International Island Games Association
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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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- File:Flag of Åland.svg Åland
- File:Flag of Alderney.svg Alderney
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- File:Flag of Frøya.svg Frøya
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- File:Flag of Gotland.svg Gotland
- File:Flag of Gozo.svg Gozo
- File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland
- File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey
- File:Flag of Hitra.svg Hitra
- File:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man
- File:Flag of the Isle of Wight.svg Isle of Wight
- File:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey
- File:Bandera de Menorca.svg Menorca
- File:2007 Flag of Orkney.svg Orkney
- File:Saaremaa lipp.svg Saaremaa
- File:Flag of Saint Helena.svg Saint Helena
- File:Flag of Sark.svg Sark
- File:Flag of Shetland.svg Shetland
- File:Western Isles Council Flag.svg Western Isles
- Template:Country data Ynys Môn
Gibraltar is the only member of the IIGA that is not an island or group of islands, as it is a peninsula of 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's island province Prince Edward Island, and the Rhodes island of Greece .[1]
By country
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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.[2]
References
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External links
- IIGA website
- The 2015 Island Games was hosted by Jersey, United Kingdom
- The 2017 Island Games was hosted by Gotland, Sweden
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