Football at the Island Games
Football has been a regular event since 1989 at the Island Games,[1][2] the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies. A 5-a-side competition for under-16s was held at the inaugural event on the Isle of Man, and the success this minor competition brought to the games meant senior men's football was included on the itinerary for the first time in the Faroe Islands, in 1989. Women's football was included on the games' schedule for the first time in 2001.
Founded | 1989 |
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Region | International |
Current champions | Men –![]() (1st title) Women – ![]() (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Men –![]() ![]() (3 titles) Women - ![]() ![]() (3 titles) |
![]() Gotland 2017 – Men's Gotland 2017 – Women's |
Over the years, the competition has grown in stature, becoming one of the most important competitions for 'national' teams in non-FIFA football, and has grown from a five-team round robin competition to a 16-team tournament. Football will not be included in the 2019 Island Games as hosts Gibraltar do not have enough pitches. As a replacement the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament will be held in Anglesey, although it will not officially be part of the games.
Men's Tournament
Results
Medalists
Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() | 3 ('01, '03, '15) | 2 ('05, '11) | 2 ('09, '17) |
![]() | 3 ('93, '97, '09) | 5 ('91, '95, '01, '03, '11) | |
![]() | 2 ('95, '11) | 2 ('97, '99) | |
![]() | 2 ('89, '91) | ||
![]() | 1 ('17) | 4 ('93, '99, '03, '15) | |
![]() | 1 ('99) | 4 ('89, '91, '97, '01) | |
![]() | 1 ('07) | 1 ('95) | |
![]() | 1 ('05) | ||
![]() | 1 ('13) | ||
![]() | 2 ('13, '17) | ||
![]() | 1 ('09) | 2 ('89, '93) | |
![]() | 1 ('07) | ||
![]() | 2 ('05, '07) | ||
![]() | 1 ('13) | ||
![]() | 1 ('15) |
Performances by team
- Blue square indicates host
Year Participants |
1989 5 | 1991 8 | 1993 8 | 1995 8 | 1997 9 | 1999 14 | 2001 12 | 2003 15 | 2005 10 | 2007 11 | 2009 16 | 2011 15 | 2013 4 | 2015 16 | 2017 16 | 2019 0 | 2021 |
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7th | 12th | 13th | 8th | 15th | 4th | 14th | ||||||||||
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8th | 2nd | 6th | 11th | 5th | 6th | 1st | 9th | 5th | 10th | |||||||
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7th | 9th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 14th | 6th | ||||||||||
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4th | 8th | 4th | 4th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 12th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | |||
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6th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | ||||||
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8th | 13th | 15th | 12th | |||||||||||||
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2nd | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
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7th | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 10th | 1st | 6th | |||||||
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3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 7th | 5th | |||||
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9th | 7th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | ||||||||||||
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12th | 8th | 9th | 9th | |||||||||||||
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5th | 6th | DNF | 2nd | 5th | DSQ | |||||||||||
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14th | 10th | 12th | 6th | 10th | 14th | 6th | 13th | 13th | ||||||||
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5th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 1st | 13th | 4th | 10th | ||||||
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3rd | 3rd | 8th | 12th | 11th | 11th | |||||||||||
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2nd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 11th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 8th |
Top goalscorers
Year | Player | Goals |
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1989 | ![]() |
11 |
1991 | ![]() |
6 |
1993 | ![]() |
7 |
1995 | ![]() |
4 |
1997 | ![]() |
6 |
1999 | ![]() |
9 |
2001 | ![]() ![]() |
5 |
2003 | ![]() ![]() |
9 |
2005 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 |
2007 | ? | |
2009 | ![]() ![]() |
5 |
2011 | ![]() |
5 |
2013 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
2015 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 |
2017 | ![]() |
8 |
Women's Tournament
Results
Year | Games | Host | Final | Third Place | ||||
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Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||
2001 details |
IX | ![]() Isle of Man |
Faroe Islands ![]() |
5 – 4 | ![]() |
Jersey ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
2003 details |
X | ![]() Guernsey |
Faroe Islands ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
Jersey ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
2005 details |
XI | ![]() Shetland |
Faroe Islands ![]() |
Group stage | ![]() |
Bermuda ![]() |
Group stage | ![]() |
2007 details |
XII | ![]() Rhodes |
Åland Islands ![]() |
3 – 0 | ![]() |
Bermuda ![]() |
0 – 0 (p.s.o) |
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2009 details |
XIII | ![]() Åland |
Åland Islands ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
Isle of Man ![]() |
3 – 1 | ![]() |
2011 details[4] |
XIV | ![]() Isle of Wight |
Åland Islands ![]() |
5 – 1 | ![]() |
Greenland ![]() |
1 – 0 | ![]() |
2013 details |
XV | ![]() Bermuda |
Bermuda ![]() |
0 – 0 (p.s.o) |
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Hitra ![]() |
Lost semi-final | |
2015 details[7] |
XVI | ![]() Jersey |
Jersey ![]() |
1 – 0 |
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Gotland ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
2017 details |
XVII | ![]() Gotland |
Gotland ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
Jersey ![]() |
3 – 1 | ![]() |
2019 | XVII | ![]() Gibraltar |
No football tournament held (see 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament) | |||||
2021 details |
XVIII | ![]() Guernsey |
Medalists
Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() | 3 (07', 09', 11') | 3 (01', 05', 15') | |
![]() | 3 (01', 03', 05') | ||
![]() | 1 (17') | 2 (03', 09') | 1 (15') |
![]() | 1 (15') | 3 (01', 03', 17') | |
![]() | 1 (13') | 2 (05', 07') | |
![]() | 2 (11', 17') | 1 (09') | |
![]() | 1 (13') | 1 (11') | |
![]() | 1 (07') | ||
![]() | 1 (13') |
Performances by team
- Blue square indicates host
Year Participants |
2001 7 | 2003 8 | 2005 6 | 2007 11 | 2009 10 | 2011 10 | 2013 3 | 2015 11 |
2017 |
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2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | ||
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3rd | 3rd | 1st | ||||||
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10th | 11th | 10th | ||||||
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2nd | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 3rd | 1st | |||
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8th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | 8th | |||
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6th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 8th | |||
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9th | 9th | 3rd | 6th | 9th | ||||
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4th | 8th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | |
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5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | ||
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3rd | 3rd | 11th | 6th | 8th | 1st | 3rd | ||
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10th | 6th | |||||||
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9th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 7th | ||||
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7th | 6th | 10th | 11th |
Top goalscorers
Year | Player | Goals |
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2001 | ? | |
2003 | ? | |
2005 | ![]() |
7 |
2007 | ? | |
2009 | ![]() |
8 |
2011 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5 |
2013 | ![]() ![]() |
3 |
2015 | ? | |
2017 | ![]() |
6 |
References
- "Ynys Mon prepare to take on UEFA's newest member Gibraltar in the Island Games". dailypost.co.uk.
- "Third Island Games Faroe Islands 1989". IIGA.
- "Ynys Môn football Champs and Rhodes won the Basketball- the Games are closed". gotland-tv.se. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- "Isle of Wight 2011 - NatWest Island Games XIV - Isle of Wight 2011" (PDF). IIGA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- iiga.org - Football - NatWest Island Games - Bermuda 2013
- jersey2015results.com - Football - Men's Football
- jersey2015results.com - Football - Women's Football
- "Football: Jersey's ladies win historic gold". ITV News.