 On 21 May 2007, during a meeting between the 2009 Games Organizing Committee (, COJOL) and the ACOLOP ("Associação dos Comités de Língua Oficial Portuguesa", ), a decision on which should be the ninth sport to be included in the competition program—out of a list that included badminton, canoeing, judo, swimming and roller hockey — was delayed due to insufficient survey data from some of the ACOLOP member committees.Later that year, on 12 November the ACOLOP general assembly, gathered in Lisbon, finally decided to add judo to the official program.This edition thus featured nine sports—one more than in the inaugural games in 2006 — comprising 65 events.