XIX Games of the Small States of Europe

Host city	Valletta
Country	Malta
Nations	9 [1]
Athletes	835 [2]
Opening	28 May 2023
Closing	3 June 2023
Website	gssemalta2023.mt
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The 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe, also known as the XIX Games of the Small States of Europe or informally Malta 2023 took place in Valletta, Malta from 28 May to 3 June 2023. ^[3]

Malta previously hosted the 1993 and 2003 editions of the Games. ^[1] The 2023 installation was originally planned to be the XX Games rather than the XIX Games, ^{[4] [5]} but the 2021 edition in Andorra was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[6]

Bid and preparation

In February 2017, Julian Pace Bonello, the president of the Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC), announced that Malta would bid for the 2023 Games. ^[7]

In June 2021, after the Games in Andorra had been cancelled, Marti Mandinco, the president of the Andorran Olympic Committee, handed over the presidency of the Games to Bonello. ^[8]

In February 2022, the MOC officially launched the Games with Bonello saying he hoped the event would "make the country proud" and "serve as a catalyst to inspire young athletes". ^[1] Malta hosted the Games of the Small States of Europe Assembly in June 2022, approving the final sports programme for the Games. ^[9] The Maltese government committed to supporting the games and Maltese athletes with €5 million worth of funding through Sport Malta. ^[10]

Logo and mascot

In December 2021, the MOC and the Ministry for Education's Centre for Physical Education and Sport launched a design competition for the Games' logo and mascot, open to children aged 10 to 18. ^[2] Drawing inspiration from submissions, the logo was then designed by Concept Stadium and unveiled in June 2022 by Clifton Grima, the Minister for Education, Sports, Youth, Research and Innovation. ^{[11] [12]} The logo was said to "[merge] the famous Olympic rings with the sea, fish and a Maltese icon recognized by many – the eye symbol". ^[12] The eye symbol is present in several different parts of Maltese culture, such as charms against the evil eye or as a mark of spiritual identity on the luzzu (a traditional Maltese fishing boat), ^[13] or on 'Il-Gardjola' (a distinctive watchtower in Senglea) representing guardianship and observance. ^[14] The logo's overlapping colours represent "Malta's values of diversity and inclusion". ^[12]

Development and preparation

Venues

Sport/Event	Venues	City/Locality
Athletics	Matthew Micallef St. John Stadium	Marsa
Basketball	Ta’Qali Basketball Stadium	Ta' Qali
Judo	National Sports School	Pembroke
Rugby sevens	Hibernians Stadium	Paola
Sailing	Gillieru	St. Paul's Bay
Table Tennis	University Sports Hall	Msida
Shooting	Kirkop Sports Complex	Kirkop
Swimming	National Swimming Pool Complex Tal Qroqq	Msida
Tennis	Marsa Sports Club	Marsa
Squash	Marsa Sports Club	Marsa

Games

Participating teams

Sports

The following competitions are expected to take place: ^{[15] [16]}

Calendar

May / June		29 Mon	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat	Total
Ceremonies		OC					CC
Athletics			10		12		12	34
Basketball		●	●	●	2	●	2	4
Judo			11		2			13
Rugby				●		2		2
Sailing			●	●	●	●	7	7
Shooting			●	4	1	2	1	8
Squash		●	2	●	1	2	1	6
Swimming			12	10	8	10		40
Table tennis			●	2	2	●	2	6
Tennis		●	●	●	●	3	2	5
Total events			35	16	28	19	27	125
May / June		29 Mon	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat	Total

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Malta)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malta*	38	30	29	97
2	Cyprus	30	28	29	87
3	Luxembourg	16	22	28	66
4	Monaco	13	8	12	33
5	Iceland	11	13	18	42
6	San Marino	6	9	7	22
7	Montenegro	5	6	8	19
8	Andorra	4	7	10	21
9	Liechtenstein	2	2	5	9
Totals (9 entries)		125	125	146	396

