Volleyball at the Island Games

Volleyball is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.

Volleyball has been selected as a sport in every Island Games for both Men and Women since the games were started in 1985.

Beach Volleyball being introduced for the first time in 2007.

Volleyball ^[1]

• A maximum of one Team per gender may be entered by each Member Island
• Each team may have 12 competitors and 5 bench personnel
• Age - 13 minimum

Beach Volleyball ^[1]

• A maximum of one Team per gender may be entered by each Member Island
• Each team comprises 2 competitors per Member Island
• Age - 13 minimum

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's Volleyball	8	Saaremaa	13	Åland  Saaremaa
Women's Volleyball	7	Faroe Islands  Saaremaa	16	Faroe Islands
Men's Beach Volleyball	1	Cayman Islands  Gotland  Saaremaa	2	Cayman Islands  Gotland  Saaremaa
Women's Beach Volleyball	2	Menorca	3	Menorca

Volleyball

Men's Volleyball

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985	I	Isle of Man	Åland	Iceland	Faroe Islands
1987	II	Guernsey	Åland	Faroe Islands	Gibraltar
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	Guernsey	Iceland
1991	IV	Åland	Saaremaa	Åland	Faroe Islands
1993	V	IOW	Åland	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Åland	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands
1997	VII	Jersey	Åland	Saaremaa	Gotland
1999	VIII	Gotland	Åland	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Åland	Gotland	Saaremaa
2003	X	Guernsey	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Åland
2005	XI	Shetland	Saaremaa	Bermuda	Faroe Islands
2007	XII	Rhodes	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Rhodes
2009	XIII	Åland	Saaremaa	Åland	Greenland
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Åland
2013	XV	Bermuda	Saaremaa	Åland	Bermuda
2015	XVI	Jersey	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Åland

Women's Volleyball

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985	I	Isle of Man	Åland	Faroe Islands	Iceland
1987	II	Guernsey	Faroe Islands	Guernsey	Åland
1989	III	Faroe Islands	Iceland	Faroe Islands	Åland
1991	IV	Åland	Saaremaa	Åland	Faroe Islands
1993	V	IOW	Saaremaa	Åland	Faroe Islands
1995	VI	Gibraltar	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Åland
1997	VII	Jersey	Saaremaa	Åland	Faroe Islands
1999	VIII	Gotland	Faroe Islands	Åland	Saaremaa
2001	IX	Isle of Man	Faroe Islands	Saaremaa	Guernsey
2003	X	Guernsey	Faroe Islands	Saaremaa	Greenland
2005	XI	Shetland	Faroe Islands	Saaremaa	Åland
2007	XII	Rhodes	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Menorca
2009	XIII	Åland	Faroe Islands	Saaremaa	Menorca
2011	XIV	Isle of Wight	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Menorca
2013	XV	Bermuda	Faroe Islands	Saaremaa	Greenland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Saaremaa	Faroe Islands	Menorca

Beach Volleyball

Men's Beach Volleyball

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007	XII	Rhodes	Cayman Islands	Gotland	Rhodes
2013	XV	Bermuda	Saaremaa	Cayman Islands [2]	Menorca
2015	XVI	Jersey	Gotland	Saaremaa	Jersey

Women's Beach Volleyball

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007	XII	Rhodes	Menorca	Rhodes	Saaremaa
2013	XV	Bermuda	Menorca	Cayman Islands [2]	Gotland
2015	XVI	Jersey	Cayman Islands [3]	Saaremaa	Menorca

References

1. "IIGA bylaws" (PDF). IIGA.
2. "2013 NatWest Island Games - 46 medals for Cayman".
3. "Island Games athletes return with 33 medals". caymanreporter.com. Retrieved 23 Jul 2015.