Football at the 2001 Island Games – Men's tournament

Men's Football at the Island Games 2001

Tournament details
Host country	Isle of Man
Dates	8–13 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	9 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Guernsey (1st title)
Runners-up	Ynys Môn
Third place	Jersey
Fourth place	Isle of Wight
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	89 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Higgins Daniel Craven (5 goals)
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The 2001 Island Games on the Isle of Man was the 7th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 12 teams.

Guernsey won the tournament for the first time.

Participants

Group Phase

Group 1

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Ynys Môn	2	1	1	0	5	2	4	+3
2	Shetland	2	1	1	0	4	3	4	+1
3	Saare County	2	0	0	2	3	7	0	–4

8 July

Ynys Môn	4–1	Saare County
Tony Williams 5' Richard Hughes 7', 36' Kevin Roberts 10'		Hendrik Karlson 75'

Malew Road, Castletown

9 July

Saare County	2–3	Shetland
Maiko Molder 72', 77'		Grant Gilfillan 58' Paul Spence 85' John Simpson 90'

Croit Lowey, Port Erin

10 July

Ynys Môn	1–1	Shetland
Mark Williams 60'		Stuart Smith 49'

St. George's, Douglas

Group 2

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Jersey	2	2	0	0	14	1	6	+13
2	Gibraltar	2	1	0	1	3	2	3	+1
3	Orkney	2	0	0	2	0	14	0	–14

8 July

Jersey	12–0	Orkney
James Reilly 10', 88' Paul Duxbury 22' Craig Ferey 38' Steve Coutanche 43' Daniel Craven 55'

St. George's, Douglas

9 July

Orkney	0–2	Gibraltar
		Roy Chipolina 57'

Tromode Park, Douglas

10 July

Jersey	2–1	Gibraltar
Robert Fox ?' Pat O'Toole ?'		unknown ?'

The Bowl, Douglas

Group 3

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Isle of Wight	2	1	1	0	4	1	4	+3
2	Rhodes	2	1	0	1	3	4	3	–1
3	Greenland	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	–2

8 July

Isle of Wight	0–0	Greenland

Douglas Road, Peel

9 July

Greenland	0–2	Rhodes

Ballacloan Stadium, Ramsey

10 July

Rhodes	1–4	Isle of Wight
		Liam Gearing 31', 81', 90' Terry Pawling 70'

Tromode Park, Douglas

Group 4

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Guernsey	2	2	0	0	15	2	6	+14
2	Isle of Man	2	1	0	1	11	4	3	+7
3	Falkland Islands	2	0	0	2	1	21	0	–20

8 July

Isle of Man	9–1	Falkland Islands
Chris Higgins 15', 43', 53', 56', 85' Nick Hurt 44' Peter Langridge 60' Steve Corkill 70' Nigel Corkill 73'		Hulocho 1'

The Bowl, Douglas

9 July

Guernsey	12–0	Falkland Islands
Grant Chalmers 29', 90', 90+1' Hick Lippinno 33', 34' (pen.) Miliko Harrinito 47', 49', 52', 56', 59' Own goal 75'

The Bowl, Douglas

10 July

Isle of Man	2–3	Guernsey
Steve Corkill 15' Nigel Corkill 85'

Croit Lowey, Port Erin

Placement play-off matches

9th – 12th place semi-finals

12 July

Saare County	2–1	Orkney
Maiko Molder ?'		Douglas Omand ?'

Tromode Park, Douglas

12 July

Greenland	4–0	Falkland Islands
Tom Nielsen ?' Anders Petersen ?'

Garey Mooar, Braddan

5th – 8th place semi-finals

12 July

Isle of Man	1–3	Rhodes

Ballacloan Stadium, Ramsey

12 July

Gibraltar	2–0	Shetland
Graham Alvez ?' Roy Chipolina ?'

Douglas Road, Peel

11th place match

13 July

Orkney	1–4	Falkland Islands
		Colin Buckland ?', ?' Jeremy Henry ?' Stephen Aldridge ?'

Douglas Road, Peel

9th place match

13 July

Greenland	2–0	Saare County
Knud Olsen Egede ?'

Ballacloan Stadium, Ramsey

7th place match

13 July

Isle of Man	2–2	Shetland
Tony Duggan 10' Peter Langridge 67'		James Johnston 13' Paul Spence 63'
Penalties
	5–4

Malew Road, Castletown

5th place match

13 July

Gibraltar	2–0	Rhodes
Colin Ramirez ?', ?'

Groves Road, Douglas

Final stage

Semi-finals

12 July

Isle of Wight	2–3	Guernsey
Liam Gearing 1' Martyn Raggett 39'		John Nobes 24' Jan Renouf 69' Gavin le Page 90'

Croit Lowey, Port Erin

12 July

Ynys Môn	2–2	Jersey
Danny Hughes ?' Mark Williams ?'		Yazalde Santos ?' Craig Ferey ?'
Penalties
	4–3

Malew Road, Castletown

3rd place match

13 July

Isle of Wight	0–2	Jersey

St. George's, Douglas

Final

13 July

Guernsey	0–0	Ynys Môn
Penalties
	11–10

The Bowl, Douglas

2001 Island Games Winners
Guernsey First Title

Final rankings

Rank	Team
	Guernsey
	Ynys Môn
	Jersey
4	Isle of Wight
5	Gibraltar
6	Rhodes
7	Isle of Man
8	Shetland
9	Greenland
10	Saare County
11	Falkland Islands
12	Orkney

Top goalscorers

* May have scored more

External links

• Official 2001 website