Medalists

Basketball

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 5×5	Luxembourg Mihailo Andjelkovic Malcolm Mandela Carreira Lou Demuth Ivan Do Xavier Robert Francois Thomas Grün Philippe Gutenkauf Joe Kalmes Alex Laurent Clancy Rugg Oliver Vujakovic Derek Wilson	Malta David Bugeja Kurt Cassar Samuel Deguara Aaron Falzon Tevin Falzon Alec Felice Ian Felice Pace Jacob Formosa Nelson Kahler Joshua Tomasi Eric Washington Nathan Xuereb	Cyprus Stefanos Iliadis Aeneas Jung Michalis Koumis Christos Lozides Roberto Alexander Mantovani Kyprianos Ioannis Maragkos Panagiotis Markou Zayd Muosa Ioannis Pasiali Konstantinos Simitzis Nikolaos Stylianou Filippos Tigkas
Women's 5×5	Montenegro Maja Bigović Milena Jakšić Milica Jovanović Bojana Kovačević Marija Leković Božica Mujović Zorana Radonjić Ksenija Ščepanović Jelena Vučetić Lana Vukčević Sofija Živaljević Dragana Živković	Luxembourg Charlie Bidinger Amanda Brooke Cahill Kyra Coulon Faith Ehi Etute Mandy Geniets Liz Irthum Magaly Meynadier Jo Oly Anne Simon Esmeralda Skrijelj Julija Vujakovic Cathrin Wolff	Cyprus Veatriki Akathiotou Styliana Velinova Chenaklieva Stefania Georgiou Andriana Kasapi Rafaelia Melissa Kasini Ioanna Kyprionou Cassidy Rose Mihalko Petra Orlovic Marissa Ariella Pangalos Eleni Pilakouta Tijana Raja Sofia Stylianidi
Men's 3×3	Cyprus Andreas Chimonas Marios Georgiou Michalis Mythillos Georgios Tretiakov	Luxembourg Sam Ferreira Christophe Laures Scott Morton Victor Stein	Andorra Bruno Bartolome Josep Oriol Fernandez Sergi Marin Daniel Mofreita
Women's 3×3	Luxembourg Lisa Jablonowski Nadia Mossong Cathy Schmit Bridget Yoerger	Andorra Cristina Andres Claudia Brunet Laura Laurent Julia Marquez	Cyprus Emmelia Georgiou Katerina Kontou Panayiota Kyriakou Anthia Papadouri

Judo

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 60 kg	Petros Christodoulides   Cyprus	James Zahra   Malta	Manuel Tischhauser   Liechtenstein
Men's 66 kg	Georgios Balarjishvili   Cyprus	Emil Sinanović   Montenegro	Tristan Frei   Liechtenstein
			Tom Schmit   Luxembourg
Men's 73 kg	Kyprianos Andreou   Cyprus	Cédric Bessi   Monaco	Claudio Nunes   Luxembourg
			Panagiotis Shakos   Cyprus
Men's 81 kg	Nikola Gardasević   Montenegro	Marc-Elie Gnamien   Monaco	Odysseas Georgakis   Cyprus
			Petros Kesov   Cyprus
Men's 90 kg	Aristos Michael   Cyprus	Paolo Persoglia   San Marino	Árni Lund   Iceland
			Valerian Ogbaidze   Malta
Men's 100 kg	Georgios Kroussaniotakis   Cyprus	Danilo Pantić   Montenegro	Isaac Bezzina   Malta
			Egill Blöndal   Iceland
Men's +100 kg	Giannis Antoniou   Cyprus	Marvin Gadeau   Monaco	Nick Kunnert   Luxembourg
			Karl Stefánsson   Iceland
Women's 48 kg	Katryna Esposito   Malta	Veronika Kalaitsidou   Cyprus	Marina Kyprianou   Cyprus
Women's 52 kg	Sofia Asvesta   Cyprus	Yamina Sarah Allag   Monaco	Adamantia Christodoulidou   Cyprus
			Milana Stevanović   Montenegro
Women's 63 kg	Rania Drid   Monaco	Anetta Mosr   Luxembourg	Diana Dimitriou   Cyprus
			Tamara Gardasević   Montenegro
Women's 70 kg	Florine Soula   Monaco	Ivana Sunjević   Montenegro	Mareen Hollenstein   Liechtenstein
			Jessica Zannoni   San Marino
Men's team	Cyprus Kyprianos Andreou Giannis Antoniou Georgios Balarjishvili Petros Christodoulides Odysseas Georgakis Georgios Kroussaniotakis	Luxembourg Bilgee Bayanaa Nick Kunnert Claudio Nunes Tom Schmit	Monaco Marc-Elie Gnamien Nicolas Grinda Abdesalem Khiri Louis Lallau Benjamin Scariot Franck Vatan
			Montenegro Nikola Gardasević Danilo Pantić Emil Sinanović
Women's team	Montenegro Tamara Gardasević Milana Stevanović Ivana Sunjević	Luxembourg Monique Kedinger Anetta Mosr Lena Schmit	Cyprus Sofia Asvesta Diana Dimitriou Charis Iordanou Veronika Kalaitsidou Zanet Michaelidou
			Monaco Yamina Sarah Allag Rania Drid Margaux Gonella Florine Soula

