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IIGA International Island Games Association 5-a-side Soccer Isle of Man 1985

IIGA Isle of Man ’85 Logo [References: 2]

Final Table

PWDLFAPts
Froya (Nor)6330839
Anglesey (Wal)6150637
Orkney (Sco)6222996
Guernsey (ChI)6222476
Hitra (Nor)6213655
Isle of Man (Cel)62135105
Jersey (ChI)6123564
IIGA International Island Games Association 5-a-side Soccer Isle of Man 1985 [Reference: 3]

Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
1985Isle of Man2Jersey0
1985Hitra0Froya1
1985Isle of Man1Orkney1
1985Angelesy0Jersey0
1985Guernsey1Hitra0
1985Froya2Orkney1
1985Anglesey3Isle of Man0
1985Hitra1Jersey0
1985Guernsey1Froya0
1985Anglesey1Orkney1
1985Guernsey0Isle of Man2
1985Froya0Jersey0
1985Anglesey1Hitra1
1985Guernsey2Orkney1
1985Froya3Isle of Man0
1985Orkney3Jersey2
1985Anglesey1Froya1
1985Guernsey0Jersey3
1985Hitra3Isle of Man0
1985Anglesey0Guernsey0
1985Hitra1Orkney2
IIGA International Island Games Association 5-a-side Soccer Isle of Man 1985 [References: 3]

Report

The Norwegian Island of Froya won the Inaugural Island Games 5-a-side Soccer Championship in 1985. They won 3 and drew three of their matches, finishing two points ahead of the Welsh Island of Anglesey, which drew five and won one of its matches. Other Islands included the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, the Celtic Sea Island of the Isle of Man, the North Sea Island of Orkney, and another Norwegian Island, Hitra.

About the IIGA

International Island Games association Logo [Reference: 1]

Initially just between 7 islands in Norway and the United Kingdom, the International Island Games Association has grown to include members as far away as Aland Islands (Finland), Bermuda (North Atlantic), Greenland and Gibraltar. It holds the IIGA Island Games every second year, including events in many of the sports, both individual and team, that the Summer Olympic Games holds.

References

Logos

[1] IIGA (2020) logo [Internet] Available from: https://www.iiga.org/images2015/logo.jpg [Accessed 9 November 2020]

[2] IIGA (2020) iom_85__________wihe120moscalebgwhite [Internet] Available from: https://www.iiga.org/thumbnails/games_logos/iom_85__________wihe120moscalebgwhite.jpg [Accessed 9 November 2020]

Websites / PDF Booklets

[3] IIGA (2020) Isle of Man 1985 [Internet] Available from: https://www.iiga.org/media/1985/1985_soccer_5side.pdf  [Accessed 9 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dervla Mulcahy.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 9 November 2020

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