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2015 Island Games

Host	Jersey
Teams	24 islands
Athletes	3,000
Events	14 sports
Opening	27 June 2015
Closing	3 July 2015
Opened by	William Bailhache
Main venue	FB Fields
Website	www.jersey2015.com
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The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) were held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015.^[1] This was the second time the island hosted the games, the first being in 1997.

The week-long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands^[2] take part in 14 sports.^[3] The official mascot of the games was a real-life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.^[4]

Participating islands

24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.^[5]

Sports

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

Archery (12) (details)
Athletics (42) (details)
Badminton (6) (details)
Basketball (2) (details)
Cycling (20) (details)
- Mountain biking (8)
- Road (4)
- Time trial (4)
- Town centre criterium (4)
Football (2) (details)
Golf (4) (details)
Sailboarding (2) (details)
Sailing (3) (details)
Shooting (62) (details)
Swimming (42) (details)
Table tennis (6) (details)
Tennis (7) (details)
Triathlon (4) (details)
Volleyball
- Beach volleyball (2) (details)
- Indoor volleyball (2) (details)

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

Medal table

* Host nation (Jersey)

Final medal table
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jersey*	50	53	30	133
2	Isle of Man	34	27	29	90
3	Guernsey	28	25	42	95
4	Faroe Islands	18	18	24	60
5	Gotland	17	8	16	41
6	Cayman Islands	14	11	8	33
7	Isle of Wight	10	13	12	35
8	Saare County	7	10	3	20
9	Western Isles	7	6	6	19
10	Shetland	6	8	9	23
11	Gibraltar	6	5	6	17
12	Bermuda	5	7	4	16
13	Ynys Môn	5	0	3	8
14	Åland	3	9	12	24
15	Menorca	3	6	6	15
16	Hitra	2	3	4	9
17	Sark	1	1	2	4
18	Rhodes	1	1	0	2
19	Greenland	1	0	0	1
20	Orkney	0	2	3	5
21	Falkland Islands	0	2	0	2
22	Saint Helena	0	0	1	1
23	Alderney	0	0	0	0
23	Frøya	0	0	0	0
Totals (24 entries)		218	215	220	653

Source: ^[6]

References

^ "Jersey.com page about the games". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Statistics from the official website". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "The sports section of the official website". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Indigo's page on the Durrell website". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Participating Islands to Jersey 2015". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ Official Medal Table

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