Rugby sevens

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Luxembourg Hugo Bertani Liam Carroll Matteo Franzina Fintan Lawlor Jr Adrian Mendez Elola Louis Mousel Christian Olsen Gael Pujadas Chobe Sweetnam Gabriel Vai Rhys Williams Luca Zanette	Malta Michael Banks Mariano Cutajar Brendan Dalton Jeremy Debattista Christopher Dudman Joel Farquharson Zarrin Galea Josh Gatt Robert Holloway Thomas Holloway Jon Micallef Jean Scholey Jethro Zammit	Andorra Josep Arasanz Adria Bonell Galdric Calvet Adria Calvo Marti Casals Storm Fachaux Samuel Franekn Pau Gallardo Leon Laguerre Aymar Ponsolle Nil Tome Thibaut Trape
Women	Andorra Mariona Barcons Chiara Cerqueda Anna Fornsubira Mireia Galiano Carla Micas Cristina Modesto Lea Mora Nadia Olm Celia Palumbo Noelia Pauls Noa Sanchez Zoe Sanchez	Malta Marion Azzopardi Myra Bonello Rodianne Bugeja Denise Camilleri Sairita Cassar Caroline Gafa' Christina Galea Jacqueline Richard Penelope Saverton Francesca Schembri Donevellon Sladden Maria Spiteri Tessabelle Sultana	Montenegro Anđela Andrić Maja Baosic Ivana Čađenović Zorica Kostić Dragica Kovačević Aleksandra Lukačević Katarina Martinović Olivera Mišković Auset Nehesi Mitchell Marija Rašović Saba Sekulović Amina Tukić

Sailing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's optimist senior	Timmy Vassallo   Malta	Jonas Micallef   Malta	Matthias Spiteri   Malta
Men's ILCA 4	Noah Garcia   Monaco	Jake Mallia   Malta	Benjamin Vassallo   Malta
Men's ILCA 6	Emilios Max Boeros   Cyprus	Charis Nikolaou   Cyprus	Georgios Yiasemides   Cyprus
Men's ILCA 7	Milivoj Dukić   Montenegro	Ilija Marković   Montenegro	Alexander Denisiuc   Malta
Women's optimist senior	Emily Fenech   Malta	Aleksandra Nagrudnaya   Malta	Katrina Briffa   Malta
Women's ILCA 4	Katrina Micallef   Malta	Andriani Georgiu   Cyprus	Mia Busuttil   Malta
Women's ILCA 6	Marilena Makri   Cyprus	Lacey Aquilina   Malta	Michela Mifsud   Malta

