Football at the 2001 Island Games – Men's tournament

Men's Football at the Island Games 2001

Tournament details
Host country	Isle of Man
Dates	8–13 July
Teams	12
Venue(s)	9 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Guernsey (1st title)
Runners-up	Ynys Môn
Third place	Jersey
Fourth place	Isle of Wight
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	89 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Higgins Daniel Craven (5 goals)
← 1999 2003 →

The 2001 Island Games on the Isle of Man was the 7th edition in which a men's football tournament was played at the multi-games competition. It was contested by 12 teams. Guernsey won the tournament for the first time.

Participants

• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Greenland
• Guernsey
• Isle of Man
• Isle of Wight
• Jersey
• Orkney
• Rhodes
• Saare County
• Shetland
• Ynys Môn

Group Phase

Group 1

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Ynys Môn	2	1	1	0	5	2	4	+3
2	Shetland	2	1	1	0	4	3	4	+1
3	Saare County	2	0	0	2	3	7	0	–4

8 July

Ynys Môn	4–1	Saare County
Tony Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Richard Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 36' Kevin Roberts File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'		Hendrik Karlson File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

Malew Road, Castletown

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9 July

Saare County	2–3	Shetland
Maiko Molder File:Soccerball shade.svg 72', 77'		Grant Gilfillan File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Paul Spence File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' John Simpson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Croit Lowey, Port Erin

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10 July

Ynys Môn	1–1	Shetland
Mark Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'		Stuart Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

St. George's, Douglas

Group 2

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Jersey	2	2	0	0	14	1	6	+13
2	Gibraltar	2	1	0	1	3	2	3	+1
3	Orkney	2	0	0	2	0	14	0	–14

8 July

Jersey	12–0	Orkney
James Reilly File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 88' Paul Duxbury File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Craig Ferey File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Steve Coutanche File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Daniel Craven File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

St. George's, Douglas

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9 July

Orkney	0–2	Gibraltar
		Roy Chipolina File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

Tromode Park, Douglas

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10 July

Jersey	2–1	Gibraltar
Robert Fox File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Pat O'Toole File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'		unknown File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'

The Bowl, Douglas

Group 3

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Isle of Wight	2	1	1	0	4	1	4	+3
2	Rhodes	2	1	0	1	3	4	3	–1
3	Greenland	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	–2

8 July

Isle of Wight	0–0	Greenland

Douglas Road, Peel

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9 July

Greenland	0–2	Rhodes

Ballacloan Stadium, Ramsey

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10 July

Rhodes	1–4	Isle of Wight
		Liam Gearing File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 81', 90' Terry Pawling File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Tromode Park, Douglas

Group 4

Rank	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	Guernsey	2	2	0	0	15	2	6	+14
2	Isle of Man	2	1	0	1	11	4	3	+7
3	Falkland Islands	2	0	0	2	1	21	0	–20

8 July

Isle of Man	9–1	Falkland Islands
Chris Higgins File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 43', 53', 56', 85' Nick Hurt File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Peter Langridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Steve Corkill File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Nigel Corkill File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		Hulocho File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'

The Bowl, Douglas

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9 July

Guernsey	12–0	Falkland Islands
Grant Chalmers File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 90', 90+1' Hick Lippinno File:Soccerball shade.svg 33', 34' (pen.) Miliko Harrinito File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', 49', 52', 56', 59' Own goal File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

The Bowl, Douglas

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10 July

Isle of Man	2–3	Guernsey
Steve Corkill File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Nigel Corkill File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Croit Lowey, Port Erin

Placement play-off matches

9th – 12th place semi-finals

12 July

Saare County	2–1	Orkney
Maiko Molder File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'		Douglas Omand File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'

Tromode Park, Douglas

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12 July

Greenland	4–0	Falkland Islands
Tom Nielsen File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Anders Petersen File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'

Garey Mooar, Braddan

5th – 8th place semi-finals

12 July

Isle of Man	1–3	Rhodes

Ballacloan Stadium, Ramsey

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12 July

Gibraltar	2–0	Shetland
Graham Alvez File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Roy Chipolina File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'

Douglas Road, Peel

11th place match

13 July

Orkney	1–4	Falkland Islands
		Colin Buckland File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?' Jeremy Henry File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Stephen Aldridge File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'

Douglas Road, Peel

9th place match

13 July

Greenland	2–0	Saare County
Knud Olsen Egede File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'

Ballacloan Stadium, Ramsey

7th place match

13 July

Isle of Man	2–2	Shetland
Tony Duggan File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Peter Langridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'		James Johnston File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Paul Spence File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Penalties
	5–4

Malew Road, Castletown

5th place match

13 July

Gibraltar	2–0	Rhodes
Colin Ramirez File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?'

Groves Road, Douglas

Final stage

Semi-finals

12 July

Isle of Wight	2–3	Guernsey
Liam Gearing File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Martyn Raggett File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'		John Nobes File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Jan Renouf File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Gavin le Page File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Croit Lowey, Port Erin

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12 July

Ynys Môn	2–2	Jersey
Danny Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Mark Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'		Yazalde Santos File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Craig Ferey File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'
Penalties
	4–3

Malew Road, Castletown

3rd place match

13 July

Isle of Wight	0–2	Jersey

St. George's, Douglas

Final

13 July

Guernsey	0–0	Ynys Môn
Penalties
	11–10

The Bowl, Douglas

2001 Island Games Winners
File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey First Title

Final rankings

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Guernsey
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Ynys Môn
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Jersey
4	Isle of Wight
5	Gibraltar
6	Rhodes
7	Isle of Man
8	Shetland
9	Greenland
10	Saare County
11	Falkland Islands
12	Orkney

Top goalscorers

5 goals

• Chris Higgins
• Daniel Craven

4 goals

• Liam Gearing

3 goals

• Maiko Molder
• James Reilly*
• Roy Chipolina*
• Grant Chalmers*

* May have scored more

External links

• Official 2001 website