Games of the Small States of Europe
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The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) (Jeux des Petits Etats d'Europe, Giochi dei Piccoli Stati d'Europa, Smáþjóðaleikar Evrópu, Juegos de los Pequeños Estados de Europa, Jocs dels Petits Estats d'Europa, Il-Logħob tal-Pajjiżi ż-Żgħar ta' l-Ewropa) is a biennial multi-sport event, that has been organized by the National Olympic Committees of eight European small states, since 1985.
[edit] Members
Countries that are represented by autonomous National Olympic Committees, are located in Europe, and which have a population of less than one million are eligible to participate. The participating countries are Andorra, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino, all of which have participated since the first Games in 1985. With its 2006 declaration of independence, Montenegro became a member of the Athletic Association of the Small States of Europe.
[edit] Future members
The Faroe Islands, although already recognized by FIFA, is seeking recognition by the IOC for the purpose of participating in these games.
[edit] Host countries
- 1985 - San Marino, San Marino
- 1987 - Monte Carlo, Monaco
- 1989 - Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1991 - Andorra la Vella, Andorra
- 1993 - Valletta, Malta
- 1995 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- 1997 - Reykjavík, Iceland
- 1999 - Vaduz, Liechtenstein
- 2001 - San Marino, San Marino
- 2003 - Valletta, Malta
- 2005 - Andorra la Vella, Andorra
- 2007 - Monaco
[edit] Future games
The 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe will be held in June 2009 in Cyprus.[1] In 2011, they will be held in Liechtenstein.[2] The Games have been held on a somewhat rotational basis, but many countries seem to be looking to host the game twenty years after they originally did. Monaco and Cyprus are both hosting their second games out of turn on their twentieth anniversaries. Malta hosted the 2003 Games early.[3] Liechtenstein will too be hosting the games out of turn in 2011. Luxembourg will be hosting the games in 2013 and in 2015 the games will be held in Iceland. [4]
[edit] List of sporting disciplines
In Monaco 2007 the 12 sporting disciplines were athletics, basketball, gymnastics, judo, shooting, sailing, swimming, table tennis, bowls, tennis, beach volleyball and volleyball. Previous events have included cycling, bocce and squash.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Monaco to host 2007 GSSE." SportsBusinessNews, 6/6/2003. http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/151435/monaco-to-host-2007-gsse
- ^ "Coming Home with 13 Medals." Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein, June 7, 2005. http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/fl-portal-aktuell?newsid=12360
- ^ "Games of the Small States of Europe Update." Malta Olympic Committee. http://www.nocmalta.org/page.asp?n=newsdetails&i=4961
- ^ "Cyprus to host small European states' games in 2009", People's Daily Online, Xinhua, June 05, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
[edit] External links
- Athletic Association of the Small States of Europe
- Monaco 2007
- Andorra 2005
- GSSE on Malta 2003
- European Olympic Committees: Games of the Small States of Europe
- [1]
- Remo, Raimondi; Manlio Molinari, Eros Bologna (2003). Statistics on GSSE Participation 1985-2003 (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
- "Games of the Small States of Europe - History of athletics results", Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
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San Marino 1985 | Monaco 1987 | Cyprus 1989 | Andorra 1991 | Malta 1993 | Luxembourg 1995 | Iceland 1997 | Liechtenstein 1999 | San Marino 2001 | Malta 2003 | Andorra 2005 | Monaco 2007 | Cyprus 2009 | Liechtenstein 2011 | Luxembourg 2013 | Iceland 2015 |
