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Games of the Small States of Europe

Member states in red, Vatican City in blue as unknown status, Faroe Islands in green as a prospective member

The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of nine European small states since 1985. The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports.

Member countries

The games are organized by the members of the European Olympic Committees (EOC). From its initial forming at the 1984 Olympics through 2009, there were eight members; the group's ninth member (Montenegro) was admitted in 2009. Every member has a population of less than one million people (Cyprus is the only exception; however, its population was below one million in 1984). The participating countries are:

(*) Montenegro became the ninth GSSE country on 1 June 2009.

The Faroe Islands are also seeking to compete at the Games;[1] however, unlike the other participants, the Islands are neither an independent state (they are an autonomous part of Denmark) nor are they an EOC member.

Editions

  1. ^ The majority of the events were hosted in Cyprus' capital city Nicosia, with other events taking place in Limassol and the National Park of Machairas.[2]
  2. ^ The games were held in nine different municipalities of Liechtenstein.

List of sporting disciplines

Some sports consist of multiple disciplines. Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

  Aquatics       Basketball       Cycling       Gymnastics       Volleyball
  The planned Games of 2021 were cancelled due to the rescheduling of the 2020 Summer Olympics

All-time medal table

As of the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe.

References

  1. ^ Nancy Gillen (26 October 2019). "Nancy Gillen: Faroe Islands continue fight for Olympic recognition at EOC General Assembly". Inside the Games. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Venues". Cyprus Olympic Committee. XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - Cyprus 2009.
  3. ^ "Budva će biti domaćin Igara malih zemalja" [Budva will be the host of the games of small states]. rtcg.me (in Montenegrin). RTCG. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ^ Lajović, Vuk (21 April 2016). "Budva će 2019. biti domaćin Igara malih država Evrope" [Budva will be the host of the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe]. vijesti.me (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Montenegro to host 2019 edition". Times of Malta. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Malta to host Games of the Small States of Europe in 2023". Malta National Olympic Committee. 26 May 2018.

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See also