Men's Football at the 2007 Island Games

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Men's Football at the Island Games 2007
Tournament details
Host countryRhodes
Dates30 June – 6 July
Teams11
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Greece.svg  Rhodes
Third placeWestern Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles
Fourth placeFlag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored62 (2.95 per match)
2005
2009

The 2007 Island Games on the island of Rhodes was the 10th edition in which a men's football (soccer) tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 11 teams.

2007 Island Games

The 2007 Island Games were the 12th edition of the Island Games, and were held in Rhodes, Greece, from June 30 to July 6, 2007.

Rhodes Island and Municipality in South Aegean, Greece

Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean administrative region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Rhodes. The city of Rhodes had 50,636 inhabitants in 2011. It is located northeast of Crete, southeast of Athens and just off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Rhodes' nickname is The island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who once conquered the land.

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.

Contents

Gibraltar won the tournament for the first time.

Participants

Group Phase

Group A

RankNationPldWDLGFGAPtsGD
1Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2110324+1
2Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 2110214+1
3Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca 2002130-2
Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca 0 – 1Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
Kalithies

Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 1 – 1Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Peter Vincenti Soccerball shade.svg ?'Chipalina Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2 – 1Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca

Group B

RankNationPldWDLGFGAPtsGD
1Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2101323+1
2Flag of Aland.svg  Åland Islands 21014430
3Flag of Anglesey.svg  Ynys Môn 2101453-1
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda U231 – 2Flag of Anglesey.svg  Ynys Môn

Flag of Aland.svg  Åland Islands 0 – 2Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda U23

Group C

RankNationPldWDLGFGAPtsGD
1Flag of Greece.svg  Rhodes 2200516+4
2Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya 2101453-1
3Saaremaa lipp.svg  Saare County 2002250-3
Flag of Greece.svg  Rhodes 2 – 0Saaremaa lipp.svg  Saare County

Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya 1 – 3Flag of Greece.svg  Rhodes

Saaremaa lipp.svg  Saare County 2 – 3Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya
Kalithies

Group D

RankNationPldWDLGFGAPtsGD
1Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles 2200526+3
2Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland 2002250-3
Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles 2 – 1Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland

Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland 1 – 3Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles

Placement play-off & matches

9th – 11th place semi-final

Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca 6 – 1Flag of Anglesey.svg  Ynys Môn

5th – 8th place semi-finals

Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 1 – 0Flag of Aland.svg  Åland Islands
Paul Aitken Soccerball shade.svg 75'

Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya 0 – 3Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland

9th place match

Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca 4 – 1Saaremaa lipp.svg  Saare County

7th place match

Flag of Aland.svg  Åland Islands 3 – 1Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya
Kalythies

5th place match

Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 1 – 0Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland
Peter Vincenti Soccerball shade.svg ?'

Final Stage

Semi-finals

Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2 – 0Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda U23

Flag of Greece.svg  Rhodes 1 – 0Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles

3rd place match

Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda U230 – 1Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles

Final

Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 4 – 0Flag of Greece.svg  Rhodes


2007 Island Games Winners
Flag of Gibraltar.svg
Gibraltar
First Title

Final Rankings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Greece.svg  Rhodes
Bronze medal icon.svg Western Isles Council Flag.svg  Western Isles
4Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda U23
5Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
6Flag of Gotland.svg  Gotland
7Flag of Aland.svg  Åland Islands
8Flag of Froya.svg  Frøya
9Bandera de Menorca.svg  Menorca
10Saaremaa lipp.svg  Saare County
11Flag of Anglesey.svg  Ynys Môn

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