Squash

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	David Maier   Liechtenstein	Luca Wilhelmi   Liechtenstein	Kijan Sultana   Malta
Women's singles	Colette Sultana   Malta	Lijana Sultana   Malta	Sandra Denis   Luxembourg
Men's doubles	Malta Bradley Hindle Kijan Sultana	Malta Niall Engerer Daniel Zammit-Lewis	Luxembourg Mark Radley Amir Samimi
Women's doubles	Malta Colette Sultana Lijana Sultana	Malta Johanna Rizzo Amke Fischer	Luxembourg Sandra Denis Michele Meyer
Mixed doubles	Malta Niall Engerer Colette Sultana	Malta Kijan Sultana Lijana Sultana	Luxembourg Miguel Duarte Sandra Denis
Men's team	Malta Niall Engerer Dean Gera Bradley Hindle Kresten Hougaard Julian Scerri Duncan Stahl Kijan Sultana Daniel Zammit-Lewis	Liechtenstein David Maier Patrick Maier Peter Maier Marcel Rothmund Alois Widmann Luca Wilhelmi	Luxembourg Miguel Duarte Kyllian Hebbelinck Daniel Hutchines Guillaume Plancke Mark Radley Amir Samimi

Swimming

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Kyle Micallef   Malta	Rémi Fabiani   Luxembourg	Issei Kim   Monaco
100 m freestyle	Nikolas Antoniou   Cyprus	Rémi Fabiani   Luxembourg	Ralph Daleiden-Ciuferri   Luxembourg
200 m freestyle	Pit Brandenburger   Luxembourg	Max Mannes   Luxembourg	Loris Bianchi   San Marino
400 m freestyle	Loris Bianchi   San Marino	Pit Brandenburger   Luxembourg	Dylan Cachia   Malta
800 m freestyle	Théo Druenne   Monaco	Loris Bianchi   San Marino	Dylan Cachia   Malta
1500 m freestyle	Théo Druenne   Monaco	Loris Bianchi   San Marino	Dylan Cachia   Malta
50 m backstroke	Rémi Fabiani   Luxembourg	Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus	Max Mannes   Luxembourg
100 m backstroke	Rémi Fabiani   Luxembourg	Filippos Iakovidis   Cyprus	Max Mannes   Luxembourg
200 m backstroke	Max Mannes   Luxembourg	Antonio Nikolaou   Cyprus	Thomas Wareing   Malta
50 m breaststroke	Panayiotis Panaretos   Cyprus	Snorri Einarsson   Iceland	Daði Björnsson   Iceland
100 m breaststroke	Anton McKee   Iceland	Panayiotis Panaretos   Cyprus	Joao Reisen   Luxembourg
200 m breaststroke	Anton McKee   Iceland	Giacomo Casadei   San Marino	Panayiotis Panaretos   Cyprus
50 m butterfly	Julien Henx   Luxembourg	Issei Kim   Monaco	Bernat Lomero   Andorra
			Tomas Lomero   Andorra
			Loukas Marinos   Cyprus
100 m butterfly	Loukas Marinos   Cyprus	Simon Statkevičius   Iceland	Ralph Daleiden-Ciuferri   Luxembourg
200 m butterfly	Florian Frippiat   Luxembourg	Alessandro Rebosio   San Marino	João Reisen   Luxembourg
200 m individual medley	Birnir Hálfdánarson   Iceland	João Reisen   Luxembourg	Florian Frippiat   Luxembourg
400 m individual medley	Anton McKee   Iceland	Thomas Wareing   Malta	João Reisen   Luxembourg
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Malta Matthew Galea Kyle Micallef Rudi Spiteri Raoul Stafrace	Iceland Birnir Hálfdánarson Guðmundur Rafnsson Ymir Solvason Simon Statkevičius	Andorra Bernat Lomero Tomas Lomero Patrick Pelegrina Kevin Teixeira
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Luxembourg Pit Brandenburger Ralph Daleiden-Ciuferri Florian Frippiat Max Mannes	Cyprus Nikolas Antoniou Christos Manoli Loukas Marinos Stavros Tzirtzipis	Iceland Birnir Hálfdánarson Anton McKee Veigar Sigþórsson Ymir Solvason
4 × 100 m medley relay	Luxembourg Ralph Daleiden-Ciuferri Rémi Fabiani Julien Henx João Reisen	Cyprus Nikolas Antoniou Filippos Iakovidis Loukas Marinos Panayiotis Panaretos	Iceland Anton McKee Guðmundur Rafnsson Ymir Solvason Simon Statkevičius

