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Games of the Small States of Europe

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Multi-sport event

Games of the Small States of Europe
Logo of the event
Genre	Multisport competitions
Location	International
Inaugurated	1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Previous event	2025
Next event	2027
Organised by	European Olympic Committees
Website	www.eocgsse.org

Member states in red, Vatican City in blue as unknown status, Faroe Islands in green as a prospective member

TheGames of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennialmulti-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring theNational Olympic Committees of nineEuropean small states since 1985. The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports.^[1]

Member countries

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The games are organized by the members of theEuropean Olympic Committees (EOC). From its initial forming at the 1984 Olympics through 2009, there were eight members; the group's ninth member (Montenegro) was admitted in 2009. In order to be eligible, each member must have a population of less than one million people. Cyprus is the only exception (when counting the whole island^[a]); however, its population was below one million in 1984. The participating countries are:

TheFaroe Islands are also seeking to compete at the Games;^[3] however, unlike the other participants, the Islands are neither an independent state (they are an autonomous part ofDenmark) nor are they an EOC member.

^The population of areas administered by the Republic of Cyprus is 923,272 according to the 2021 census.^[2]

Editions

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No.	Year	Host city	Host nation	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Champions
1	1985	City of San Marino	San Marino	23–26 May	8	222	7	49	Iceland (ISL)
2	1987	Monaco City	Monaco	14–17 May		468	9	66	Iceland (ISL)
3	1989	Nicosia	Cyprus	17–20 May		675	8	75	Cyprus (CYP)
4	1991	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	21–25 May		697	8	82	Iceland (ISL)
5	1993	Valletta	Malta	25–29 May		690	8	87
6	1995	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	29 May – 3 June		684	9	88
7	1997	Reykjavík	Iceland	2–7 June		714	10	87
8	1999	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	24–29 May		566	9	86
9	2001	City of San Marino	San Marino	29 May – 2 June		658	11	101
10	2003	Valletta	Malta	2–7 June		765	10	105	Cyprus (CYP)
11	2005	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	30 May – 4 June		793	11	120
12	2007	Monaco City	Monaco	4–9 June		1062	12	121
13	2009	Various^[a]	Cyprus	1–6 June		843	9	120
14	2011	Various^[b]	Liechtenstein	30 May – 4 June	9	750	9	113
15	2013	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	27 May – 1 June		762	12	120	Luxembourg (LUX)
16	2015	Reykjavík	Iceland	27 May – 1 June		789	11	120	Iceland (ISL)
17	2017	City of San Marino	San Marino	29 May – 3 June		889	11	131	Luxembourg (LUX)
18	2019	Budva	Montenegro^[5]^[6]^[7]	27 May – 1 June		846	10	113	Luxembourg (LUX)
19	~~2021~~	~~Andorra la Vella~~	~~Andorra~~	Cancelled to avoid scheduling conflict with the rescheduled2020 Summer Olympics
19	2023	Valletta	Malta^[8]	28 May – 3 June	9	835	10	125	Malta (MLT)
20	2025	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	26 May – 1 June	9	800+	12	160	Cyprus (CYP)
21	2027	Monaco City	Monaco	Future event
22	2029	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Future event

^The majority of the events were hosted in Cyprus' capital cityNicosia, with other events taking place inLimassol and the National Park of Machairas.^[4]
^The games were held in nine differentmunicipalities of Liechtenstein.

List of sporting disciplines

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Some sports consist of multiple disciplines. Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same color:

Aquatics Basketball Cycling Gymnastics Volleyball
The planned Games of 2021 were cancelled due to the rescheduling of the2020 Summer Olympics

Sport (Discipline)	Body	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	23


Swimming (records)	LEN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Synchronized swimming	LEN									•

3-on-3 basketball	FIBAE																			•
Basketball	FIBAE	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•

Mountain biking	UEC													•	•	•		•		•
Road cycling	UEC	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•			•	•		•		•

