Football at the Island Games

Football at the Island Games

Founded	1989
Region	International
Current champions	Men – Bermuda (1st title) Women – Bermuda (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Men – Jersey (3 titles) Women - Åland Faroe Islands (3 titles)
Jersey 2015 – Men's Jersey 2015 – Women's

Football has been a regular event since 1989 at the Island Games, 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.

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.

Men's Tournament

Results

Games	Year	Host	Final			Third Place
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
III	1989 details	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Group Stage	Ynys Môn	Åland	Group Stage	Greenland
IV	1991 details	Åland	Faroe Islands	2–0	Ynys Môn	Jersey	2–0	Åland
V	1993 details	Isle of Wight	Jersey	5–1	Isle of Man	Åland	2 – 1	Greenland
VI	1995 details	Gibraltar	Isle of Wight	1 – 0	Gibraltar	Jersey	6 – 3	Greenland
VII	1997 details	Jersey	Jersey	1 – 0	Ynys Môn	Isle of Wight	3 – 1	Guernsey
VIII	1999 details	Gotland	Ynys Môn	1 – 0	Isle of Man	Isle of Wight	2 – 0	Jersey
IX	2001 details	Isle of Man	Guernsey	0 – 0 3 – 1 (p.s.o)	Ynys Môn	Jersey	2 – 0	Isle of Wight
X	2003 details	Guernsey	Guernsey	3 – 1	Isle of Man	Jersey	3 – 0	Isle of Wight
XI	2005 details	Shetland	Shetland	2 – 0	Guernsey	Western Isles	4 – 0	Isle of Man
XII	2007 details	Rhodes	Gibraltar	4 – 0	Rhodes	Western Isles	1 – 0	Bermuda
XIII	2009 details	Åland	Jersey	2 – 1	Åland	Guernsey	5 – 0	Isle of Man
XIV	2011 details	Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight	4 – 2	Guernsey	Jersey	5 – 1	Åland
XV	2013 details	Bermuda	Bermuda	1 – 0	Greenland	Falkland Islands	6 – 0	Frøya
XIV	2015 details	Jersey

Medalists

Team	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Jersey	3 ('93, '97, '09)		5 ('91, '95, '01, '03, '11)
Guernsey	2 ('01, '03)	2 ('05, '11)	1 ('09)
Isle of Wight	2 ('95, '11)	2 ('97, '99)
Faroe Islands	2 ('89, '91)
Ynys Môn	1 ('99)	4 ('89, '91, '97, '01)
Gibraltar	1 ('07)	1 ('95)
Shetland	1 ('05)
Bermuda	1 ('13)
Isle of Man		3 ('93, '99, '03)
Åland		1 ('09)	2 ('89, '93)
Rhodes		1 ('07)
Greenland		1 ('13)
Western Isles			2 ('05, '07)
Falkland Islands			1 ('13)

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
Åland	3rd	4th	3rd	7th		6th			7th	7th	2nd	4th
Alderney								11th				14th
Bermuda										4th			1st
Falkland Islands							11th		10th		16th	13th	3rd
Faroe Islands	1st	1st
Frøya					7th	12th		13th		8th	15th		4th
Gibraltar			8th	2nd	6th	11th	5th	6th		1st	9th	5th
Gotland						7th		9th		6th	11th	10th
Greenland	4th	8th	4th	4th	9th	8th	9th	10th	8th		12th	11th	2nd
Guernsey		6th		5th	4th	9th	1st	1st	2nd		3rd	2nd
Hitra					8th	13th
Isle of Man			2nd	8th		2nd	7th	2nd	4th		4th	8th
Isle of Wight		7th	6th	1st	3rd	3rd	4th	4th			10th	1st
Jersey		3rd	1st	3rd	1st	4th	3rd	3rd		5th	1st	3rd
Menorca										9th	7th	7th
Orkney							12th	8th	9th
Rhodes						5th	6th	15th		2nd	5th	DSQ
Saare County						14th	10th	12th	6th	10th	14th	6th
Sark								14th
Shetland	5th	5th	7th		5th	10th	8th	7th	1st		13th
Western Isles									3rd	3rd	8th	12th
Ynys Môn	2nd	2nd	7th	6th	2nd	1st	2nd	5th	5th	11th	6th	9th

Top goalscorers

Year	Player	Goals
1989	Bergur Magnussen	11
1991	Jens Erik Rasmussen	6
1993	Adam Greig	7
1995	Adam Barsdell	4
1997	Eifion Williams	6
1999	Peter Langridge	9
2001	Chris Higgins Daniel Craven	5
2003	Roy Chipolina Graham Alvez
2005	Peter Langridge Johnny Myers Martti Pukk	4
2007	?
2009	Lee Casciaro Ross Allen
2011	Peter Lundberg	5
2013	Zeko Lewis Rai Simons John-Ludvig Broberg Norsaq Lund Mathæussen Lejuan Simmons Angelo Simmons	3

Women's Tournament

Results

Games	Year	Host	Final			Third Place
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
VII	2001 details	Isle of Man	Faroe Islands	5 – 4	Åland Islands	Jersey	3 – 2	Isle of Man
VIII	2003 details	Guernsey	Faroe Islands	5 – 2	Gotland	Jersey	3 – 2	Guernsey
IX	2005 details	Shetland	Faroe Islands	Group stage	Åland Islands	Bermuda	Group stage	Isle of Man
X	2007 details	Rhodes	Åland Islands	3 – 0	Prince Edward Island	Bermuda	0 – 0 (p.s.o)	Isle of Man
XI	2009 details	Åland	Åland Islands	2 – 0	Gotland	Isle of Man	3 – 1	Isle of Wight
XII	2011 details	Isle of Wight	Åland Islands	5 – 1	Isle of Man	Greenland	1 – 0	Western Isles
XIII	2013 details	Bermuda	Bermuda	0 – 0 (p.s.o)	Greenland	Hitra	Lost semi-final
XIV	2015 details	Jersey

Medalists

Team	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Åland	3 (07', 09', 11')	2 (01', 05')
Faroe Islands	3 (01', 03', 05')
Bermuda	1 (13')		2 (05', 07')
Gotland		2 (03', 09')
Isle of Man		1 (11')	1 (09')
Greenland		1 (13')	1 (11')
Prince Edward Island		1 (07')
Jersey			2 (01', 03')
Hitra			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
Åland Islands	2nd		2nd	1st	1st	1st
Bermuda			3rd	3rd			1st
Faroe Islands	1st	1st	1st
Gibraltar						10th
Gotland		2nd		6th	2nd	7th
Greenland				8th	5=	3rd	2nd
Guernsey	6th	4th	5th	7th	5=
Hitra					5=	9th	3rd
Isle of Man	4th	8th	4th	4th	3rd	2nd
Isle of Wight	5th	5th	5th		4th	5th
Jersey	3rd	3rd			5=	8th
Prince Edward Island				2nd
Rhodes		7th		10th
Saaremaa					5=	6th
Shetland			6th
Western Isles				9th	5=	4th
Ynys Môn	7th	6th

5= – Finished below 4th place (no placement play-off matches were played in 2009)

Top goalscorers

Year	Player	Goals
2001	?
2003	?
2005	Rannvá B. Andreasen	7
2007	?
2009	Donna Shimmin	8
2011	Adelina Engman Jade Burden Eleanor Gawne	5
2011	Tschana Wade Laila Platoú	3

See also

• Non-FIFA football
• List of non-national representative teams in men's football
• N.F.-Board

External links

• Island Games results on RSSF