2022 Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Delegates representing England at the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Order	Nation	Flag bearer	Sport	Ref.
1	Australia	Eddie Ockenden	Field hockey	[1]
		Rachael Grinham	Squash
2	Cook Islands	Aidan Zittersteijn	Lawn bowls	[2]
		Nooroa Mataio
3	Fiji	Semesa Naiseruvati	Lawn bowls	[3]
		Naibili Vatunisolo	Para-athletics
4	Kiribati
5	Nauru	Christon Amram	Boxing	[4]
		Maximina Uepa	Weightlifting
6	New Zealand	Tom Walsh	Athletics	[5]
		Joelle King	Squash
7	Niue	Travis Tapatuetoa	Boxing	[6]
		Olivia Buckingham	Lawn bowls
8	Norfolk Island	Tim Sheridan	Lawn bowls	[7]
		Shae Wilson
9	Papua New Guinea	John Ume	Boxing	[8][9]
		Rellie Kaputin	Athletics
10	Samoa
11	Solomon Islands
12	Tonga	Sione Tupou	Rugby sevens	[10]
		Kuinini Manumua	Weightlifting
13	Tuvalu
14	Vanuatu	Joe Mahit	Judo	[11]
		Miller Pata	Beach volleyball
		Ellie Enock	Para-athletics Para powerlifting
15	Botswana	Bayapo Ndori	Athletics	[12]
		Aratwa Kasemang	Boxing
16	Cameroon	Emmanuel Eseme	Athletics	[13]
		Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina	Judo
17	Eswatini	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Athletics	[14]
		Hayley Hoy	Swimming
18	The Gambia	Modou Gamo	Para powerlifting	[15]
		Wurrie Njadoe	Athletics
19	Ghana
20	Kenya	Ferdinand Omanyala	Athletics	[16]
		Carolina Wanjira	3x3 wheelchair basketball
21	Lesotho	Lerato Sechele	Athletics	[17]
		Tumelo Makae	Cycling
22	Malawi
23	Mauritius	Merven Clair	Boxing	[18]
		Priscilla Morand	Judo
		Noemi Alphonse	Para-athletics
24	Mozambique	Caio Lobo	Swimming	[19]
		Alcinda Panguana	Boxing
25	Namibia	Ananias Shikongo	Para-athletics	[20]
		Christine Mboma	Athletics
26	Nigeria	Nnamdi Chinecherem	Athletics	[21]
		Folashade Oluwafemiayo	Para powerlifting
27	Rwanda	Ntagengwa Olivier	Beach volleyball	[22]
		Diane Ingabire	Cycling
28	Seychelles	Keddy Agnes	Boxing	[23]
		Natasha Chetty	Athletics
29	Sierra Leone	Joshua Wyse	Swimming	[24]
		Hafsatu Kamara	Athletics
30	South Africa	Christian Sadie	Para-swimming	[25]
		Bongiwe Msomi	Netball
31	Tanzania
32	Uganda	Michael Wokorach	Rugby sevens	[26]
		Peace Proscovia	Netball
33	Zambia	Muzala Samukonga	Athletics	[27]
		Margret Tembo	Boxing
34	Bahamas	Izaak Bastian	Swimming	[28]
		Lilly Higgs
35	Belize	Shaun Gill	Athletics	[29]
		Alicia Thompson	Cycling
36	Bermuda	Dage Minors	Athletics	[30]
		Emma Keane	Squash
37	Canada	Josh Cassidy	Para-athletics	[31]
		Maude Charron	Weightlifting
38	Falkland Islands	Doug Clark	Badminton	[32]
		Daphne Arthur-Almond	Lawn bowls
39	Guyana	Keevin Allicock	Boxing	[33]
		Aliyah Abrams	Athletics
40	Saint Helena
41	Bangladesh	Sura Krishna	Boxing	[34][35]
		Mabia Aktar	Weightlifting
42	Brunei
43	India	Manpreet Singh	Field hockey	[36][37]
		P. V. Sindhu	Badminton
44	Malaysia	Bonnie Bunyau Gustin	Para powerlifting	[38]
		Aifa Azman	Squash
45	Maldives	Zayan Zaki	Badminton	[39]
		Fathimath Nimal	Table tennis
46	Pakistan	Muhammad Inam	Wrestling	[40][41]
		Bismah Maroof	Cricket
47	Singapore	Terry Hee	Badminton	[42]
		Nur Aini Yasli	Para powerlifting
48	Sri Lanka	Indika Dissanayake	Weightlifting	[43][44]
		Chamari Athapaththu	Cricket
49	Anguilla	Hasani Hennis	Cycling
		Tri-Tania Lowe	Athletics
50	Antigua and Barbuda
51	Barbados	Matthew Wright	Triathlon	[45]
		Latonia Blackman	Netball
52	British Virgin Islands	Rikkoi Brathwaite	Athletics	[29]
		Beyoncé De Freitas
53	Cayman Islands	Rasheem Brown	Athletics	[29]
		Alison Jackson	Swimming
54	Dominica	Dennick Luke	Athletics	[29]
		Thea LaFond
55	Grenada	Kurt Felix	Athletics
		Tilly Collymore	Swimming
56	Jamaica	Oshane Edie	Rugby sevens	[46]
		Jhaniele Fowler	Netball
57	Montserrat	Julius Morris	Athletics	[47]
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis	St. Clair Hodge	Beach volleyball	[48]
		Amya Clarke	Athletics
59	Saint Lucia	Arthur Langelier	Boxing	[49]
		Julien Alfred	Athletics
60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Shane Cadogan	Swimming	[29]
		Mikeisha Welcome	Athletics
61	Trinidad and Tobago	Jereem Richards	Athletics	[29]
		Michelle-Lee Ahye
62	Turks and Caicos Islands	Courtney Missick	Athletics	[50]
		Arleigha Hall	Swimming
63	Cyprus	Marios Georgiou	Gymnastics	[51]
		Zoi Konstantopoulou	Beach volleyball
64	Gibraltar	Derek Barbara	Cycling	[52]
		Holly O'Shea	Weightlifting
65	Guernsey	Marc Cox	Cycling	[53]
		Elena Johnson	Badminton
66	Isle of Man	Mark Cavendish	Cycling	[54]
		Laura Kinley	Swimming
67	Jersey	Rhys Hidrio	Cycling	[55]
68	Malta	Kijan Sultana	Squash	[56]
		Tenishia Thornton	Weightlifting
69	Northern Ireland	Martin McHugh	Lawn bowls	[57]
		Michaela Walsh	Boxing
70	Scotland	Micky Yule	Para powerlifting	[58]
		Kirsty Gilmour	Badminton
71	Wales	Geraint Thomas	Cycling	[59]
		Tesni Evans	Squash
72	England	Jack Laugher	Diving	[60]
		Emily Campbell	Weightlifting