Games of the Small States of Europe

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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 eight European small states since 1985. The Games are currently held at the beginning of June, and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports.

The 14th edition of the Games took place in June 2011 in Liechtenstein.[1]

Member countries

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 was added in 2009. Members all have a population of less than one million people. Participating countries are:

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

The  Faroe Islands are seeking to also compete at the Games; however, unlike the other participants, the Faroes are neither a sovereign nation (they are an autonomous province of Denmark) nor are they an EOC member.

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Editions

Edition Year Competition dates Location Sports Athletes
1st 1985 23–26 May San Marino, San Marino 222
2nd 1987 14–17 May Monaco 468
3rd 1989 17–20 May Nicosia, Cyprus 675
4th 1991 21–25 May Andorra la Vella, Andorra 697
5th 1993 25–29 May Valletta, Malta 690
6th 1995 29 May – 3 June Luxembourg, Luxembourg 684
7th 1997 2–7 June Reykjavík, Iceland 714
8th 1999 24–29 May Vaduz, Liechtenstein 566
9th 2001 29 May – 2 June San Marino, San Marino 658
10th 2003 2–7 June Valletta, Malta 10 765
11th 2005 30 May – 4 June Andorra la Vella, Andorra 10 793
12th 2007 4–9 June Monaco[2] 12 786
13th 2009 1–6 June Cyprus (3 cities) 12 843
14th 2011 30 May – 4 June Liechtenstein (9 cities) 9 750
15th 2013 27 May – 1 June Luxembourg, Luxembourg 12  ?
16th 2015 Reykjavík, Iceland  ?  ?
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List of sporting disciplines

At the 2013 Games 11 disciplines were contested (with both men's and women's divisions):

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All-time medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Cyprus Cyprus 390 330 295 1015
2 Iceland Iceland 386 278 278 942
3 Luxembourg Luxembourg 261 274 267 802
4 Monaco Monaco 97 119 174 390
5 Malta Malta 57 103 145 305
6 San Marino San Marino 54 89 112 255
7 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 42 43 68 153
8 Andorra Andorra 38 81 99 218
9 Montenegro Montenegro 4 2 2 8
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References

  1. ^ History of the Games of the Small States of Europe, from the website of the 14th GSSE (www.liegames2011.li); retrieved 2010-12-02.
  2. ^ Monaco to host 2007 GSSE published by SportsBusiness.com on 2003-06-06, retrieved 2010-12-02.
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External links

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