This is a listing of nations that have participated inside the Commonwealth Games among 1930 and 2018. Participation in the Games is restricted to member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and their territories.[1] Although there are 54 contributors of the Commonwealth of Nations, 72 teams currently take part in the Commonwealth Games as a number of based territories compete below their own flags.[2] The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) additionally send separate groups.
Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
Over the years, other Commonwealth countries have attended the Commonwealth Games seeing that its inception in 1930: South Africa, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Zambia, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Gambia, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Maldives, Brunei, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Malta, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, Seychelles, Mauritius, Rwanda, Botswana, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth of Nations in 2003), Grenada, Guyana, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Nauru, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tuvalu and Kiribati, plus the United Kingdom Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories: Anguilla, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Niue, Cook Islands, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands, Norfolk Island, Montserrat, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Guernsey and Jersey.List of nations[edit]
This listing consists of all 72 modern-day CGAs in addition to some of obsolete CGAs, organized alphabetically. The three-letter us of a code is likewise listed for each CGA. Several international locations have modified in the course of the Games’ records; name adjustments are defined through footnotes after the kingdom’s call, and other notes are explained via footnotes linked inside the desk.Table legend[edit]30 In the desk headings, suggests the Games year•Participated inside the specific GamesHHost nation for the specified Games[a]Additional explanatory remarks at the related footnote Nation no longer a member, or territory of a member, of the Commonwealth of Nations all through these years CGA superseded or preceded by way of other CGA(s) at some point of these years-Nation did not participate due to suspension from the Commonwealth of NationsAlphabetical list[edit]Notes[edit]Name alternate notes[edit]
^ BIZ: Belize participated under its former name of British Honduras (HBR) in 1962 and 1966.
^ GHA: Ghana participated under its former call of Gold Coast (GCO) in 1954.
^ GUY: Guyana participated under its former name of British Guiana (BGU) among 1930 and 1962.
^ PNG: Papua New Guinea participated below its former name of Papua and New Guinea (PNG) between 1962 and 1970.
^ SAM: Samoa participated under its former name of Western Samoa (SAM) among 1974 and 1994.
^ SRI: Sri Lanka participated beneath its former name of Ceylon (CEY) between 1938 and 1970.
^ SWZ: Eswatini participated below its former call of Swaziland (SWZ) between 1970 and 2018.
^ ZAM: Zambia participated under its former name of Northern Rhodesia (NRH) in 1954 and 1958.
^ ZIM: Zimbabwe participated under its former name of Southern Rhodesia (SRH) among 1934 and 1958.
Note: Since the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth of Nations in 2003, Zimbabwe now not participates in all Commonwealth Games from 2006 onwards.Participation notes[edit]See Also[edit]
- Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
- List of CGF u . s . codes
- List of participating countries at the Summer Olympic Games
- List of taking part nations on the Winter Olympic Games
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