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.

Football at the Island Games
Founded1989
RegionInternational
Current championsMen
 Jersey
(4th title)
Women
 Bermuda
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s)Men
 Jersey
(4 titles)
Women -
 Åland
 Faroe Islands
(3 titles)

Guernsey 2023 – Men's
Guernsey 2023 – 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 was not included in the 2019 Island Games as hosts Gibraltar do not have enough pitches. As a replacement the 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament was held in Anglesey, and was not officially part of the games.

Men's tournament

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Results

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Year Games Host Final Third Place Num.
teams
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1989
details
III  
Faroe Islands
 
Faroe Islands
Round robin  
Ynys Môn
 
Åland
Round robin  
Greenland
5
1991
details
IV  
Åland
 
Faroe Islands
2–0  
Ynys Môn
 
Jersey
2–0  
Åland
8
1993
details
V  
Isle of Wight
 
Jersey
5–1  
Isle of Man
 
Åland
2–1  
Greenland
8
1995
details
VI  
Gibraltar
 
Isle of Wight
1–0  
Gibraltar
 
Jersey
6–3  
Greenland
8
1997
details
VII  
Jersey
 
Jersey
1–0  
Ynys Môn
 
Isle of Wight
3–1  
Guernsey
9
1999
details
VIII  
Gotland
 
Ynys Môn [3]
1–0  
Isle of Man
 
Isle of Wight
2–0  
Jersey
14
2001
details
IX  
Isle of Man
 
Guernsey
0–0
(p.s.o)
 
Ynys Môn
 
Jersey
2–0  
Isle of Wight
12
2003
details
X  
Guernsey
 
Guernsey
3–1  
Isle of Man
 
Jersey
3–0  
Isle of Wight
15
2005
details
XI  
Shetland
 
Shetland
2–0  
Guernsey
 
Western Isles
4–0  
Isle of Man
10
2007
details
XII  
Rhodes
 
Gibraltar
4–0  
Rhodes
 
Western Isles
1–0  
Bermuda
11
2009
details
XIII  
Åland
 
Jersey
2–1  
Åland
 
Guernsey
5–0  
Isle of Man
16
2011
details[4]
XIV  
Isle of Wight
 
Isle of Wight
4–2  
Guernsey
 
Jersey
5–1  
Åland
15
2013
details[5]
XV  
Bermuda
 
Bermuda
1–0  
Greenland
 
Falkland Islands
6–0  
Frøya
4
2015
details[6]
XVI  
Jersey
 
Guernsey
3–0  
Isle of Man
 
Menorca
1–0  
Shetland
16
2017
details
XVII  
Gotland
 
Isle of Man
6–0  
Greenland
 
Guernsey
1–0  
Menorca
16
2019 XVIII  
Gibraltar
No football tournament held
(see 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament)
2023
details
XIX  
Guernsey
 
Jersey
5–2  
Ynys Môn
 
Isle of Wight
2-1  
Bermuda U23
16
2025
details
XX  
Orkney
12

Medalists

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Team Gold Silver Bronze
  Jersey 4 ('93, '97, '09, '23) 5 ('91, '95, '01, '03, '11)
  Guernsey 3 ('01, '03, '15) 2 ('05, '11) 2 ('09, '17)
  Isle of Wight 2 ('95, '11) 3 ('97, '99, '23)
  Faroe Islands 2 ('89, '91)
  Ynys Môn 1 ('99) 5 ('89, '91, '97, '01, '23)
  Isle of Man 1 ('17) 4 ('93, '99, '03, '15)
  Gibraltar 1 ('07) 1 ('95)
  Shetland 1 ('05)
  Bermuda 1 ('13)
  Greenland 2 ('13, '17)
  Åland 1 ('09) 2 ('89, '93)
  Rhodes 1 ('07)
  Western Isles 2 ('05, '07)
  Falkland Islands 1 ('13)
  Minorca 1 ('15)

Performances by team

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  • 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
2023
16
  Åland 3rd 4th 3rd 7th 6th 7th 7th 2nd 4th 9th 7th 13th
  Alderney 11th 14th 16th 15th
  Bermuda 4th 1st 4th
  Falkland Islands 11th 10th 16th 13th 3rd 12th 16th 14th
  Faroe Islands 1st 1st
  Frøya 7th 12th 13th 8th 15th 4th 14th 15th
  Gibraltar 8th 2nd 6th 11th 5th 6th 1st 9th 5th 10th
  Gotland 7th 9th 6th 11th 10th 14th 6th
  Greenland 4th 8th 4th 4th 9th 8th 9th 10th 8th 12th 11th 2nd 5th 2nd 8th
  Guernsey 6th 5th 4th 9th 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 5th
  Gozo 6th
  Hitra 8th 13th 15th 12th
  Isle of Man 2nd 8th 2nd 7th 2nd 4th 4th 8th 2nd 1st 9th
  Isle of Wight 7th 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 10th 1st 6th 3rd
  Jersey 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 7th 5th 1st
  Menorca 9th 7th 7th 3rd 4th 12th
  Orkney 12th 8th 9th 9th 10th
  Rhodes 5th 6th DNF 2nd 5th DSQ
  Saare County 14th 10th 12th 6th 10th 14th 6th 13th 13th
  Saint Helena 16th
  Sark 14th
  Shetland 5th 5th 7th 5th 10th 8th 7th 1st 13th 4th 10th 7th
  Western Isles 3rd 3rd 8th 12th 11th 11th 11th
  Ynys Môn 2nd 2nd 5th 6th 2nd 1st 2nd 5th 5th 11th 6th 9th 8th 8th 2nd

