The International Island Games Association (IIGA) is the organising body for the Island Games, a friendly biennial multi-sport competition between teams from several European islands and other small territories. The IIGA liaises with the member island associations and with sponsors of the games. It investigates whether islands wanting to join fit the membership criteria.
The Island Games are biennial international multi-sports events organised by the International Island Games Association (IIGA). Competitor teams each represent different island communities which are IIGA members. Currently all competitor teams represent non-sovereign territories of European nations—some within European waters and some further overseas.
The Gibraltar national football team represents Gibraltar in international football competitions, and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. Gibraltar applied for full Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013. It can therefore compete in the UEFA European Championship starting with the 2016 tournament for which the team competed in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D. On 13 May 2016 Gibraltar became a member of FIFA at the governing body's 66th Congress which was held in Mexico City. Gibraltar is the second smallest UEFA member in terms of population and the smallest in terms of area.
Hampshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in the county of Hampshire, England. It represent clubs sides not just from Hampshire but also from the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, who take part in many of the competitions organized by the Hampshire RFU.
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.
The Isle of Wight football team represents the Isle of Wight at the biennial Island Games, which it won in 1995 and 2011. The Isle of Wight is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, it is an island within England and plays under the auspices of the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. The Isle of Wight plays separately in St George's Park which has a capacity of 3,200 and has 200 seats, however the Isle of Wight is divisional FA of The Hampshire Football Association, which is a county FA of the English FA who are part of FIFA and play at Wembley Stadium which has a capacity of 90,000.
The 2003 Island Games on the island of Guernsey was the 8th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 15 teams.
The 1991 Island Games in Åland was the 2nd edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 8 teams.
The 1995 Island Games in Gibraltar was the 4th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 8 teams.
The 1997 Island Games on the island of Jersey was the 5th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 9 teams.
The 1999 Island Games on the island of Gotland was the 6th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 14 teams.
The 2001 Island Games on the Isle of Man was the 7th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 12 teams.
The 2009 Island Games in Åland was the 11th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 16 teams.
The XIV Island Games was a major international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 1 July 2011, in the Isle of Wight, England. A total of 2,306 athletes from 24 islands competed in 15 sports and 190 events. The 2011 Island Games was the second Island Games to be hosted by the Isle of Wight. Previously, the Isle of Wight hosted the 1993 Island Games.
The 2011 Island Games on the Isle of Wight was the 12th edition in which an football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 15 teams.
The 2009 Island Games in Åland was the 5th edition in which a women's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 10 teams.
The 2007 Island Games on the island of Rhodes was the 4th edition in which a women's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 11 teams.
The 2001 Island Games on the Isle of Man was the 1st edition in which a women's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by seven teams.
The 2015 Island Games in Jersey was the fourteenth edition in which an football tournament was played at the multi-games competition.
The XVIII Island Games was held in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar between 6 and 12 July 2019. This was the second time that the territory has hosted the games, the first being in 1995.
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