2017 Island Games

2017 Island Games

Host	Gotland
Teams participating	24 islands
Athletes participating	3,000
Events	14 sports
Opening ceremony	24 June 2017
Closing ceremony	30 June 2017
Main venue	Gutavallen
Website	islandgames2017.com
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The XVII Island Games (also known as the 2017 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) will be held in Gotland, Sweden, from 24 June to 30 June 2017. This will be the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1999.

Participating islands

24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, will compete in these Games.^[1]

•  Åland Islands
•  Alderney
•  Bermuda
•  Cayman Islands
•  Falkland Islands
•  Faroe Islands
•  Frøya
•  Gibraltar
•  Gotland (Host)
•  Greenland
•  Guernsey
•  Hitra
•  Isle of Man
•  Isle of Wight
•  Jersey
• Menorca
•  Orkney
•  Rhodes
•  Saaremaa
•  Sark
•  Shetland Islands
• St. Helena
•  Western Isles
• Ynys Môn

Sports

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

• Archery (??) ()
• Athletics (??) ()
• Badminton (?) ()
• Basketball (?) ()
• Cycling (??) ()
  • Mountain biking (?)
  • Road (?)
  • Time trial (?)
  • Town centre criterium (?)
• Football (2) ()
• Golf (2) ()
• Gymnastics (??) ()
• Shooting (??) ()
• Swimming (??) ()
• Table tennis (?) ()
• Tennis (?) ()
• Triathlon (?) ()
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball (2) ()
  • Indoor volleyball (2) ()

References

1. Participating Islands to Gotland 2017

External links

• Island Games 2017