Soccer at the Indian Ocean Island Games
At the Indian Ocean Island Games, football is one of the sports that has been part of the program of the games since 1979. Participants are the seven national football teams or selections from the African states and areas in the Indian Ocean Comoros , Madagascar , Mauritius , Mayotte , Réunion and Seychelles as well as the Maldives from Asia. A tournament in women's football was held for the first time in 2015. From 1947 to 1963 a forerunner called "Triangulaire" took place between Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion every year.
The men's tournaments at a glance
| year | host | final | Bronze game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gold | Result | silver | bronze | Result | 4th Place | ||
|
1979 details |
Reunion |
 Reunion |
2: 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Seychelles |
.svg){kind=small} Comoros |
not carried out * |
 Mauritius |
|
1985 details |
Mauritius |
Mauritius |
4: 4 4: 1 i. E. |
Reunion |
Comoros |
not carried out ** |
 Madagascar |
|
1990 details |
Madagascar |
Madagascar |
5: 1 |
Mauritius |
Seychelles |
3: 1 |
Comoros |
|
1993 details |
Seychelles |
Madagascar |
1-0 |
Reunion |
Mauritius |
6: 2 |
Seychelles |
|
1998 details |
Reunion |
Reunion |
3: 3 7: 6 i. E. |
Madagascar |
 Seychelles |
4: 3 |
Mauritius |
|
2003 details |
Mauritius |
Mauritius |
2: 1 |
Reunion |
Seychelles |
2-0 |
.svg){kind=small} Comoros |
|
2007 details |
Madagascar |
Reunion |
1: 1 7: 6 i. E. |
Madagascar |
Mayotte |
1: 1 4: 2 i. E. |
Mauritius |
|
2011 details |
Seychelles |
Seychelles |
1: 1 4: 3 i. E. |
Mauritius |
Reunion |
1-0 |
Mayotte |
|
2015 details |
Reunion |
Reunion |
3: 1 |
Mayotte |
Mauritius |
3: 1 |
Madagascar |
|
2019 details |
Mauritius |
Reunion |
1: 1 1: 0 i. E. |
Mauritius |
Mayotte |
3: 1 |
Seychelles |
* because of transportation
problems ** missed Madagascar
Medal table
after 10 tournaments
| rank | country |
|
|
|
total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Reunion
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |
Mauritius
|
2 | 3 | 2 | 7th |
| 3 |
Madagascar
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 4th |
| 4th |
/ Seychelles
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |
Mayotte
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6th |
 Comoros
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
* 1979 and 1985 no bronze medals.
An overview of the women's tournaments
| year | host | final | Bronze game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gold | Result | silver | bronze | Result | 4th Place | ||
|
2015 details |
Reunion |
Reunion |
3: 1 |
Madagascar |
Mayotte |
2: 1 |
Seychelles |
Medal table
after 1 tournament
| rank | country |
|
|
|
total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Reunion
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |
Madagascar
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Mayotte
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |