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Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
residents participate in a wide variety of sports for recreation and competition. Football,
basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
,
volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
,
Dragon Boat A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak, but in other parts of China, different kinds of wood are used. It is one of a family ...
,
jogging Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods ...
,
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
,
table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
, and
badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
are among the most popular in the community. Local leagues and competitions are organized regularly every year, but owing to Macau's small population (about half a million) professional leagues are financially unfeasible and so most participants are merely local sport enthusiasts. There are many sport associations and clubs in Macau which frequently organize local or regional sporting events and competitions. Owing to the amateur nature of local sports, all sport associations and clubs in Macau are run by organizations under government subsidies or sponsorships. The Macau Sport Development Board is the department responsible for Macau's sport development, venue operations and organization of major international sport events held in Macau (except the
Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...
, which is organized by the Macau Grand Prix Committee ).


Sport participation among the locals

There are over 50 sport associations in Macau. Their roles and responsibilities include organizing local and regional competitions, youth training, promoting sports to the local community, co-ordinating with the authorities to organize international sporting events and competitions. Under these associations there are hundreds of different sport clubs registered to the authority. Non-professional leagues are organized for clubs to compete with one another. Leagues such as the football league, the basketball league, the volleyball league, dragon boating and the student leagues of various sports are those which attract the largest number of participants.


Football

In Macau, football is very popular and apart from playing the standard 11-a-side football, there is also another football league which uses smaller artificial pitches (75 × 50 metres) and smaller football (size No. 4, instead of No. 5 in standard football matches). This is mainly due to the lack of standard-size football pitches and it is easier to build and maintain smaller artificial pitches.


Basketball

Basketball is another popular sport in Macau. The game is generally played under
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rules and basketball courts (both outdoor and indoor) are widely available to the public. Non-professional basketball leagues are held each year and players who have decent performance in these leagues are generally selected for the Macau SAR Team.


Dragon Boating

Dragon Boating A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak, but in other parts of China, different kinds of wood are used. It is one of a family of t ...
is a very popular sport in Macau due to its Chinese heritage. In 1979, the Macau Sport Bureau organised the first Macau Dragon Boat festival – an annual international dragon boating regatta held during the Dragon Boat Festival(). Most dragon boat paddlers are between 20 – 40 years in age, with some teams incorporating junior paddlers as young as 16 years old.


Jogging and running

Jogging and running are popular among the middle-aged and elder ones. Most of them jog or run early in the morning or in the evening along a public footpath surrounding the Guia Hill in the Macau Peninsula, which is well known among the locals because of its ideal nature for running or jogging – no vehicle traffic, path surrounded by trees and bushes, loop-path, tarmac paving, path wide enough for either directions. Sometimes local running competitions are held up there. Since 2007 the Macau Sport Development Board has opened up tracks in some sports venues to the public as a means of providing space for joggers and runners. In the past, the tracks were not available to the general public and were only reserved for team training, school's sports day or local competitions. This is especially beneficial to people who live relatively far from the Guia Hill and are interested in jogging or running on a regular basis.


Rugby

Macau has a national rugby union side, which competes in international competitions, and there is also Macau Rugby Club, which takes part in various competition

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and rugby tens tournaments have been held in the territory, and the game benefits from rugby's much stronger presence in neighbouring
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.


Wushu

Wushu, a sport coming from China, is very popular in Macau. Macau has had a very high level wushu team for decades and it ranks seventh in the overall medal table for the
World Wushu Championships The World Wushu Championships (WWC) is an international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sports of wushu taolu and sanda (sanshou). It has been held biennially since 1991 and is the pinnacle even ...
as of 2019. Macau's only gold medals in the Asian Games were achieved by wushu athletes
Jia Rui Jia Rui (; born February 18, 1987), is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau. He was one of the most dominant wushu taolu athletes of the 2000s and the early 2010s, and won the first gold medal for Macau at the Asian Games. ...
and
Huang Junhua Huang Junhua (; born 29 December 1991) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau. He is a two-time world champion and the second ever gold medallist for Macau at the Asian Games. Career Huang made his international debut at the 20 ...
in 2010 and
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respectively.


