Volleyball at the Island Games
Volleyball is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
Volleyball has been selected as a sport in every Island Games for both Men and Women since the games were started in 1985.
Beach Volleyball being introduced for the first time in 2007.
Volleyball [1]
- A maximum of one Team per gender may be entered by each Member Island
- Each team may have 12 competitors and 5 bench personnel
- Age - 13 minimum
Beach Volleyball [1]
- A maximum of one Team per gender may be entered by each Member Island
- Each team comprises 2 competitors per Member Island
- Age - 13 minimum
Events
| Event | I 1985 |
II 1987 |
III 1989 |
IV 1991 |
V 1993 |
VI 1995 |
VII 1997 |
VIII 1999 |
IX 2001 |
X 2003 |
XI 2005 |
XII 2007 |
XIII 2009 |
XIV 2011 |
XV 2013 |
XVI 2015 |
XVII 2017 |
XVIII 2019 |
XIX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | X | X | X | X | X | X | 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 | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Men's beach volleyball | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||
| Women's beach volleyball | X | X | X | X | X |
Top Medalists
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's Volleyball | 8 |  Saaremaa  Åland
|
14 | Åland Saaremaa
|
| Women's Volleyball | 7 |  Faroe Islands Saaremaa
|
16 | Faroe Islands
|
| Men's Beach Volleyball | 1 |  Cayman Islands  Gotland Saaremaa Åland Islands
|
3 | Gotland Saaremaa
|
| Women's Beach Volleyball | 2 |  Menorca
|
4 | Menorca
|
Volleyball
Men's Volleyball
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1985 | I |  Isle of Man
|
Åland
|
 Iceland
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1987 | II |  Guernsey
|
Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
 Gibraltar
|
| 1989 | III | Faroe Islands
|
Faroe Islands
|
Guernsey
|
Iceland
|
| 1991 | IV | Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1993 | V |  Isle of Wight
|
Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1995 | VI | Gibraltar
|
Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1997 | VII |  Jersey
|
Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Gotland
|
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland
|
Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man
|
Åland
|
Gotland
|
Saaremaa
|
| 2003 | X | Guernsey
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Åland
|
| 2005 | XI |  Shetland
|
Saaremaa
|
 Bermuda
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 2007 | XII |  Rhodes
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Rhodes
|
| 2009 | XIII | Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
 Greenland
|
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Åland
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
Bermuda
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Åland
|
| 2017 | XVII | Gotland
|
Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Women's Volleyball
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1985 | I | Isle of Man
|
Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
Iceland
|
| 1987 | II | Guernsey
|
Faroe Islands
|
Guernsey
|
Åland
|
| 1989 | III | Faroe Islands
|
Iceland
|
Faroe Islands
|
Åland
|
| 1991 | IV | Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1993 | V | Isle of Wight
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1995 | VI | Gibraltar
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Åland
|
| 1997 | VII | Jersey
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
| 1999 | VIII | Gotland
|
Faroe Islands
|
Åland
|
Saaremaa
|
| 2001 | IX | Isle of Man
|
Faroe Islands
|
Saaremaa
|
Guernsey
|
| 2003 | X | Guernsey
|
Faroe Islands
|
Saaremaa
|
Greenland
|
| 2005 | XI | Shetland
|
Faroe Islands
|
Saaremaa
|
Åland
|
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Menorca
|
| 2009 | XIII | Åland
|
Faroe Islands
|
Saaremaa
|
Menorca
|
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Menorca
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Faroe Islands
|
Saaremaa
|
Greenland
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Saaremaa
|
Faroe Islands
|
Menorca
|
Beach Volleyball
Men's Beach Volleyball
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes
|
Cayman Islands
|
Gotland
|
Rhodes
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Saaremaa
|
Cayman Islands [2]
|
Menorca
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Gotland
|
Saaremaa
|
Jersey
|
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar
|
Åland Islands
|
Gotland
|
Saaremaa
|
Women's Beach Volleyball
| Year | Games | Host | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2007 | XII | Rhodes
|
Menorca
|
Rhodes
|
Saaremaa
|
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda
|
Menorca
|
Cayman Islands [2]
|
Gotland
|
| 2015 | XVI | Jersey
|
Cayman Islands [3]
|
Saaremaa
|
Menorca
|
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar
|
Gotland
|
Menorca
|
Cayman Islands
|
References
- ^ a b "IIGA bylaws" (PDF). IIGA.
- ^ a b "2013 NatWest Island Games - 46 medals for Cayman".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Island Games athletes return with 33 medals". caymanreporter.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.