Games of the Small States of Europe

Games of the Small States of Europe
Logo of the event
Genre	Multisport competitions
Location(s)	International
Inaugurated	1985;40 years ago (1985)
Previous event	2023
Next event	2025
Organised by	European Olympic Committees
Website	www.eocgsse.org

Member states in red, Vatican City in blue as unknown status, Faroe Islands in green as a prospective member

The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of nine European small states since 1985. The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports. ^[1]

Member countries

The games are organized by the members of the European Olympic Committees (EOC). From its initial forming at the 1984 Olympics through 2009, there were eight members; the group's ninth member (Montenegro) was admitted in 2009. In order to be eligible, each member must have a population of less than one million people (Cyprus is the only exception; however, its population was below one million in 1984). The participating countries are:

• Andorra
• Cyprus
• Iceland
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• San Marino

The Faroe Islands are also seeking to compete at the Games; ^[2] however, unlike the other participants, the Islands are neither an independent state (they are an autonomous part of Denmark) nor are they an EOC member.

Editions

No.	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Dates	Nations	Compet­itors	Sports	Events	Champions
1	1985	City of San Marino	San Marino	23–26 May	8	222	7	49	Iceland  (ISL)
2	1987	Monaco City	Monaco	14–17 May		468	9	66
3	1989	Nicosia	Cyprus	17–20 May		675	8	75	Cyprus  (CYP)
4	1991	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	21–25 May		697	8	82	Iceland  (ISL)
5	1993	Valletta	Malta	25–29 May		690	8	87
6	1995	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	29 May – 3 June		684	9	88
7	1997	Reykjavík	Iceland	2–7 June		714	10	87
8	1999	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	24–29 May		566	9	86
9	2001	City of San Marino	San Marino	29 May – 2 June		658	11	101
10	2003	Valletta	Malta	2–7 June		765	10	105	Cyprus  (CYP)
11	2005	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	30 May – 4 June		793	11	120
12	2007	Monaco City	Monaco	4–9 June		1062	12	121
13	2009	Various [a]	Cyprus	1–6 June		843	9	120
14	2011	Various [b]	Liechtenstein	30 May – 4 June	9	750	9	113
15	2013	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	27 May – 1 June		762	12	120	Luxembourg  (LUX)
16	2015	Reykjavík	Iceland	27 May – 1 June		789	11	120	Iceland  (ISL)
17	2017	City of San Marino	San Marino	29 May – 3 June		889	11	131	Luxembourg  (LUX)
18	2019	Budva	Montenegro [4] [5] [6]	27 May – 1 June		846	10	113
19	2021	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Cancelled to avoid scheduling conflict with the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics
19	2023	Various	Malta [7]	28 May – 3 June	9	835	10	125	Malta  (MLT)
20	2025	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	26 May – 1 June		800+	12	160	Cyprus  (CYP)
21	2027	Monaco City	Monaco	Future event
22	2029	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Future event

1. The majority of the events were hosted in Cyprus' capital city Nicosia, with other events taking place in Limassol and the National Park of Machairas. ^[3]
2. The games were held in nine different municipalities of Liechtenstein.

List of sporting disciplines

Some sports consist of multiple disciplines. Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Aquatics       Basketball       Cycling       Gymnastics       Volleyball
  The planned Games of 2021 were cancelled due to the rescheduling of the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sport (Discipline)		Body	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	21	23
Swimming (records)		LEN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Synchronized swimming											•
3-on-3 basketball		FIBAE																			•
Basketball			•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•
Mountain biking		UEC													•	•	•		•		•
Road cycling			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•			•	•		•		•
Artistic		UEG							•					•	•		•	•			•
Rhythmic															•
Beach volleyball		CEV												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Volleyball				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Archery		WAE																	•
Athletics (records)		EAA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Boules		CMSB									•			•						•	•
Golf		EGA																	•
Sailing		EUROSAF									•		•	•
Judo		EJU	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Karate		EKF																			•
Squash		ESF							•	•		•				•
Shooting		ESF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Table tennis		ETTU						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Taekwondo		ETU											•								•
Tennis		TE		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Weightlifting		EWF	•	•
Sport (Discipline)		Body	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	21	23

All-time medal table

As of the 2025 Games of the Small States of Europe.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cyprus  (CYP)	555	483	440	1,478
2	Iceland  (ISL)	535	415	449	1,399
3	Luxembourg  (LUX)	443	447	425	1,315
4	Monaco  (MON)	163	182	267	612
5	Malta  (MLT)	124	198	250	572
6	Liechtenstein  (LIE)	79	86	113	278
7	San Marino  (SMR)	76	132	168	376
8	Montenegro  (MNE)	67	37	57	161
9	Andorra  (AND)	65	111	153	329
Totals (9 entries)		2,107	2,091	2,322	6,520

See also

• Island Games
• Championships of the Small States of Europe
• European Volleyball Championship of the Small Countries Division
• FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
• FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries
• European Small Nations Karate Championships
• European Small Nations Weightlifting Championships

References

1. https://inside.cev.eu/institutions/zonal-associations/small-countries-association-sca/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
2. Nancy Gillen (26 October 2019). "Nancy Gillen: Faroe Islands continue fight for Olympic recognition at EOC General Assembly". Inside the Games . Retrieved 1 August 2022.
3. "Venues". Cyprus Olympic Committee. XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - Cyprus 2009.
4. "Budva će biti domaćin Igara malih zemalja" [Budva will be the host of the games of small states]. rtcg.me (in Montenegrin). RTCG. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
5. Lajović, Vuk (21 April 2016). "Budva će 2019. biti domaćin Igara malih država Evrope" [Budva will be the host of the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe]. vijesti.me (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
6. "Montenegro to host 2019 edition". Times of Malta. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
7. "Malta to host Games of the Small States of Europe in 2023". Malta National Olympic Committee. 26 May 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Remo, Raimondi; Manlio Molinari; Eros Bologna (2003). "Statistics on GSSE Participation 1985–2003 (Archived URL)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2005.
• "Games of the Small States of Europe – History of athletics results". Athletics Weekly .