alternatives1 Regional Africa Americas Bolivarian Games • CANUSA Games • Central American and Caribbean Games • Central American Games • North American Indigenous Games • Pan American Games • Parapan American Games • South American GamesAsia ASEAN ParaGames • Asian Beach Games • Asian Games • Asian Winter Games • Asian Indoor Games1 • Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games • Asian Martial Arts Games1 • Asian Para Games • Asian Youth Games • Children of Asia International Sports Games • East Asian Games • Central Asian Games • Southeast Asian Games • South Asian Games • West Asian GamesEurope Balkan Games • Black Sea Games • EuroGames • European Youth Olympic Festival • Games of the Small States of EuropeOceania Inter-continental Afro-Asian Games • Arafura Games • Arctic Winter Games • FESPIC Games1 • Indian Ocean Island Games • Mediterranean Games • Nordic Games • Pan Arab GamesNational Asia India • Indian Empire1 • Indonesia • Japan • Malaysia • People's Republic of China (rural; amateur) • South Korea (Summer • Winter • Junior • Para • Winter Para • Youth Para) • Philippines • Thailand (youth) • Singapore • VietnamAmericas Europe Oceania National Congress
of State Games2Alabama · Arizona · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Florida · Georgia · Hawai'i · Idaho (summer; winter) · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Maine · Massachusetts · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Texas · Utah (summer; winter) · Virginia · Washington · Wisconsin · Wyoming1Defunct. 2Sub-national. 351 component games in 36 U.S. states.
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