Top goalscorers

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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
9
2005   Peter Langridge
  Johnny Myers
  Martti Pukk
4
2007 ?
2009   Lee Casciaro
  Ross Allen
5
2011   Peter Lundberg 5
2013   Norsaq Lund Mathæussen 5
2015   Dominic Heaume
  Ashley Webster
  Leighton Flaws
  Shane Jamieson
4
2017   Calum Morrissey 8
2023   Jake Scrimshaw 7

Women's tournament

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Results

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Year Games Host Final Third Place Num.
teams
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2001
details
IX  
Isle of Man
 
Faroe Islands
5–4  
Åland
 
Jersey
3–2  
Isle of Man
7
2003
details
X  
Guernsey
 
Faroe Islands
5–2  
Gotland
 
Jersey
3–2  
Guernsey
8
2005
details
XI  
Shetland
 
Faroe Islands
Round robin  
Åland
 
Bermuda
Round robin  
Isle of Man
6
2007
details
XII  
Rhodes
 
Åland
3–0  
Prince Edward Island
 
Bermuda
0–0
(p.s.o)
 
Isle of Man
11
2009
details
XIII  
Åland
 
Åland
2–0  
Gotland
 
Isle of Man
3–1  
Isle of Wight
10
2011
details[4]
XIV  
Isle of Wight
 
Åland
5–1  
Isle of Man
 
Greenland
1–0  
Western Isles
10
2013
details
XV  
Bermuda
 
Bermuda
0–0
(p.s.o)
 
Greenland
 
Hitra
3
2015
details[7]
XVI  
Jersey
 
Jersey [8]
1–0
 
Åland
 
Gotland
2–0  
Isle of Man
11
2017
details
XVII  
Gotland
 
Gotland
2–1  
Isle of Man
 
Jersey
3–1  
Isle of Wight
11
2019 XVII  
Gibraltar
No football tournament held
(see 2019 Inter Games Football Tournament)
2023
details
XVIII  
Guernsey
 
Bermuda
4–0  
Western Isles
 
Isle of Man
3–1  
Menorca
10
2025
details
XVIV  
Orkney
12

Medalists

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Team Gold Silver Bronze
  Åland 3 ('07, '09, 11') 3 ('01, '05, '15)
  Faroe Islands 3 ('01, '03, '05)
  Bermuda 2 ('13, '23) 2 ('05, '07)
  Gotland 1 ('17) 2 ('03, '09) 1 ('15)
  Jersey 1 ('15) 3 (01', '03, '17)
  Isle of Man 2 ('11, '17) 2 ('09, '23)
  Greenland 1 ('13) 1 ('11)
  Prince Edward Island 1 ('07)
  Western isles 1 ('23)
  Hitra 1 ('13)

Performances by team

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  • Blue square indicates host
Year
Participants
2001
7
2003
8
2005
6
2007
11
2009
10
2011
10
2013
3
2015
11
2017
11
2023
10
  Åland Islands 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 5th 7th
  Bermuda 3rd 3rd 1st 1st
  Faroe Islands 1st 1st 1st
  Gibraltar 10th 11th 10th
  Gotland 2nd 6th 2nd 7th 3rd 1st
  Greenland 8th 7th 3rd 2nd 9th 8th
  Guernsey 6th 4th 5th 7th 8th 8th 10th
  Hitra 9th 9th 3rd 6th 9th 9th
  Isle of Man 4th 8th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 3rd
  Isle of Wight 5th 5th 5th 4th 5th 5th 4th 8th
  Jersey 3rd 3rd 11th 6th 8th 1st 3rd 6th
  Menorca 6th 4th
  Prince Edward Island 2nd
  Rhodes 7th 10th
  Saaremaa 10th 6th
  Shetland 6th
  Western Isles 9th 5th 4th 7th 7th 2nd
  Ynys Môn 7th 6th 10th 11th 5th

Top goalscorers

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Year Player Goals
2001 ?
2003
2005   Rannvá B. Andreasen 7
2007 ?
2009   Donna Shimmin 8
2011   Adelina Engman
  Jade Burden
  Eleanor Gawne
5
2013   Tschana Wade
  Laila Platoú
3
2015 ?
2017   Gemma Woodford 6
2023   Leilanni Nesbeth
  Eve Watson
  Sinead Macleod
4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ynys Mon prepare to take on UEFA's newest member Gibraltar in the Island Games". dailypost.co.uk. 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Third Island Games Faroe Islands 1989". IIGA.
  3. ^ "Ynys Môn football Champs and Rhodes won the Basketball- the Games are closed". gotland-tv.se. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Isle of Wight 2011 - NatWest Island Games XIV - Isle of Wight 2011" (PDF). IIGA.org. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. ^ iiga.org - Football - NatWest Island Games - Bermuda 2013
  6. ^ jersey2015results.com - Football - Men's Football
  7. ^ jersey2015results.com - Football - Women's Football
  8. ^ "Football: Jersey's ladies win historic gold". ITV News.
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