2022 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations explained

During the Parade of Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, held on 28 July 2022, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations lead their national delegations as they paraded into Alexander Stadium in the host city of Birmingham, England. A total of 72 Commonwealth Games Associations entered into the stadium.

Parade order

As per tradition, Australia (as the host of the last games) entered first, followed by the rest of the Oceania region. Following this all countries entered in alphabetical order within their respective region groups. After Oceania, countries from Africa, America, Asia, the Caribbean and lastly Europe entered. The host nation, England, entered last.

Countries and flag bearers

Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. Names are given in the form officially designated by the CGF.

Order	Nation	Flag bearer	Sport
1		Eddie Ockenden	Field hockey	^[1]
Rachael Grinham		Squash
2		Aidan Zittersteijn	Lawn bowls	^[2]
Nooroa Mataio
3		Semesa Naiseruvati	Lawn bowls	^[3]
Naibili Vatunisolo		Para-athletics
4
5		Christon Amram	Boxing	^[4]
Maximina Uepa		Weightlifting
6		Tom Walsh	Athletics	^[5]
Joelle King		Squash
7		Travis Tapatuetoa	Boxing	^[6]
Olivia Buckingham		Lawn bowls
8		Tim Sheridan	Lawn bowls	^[7]
Shae Wilson
9			Boxing	^[8] ^[9]
		Athletics
10
11
12			Rugby sevens	^[10]
		Weightlifting
13
14		Joe Mahit	Judo	^[11]
Miller Pata		Beach volleyball
Ellie Enock		Para-athletics Para powerlifting
15		Bayapo Ndori	Athletics	^[12]
Aratwa Kasemang		Boxing
16		Emmanuel Eseme	Athletics	^[13]
Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina		Judo
17		Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Athletics	^[14]
Hayley Hoy		Swimming
18		Modou Gamo	Para powerlifting	^[15]
Wurrie Njadoe		Athletics
19
20		Ferdinand Omanyala	Athletics	^[16]
Carolina Wanjira		3x3 wheelchair basketball
21		Lerato Sechele	Athletics	^[17]
Tumelo Makae		Cycling
22
23		Merven Clair	Boxing	^[18]
Priscilla Morand		Judo
Noemi Alphonse		Para-athletics
24		Caio Lobo	Swimming	^[19]
Alcinda Panguana		Boxing
25		Ananias Shikongo	Para-athletics	^[20]
Christine Mboma		Athletics
26		Nnamdi Chinecherem	Athletics	^[21]
Folashade Oluwafemiayo		Para powerlifting
27		Ntagengwa Olivier	Beach volleyball	^[22]
Diane Ingabire		Cycling
28		Keddy Agnes	Boxing	^[23]
Natasha Chetty		Athletics
29		Joshua Wyse	Swimming	^[24]
Hafsatu Kamara		Athletics
30		Christian Sadie	Para-swimming	^[25]
Bongiwe Msomi		Netball
31
32		Michael Wokorach	Rugby sevens	^[26]
Peace Proscovia		Netball
33		Muzala Samukonga	Athletics	^[27]
Margret Tembo		Boxing
34		Izaak Bastian	Swimming	^[28]
Lilly Higgs
35		Shaun Gill	Athletics	^[29]
Alicia Thompson		Cycling
36		Dage Minors	Athletics	^[30]
Emma Keane		Squash
37		Josh Cassidy	Para-athletics	^[31]
Maude Charron		Weightlifting
38		Doug Clark	Badminton	^[32]
Daphne Arthur-Almond		Lawn bowls
39		Keevin Allicock	Boxing	^[33]
Aliyah Abrams		Athletics
40
41		Sura Krishna	Boxing	^[34] ^[35]
Mabia Aktar		Weightlifting
42
43				^[36] ^[37]
44		Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Para powerlifting	^[38]
Aifa Azman		Squash
45		Zayan Zaki	Badminton	^[39]
Fathimath Nimal		Table tennis
46		Muhammad Inam		^[40] ^[41]
Bismah Maroof		Cricket
47		Terry Hee	Badminton	^[42]
Nur Aini Yasli		Para powerlifting
48		Indika Dissanayake	Weightlifting	^[43] ^[44]
Chamari Athapaththu		Cricket
49		Hasani Hennis
Tri-Tania Lowe		Athletics
50
51		Matthew Wright	Triathlon	^[45]
Latonia Blackman		Netball
52		Rikkoi Brathwaite	Athletics
Beyoncé De Freitas
53		Rasheem Brown	Athletics
Alison Jackson		Swimming
54		Dennick Luke	Athletics
Thea LaFond
55		Kurt Felix	Athletics
Tilly Collymore		Swimming
56		Oshane Edie	Rugby sevens	^[46]
Jhaniele Fowler		Netball
57				^[47]
58		St. Clair Hodge	Beach volleyball	^[48]
Amya Clarke		Athletics
59		Arthur Langelier	Boxing	^[49]
Julien Alfred		Athletics
60		Shane Cadogan	Swimming
Mikeisha Welcome		Athletics
61		Jereem Richards	Athletics
Michelle-Lee Ahye
62		Courtney Missick	Athletics	^[50]
Arleigha Hall		Swimming
63		Marios Georgiou	Gymnastics	^[51]
Zoi Konstantopoulou		Beach volleyball
64		Derek Barbara	Cycling	^[52]
Holly O'Shea		Weightlifting
65		Marc Cox	Cycling	^[53]
Elena Johnson		Badminton
66		Mark Cavendish	Cycling	^[54]
Laura Kinley		Swimming
67			Cycling	^[55]
68		Kijan Sultana	Squash	^[56]
Tenishia Thornton		Weightlifting
69		Martin McHugh	Lawn bowls	^[57]
Michaela Walsh		Boxing
70		Micky Yule	Para powerlifting	^[58]
Kirsty Gilmour		Badminton
71		Geraint Thomas	Cycling	^[59]
Tesni Evans		Squash
72		Jack Laugher	Diving	^[60]
Emily Campbell		Weightlifting

