Football at the 2003 Island Games – Men's tournament explained

Tourney Name:	Men's Football at the Island Games 2003
Size:	150px
Country:	Guernsey
Dates:	29 June – 4 July
Num Teams:	15
Venues:	6
Cities:	4
Champion:	Guernsey
Count:	2
Second:	Isle of Man
Third:	Jersey
Fourth:	Isle of Wight
Matches:	33
Goals:	175
Prevseason:	2001
Nextseason:	2005

The 2003 Island Games on the island of Guernsey was the 8th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 15 teams.

Guernsey won the tournament for the second time.

Group phase

Group A

width=5	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	Pts	width=20	GD
1		2	2	0	0	6	1	6	+5
2		2	1	0	1	3	2	3	+1
3		2	0	0	2	0	6	0	–6

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Group B

width=5	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
1		3	2	1	0	10	1	7	+9
2		3	1	1	1	3	6	4	–3
3		3	0	3	0	2	2	3	0
4		3	0	1	2	4	10	1	–6

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Group C

width=5	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
1		2	2	0	0	19	1	6	+18
2		2	1	0	1	3	13	3	–10
3		2	0	0	2	2	10	0	–8

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• Rhodes originally entered into Group 3 but withdrew from the tournament following their final game against Guernsey, which was abandoned at 70 minutes (with Guernsey leading 2–1 – Goals: Ryan Tippett 2) after they had five players sent off. Rhodes' previous two games (6–1 vs. Orkney and 5–1 vs. Alderney) were expunged from the records.

Group D

width=5	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD
1		3	2	0	1	23	3	6	+20
2		3	2	0	1	22	2	6	+20
3		3	2	0	1	18	3	6	+15
4		3	0	0	3	0	55	0	–55

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Placement play-off matches

9th – 12th place semi-finals

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5th – 8th place semi-finals

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5th place match

Final stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Final rankings

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DNF

External links

• Official 2003 website