Top Medalists
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's | 3 |  Bermuda  Rhodes | 6 | Bermuda  Cayman Islands Rhodes  Saaremaa |
| Women's | 6 2 |  Menorca  Gotland | 6 7 |  Gibraltar Menorca |
Basketball is an event at the Island Games , the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
Basketball has featured in every Island Games since being first chosen as a sport in 1999, excluding the 2005 and 2025 games.
Each Island can enter one team per gender. The minimum age is 13 on the opening day of the games. [1]
| Event | VIII 1999 | IX 2001 | X 2003 | XI 2005 | XII 2007 | XIII 2009 | XIV 2011 | XV 2013 | XVI 2015 | XVII 2017 | XVIII 2019 | XIX 2023 | XX 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - |
| Women's tournament | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | - |
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's | 3 | Bermuda Rhodes | 6 | Bermuda Cayman Islands Rhodes Saaremaa |
| Women's | 6 2 | Menorca Gotland | 6 7 | Gibraltar Menorca |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland | Rhodes [2] | Cayman Islands | Gotland |
| 2001 | IX |  Isle of Man | Rhodes | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar |
| 2003 | X |  Guernsey | Rhodes | Cayman Islands | Bermuda |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Menorca | Bermuda | Rhodes |
| 2009 | XIII |  Åland | Bermuda | Menorca | Rhodes |
| 2011 | XIV |  Isle of Wight | Bermuda | Saaremaa | Rhodes |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Bermuda | Saaremaa | |
| 2015 | XVI |  Jersey | Saaremaa | Bermuda | Gibraltar |
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland [3] | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar | Saaremaa |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar [4] | Cayman Islands | Saaremaa | Gibraltar |
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Saaremaa | Menorca | Cayman Islands |
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland | Gotland | Gibraltar | IOM |
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar | Guernsey [5] |
| 2003 | X | Guernsey | Guernsey [5] | Gibraltar | Cayman Islands |
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes | Menorca |  Prince Edward Island | Bermuda |
| 2009 | XIII | Åland | Menorca | Guernsey [5] | Gibraltar |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Menorca | Gibraltar | Guernsey [5] |
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey | Gotland | Menorca | Gibraltar |
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland | Menorca | Gotland | Guernsey |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Menorca | Gotland | Gibraltar |
| 2023 | XIX | Guernsey | Menorca | Cayman Islands | Guernsey [6] |
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