Basketball at the Island Games explained

Basketball is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.

Basketball has featured in every Island Games since being first chosen as a sport in 1999, excluding the 2005 and 2025 games.

Each Island can enter one team per gender. The minimum age is 13 on the opening day of the games.^[1]

Events

Event													XX 2025
Men's tournament	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-
Women's tournament	X	X	X	-	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	-

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's	3	Bermuda	6	Bermuda
Women's	6 2	Menorca	6 7	Gibraltar Menorca

Men's Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII		^[2]	Cayman Islands
2001	IX			Cayman Islands	Gibraltar
2003	X			Cayman Islands	Bermuda
2007	XII		Menorca	Bermuda
2009	XIII		Bermuda	Menorca
2011	XIV		Bermuda
2013	XV	Bermuda	Bermuda
2015	XVI			Bermuda	Gibraltar
2017	XVII	^[3]	Cayman Islands	Gibraltar
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar^[4]	Cayman Islands		Gibraltar
2023	XIX

Women's Results

Year	Games	Host
			Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII			Gibraltar
2001	IX			Gibraltar	^[5]
2003	X			Gibraltar	Cayman Islands
2007	XII		Menorca		Bermuda
2009	XIII		Menorca		Gibraltar
2011	XIV		Menorca	Gibraltar
2015	XVI			Menorca	Gibraltar
2017	XVII		Menorca
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Menorca		Gibraltar
2023	XIX				^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws .
2. Web site: Ynys Môn football Champs and Rhodes won the Basketball- the Games are closed. . gotland-tv.se . 24 Aug 2015.
3. https://www.iiga.org/games_profile_483890.html NatWest Island Games XVII Gotland 2017
4. https://www.iiga.org/games_profile_616422.html NatWest Island Games XVIII Gibraltar 2019
5. Web site: Island Games 2015: Guernsey target women's basketball medal . BBC.
6. Web site: 2023 Island Games: Guernsey win rare basketball medal after Isle of Man victory . 14 July 2023.