Football at the 2001 Island Games – Women's tournament

Women's Football at the Island Games 2001
Tournament details
Host countryIsle of Man
Dates8 July – 13 July
Teams7
Venue(s)9 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Faroe Islands (1st title)
Runners-up Åland
Third place Jersey
Fourth place Isle of Man
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored115 (8.21 per match)
2003 →

The women's football tournament was contested as part of the programme for the 2001 Island Games which was hosted in the Isle of Man from 27 June to 3 July 2015. It was the first edition of the women'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 8 July 2001 and ended with the gold medal match on 13 July 2001. The Faroe Islands and Åland contested the final. The Faroe Islands would win the final 5–4 with added overtime, winning the inaugural tournament and their first win in the competition. In the bronze medal match, Jersey defeated Isle of Man 2–3.

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. This edition of the Island Games would have its first women's tournament in football.[1]

Format

Seven teams took part in the competition. They were drawn into two round-robin groups, one group with four teams and one group of three teams. The top two best placed teams from each group and would qualify for the semifinals. The highest non-qualifier would automatically become the fifth-placer, while the two lowest ranked teams in the group stages would face each other in the sixth-place match. The winning team from each semifinal would contest the gold medal match and the losing team from each would contest the bronze medal match.[2]

Participants

Games

Group 1

Åland and Jersey would advance to the semifinals as they were the top two highest ranked teams in Group 1, with the former winning three matches and the latter winning two and losing one.[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Åland 3 3 0 0 29 2 +27 9
 Jersey 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
 Isle of Wight 3 1 0 2 2 18 −16 3
 Guernsey 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: [2]
Jersey 4–0 Isle of Wight
[2]
Åland 9–1 Guernsey
[2]
Isle of Wight 0–13 Åland
[2]
Guernsey 0–2 Jersey
[2]
Guernsey 1–2 Isle of Wight
[2]
Jersey 1–7 Åland
[2]

Group 2

The Faroe Islands and the Isle of Man would advance to the semifinals as they were the top two highest ranked teams in Group 1, with the former winning two matches and the latter winning one and losing one.[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 18 0 +18 6
 Isle of Man 2 1 0 1 5 12 −7 3
 Ynys Môn 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0
Source: [2]
Faroe Islands 11–0 Isle of Man
[2]
Faroe Islands 7–0 Ynys Môn
[2]
Isle of Man 5–1 Ynys Môn
[2]

Placement play-off matches and semi-finals

Semi-finals

The Faroe Islands defeated Jersey in the first semi-final match, while Åland defeated the Isle of Man in the second semi-final match.[2]

Jersey 0–16 Faroe Islands
[2]
Isle of Man 1–11 Åland
[2]

6th place match

Guernsey defeated Ynys Môn in the sixth-place match.[2]

Guernsey 8–1 Ynys Môn
[2]

5th place match

The Isle of Wight were automatically ranked in fifth-place after being the highest-ranked non-qualifier.[2]

Isle of Wight W–W
[2]

Finals

3rd place match

Jersey defeated the Isle of Man in the bronze medal match.[2]

Isle of Man 2–3 Jersey
[2]

Final

The Faroe Islands defeated Åland in the gold medal match.[2]

Faroe Islands 5–4 (a.e.t.) Åland
[2]


2001 Island Games Winners

Faroe Islands
First Title

Final rankings

Rank Team
 Faroe Islands
 Åland
 Jersey
4  Isle of Man
5  Isle of Wight
6  Guernsey
7  Ynys Môn

See also

References

  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 y Morrison, Neil (20 July 2003). "Island Games Tournament (Women) 2001 (Isle of Man)". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
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