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2009 Games of the Small States of Europe

2009 Games of the Small States of Europe
FieldValue
nameXIII Games of the Small States of Europe
XIII Αγώνες των Μικρών Κρατών της Ευρώπης
logoGSSE 2009 logo.jpg
size200px
captionLogo inspired by the Kyrenia ship
countryCYP Cyprus
nations8
athletes843
events120 in 9 sports
opening1 June 2009
closing6 June 2009
opened_byDimitris Christofias
websitecyprus2009.org.cy
previous2007
next2011

XIII Αγώνες των Μικρών Κρατών της Ευρώπης

The 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe, also known as the XIIIth Games of the Small States of Europe were held in June 2009 among the participant nations in the Games of the Small States of Europe. The opening ceremonies were on 1 June, and the closing ceremonies on 6 June. The games were held in Cyprus, twenty years after the first Games were held there in 1989. Malta was scheduled for 2009 in the rotation, but were selected to host the games early in 2003. The organizing committee estimated the cost at 1.5 million euros for all events.

Overview

The opening ceremony took place at the New GSP Stadium. A world premiere composed by David Foster was performed by tenor Mario Frangoulis on Monday 1 June 2009. The principal sponsor of the event was Coca-Cola in a deal worth €140,000.

Participants

Participating countries were:

  1. Andorra
  2. Cyprus
  3. Iceland
  4. Liechtenstein
  5. Luxembourg
  6. Malta
  7. Monaco
  8. San Marino

Montenegro, although eligible, did not participate. A record 1,500 athletes were expected to participate in the event.

Official logo and mascot

Tefkros, the official mascot

The official logo and the mascot, Tefkros the dove were revealed on the official website on 14 May 2008.

Events

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

Calendar

DataSport01.0602.0603.0604.0605.0606.06
Ceremony●●
Athletics●●●
Beach volley●●●●
Gymnastics●●●●
Judo●●●
Mountain biking●
Swimming●●●●
Basketball●●●●●
Volleyball●●●●●
Tennis●●●●●
Table Tennis●●●●●
Shooting●●●●
Sailing●●●●

Venues

The majority of events (6 of 12) were held in venues in Nicosia. The southern city of Limassol hosted Beach Volleyball, Gymnastics, Sailing and Swimming, whilst the Mountain Bike events were held at the National Park of Machairas at an average altitude of 700m. :{| class="wikitable" ! !Venues !City/Locality |- |Athletics |GSP Stadium

Nicosia
Basketball
Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Nicosia
-
Beach Volley
Sailing Centre
Limassol
-
Cycling
Mountain Bike Track
Machairas
-
Gymnastics
Palais de Sport
Limassol
-
Judo
Lefkotheo Indoor Hall
Nicosia
-
Sailing
Sailing Centre
Limassol
-
Shooting
Olympic Shooting Range
Nicosia
-
Swimming
Limassol Swimming Pool
Limassol
-
Table Tennis
Evangelos Florakis Indoor Hall
Nicosia
-
Tennis
National Tennis Centre
Nicosia
-
Volleyball
University of Cyprus Sports hall
Nicosia
-
Opening and Closing ceremonies
GSP Stadium
Nicosia
}

Media coverage

Lumiere TV and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation covered the event. Live transmission through Hellas Sat of many events was covered in High Definition. Two daily summaries were also released.

Medal Count

Final Medal Table

References

References

  1. (2008). "CYPRUS 2009 Logo and Mascot Manual". Cyprus Olympic Committee.
  2. (June 5, 2007). "Cyprus to host small European states' games in 2009". [[Xinhua]].
  3. (June 6, 2003). "Monaco to host 2007 GSSE". Sports Business News.
  4. (4 February 2003). "Games of the Small States of Europe Update". Malta Olympic Committee.
  5. (February 17, 2009). "Cypriot organizers expect record high participation in games for small European states". Xinhua.
  6. (2009-04-29). "Details of GSSE Ceremonies Unveiled".
  7. (2009-03-13). "Η Coca-Cola "χρυσός Χορηγός" των 13ων Αγώνων Μικρών Κρατών Ευρώπης (Coca-Cola, the 'golden' sponsor of the XIIIth GSSE).".
  8. "XIII Games of the Small States of Europe CYPRUS 2009". [[Cyprus Olympic Committee]].
  9. "XIII Games of the Small States of Europe CYPRUS 2009, Venues". [[Cyprus Olympic Committee]].
  10. (2009-05-23). Cyprus Olympic Committee. link. (October 2010)
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