International sporting events held in Macau


Annual events


Macau Grand Prix

The
Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...
is an annual motor-racing event which takes place in November. Bearing similarities with the Monaco Grand Prix circuit in
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, the Macau circuit, known as the Guia Circuit, is a street-circuit bounded by crash barriers with almost no run-off areas. Famous for its combination of fast long straights (a
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car can reach a top speed of 260 km/h at the end of this stretch ) and uphill-downhill twists, it has been known as one of the most demanding circuit in the world. Every year hundreds of racing drivers and riders from the world gather in the enclave and fight for glory in this circuit. Since the event was upgraded from
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to
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, the
Macau Grand Prix The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...
has become a stepping stone for future
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drivers, as it has always been a stage for competitions between newly crowned Formula 3 champions from Britain, Europe, Japan and other Formula 3 championships. Famous drivers include
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,
Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher (; ; born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Lewis ...
,
Mika Häkkinen Mika Pauli Häkkinen (; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed "The Flying Finn", is a Finnish former racing driver. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1998 and 1999, both times driving for McLaren. Häkkinen is one of three Fo ...
,
David Coulthard David Marshall Coulthard (; born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver from Scotland, later turned presenter, commentator and journalist. Nicknamed 'DC', he competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between and , taking 13 Grand Prix vi ...
,
Ralf Schumacher Ralf Schumacher (born 30 June 1975) is a German former racing driver. He is the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, and the pair are the only siblings to each win Formula One races. Schumacher began kart ...
,
Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...
etc. Due to the historical value of the event and its substantial contribution to Macau's tourism industry, a museum named the Grand Prix Museum has been established as a place where fans can recapture their fond memories of the event's past and present. More than 20 racing cars which have been driven by world-renowned names in the motorsport world, electric-operated motor cars, racing accessories and videos related to the Grand Prix are displayed in the museum. Visitors can capture the history of motor-racing in Macau in the past 40 years. The museum also displays many historical pictures of breathtaking races in the past, and two racing
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are provided for visitors to have a feel of racing.


FIVB Volleyball Grand Prix

The
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is known as one of the major international sports events being held in Macau annually. Macau was granted the right to host a round of the FIVB
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series in 1994 for the first time and since then Macau has held the event annually except in 2003 and 2004 when the venue, Macau Forum, was under renovation for the 2005
East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic ...
. Macau was also the venue for the 2001 Final.


Macau Open (Golf)

The
Macau Open The Macau Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Asian Tour which takes place in Macau. It was founded in 1998. The venue is the Macau Golf and Country Club at Coloane. Past winners including international stars and multiple Europea ...
is a professional
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which is held in May each year since 1998 and is one of the rounds of the
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. It is played at the Macau Golf and Country Club situated at
Coloane Coloane (Cantonese: Lou Wan) is a former island in Macau that is united with the island of Taipa by an area of reclaimed land known as Cotai. It is located at the southern part of Macau. Administratively, the boundaries of the traditional civil pa ...
,
Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
. Famous winners include Lee Westwood (1999 Champion) and
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(2003 Champion).


Macau Open (Squash)

The
Macau Open The Macau Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Asian Tour which takes place in Macau. It was founded in 1998. The venue is the Macau Golf and Country Club at Coloane. Past winners including international stars and multiple Europea ...
is a
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tournament held in
Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
in October. It is part of the PSA World Tour and the WSA World Tour.


Macau Open Badminton Championships

The
Macau Open Badminton Championships The Macau Open Badminton Championships is an open international championship in badminton held in Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and spe ...
is an open international championship in
badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
held in
Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
since 2006. It is held at either the
Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion The Tap Seac Multi-sports Pavilion (; pt, Pavilhão Polidesportivo Tap Seac) is an indoor sporting arena located in São Lázaro, Macau, China. The land on which the Tap Seac Multi-sport Pavilion sits at present belongs to the Ho-Tung Primary Sc ...
, the
Cotai Arena The Cotai Arena is an indoor arena located on the premises of The Venetian Macao, on the Cotai Strip, in Macau, China. It opened in 2007 with a seating capacity of 15,000. The arena was known as Venetian Arena from 2007 to 2010, when it was renam ...
or the
Macau Forum Macau Forum (, pt, Forum de Macau) is a venue connected to the adjacent Macao Polytechnic University Multisport Pavilion and Media Centre located at Avenida de Marciano Baptista, in Sé, Macau, China. Macao Forum used to be the largest indoor ven ...
. In 2007, the tournament was categorised by the Badminton World Federation as Grand Prix Gold level event, which carried a total prize money of US$120,000.


