2009 Island Games

2009 Island Games

Host	Åland
Teams	25 islands
Events	14
Opening	June 27, 2009
Closing	July 4, 2009
Opened by	Tarja Halonen
Main venue	Wiklöf Holding Arena
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The XIII Island Games were held in Åland, Finland, June 27-July 4, 2009. For the 13th edition of the Games, 25 teams competed in 14 different sports.

24 islands competed in the 2009 Island Games.^[1] They were:

Prince Edward Island was set to participate, but a lack of funding from their government caused their withdrawal from the event, and subsequent resignation from the International Island Games Association.^[2]

  *   Host nation (Åland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Faroe Islands	34	23	24	81
2	Isle of Man	29	30	29	88
3	Jersey	24	37	19	80
4	Guernsey	21	12	27	60
5	Gotland	21	11	23	55
6	Åland*	16	19	18	53
7	Bermuda	14	6	12	32
8	Menorca	9	7	11	27
9	Cayman Islands	7	4	3	14
10	Saare County	6	9	10	25
11	Isle of Wight	4	6	8	18
12	Gibraltar	4	3	8	15
13	Rhodes	3	8	7	18
14	Shetland	2	1	7	10
15	Greenland	1	4	3	8
16	Orkney	1	2	3	6
17	Western Isles	1	2	2	5
	Ynys Môn/Anglesey	1	2	2	5
19	Hitra	0	2	0	2
	Sark	0	2	0	2
21	Alderney	0	0	0	0
	Falkland Islands	0	0	0	0
	Frøya	0	0	0	0
	Prince Edward Island	0	0	0	0
	Saint Helena	0	0	0	0
Totals (25 entries)		198	190	216	604

The sports chosen for the games were:

• Island Games 2009