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TheIndian Ocean Island Games (French:Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien) is a quadrennialmulti-sport event fromIndian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories ofMauritius,Seychelles,Comoros,Madagascar,Mayotte,Réunion and theMaldives.^[1] The number of athletes who participate has increased over the years, it went from 1000 athletes in 1979 to over 1500 participants in2003 and2007 and over 2000 participants in2019.

From 1947 until 1963, a precursor calledIndian Ocean Games Triangulaire was organized betweenMadagascar,Mauritius andRéunion. In 1963, a football match inMadagascar betweenMauritius andMadagascar was abandoned at 1–1 after 54 minutes, and Madagascar declared themselves as winners of the tournament. After this match Mauritius refused to play and the tournament was not held again.^{[citation needed]}

In 1974, the Regional Olympic Committee ofRéunion decide to organise a multi-sport competition in the Indian Ocean. This was adopted by theInternational Olympic Committee in 1976. The competition was initially called the 'Indian Ocean Games', but the name was changed to the 'Indian Ocean Island Games' before the first games, without the participation ofSri Lanka, which was initially included.

The objectives of the games are to contribute to regional cooperation through the development of sport in the region; build friendship and mutual understanding between the peoples of the islands of the Indian Ocean, in the spirit ofOlympism; allow athletes to have, every four years, a competition whose interest and level are commensurate with the real sport of the region; and create a regional event whose repercussions will ensure the development of infrastructure of countries in the area. In 2019 the games involve 7 islands, 14 disciplines and 2,000 athletes.

Five countries participated in the creation of the Games: Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Mauritius, Comoros and Reunion. They drafted the Charter of the Games. Originally, the Games were to take place every four years, however this frequency was not observed from 1979 to 2003.

Year	Edition	Date	Host country	Host city	Sports	Events	Reference
1979	1 [fr]		Réunion	Saint Denis	13	111	[2]
1985	2 [fr]		Mauritius	Curepipe	13	120	[3]
1990	3 [fr]		Madagascar	Antananarivo	14	151	[4]
1993	4 [fr]		Seychelles	Victoria	13	164	[5]
1998	5 [fr]		Réunion	Saint Denis	16	176	[6]
2003	6 [fr]	29 August – 3 September	Mauritius	Moka	13	194	[7]
2007	7	9–19 August	Madagascar	Antananarivo	15	245	[8]
2011	8	5–14 August	Seychelles	Victoria	12	187	[9]
2015	9	1–8 August	Réunion	Saint Denis	14	214	[10]
2019	10	19–28 July	Mauritius	Port Louis	13	223	[11]
2023	11	23 August – 3 September	Madagascar	Antananarivo	20	315	[12]
2027	12	Future event	Comoros	Moroni
2029	13	Future event	Maldives	Malé

The Indian Ocean Youth and Sport Commission (CJSOI) Games.^[13][14] 13th ofIndian Ocean Island Youth Games was held in 2025.

XIII CJSOI Games, was held in Seychelles from August 1 to August 10. The games will feature 11 sporting events, including football (U17), athletics, swimming, and more. This will be the third time Seychelles has hosted the games, having previously done so in 1999 and 2008.^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

	1979	1985	1990	1993	1998	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	Total
Comoros	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	9
Madagascar	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	9
Maldives	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	10
Mauritius	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	10
Mayotte	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	5
Réunion	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	10
Seychelles	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	10

• Mauritius includes the islands ofRodrigues andAgaléga.
• In 2003,Mayotte participated together withRéunion asFrance Indian Ocean.

As of 2015.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Réunion	664	624	535	1,823
2	Mauritius	496	551	607	1,654
3	Madagascar	474	410	451	1,335
4	Seychelles	225	234	280	739
5	Comoros	9	21	64	94
6	Maldives	6	16	28	50
7	Mayotte	5	19	33	57
Totals (7 entries)		1,879	1,875	1,998	5,752

2003 France Indian Ocean medals have been counted for Réunion.

• Indian Ocean Games Triangulaire
• Island Games
• Southern African Games (CUCSA Games)
• Central African Games
• East African Community Games (EACoG)
• East African Schools Games (FEASSSA Games)
• West African Games

• Official website of the 7th IOIG
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• Official website of the 9th IOIG
• Official website of the 10th IOIG

• Indian Ocean Island Games
• History of the Indian Ocean
• Multi-sport events in Africa
• Multi-sport events in Asia
• Recurring sporting events established in 1979

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