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Host country | Gotland, Sweden |
Dates | June 24 - 30 |
Teams | 11 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
The 2017 Island Games in Gotland is the fifteenth edition in which an association football tournament was played at the multi-games competition and the ninth Women's tournament.
The XVII Island Games was held in Gotland, Sweden, from 24 June to 30 June 2017. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1999.
Gotland is a province, county, municipality, and diocese of Sweden. It is Sweden's largest island. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the north, as well as the Karlsö Islands to the west. The population is 58,595, of which about 23,600 live in Visby, the main town. The island of Gotland and the other areas of the province of Gotland make up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area.
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.
Women's Football at the 2017 Island Games forms part of the Football at the 2017 Island Games event. [1]
The 2017 Island Games in Gotland is the fifteenth edition in which an association football tournament was played at the multi-games competition and the ninth Women's tournament.
The Gotlandic official football team is the official football team for Gotland, an island off the east coast of Sweden. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. Gotland is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. The Hitra official football team is the official football team for the Norwegian municipality of Hitra. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA. Hitra is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. The Isle of Man Representative County football team is the IOMFA football team of the Isle of Man and is controlled by the Isle of Man Football Association. The team plays in a yellow and red home kit and an all navy blue away kit. | The Isle of Wight football team represents the Isle of Wight at the biannual 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 Foootball 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 Jersey official football team represents the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in non-FIFA international matches. The Ynys Môn football team represents the island of Anglesey at the biannual Island Games. Ynys Môn is not a member of FIFA or UEFA, it is an island county within Wales and plays under the auspices of the Football Association of Wales, the governing body for football in Wales. |
Rank | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 |
Rank | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 | |
Ynys Môn | 1–4 | |
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Western Isles | 4–1 | |
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Rank | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 | |
Åland Islands | 2–2 | |
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Penalties | ||
5–4 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
29 June – (Visborgsvallen) | ||||||
2 | ||||||
30 June – (Gutavallen) | ||||||
1 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
29 June – (Stenkyrka) | ||||||
1 | ||||||
4 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
29 June – (Visborgsvallen) | ||||||
3 | ||||||
1 |
Jersey | 3–1 | |
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Gotland | 2–1 | |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
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