Artistic	UEG							•					•	•		•	•			•
Rhythmic	UEG													•

Beach volleyball	CEV												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Volleyball	CEV		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

Archery	WAE																	•
Athletics (records)	EAA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Boules	CMSB									•			•						•	•
Golf	EGA																	•
Sailing	EUROSAF									•		•	•
Judo	EJU	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Karate	EKF																			•
Squash	ESF							•	•		•				•
Shooting	ESF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Table tennis	ETTU						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Taekwondo	ETU											•								•
Tennis	TE		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Weightlifting	EWF	•	•
Sport (Discipline)	Body	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	21	23

All-time medal table

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As of the2025 Games of the Small States of Europe.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cyprus (CYP)	555	483	440	1,478
2	Iceland (ISL)	535	415	449	1,399
3	Luxembourg (LUX)	443	447	425	1,315
4	Monaco (MON)	163	182	267	612
5	Malta (MLT)	124	198	250	572
6	Liechtenstein (LIE)	79	86	113	278
7	San Marino (SMR)	76	132	168	376
8	Montenegro (MNE)	67	37	57	161
9	Andorra (AND)	65	111	153	329
Totals (9 entries)		2,107	2,091	2,322	6,520

References

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^https://inside.cev.eu/institutions/zonal-associations/small-countries-association-sca/^{[bare URL]}
^"Census of Population and Housing 2021, Preliminary Results by District, Municipality/Community". Nicosia: Statistical Service of Cyprus. 4 August 2023.Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved4 August 2023.
^Nancy Gillen (26 October 2019)."Nancy Gillen: Faroe Islands continue fight for Olympic recognition at EOC General Assembly".Inside the Games. Retrieved1 August 2022.
^"Venues".Cyprus Olympic Committee. XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - Cyprus 2009.
^"Budva će biti domaćin Igara malih zemalja" [Budva will be the host of the games of small states].rtcg.me (in Montenegrin).RTCG. 21 April 2016. Retrieved27 January 2017.
^Lajović, Vuk (21 April 2016)."Budva će 2019. biti domaćin Igara malih država Evrope" [Budva will be the host of the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe].vijesti.me (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. Archived fromthe original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved27 January 2017.
^"Montenegro to host 2019 edition".Times of Malta. 2 June 2015. Retrieved19 July 2016.
^"Malta to host Games of the Small States of Europe in 2023". Malta National Olympic Committee. 26 May 2018.

External links

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Official website
Remo, Raimondi; Manlio Molinari; Eros Bologna (2003)."Statistics on GSSE Participation 1985–2003 (Archived URL)"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 23 December 2005.
"Games of the Small States of Europe – History of athletics results".Athletics Weekly.

v t e Games of the Small States of Europe
San Marino 1985 Monaco 1987 Cyprus 1989 Andorra 1991 Malta 1993 Luxembourg 1995 Iceland 1997 Liechtenstein 1999 San Marino 2001 Malta 2003 Andorra 2005 Monaco 2007 Cyprus 2009 Liechtenstein 2011 Luxembourg 2013 Iceland 2015 San Marino 2017 Montenegro 2019 ~~Andorra 2021~~ Malta 2023 Andorra 2025 Monaco 2027
Europe -European Games -European Youth Olympic Festival

v t e Events at theGames of the Small States of Europe
Archery Athletics(records) Basketball Boules Cycling Golf Gymnastics Judo Sailing Shooting Squash Swimming(records) Table tennis Tennis Volleyball men women

v t e European Olympic Committees (EOC)
Current members	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus¹ Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia¹ San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine 1: National Olympic Committee is suspended by theInternational Olympic Committee
Former members	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

European Olympic Committees (EOC)

Current members

1: National Olympic Committee is suspended by theInternational Olympic Committee

Former members

Multi-sport events

Global
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Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games African School Games West African University Games African Beach Games
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Europe	Black Sea Games¹ European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
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Asia

Europe

Historical¹
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Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games South African Games North Dakota Netherlands Spartakiad of Albania Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR youth

Winter sports
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games¹ Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
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