2017 Jeux de la Francophonie
Participants
Participants
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Of the 48 delegations participating, [Kosovo](/wiki/Kosovo "Kosovo") and [Ukraine](/wiki/Ukraine "Ukraine") were participating for the first time, while [Laos](/wiki/Laos "Laos") returned to the Games for the first time since 2009\. Countries that participated in 2013 that did not return in 2017 were [Andorra](/wiki/Andorra "Andorra"), [Austria](/wiki/Austria "Austria"), [Cyprus](/wiki/Cyprus "Cyprus"), [Equatorial Guinea](/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea "Equatorial Guinea"), [Estonia](/wiki/Estonia "Estonia"), [Guinea\-Bissau](/wiki/Guinea-Bissau "Guinea-Bissau"), [Montenegro](/wiki/Montenegro "Montenegro"), [Poland](/wiki/Poland "Poland"), [Rwanda](/wiki/Rwanda "Rwanda"), [Saint Lucia](/wiki/Saint_Lucia "Saint Lucia"), and [Slovakia](/wiki/Slovakia "Slovakia").

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Which countries returned to the Games after a hiatus?