Football at the 1991 Island Games
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Åland |
| Dates | 24–29 June |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Faroe Islands (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Ynys Môn |
| Third place |  Jersey |
| Fourth place |  Åland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 56 (3.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jens Erik Rasmussen (6 goals) |
← 1989 1993 → | |
Football was contested as part of the programme for the 1991 Island Games which was hosted in Åland from 23 to 29 June 1991. It was the second edition of the men's football tournament at the multi-sport event organised by the International Island Games Association.
The football tournament began with the first matches in the group stage on 24 June 1991 and ended with the gold medal match on 29 June 1991. Ynys Môn and the Faroe Islands, the defending champions, contested the final. Goals from Jens Erik Rasmussen and Eyðstein Davidsen helped the Faroe Islands to successfully defend their title as they won the match 2–0 after extra time. In the bronze medal match, Jersey defeated the hosts Åland 2–0.
This was the last time that the Faroe Islands men's team contested the Island Games.
A five-a-side youth football tournament was held at the inaugural games in 1985 held in Douglas, Isle of Man but football was completely absent from the programme at the 1987 Island Games held in Guernsey.[1]
The first men's football tournament was held at the 1989 Island Games in the Faroe Islands. The five nations which entered – Åland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Shetland and Ynys Môn – contested a single round robin group. The hosts, the Faroe Islands, won gold, Ynys Môn won silver and Åland won the bronze medal.[2]
Format
Eight teams took part in the competition. They were drawn into two single round robin groups of four teams. The winning team from each group would contest the gold medal match and the runners-up would contest the bronze medal match. Play-off placement matches were held for the teams finishing third and fourth in each group – the third-placed teams contested the fifth-place match and the fourth-placed teams contested the seventh-place match.[3]
Participants
Group phase
The group phase was played on 24, 25 and 26 June 1991.[3]
Group 1
The Faroe Islands won all three of their games to progress to the gold medal match.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | Qualification for the Gold medal match |
| 2 | Jersey |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | Qualification for the Bronze medal match |
| 3 |  Shetland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | Qualification for the fifth-place match |
| 4 |  Greenland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0 | Qualification for the seventh-place match |
| Shetland | 5–2 | Greenland |
|---|---|---|
|
[3] |
Group 2
Ynys Môn won all three of their games to progress to the gold medal match.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ynys Môn |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Qualification for the Gold medal match |
| 2 | Åland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Qualification for the Bronze medal match |
| 3 |  Guernsey |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | Qualification for the fifth-place match |
| 4 |  Isle of Wight |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | Qualification for the seventh-place match |
Placement play-off matches
Seventh-place match
The Isle of Wight defeated Greenland in the seventh-place match.[4]
Fifth-place match
Shetland defeated Guernsey in the fifth-place match.[4]
| Shetland | 2–1 | Guernsey |
|---|---|---|
Williamson  (2) |
[3] | Le Tissier |
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
After a goalless 90 minutes, the tournament's top scorer, Jens Erik Rasmussen gave the Faroe Islands the lead before Eyðstein Davidsen secured a 2–0 win as the Faroe Islands successfully defended their title.[4]
Final rankings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Faroe Islands |
 | Ynys Môn |
 | Jersey |
| 4 | Åland |
| 5 | Shetland |
| 6 | Guernsey |
| 7 | Isle of Wight |
| 8 | Greenland |