Notes and References

1. News: Harris. Rob. 28 July 2022. Rachael Grinham, Eddie Ockenden to bear Australian flag at Commonwealth Games opening. The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia. 28 July 2022.
2. News: Kumar. Rashneel. 26 July 2022. Bowling pair named Team Cook Islands’ flagbearers. Cook Islands News. Avarua, Cook Islands. 26 July 2022.
3. News: Seru. Maikeli. 27 July 2022. Duo lead Fiji; Vatunisolo and Naiseruvatu chosen as flag bearers at Commonwealth Games. The Fiji Times. Suva, Fiji. 27 July 2022.
4. News: 27 July 2022. Commonwealth Games 2022: Joelle King and Tom Walsh honoured as New Zealand flagbearers in Birmingham. The New Zealand Herald. Auckland, New Zealand. 27 July 2022.
5. News: 27 July 2022. Commonwealth Games 2022: Joelle King and Tom Walsh honoured as New Zealand flagbearers in Birmingham. The New Zealand Herald. Auckland, New Zealand. 27 July 2022.
6. Web site: Lawn bowler to fly Niuean flag at Commonwealth Games. Manukuo. Matt. 25 July 2022. www.pacificmedianetwork.com/. Pacific Media Network. 27 July 2022. 27 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220727213038/https://pacificmedianetwork.com/articles/lawn-bowler-to-fly-niuean-flag-at-commonwealth-games. dead.
7. Web site: With only 10 days to go until Birmingham 2022, our small but might team are ready . 17 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Team Norfolk Island. 27 July 2022.
8. Web site: Jumper Kaputin picked as PNG flagbearer for Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. Rowbottom. Mike. 2 July 2022. Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 8 July 2022.
9. News: 28 May 2022. Ume is Team PNG's Male Flag Bearer. Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 28 May 2022. 28 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220728010832/https://postcourier.com.pg/ume-is-team-pngs-male-flag-bearer/. dead.
10. Web site: Shirtless Tongan athlete steals show at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Goodwin. Sam. 29 July 2022. www.ca.news.yahoo.com/. Yahoo!. 30 July 2022.
11. News: 22 July 2022. VASANOC stand by their statement on no government financial assistance for Commonwealth Games. Vanuatu Post. 22 July 2022.
12. Web site: Our Flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony left : Aratwa Kasemang [Boxing], right:Bayapo Ndori [Athletics]]. 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Botswana National Olympic Committee. 30 July 2022.
13. News: Welleng. Dilian. 21 July 2022. Commonwealth, Islamic Games : State Blessings For Team Camerron. Cameroon Tribune. Yaoundé, Cameroon.
14. News: 4 flag bearers in Commonwealth Games. 25 July 2022. Times of Swaziland. 24 July 2022.
15. Web site: Our joint flag bearer Wurrie Njadoe ready for her maiden commonwealth games. . 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Gambia National Olympic Committee. 30 July 2022.
16. News: Ayodi. Ayumba. 27 July 2022. Omanyala, Wanjira Kenya's flag-bearers as games start. Daily Nation. Nairobi, Kenya. 27 July 2022.
17. Web site:
    1. teamlesotho Commonwealth Games updates!! #triplejumper Lerato Sechele and top MBT #cyclist Tumelo Makae have been named joint flag bearers for the team during the Opening Ceremony of the #B2022 Commonwealth Games
    . 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Lesotho National Olympic Committee. 28 July 2022.
18. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Morand, Clair and Alphonse designated flag bearers. 14 July 2022. www.mauritiusolympic.org/. Mauritius Olympic Committee. 14 July 2022.
19. Web site: Reação de Alcinda Panguana e Caio Lobo após serem escolhidos porta-bandeira. Reaction of Alcinda Panguana and Caio Lobo after being chosen flag bearer. pt. 28 July 2022. www.youtube.com/. National Olympic Committee of Mozambique. 28 July 2022.
20. Web site: Namibia choose trailblazing Paralympian and Olympian to carry flag at Birmingham 2022. Barker. Philip. 26 July 2022. Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 26 July 2022.
21. News: 28 July 2022. 2022 Commonwealth Games: Oborodudu, Nnamdi are Team Nigeria Captain, Flagbearer. Ogunyale. Bunmi. The Sun. Lagos, Nigeria. 28 July 2022.
