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2015 Island Games

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Host
  
Jersey

Athletes participating
  
3,000

Opening ceremony
  
27 June 2015

Teams participating
  
24 islands

Events
  
14 sports

Closing ceremony
  
3 July 2015

2015 Island Games

The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1997.

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The week long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands take part in 14 sports. The official mascot of the games was a real life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.

Participating islands

24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.

Sports

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

  • Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games.
  • Medal table

    Final medal table.

    Key:

    References

    2015 Island Games Wikipedia