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Football at the 1997 Island Games
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Men's Football at the Island Games 1997 |
| size | 150px |
| country | Jersey |
| dates | 29 June – 4 July |
| num_teams | 9 |
| venues | 6 |
| cities | 5 |
| champion | Jersey |
| count | 2 |
| second | Anglesey |
| third | Isle of Wight |
| fourth | Guernsey |
| matches | 20 |
| goals | 68 |
| top_scorer | Ynys Môn Eifion Williams |
| (6 goals) | |
| prevseason | 1995 |
| nextseason | 1999 |
| champion-flagvar = (6 goals) Football was contested as part of the programme for the 1997 Island Games which was hosted in Jersey from 28 June to 4 July 1997. It was the fifth edition of the men's football tournament at the multi-sport event organised by the International Island Games Association.
The football tournament began with the first matches in the group stage on 29 June 1997 and ended with the gold medal match on 4 July 1997. Hosts Jersey and Ynys Môn contested the final. Lee Bramley scored the only goal of the match as Jersey won the gold medal and equalled the Faroe Islands record by winning the gold medal for a second time. In the bronze medal match, defending champions the Isle of Wight defeated Guernsey 3–1.
Background
A five-a-side youth football tournament was held at the inaugural games in 1985 held in Douglas, Isle of Man but football was completely absent from the programme at the 1987 Island Games held in Guernsey. The first men's football tournament was held at the 1989 Island Games in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands won the first two editions undefeated but have not competed since their win at the 1991 Island Games in Åland. No team had won the competition more than once since then. Jersey won gold at the 1993 Island Games held on the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Wight were the defending champions after defeating hosts Gibraltar 1–0 in the gold medal match at the 1995 Island Games.
Format
Eight teams took part in the competition. They were drawn into two single round robin groups of four teams. The winning team from each group would contest the gold medal match and the runners-up would contest the bronze medal match. Play-off placement matches were held for the teams finishing third and fourth in each group – the third-placed teams contested the fifth-place match and the fourth-placed teams contested the seventh-place match.
Participants
Group phase
Group A
Jersey won all four of their games to progress to the gold medal match.
- Adam Greig
- Nelio de Freitas
- Craig Morton
- Adrian Exall
- Paul Nobes
- Adam Greig
- Steve Coutanche
- Jan Renouf
- Tony Vance
- Paul Nobes
- Keith Lagusa
- Dennis Lopez
- Aaron Lima
- Nathan Bagu
- Dennis Lopez
- Aaron Lima
- Adam Greig
- Nelio de Freitas
- Lee Bramley
- Yazalde Santos
- Keith Laguse
- Dennis Lopez
- Adam Greig
- Damon Pih
- Craig Morton
Group B
Ynys Môn won the group to progress to the gold medal match.
- Campbell Harrison
- Andrew Wagstaff
- Andrew Stewart
- Eifion Williams
- David Evans
- Eifion Williams
- Gerallt Jones
- Darren Plenty
- Adam Robinson
- Martyn Raggett
Placement play-off matches
Seventh-place match
Frøya defeated Hitra Municipality in the seventh-place match.
- Tore Furberg
- Trond Bekken
- Karl Måsevöl
- Arve Iversen
Fifth-place match
Shetland defeated Gibraltar in the fifth-place match.
- Robert Adamson
- George Watt
Bronze medal match
The Isle of Wight defeated Guernsey in the bronze medal match.
- Adam Bardsell
- Simon Butler
- Adam Robinson
Gold medal match
Jersey defeated Ynys Môn in the bronze medal match.
Final rankings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| [[File:gold medal icon.svg]] | |
| [[File:silver medal icon.svg]] | |
| [[File:bronze medal icon.svg]] | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 |
Top goalscorers
;6 goals
- Anglesey Eifion Williams
;5 goals
- Jersey Adam Greig
- Gibraltar Dennis Lopez
;4 goals
- Gibraltar Aaron Lima
;3 goals
- Frøya Karl Måsøval
References
References
- (20 July 2023). "Island Games". RSSSF.
- (5 April 2007). "Island Games Tournament 1997 (Jersey)". RSSSF.
- "Football Results, VII Island Games Jersey 1997". International Island Games Association.
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