2015 Island Games
# 2015 Island Games

The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1997.

The week long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands take part in 14 sports. The official mascot of the games was a real life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.

## Participating islands

24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.

* Åland Islands
* Alderney
* Bermuda
* Cayman Islands
* Falkland Islands
* Faroe Islands
* Frøya
* Gibraltar
* Gotland
* Greenland
* Guernsey
* Hitra
* Isle of Man
* Isle of Wight
* Jersey (Host)
* Menorca
* Orkney
* Rhodes
* Saaremaa
* Sark
* Shetland Islands
* St. Helena
* Western Isles
* Ynys Môn

## Sports

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

* Archery (12) (details)
* Athletics (42) (details)
* Badminton (6) (details)
* Basketball (2) (details)
* Cycling (20) (details)
   * Mountain biking (8)
   * Road (4)
   * Time trial (4)
   * Town centre criterium (4)
* Football (2) (details)
* Golf (4) (details)
* Sailboarding (2) (details)
* Sailing (3) (details)
* Shooting (62) (details)
* Swimming (42) (details)
* Table tennis (6) (details)
* Tennis (7) (details)
* Triathlon (4) (details)
* Volleyball
   * Beach volleyball (2) (details)
   * Indoor volleyball (2) (details)
* Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Jersey)

Final medal table :

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jersey* | 50 | 53 | 30 | 133 |
| 2 | Isle of Man | 34 | 27 | 29 | 90 |
| 3 | Guernsey | 28 | 25 | 42 | 95 |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 18 | 18 | 24 | 60 |
| 5 | Gotland | 17 | 8 | 16 | 41 |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 14 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Isle of Wight | 10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
| 8 | Saare County | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Western Isles | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 | Shetland | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | Gibraltar | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| 12 | Bermuda | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Ynys Môn | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Åland | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| 15 | Menorca | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 16 | Hitra | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | Sark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Rhodes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Greenland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Orkney | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Saint Helena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Alderney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Frøya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 218 | 215 | 220 | 653 |
