The 2013 Island Games in Bermuda will be the seventh edition in which a football (soccer) tournament is played at the multi-games competition.
The XV Island Games were held in Bermuda from 13 to 19 July 2013. Bermuda was selected to host the Games by default after Prince Edward Island withdrew from the International Island Games Association.
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 1,070 km (665 mi) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; 1,236 km (768 mi) south of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; and 1,759 km (1,093 mi) northeast of Cuba. The capital city is Hamilton. Bermuda is self-governing, with its own constitution and its own government, which enacts local laws, while the United Kingdom retains responsibility for defence and foreign relations. As of July 2018, its population is 71,176, the highest of the British overseas territories.
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.
Rank | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |
Bermuda | 5 - 1 | |
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Cheyra Bell Tschana Wade Akeyla Furbert Aaliyah Nolan Jessica Furtado | Report | Laila Platoú |
Bermuda | 6 - 1 | |
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Tschana Wade Aaliyah Nolan Cheyra Bell Jessica Furtado Rayni Maybury | Report | Julie Kristoffersen |
Hitra | 1 - 4 | |
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Julie Kristoffersen | Report | Laila Platoú Lisa Petersen Birthe Ugpernángitsok |
2013 Island Games Winners |
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Bermuda |
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