Games of the small states of Europe

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Set of medals for the games (the eight rings represent the founding states)

The Games of the Small States of Europe ( English Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE); French Jeux des Petits États d'Europe ; Italian Giochi dei Piccoli Stati D'Europa ; Icelandic Smáþjóðaleikar Evrópu ; Spanish Juegos de los Pequeños Estados de Europa ; Luxembourgish D'Spiller vun de klenge Staat vun Europa ) is a biennial multisport event organized by the National Olympic Committees (NOK) of the nine European AASSE small states and has been taking place since 1985.

History of the Small State Games

At one of the meetings of the European Olympic Committee, the idea of ​​organizing games for small states was brought up by those responsible for these small states. Small states that take part in these games are defined as those with fewer than one million inhabitants and their own National Olympic Committee, as well as members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

At the Olympic Congress in Baden-Baden in 1981, the idea was specifically discussed among the representatives of the eight small states. The statutes and regulations were established during the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. With a few exceptions, these small-state games are played in accordance with the rules of the relevant international sports associations and the Olympic Games Charter. The association of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) supports the alignment.

At the meeting of the Executive Committee on June 1, 2009, Montenegro was accepted as the ninth state in the circle of the Small State Games.

With the exception of Montenegro, all eight other countries have already organized these games twice, with the 2017 edition at the premiere host San Marino the third cycle begins. The games for small states take place every two years at the end of May / beginning of June.

Eligibility and participants

Participating States

In order to be able to participate in these games, a state must be represented by an independent NOK, must be in Europe and must not exceed one million inhabitants. The following European countries currently have fewer than one million inhabitants:

Country population annotation
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 885,000 Participant since 1985
MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 625,000 independent since 2006, participant since 2011
LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 590,667 Participant since 1985
MaltaMalta Malta 417,000 Participant since 1985
IcelandIceland Iceland 318,000 Participant since 1985
AndorraAndorra Andorra 85,000 Participant since 1985
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 36,000 Participant since 1985
MonacoMonaco Monaco 33,000 Participant since 1985
San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 32,000 Participant since 1985
Vatican cityVatican Vatican city 1,000 no participant, as there is no NOK

Regulations for the sports program

According to the GSSE (Games of the Small States of Europe) regulations, the program includes the following sports: athletics, swimming, judo, shooting, tennis and table tennis. There are also two team sports, one of which has to be basketball or volleyball. The organizer can - with the approval of the Executive Committee - organize two other sports, one of which must be Olympic.

Disciplines

The eleven sports competed for medals in Iceland in 2015 were beach volleyball , judo , athletics , gymnastics , golf , swimming , shooting , basketball , tennis , table tennis and volleyball . In earlier years squash , boccia , boules , cycling , sailing and mountain biking were also part of the program.

Venues

Eternal medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 IcelandIceland Iceland 498 380 381 1259
2 Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 489 425 369 1283
3 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 395 398 370 1163
4th MonacoMonaco Monaco 134 161 240 535
5 MaltaMalta Malta 73 144 202 419
6th LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein 73 78 100 251
7th San MarinoSan Marino San Marino 62 113 148 323
8th MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro 50 18th 38 106
9 AndorraAndorra Andorra 48 93 129 270

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See also

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  1. ↑ AASSE: GSSE 2017 - San Marino
  2. ↑ Times of Malta: Montenegro to host 2019 edition
  3. ^ Govern d'Andorra: Andorra acollirà al 2021 els Jocs dels Petits Estats d'Europa