22. RwandaCGA. 1552339196492267520. Update: On this Thursday, during the opening ceremony of Commonwealth Games 2022. Ntagengwa Olivier and Ingabire Diane will be the Flag bears of #Rwanda.
23. News: Bonnelame, Betymie. Nicette. Sedrick. 22 July 2022. Seychelles aiming for gold at upcoming Commonwealth Games. Seychelles News Agency. Victoria, Seychelles. 22 July 2022.
24. News: 20 July 2022. 32 Athletes to represent Sierra Leone in Birmingham. Awoko. Freetown, Sierra Leone. 5 August 2022.
25. News: Mateza. Mawande. 25 July 2022. Msomi and Sadie Named Team SA's Commonwealth Games Flagbearers. Eyewitness News. Cape Town, South Africa. 25 July 2022.
26. Web site: Commonwealth: Which Ugandans Are In Action On Day One?. Kawalya. Brian. 29 July 2022. www.the-sportsnation.com/. The Sports Nation. 29 July 2022. Team Uganda was among the 72 nations that paraded out for the Commonwealth games, led by flag bearers Michael Wokorach (Rugby 7s) and Peace Proscovia (Netball)..
27. Web site: FLAG BEARER ANNOUNCEMENT. 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. National Olympic Committee of Zambia. 30 July 2022.
28. News: Stubbs. Brent. Bastian and Higgs to fly the flag for Bahamas. 30 July 2022. The Tribune. 28 July 2022.
29. News: The Caribbean's flag bearers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Caribbean Loop News. 28 July 2022. 28 July 2022.
30. News: Smith. Dexter. 27 July 2022. Emma Keane and Dage Minors chosen as flag bearers for Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. The Royal Gazette. Hamilton, Bermuda. 27 July 2022.
31. News: Maude Charron, Josh Cassidy named Canada’s flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games. Canadian Press. 21 July 2022. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 21 July 2022.
32. Web site: Falklands Flag Bearers for Commonwealth Games Revealed. Christie. Darnell. 8 July 2022. www.fitv.co.fk. Falkland Islands Television. 8 July 2022. Doug Clark from the Badminton team, and Daphne Arthur Almond from the lawn bowls team, will have the honour of carrying the flags on behalf of the Falkland Islands at the opening ceremony in Birmingham on the 28th July..
33. News: 27 July 2022. Keevin Allicock, Aliyah Abrams named Flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games. Guyana Chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana. 27 July 2022.
34. News: 29 July 2022. Boxer Sura Krishna unable to stand in the ring in Commonwealth Games due to illness. TBS News. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 5 August 2022. Bangladeshi Sura Krishna, who carried the national flag in last night's opening ceremony of the Games, was scheduled to fight his Fiji rival Aria Rockbuli today.
35. Web site: Bangladesh athletes begin campaign today. 29 July 2022. www.newagebd.net/. Media New Age. 5 August 2022. The opening ceremony of the Games was held at the Alexender Stadium on Thursday night where South Asian Games 2016 gold medallist weightlifter Mabia Aktar Simanta carried the Bangladesh flag in the march..
36. News: 27 July 2022. PV Sindhu named India's flagbearer. The Times of India. Mumbai, India. 27 July 2022.
37. Web site: Manpreet Singh named Team India male flagbearer for Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony. 28 July 2022. www.sportstar.thehindu.com/. The Hindu. 28 July 2022.
38. News: 29 June 2022. Aifa, Bonnie to be national flag bearer at Commonwealth Games. The Borneo Post. Sarawak, Malaysia. 8 July 2022.
39. Web site: Maldives Minister of Sport congratulates flag bearers for CWG Opening Ceremony. 26 July 2022. www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 26 July 2022.
40. News: Safi. Alam Zeb. 10 July 2022. Inam to depart ahead of schedule for CWG. The News International. Karachi, Pakistan. 10 July 2022.
41. Web site: Inam, Bismah to be Pakistan’s flag-bearers in Commonwealth Games 2022. 27 July 2022. www.a-sports.tv. A Sports. 27 July 2022.
42. News: Lee. David. 7 July 2022. Commonwealth Games: Shuttler Terry Hee and powerlifter Nur Aini Yasli named Singapore's flagbearers. The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 July 2022.
