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Basketball at the Island Games

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Basketball is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.

Basketball has featured in every Island Games since being first chosen as a sport in 1999, excluding the 2005 and 2025 games.

Each Island can enter one team per gender. The minimum age is 13 on the opening day of the games.[1]

Events

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Event VIII
1999
IX
2001
X
2003
XI
2005
XII
2007
XIII
2009
XIV
2011
XV
2013
XVI
2015
XVII
2017
XVIII
2019
XIX
2023
XX
2025
Men's tournament X X X - X X X X X X X X -
Women's tournament X X X - X X X X X X X X -

Top Medalists

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Gold Medals Total Medals
No: Team No: Team
Men's 3  Bermuda
 Rhodes
6  Bermuda
 Cayman Islands
 Rhodes
 Saaremaa
Women's 6
2
Menorca Menorca
 Gotland
6
7
 Gibraltar
Menorca Menorca

Men's Results

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Year Games Host
Gold Silver Bronze
1999 VIII  Gotland  Rhodes [2]  Cayman Islands  Gotland
2001 IX  Isle of Man  Rhodes  Cayman Islands  Gibraltar
2003 X  Guernsey  Rhodes  Cayman Islands  Bermuda
2007 XII  Rhodes Menorca Menorca  Bermuda  Rhodes
2009 XIII  Åland  Bermuda Menorca Menorca  Rhodes
2011 XIV  Isle of Wight  Bermuda  Saaremaa  Rhodes
2013 XV  Bermuda  Bermuda  Saaremaa
2015 XVI  Jersey  Saaremaa  Bermuda  Gibraltar
2017 XVII  Gotland[3]  Cayman Islands  Gibraltar  Saaremaa
2019 XVIII  Gibraltar[4]  Cayman Islands  Saaremaa  Gibraltar
2023 XIX  Guernsey  Saaremaa  Menorca  Cayman Islands

Women's Results

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Year Games Host
Gold Silver Bronze
1999 VIII  Gotland  Gotland  Gibraltar  IOM
2001 IX  Isle of Man  Cayman Islands  Gibraltar  Guernsey [5]
2003 X  Guernsey  Guernsey [5]  Gibraltar  Cayman Islands
2007 XII  Rhodes Menorca Menorca  Prince Edward Island  Bermuda
2009 XIII  Åland Menorca Menorca  Guernsey [5]  Gibraltar
2011 XIV  Isle of Wight Menorca Menorca  Gibraltar  Guernsey [5]
2015 XVI  Jersey  Gotland Menorca Menorca  Gibraltar
2017 XVII  Gotland Menorca Menorca  Gotland  Guernsey
2019 XVIII  Gibraltar Menorca Menorca  Gotland  Gibraltar
2023 XIX  Guernsey  Menorca  Cayman Islands  Guernsey [6]

References

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  1. ^ "International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Ynys Môn football Champs and Rhodes won the Basketball- the Games are closed". gotland-tv.se. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
  3. ^ NatWest Island Games XVII Gotland 2017
  4. ^ NatWest Island Games XVIII Gibraltar 2019
  5. ^ a b c d "Island Games 2015: Guernsey target women's basketball medal". BBC.
  6. ^ "2023 Island Games: Guernsey win rare basketball medal after Isle of Man victory". 14 July 2023.