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Games of the Small States of Europe

Multi-sport event

Field	Value
name	Games of the Small States of Europe
logo	Games of the Small States of Europe.png
logo_caption	Logo of the event
genre	Multisport competitions
location	International
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organised	European Olympic Committees
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Member states in red, Vatican City in blue as unknown status, Faroe Islands in green as a prospective member

The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of nine European 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.

Member countries

The games are organized by the members of the European 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); however, its population was below one million in 1984. The participating countries are:

Andorra
Cyprus
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
San Marino

The Faroe Islands are also seeking to compete at the Games; however, unlike the other participants, the Islands are neither an independent state (they are an autonomous part of Denmark) nor are they an EOC member.

Editions

No.	Host city	Host nation	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Sports
City of San Marino	23–26 May	8	222	7	49	ISL
Monaco City	14–17 May	468	9	66
Nicosia	17–20 May	675	8	75	CYP
Andorra la Vella	21–25 May	697	8	82	ISL
Valletta	25–29 May	690	8	87
Luxembourg City	29 May – 3 June	684	9	88
Reykjavík	2–7 June	714	10	87
Vaduz	24–29 May	566	9	86
City of San Marino	29 May – 2 June	658	11	101
Valletta	2–7 June	765	10	105	CYP
Andorra la Vella	30 May – 4 June	793	11	120
Monaco City	4–9 June	1062	12	121
Various	1–6 June	843	9	120
Various	30 May – 4 June	9	750	9	113
Luxembourg City	27 May – 1 June	762	12	120	LUX
Reykjavík	27 May – 1 June	789	11	120	ISL
City of San Marino	29 May – 3 June	889	11	131	LUX
Budva	27 May – 1 June	846	10	113
Andorra la Vella	Cancelled to avoid scheduling conflict with the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics
Valletta	28 May – 3 June	9	835	10	125	MLT
Andorra la Vella	26 May – 1 June	800+	12	160	CYP
Monaco City	Future event
Luxembourg	Future event

List of sporting disciplines

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 the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sport (Discipline)	Body	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	21	23	Sport (Discipline)	Body
Swimming (records)	[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]	LEN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Synchronized swimming	[[File:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]									•
3-on-3 basketball	[[File:3-on-3 basketball pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIBAE																			•
Basketball	[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg	17px]]	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•
Mountain biking	[[File:Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg	17px]]	UEC													•	•	•		•		•
Road cycling	[[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg	17px]]	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•			•	•		•		•
Artistic	[[File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg	17px]]	UEG							•					•	•		•	•			•
Rhythmic	[[File:Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg	17px]]													•
Beach volleyball	[[File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg	17px]]	CEV												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Volleyball	[[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg	17px]]		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Archery	[[File:Archery pictogram.svg	17px]]	WAE																	•
Athletics (records)	[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg	17px]]	EAA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Boules	[[File:Boules pictogram.svg	17px]]	CMSB									•			•						•	•
Golf	[[File:Golf pictogram.svg	17px]]	EGA																	•
Sailing	[[File:Sailing pictogram.svg	17px]]	EUROSAF									•		•	•
Judo	[[File:Judo pictogram.svg	17px]]	EJU	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Karate	[[File:Karate icon.svg	17px]]	EKF																			•
Squash	[[File:Squash pictogram.svg	17px]]	ESF							•	•		•				•
Shooting	[[File:Shooting pictogram.svg	17px]]	ESF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Table tennis	[[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	ETTU						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Taekwondo	[[File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg	17px]]	ETU											•								•
Tennis	[[File:Tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	TE		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Weightlifting	[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg	17px]]	EWF	•	•

All-time medal table

References

https://inside.cev.eu/institutions/zonal-associations/small-countries-association-sca/ {{Bare URL inline. (August 2025)
(4 August 2023). "Census of Population and Housing 2021, Preliminary Results by District, Municipality/Community". Statistical Service of Cyprus.
(26 October 2019). "Nancy Gillen: Faroe Islands continue fight for Olympic recognition at EOC General Assembly".
"Venues". XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - Cyprus 2009.
(21 April 2016). "Budva će biti domaćin Igara malih zemalja". [[RTCG]].
(21 April 2016). "Budva će 2019. biti domaćin Igara malih država Evrope". Vijesti.
(2 June 2015). "Montenegro to host 2019 edition". Times of Malta.
(26 May 2018). "Malta to host Games of the Small States of Europe in 2023". Malta National Olympic Committee.

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