Macau International Marathron

The Macau International Marathron is held in December every year. There are three categories in the competition: the Marathron, the Half Marathron and the Mini Marathron.


One-off events


2007 Asian Indoor Games

The right to host the second edition of the spectacular
Asian Indoor Games The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martial ...
in 2007 was granted to Macau at the
Olympic Council of Asia The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current Acting President is Raja Randhir Singh, substituting Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah. The headquarters ...
(OCA) General Assembly Meeting, which was held in
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on 24 January 2003. At the same meeting, the locally designed
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of the Macau 2007, second Asian Indoor Games was also unanimously approved. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has established the Asian Indoor Games as a competition that will take place every two years and will introduce certain kinds of sports with TV broadcasting potential but not necessarily competed in the traditional Asian Games or
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. The competition program was composed of six to eight kinds of sports with strong television appeal, including
extreme sports Action sports, adventure sports or extreme sports are activities perceived as involving a high degree of risk. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Extreme tourism overl ...
,
aerobics Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness ( flexibility, muscular strength, and cardio-vascular fitness). ...
, acrobatics, indoor
athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
,
dancesport Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. In the case of Para dancesport, at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair. Dancesport events are sanctioned and regulated by dancesport organizatio ...
,
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
,
inline hockey Roller inline hockey, or inline hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The spo ...
,
finswimming Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath or ...
, and 25 metres short course
swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
. The Games were held between 26 October and 3 November 2007.


2006 Lusophony Games


2005 East Asian Games

The fourth
East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic ...
Association (EAGA) Council meeting held in
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in March 1996 awarded Macau the right to host the fourth East Asian Games. They were held between October 29, 2005, and November 6, 2005. China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Hong Kong,
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, Chinese Taipei,
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sent a total of more than 2,800 athletes and officials. There were 17 sports and 235 events at the games, which included:
Aquatics Aquatics may refer to: *Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming *Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...
,
Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
,
Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
,
Bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thou ...
,
Dancesport Dancesport is competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. In the case of Para dancesport, at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair. Dancesport events are sanctioned and regulated by dancesport organizatio ...
,
Dragon boat A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak, but in other parts of China, different kinds of wood are used. It is one of a family ...
, football,
Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...
,
Hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
,
Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...
, Karate-do,
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, Soft tennis,
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,
Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
,
Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...
, and Wushu. By utilizing and swirling the five symbolic colors from the
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together, the emblem of the games displayed the Olympic Spirit in a new guise. It also reflected the dynamic power of the Five Elements – metal, wood, water, fire and Earth. The Mascot of fourth East Asian Games ""
/ref> was a squirrel called "Pak Pak (柏柏)". "Pak Pak" comes from Macau's Guia Hill where there are many Fir trees, and is also the site of the oldest lighthouse on the Chinese coast – the
Guia Lighthouse The Guia Fortress ( pt, Fortaleza da Guia; ) is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex in São Lázaro, Macau. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau. The view of the fortre ...
.


Macau in International Competition

Macau competes separately from Mainland China in various international sporting events.


Olympic Asian Games

Macau has been participating in the Olympic Asian Games since the 1990 Asian Games. They have claimed 2 golds, 11 silver and 20 bronze medals (No. 33).


Asian Youth Games The Asian Youth Games, also known as AYG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The Games are described as the second largest multi-sp ...

Macau won one silver medal and one bronze medal.


Asian Indoor Games The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martial ...

At Asian Indoor Games They have claimed 7 golds, 13 silver and 13 bronze medals (14th place).


East Asian Olympic Games

Macau has participated in every East Asian Olympic Games since 2001, being a member of the East Asian Games Association (EAGA).


East Asian Youth Games The East Asian Youth Games (EAYG) is a continental multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asi ...

Macau is a member of the East Asian Youth Games.


Portuguese-speaking olympic games

The first Lusophone Games (Portuguese: 1.os Jogos da Lusofonia) were held in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China between 7 and 15 October 2006. Macau have claimed 16 golds, 15 silver and 33 bronze medals (4th place).


World Games The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...

Won a bronze medal in the women's 52 kg kick boxing competition in the 2017 World Games.


Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

Macau won two gold medals.


Paralympic games

Macau has a
National Paralympic Committee A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...
(NPC), and it is a member of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Macau has competed at the Paralympics since 1980.


Deaflympics

Macau has participated in the Summer Deaflympics 4 times since 2001. The country has never participated in the Winter Games.


See also

* Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau


References

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