The International Island Games Association (IIGA) is the organising body for the
Island Games
The Island Games (currently known as the NatWest International Island Games for sponsorship reasons) are biennial international multi-sports events organised by the International Island Games Association (IIGA). Competitor teams each represent d ...
, a friendly biennial multi-sport competition between teams from several European islands and other small territories (24 Members from 7 Nations). The IIGA liaises with the member island associations and with sponsors of the games. It investigates whether islands wanting to join fit the membership criteria.
Members
The IIGA was founded in the
Isle of Man in 1985. Constituents come from islands in, or associated with, seven sovereign states (
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland,
Norway,
Spain,
Sweden
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United Kingdom). The 24 current members of the IIGA are:
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Gibraltar
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is the only member of the IIGA that is not an
island or group of islands as it is a
peninsula
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of
Iberia, sharing a land border with
Spain. Ynys Môn (Anglesey), Frøya and Hitra have bridge or tunnel connections to their mainland. Greenland is by far the largest island, and is magnitudes bigger than all the rest combined, but is very sparsely populated. Former members of the IIGA include the countries
Iceland and
Malta, the province
Prince Edward Island, and
Rhodes.
By Country
# (2):Faroe Islands - Greenland
# (1):Saare County
# (1):Åland
# (1):Gozo
# (2):Frøya - Hitra
# (1):Menorca
# (1):Gotland
# (15):Alderney - Bermuda - Cayman Islands - Falkland Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Isle of Man - Isle of Wight - Jersey - Orkney - Saint Helena - Sark - Shetland - Western Isles - Ynys Môn
Membership criteria
The IIGA constitution lists the criteria which would apply to new applicants. These limit applications to island territories with populations less than 125,000. There must be a local association of governing bodies of at least two sports in the IIGA program at which the island can "adequately" compete. Membership is limited to 25.
References
External links
IIGA websiteThe 2015 Island Gameswas hosted by
Jersey,
United Kingdom
The 2017 Island Gameswas hosted by
Gotland
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Sweden
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Organizations established in 1985
1985 establishments in the United Kingdom