43. News: 21 July 2022. NOCSL announces 169-member contingent for CWG Birmingham. Daily FT. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 21 July 2022.
44. News: Indika, Chamari to be Sri Lanka’s flag bearers at Birmingham Games. 22 July 2022. Daily News. Lake House. 22 July 2022.
45. Web site: Super proud to announce one of the flag bearers of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Our very own Latonia Blackman! She will be accompanied with Matthew Wright. 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Barbados Netball Association. 30 July 2022.
46. News: Burnett. Ian. 28 July 2022. 22nd Commonwealth Games open in Birmingham. Caribbean National Weekly. Davie, Florida, United States. 28 July 2022. Meanwhile, Sunshine Girls netball captain Jhaniele Fowler and Rugby 7s captain Oshane Edie will be Jamaica’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony. Team captains are Shamera Sterling of netball and Samuel Ricketts of badminton, while young swimmers Zaneta Alvaranga and Sydrell Williams will announced at the flag bearers for the closing ceremony on August 8.
47. Web site: Photos of Team Montserrat at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games today! Julius Morris designated as flag bearer. Let the games begin!. 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Montserrat Track Alliance. 28 July 2022.
48. Web site: 100m female sprinter Amya Clarke and beach volleyball player St. Clair Hodge led the St. Kitts and Nevis contingent across the #CommonWealthGames2022 opening ceremony stage!!. 28 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Saint Kitts and Nevis Olympic Committee. 30 July 2022.
49. News: 29 July 2022. Team Saint Lucia Begins Commonwealth Games Quest. St. Lucia Times. Castries, St. Lucia. 30 July 2022. 7 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220807003752/https://stluciatimes.com/team-saint-lucia-begins-commonwealth-games-quest/. dead.
50. Web site: Three Days to Opening, Courtney and Arleigha named flag bearers for TeamTCI. Malcom. Dana. 25 July 2022. www.magneticmediatv.com. Magnetic Media. 25 July 2022.
51. Web site: Σημαιοφόροι στην τελετή έναρξης των 22ων Κοινοπολιτειακών Αγώνων οι Μάριος Γεωργίου και Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022. Greek. Marios Georgiou and Zoe Konstantopoulou were the flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 22nd Commonwealth Games #birmingham2022, #teamcyprus2022. 19 July 2022. www.facebook.com/. Cyprus Olympic Committee. 27 July 2022.
52. News: 25 July 2022. Holly O’Shea - Gibraltar’s first weightlifter at the Commonwealth Games. Panorama. Gibraltar. 25 July 2022. This year, a change in protocol at the Games meant the Commonwealth Games Federation announced that competing teams will be able to have two flag bearers, one male and one female. Thus, Holly is Gibraltar’s female bearer, whilst the male will be cyclist, Derek Barbara..
53. News: Murray. Poppy. 20 July 2022. Team Guernsey Commonwealth flagbearers announced. Bailiwick Express. 21 July 2022.
54. News: Cavendish and Kinley to be Isle of Man’s flag bearers at Commonwealth Games. 20 July 2022. Isle of Man Today. Tindle Newspapers Ltd. 19 June 202.
55. News: 28 July 2022. Commonwealth Games 2022: Rhys Hidrio named Jersey flagbearer for opening ceremony. BBC News. London, England. 28 July 2022.
56. News: Camilleri. Valhmor. 12 July 2022. Sultana, Thornton named flagbearers as MOC name team for Commonwealths. Times of Malta. Birkirkara, Malta. 13 July 2022.
57. News: 27 July 2022. Commonwealth Games 2022: Michaela Walsh and Martin McHugh named Team NI flagbearers. BBC News. London, England. 27 July 2022.
58. News: 27 July 2022. Commonwealth Games 2022: Kirsty Gilmour and Micky Yule will be Scotland's flag bearers. BBC News. London, England. 27 July 2022.
59. Web site: Commonwealth Games: Geraint Thomas and Tesni Evans to be flag bearers for Team Wales. Horner. Charlle. 28 July 2022. www.itv.com. ITV. 28 July 2022.
60. Web site: Who are the Team England flag-bearers for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony?. Horner. Charlle. 28 July 2022. www.itv.com. ITV. 26 July 2022.