2009 Island Games

2009 Island Games
Host	Åland
Teams	25 islands
Events	14
Opening	June 27, 2009
Closing	July 4, 2009
Opened by	Tarja Halonen
Main venue	Wiklöf Holding Arena
	← 2007 2011 →

The XIII Island Games were held in Åland, Finland, June 27-July 4, 2009. For the 13th edition of the Games, 25 teams competed in 14 different sports.

Participating Countries

24 islands competed in the 2009 Island Games.^[1] They were:

Prince Edward Island was set to participate, but a lack of funding from their government caused their withdrawal from the event, and subsequent resignation from the International Island Games Association.^[2]

Medal table

* Host nation (Åland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Faroe Islands	34	23	24	81
2	Isle of Man	29	30	29	88
3	Jersey	24	37	19	80
4	Guernsey	21	12	27	60
5	Gotland	21	11	23	55
6	Åland*	16	19	18	53
7	Bermuda	14	6	12	32
8	Menorca	9	7	11	27
9	Cayman Islands	7	4	3	14
10	Saare County	6	9	10	25
11	Isle of Wight	4	6	8	18
12	Gibraltar	4	3	8	15
13	Rhodes	3	8	7	18
14	Shetland	2	1	7	10
15	Greenland	1	4	3	8
16	Orkney	1	2	3	6
17	Western Isles	1	2	2	5
17	Ynys Môn/Anglesey	1	2	2	5
19	Hitra	0	2	0	2
19	Sark	0	2	0	2
21	Alderney	0	0	0	0
	Falkland Islands	0	0	0	0
	Frøya	0	0	0	0
	Prince Edward Island	0	0	0	0
	Saint Helena	0	0	0	0
Totals (25 entries)		198	190	216	604

Sports

The sports chosen for the games were:

Archery – see results
Athletics (details) – see results
Badminton – see results
Basketball – see results
Football – Football at the 2009 Island Games
Golf – see results
Gymnastics – see results
Judo – see results
Sailing – see results
Shooting – see results
Swimming – see results
Table tennis – see results
Tennis – see results
Volleyball – see results

References

^ List of Participating Islands Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine from 2009 Island Games website, www.natwestislandgames2009.ax; retrieved 2009-06-08. 2009-07-29.
^ "Prince Edward Island resignation letter". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

External links

Island Games 2009

[1] List of Participating Islands Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine from 2009 Island Games website, www.natwestislandgames2009.ax; retrieved 2009-06-08. 2009-07-29.

[Prince_Edward_Island_Resigns_from_the_IIGA-2] "Prince Edward Island resignation letter". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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