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{{Short description|Organizer of the Island Games}}
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The '''International Island Games Association''' ('''IIGA''') is the organising body for the [[Island Games]], a friendly biennial multi-sport competition between teams from several European islands and other small territories (24 members from 8 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, eight sovereign states ([[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Malta]], [[Norway]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], and the [[United Kingdom]]). The 24 current members of the IIGA are:

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*{{flag|Åland}}
*{{flag|Alderney}}
*{{BER}}
*{{CAY}}
*{{FLK}}
*{{FRO}}
*{{flag|Frøya}}
*{{GIB}}
*{{flag|Gotland|games}}
*{{flag|Gozo}}
*{{flag|Greenland}} 
*{{flag|Guernsey}} 
*{{flag|Hitra}} 
*{{flag|Isle of Man}}
*{{flag|Isle of Wight}} 
*{{flag|Jersey}}
*{{flag|Menorca}} 
*{{flag|Orkney}}
*{{flag |Saaremaa}} 
*{{flag|Saint Helena}}
*{{flag|Sark}} 
*{{flag|Shetland}} 
*{{flag|Western Isles}} 
*{{flag|Ynys Môn}}
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[[Gibraltar]] is the only member of the IIGA that is not an [[island]] or group of islands, as it is a [[peninsula]] of [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberia]], sharing a land border with [[Spain]]. Ynys Môn (Anglesey), Frøya and Hitra have bridge or tunnel connections to their mainlands. 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]], [[Canada|Canada's]] island province [[Prince Edward Island]], and the [[Rhodes]] island of [[Greece]] .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iiga.org/news_story_152283.html |title=Prince Edward Island Resigns from the IIGA |publisher=IIGA}}</ref>

===By country===
#{{DEN}} (2):Faroe Islands - Greenland
#{{EST}} (1):Saare County
#{{FIN}} (1):Åland
#{{MLT}} (1):Gozo
#{{NOR}} (2):Frøya - Hitra 
#{{ESP}} (1):Menorca
#{{SWE}} (1):Gotland
#{{GBR}} (10):Bermuda - Cayman Islands - Falkland Islands - Gibraltar - Isle of Wight - Orkney - Saint Helena - Shetland - Western Isles - Ynys Môn
#{{GGY}} (3) Guernsey - Alderney - Sark
#{{IOM}} (1) Isle of Man 
#{{JEY}} (1) Jersey

===Membership criteria===
The IIGA constitution lists the criteria which 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.<ref name="con">{{cite web|title=CONSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAND GAMES ASSOCIATION|url=https://www.iiga.org/media//constitution/Constitution%20-%20July%202017.pdf|website=International Island Games Association|access-date=12 February 2018|date=July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.iiga.org/ IIGA website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150204151721/http://www.jersey2015.com/ The 2015 Island Games] was hosted by [[Jersey]], [[United Kingdom]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190224081301/http://islandgames2017.com/ The 2017 Island Games] was hosted by [[Gotland]], [[Sweden]]

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[[Category:Organizations established in 1985]]
[[Category:Organisations based in the Isle of Man]]