Games of the Small States of Europe

The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial, multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of eight European small states since 1985. The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June, and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports.

Member countries

Member countries

The games are organized by the members of the European Olympic Committees (EOC). From its initial forming at the 1984 Olympics through 2009 there were eight members; the group's ninth member was added in 2009. Members all have a population of less than one million people (Cyprus is the only exception, however its population was below one million in 1984). Participating countries are:

(*) Montenegro became the ninth GSSE country on 1 June 2009.

The Faroe Islands are also seeking to compete at the Games; however, unlike the other participants, the Islands are neither an independent state (they are an autonomous part of Denmark) nor are they an EOC member.

Editions

Edition	Year	Competition dates	Host	Location	Nations	Sports	Athletes
1st	1985	23–26 May	City of San Marino	San Marino	8	-	222
2nd	1987	14–17 May	Monaco	Monaco	8	-	468
3rd	1989	17–20 May	Nicosia	Cyprus	8	-	675
4th	1991	21–25 May	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	8	-	697
5th	1993	25–29 May	Valletta	Malta	8	-	690
6th	1995	29 May – 3 June	Luxembourg (city)	Luxembourg	8	-	684
7th	1997	2–7 June	Reykjavík	Iceland	8	-	714
8th	1999	24–29 May	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	8	-	566
9th	2001	29 May – 2 June	City of San Marino	San Marino	8	-	658
10th	2003	2–7 June	Valletta	Malta	8	10	765
11th	2005	30 May – 4 June	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	8	10	793
12th	2007	4–9 June	Monaco^[1]	Monaco	8	12	786
13th	2009	1–6 June	Cyprus (3 cities)	Cyprus	8	12	843
14th	2011	30 May – 4 June	Liechtenstein (9 cities)	Liechtenstein	9	9	750
15th	2013	27 May – 1 June	Luxembourg (city)	Luxembourg	9	12	762
16th	2015	1–6 June	Reykjavík	Iceland	9	11	789
17th	2017	-	City of San Marino	San Marino	-	13	-
18th	2019	-	Podgorica	Montenegro^[2]	-	11	-

List of sporting disciplines

At the 2013 Games 11 disciplines were contested (with both men's and women's divisions):

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iceland	452	353	339	1144
2	Cyprus	438	363	335	1136
3	Luxembourg	331	335	322	988
4	Monaco	111	138	204	453
5	Malta	63	123	177	363
6	Liechtenstein	60	68	85	213
7	San Marino	55	99	127	281
8	Andorra	44	83	108	235
9	Montenegro	22	6	12	40

References

↑ Monaco to host 2007 GSSE published by SportsBusiness.com on 2003-06-06, retrieved 2010-12-02.
↑ http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150602/sport/montenegro-to-host-2019-edition.570704

External links

Athletic Association of the Small States of Europe
Monaco 2007
Cyprus 2009
Liechtenstein 2011
Luxembourg 2013
European Olympic Committees: Games of the Small States of Europe
Medal results for Monaco 2007
Remo, Raimondi; Manlio Molinari; Eros Bologna (2003). "Statistics on GSSE Participation 1985–2003" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-06-12.
"Games of the Small States of Europe – History of athletics results". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2007-06-12.

Games of the Small States of Europe

San Marino 1985 Monaco 1987 Cyprus 1989 Andorra 1991 Malta 1993 Luxembourg 1995 Iceland 1997 Liechtenstein 1999 San Marino 2001 Malta 2003 Andorra 2005 Monaco 2007 Cyprus 2009 Liechtenstein 2011 Luxembourg 2013 Iceland 2015 San Marino 2017 Montenegro 2019

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Continental	African Games Asian Games Summer Winter Beach Indoor and Martial Arts European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Associations	Commonwealth Games Inter-Allied Games¹ Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹ World Outgames

Communities	Croatian World Games Gay Games Islamic Solidarity Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Women's Islamic Games¹ World Indigenous Games Worldwide Nomad Games

Disabled sport	Deaflympics Défi sportif IWAS World Games Armed forces Invictus Games Warrior Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter

Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games

Youth and students	Asian Youth Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games European Youth Olympic Festival Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games World Youth Games¹

Other sport	Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games Central African Games¹

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Asian Beach Games Asian Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹ Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Central Asian Games Children of Asia International Sports Games¹ East Asian Games Far Eastern Games¹ South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Inter-continental	Afro-Asian Games¹ Arafura Games Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames FESPIC Games¹ Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Nordic Games¹ Pacific Ocean Games¹ Pan Arab Games

National

Americas	Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors

Asia	Bangladesh China All-China Games National Games of China National Peasants' Games India Indian Empire¹ Indonesia Japan Malaysia Para Mongolia Pakistan Philippines National Games Batang Pinoy Palaro Singapore South Korea Summer Winter Thailand youth Vietnam

Europe	Albania¹ Nazi Germany¹ Netherlands Poland (youth) Soviet Union (youth)¹

Oceania	Western Australia (high school)²

NCSG³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Historical¹

Pre Modern Olympics (in chronological order, 1900BC–1852AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Goodwill Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad South African Games Spartakiad Workers' Olympiads

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