Football at the 1997 Island Games

Men's Football at the Island Games 1997
Tournament details
Host countryJersey
Dates29 June – 4 July
Teams9
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Jersey (2nd title)
Runners-up Ynys Môn
Third place Isle of Wight
Fourth place Guernsey
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored68 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eifion Williams
(6 goals)
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1999 →

Football was contested as part of the programme for the 1997 Island Games which was hosted in Jersey from 28 June to 4 July 1997. It was the fifth edition of the men's football tournament at the multi-sport event organised by the International Island Games Association.

The football tournament began with the first matches in the group stage on 29 June 1997 and ended with the gold medal match on 4 July 1997. Hosts Jersey and Ynys Môn contested the final. Lee Bramley scored the only goal of the match as Jersey won the gold medal and equalled the Faroe Islands record by winning the gold medal for a second time. In the bronze medal match, defending champions the Isle of Wight defeated Guernsey 3–1.

Background

A five-a-side youth football tournament was held at the inaugural games in 1985 held in Douglas, Isle of Man but football was completely absent from the programme at the 1987 Island Games held in Guernsey. The first men's football tournament was held at the 1989 Island Games in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands won the first two editions undefeated but have not competed since their win at the 1991 Island Games in Åland. No team had won the competition more than once since then. Jersey won gold at the 1993 Island Games held on the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Wight were the defending champions after defeating hosts Gibraltar 1–0 in the gold medal match at the 1995 Island Games.[1]

Format

Eight teams took part in the competition. They were drawn into two single round robin groups of four teams. The winning team from each group would contest the gold medal match and the runners-up would contest the bronze medal match. Play-off placement matches were held for the teams finishing third and fourth in each group – the third-placed teams contested the fifth-place match and the fourth-placed teams contested the seventh-place match.[2]

Participants

Group phase

Group A

Jersey won all four of their games to progress to the gold medal match.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jersey 4 4 0 0 13 4 +9 12 Qualification for the Gold medal match
2  Guernsey 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7 Qualification for the Bronze medal match
3  Gibraltar 4 2 0 2 12 6 +6 6 Qualification for the fifth-place match
4  Frøya 4 1 0 3 3 12 −9 3 Qualification for the seventh-place match
5  Greenland 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1
Source: [2]
Frøya 1–4 Jersey
Karl Måsøval [2]
  • Adam Greig (2)
  • Nelio de Freitas
  • Craig Morton
FB Fields, St. Clement
Gibraltar 1–2 Guernsey
Daisen Macedo [2] [2]
  • Adrian Exall
  • Paul Nobes
La Boulivot, Grouville
Greenland 1–2 Jersey
Jan Nielsen [2]
  • Adam Greig
  • Steve Coutanche
La Hague Manor, St. Peter
Frøya 0–3 Guernsey
[2]
  • Jan Renouf
  • Tony Vance
  • Paul Nobes
Guernsey 0–0 Greenland
[2]
Frøya 0–4 Gibraltar
[2]
  • Keith Lagusa
  • Dennis Lopez (2)
  • Aaron Lima
La Couvent, St. Lawrence
Gibraltar 5–1 Greenland
  • Nathan Bagu
  • Dennis Lopez
  • Aaron Lima (2)
 [2] Charles Rasmussen
La Couvent, St. Lawrence
Guernsey 0–4 Jersey
[2]
  • Adam Greig
  • Nelio de Freitas
  • Lee Bramley
  • Yazalde Santos
Attendance: 5,000
Frøya 2–1 Greenland
Karl Måsøval (2) [2] Jan Nielsen
La Boulivot, Grouville
Gibraltar 2–3 Jersey
  • Keith Laguse
  • Dennis Lopez
[2]
  • Adam Greig
  • Damon Pih
  • Craig Morton

Group B

Ynys Môn won the group to progress to the gold medal match.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ynys Môn 3 2 1 0 12 0 +12 7 Qualification for the Gold medal match
2  Isle of Wight 3 1 2 0 4 0 +4 5 Qualification for the Bronze medal match
3  Shetland 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4 Qualification for the fifth-place match
4  Hitra Municipality 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0 Qualification for the seventh-place match
Source: [2]
Ynys Môn 8–0 Hitra Municipality
  • Campbell Harrison
  • Andrew Wagstaff (2)
  • Andrew Stewart
  • Eifion Williams (4)
 [2]
La Hague Manor, St. Peter
Shetland 0–0 Isle of Wight
[2]
Ynys Môn 4–0 Shetland
  • David Evans
  • Eifion Williams (2)
  • Gerallt Jones
[2]
FB Fields, St. Clement
Hitra Municipality 0–4 Isle of Wight
[2]
  • Darren Plenty
  • Adam Robinson
  • Martyn Raggett (2)
La Boulivot, Grouville
Ynys Môn 0–0 Isle of Wight
[2]
Shetland 2–1 Hitra Municipality
Michael Williamson (2) [2] Marius Fløkvik
La Couvent, St. Lawrence

Placement play-off matches

Seventh-place match

Frøya defeated Hitra Municipality in the seventh-place match.[3]

Frøya 4–1 Hitra Municipality
  • Tore Furberg
  • Trond Bekken
  • Karl Måsevöl
  • Arve Iversen
[2] Bror Blichfeldt
La Boulivot, Grouville

Fifth-place match

Shetland defeated Gibraltar in the fifth-place match.[3]

Shetland 2–1 Gibraltar
  • Robert Adamson
  • George Watt
[2] Joao da Silva
La Couvent, St. Lawrence

Bronze medal match

The Isle of Wight defeated Guernsey in the bronze medal match.[3]

Isle of Wight 3–1 Guernsey
  • Adam Bardsell
  • Simon Butler
  • Adam Robinson
[2] Stephen Brehault

Gold medal match

Jersey defeated Ynys Môn in the bronze medal match.[3]

Jersey 1–0 Ynys Môn
Lee Bramley [2]

Final rankings

Rank Team
 Jersey
 Ynys Môn
 Isle of Wight
4  Guernsey
5  Shetland
6  Gibraltar
7  Frøya
8  Hitra Municipality
9  Greenland

Top goalscorers

Reference

  1. ^ Beuker, John; Cruickshank, Mark; Di Maggio, Roberto (20 July 2023). "Island Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Veroeveren, Piet; Cruickshank, Mark (5 April 2007). "Island Games Tournament 1997 (Jersey)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Football Results, VII Island Games Jersey 1997" (PDF). International Island Games Association. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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