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus	Johanna Guðmundsdóttir   Iceland	Anna Hadjiloizou   Cyprus
100 m freestyle	Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir   Iceland	Anna Hadjiloizou   Cyprus
200 m freestyle	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir   Iceland	Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus	Giulia Viacava   Monaco
400 m freestyle	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir   Iceland	Arianna Valloni   San Marino	Sasha Gatt   Malta
800 m freestyle	Arianna Valloni   San Marino	Sasha Gatt   Malta	Freyja Birkisdóttir   Iceland
1500 m freestyle	Arianna Valloni   San Marino	Sasha Gatt   Malta	Freyja Birkisdóttir   Iceland
50 m backstroke	Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus	Steingerður Hauksdóttir   Iceland	Giulia Viacava   Monaco
100 m backstroke	Georgia Bohl   Malta	Maria Erokhina   Cyprus	Birgitta Ingólfsdóttir   Iceland
200 m backstroke	Giulia Viacava   Monaco	Ylfa Kristmannsdóttir   Iceland	Victoria Balderacchi   Malta
50 m breaststroke	Georgia Bohl   Malta	Maria Erokhina   Cyprus	Birgitta Ingólfsdóttir   Iceland
100 m breaststroke	Georgia Bohl   Malta	Maria Erokhina   Cyprus	Birgitta Ingólfsdóttir   Iceland
200 m breaststroke	Maria Erokhina   Cyprus	Georgia Bohl   Malta	Nadia Tudo   Andorra
50 m butterfly	Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir   Iceland	Kalia Antoniou   Cyprus	Johanna Guðmundsdóttir   Iceland
100 m butterfly	Anna Hadjiloizou   Cyprus	Vala Cicero   Iceland	Anaïs Arlandis   Monaco
200 m butterfly	Agathi Manoli   Cyprus	Sarah Demicoli   Malta	Kristin Hákonardóttir   Iceland
200 m individual medley	Eva Falsdóttir   Iceland	Nadia Tudo   Andorra	Giulia Viacava   Monaco
400 m individual medley	Giulia Viacava   Monaco	Eva Falsdóttir   Iceland	Vala Cicero   Iceland
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Iceland Vala Cicero Johanna Guðmundsdóttir Kristin Hákonardóttir Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	Cyprus Christina Agiomamitou Kalia Antoniou Anna Hadjiloizou Chrysoula Karamanou	Monaco Anaïs Arlandis Tiffany Pou Giulia Viacava Pauline Viste
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Iceland Freyja Birkisdóttir Vala Cicero Kristin Hákonardóttir Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir	Malta Mya Azzopardi Sarah Demicoli Francesca Falzon Young Sasha Gatt	Luxembourg Jacqueline Banky Lou Jominet Leeloo Reinesch Sarah Rolko
4 × 100 m medley relay	Cyprus Kalia Antoniou Maria Erokhina Anna Hadjiloizou Maria Panaretou	Iceland Vala Cicero Birgitta Ingólfsdóttir Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir Ylfa Kristmannsdóttir	Malta Mya Azzopardi Victoria Balderacchi Georgia Bohl Nirvana Micallef

Table tennis

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Felix Wetzel   Malta	Eric Glod   Luxembourg	Luka Mladenovic   Luxembourg
			Filip Radović   Montenegro
Women's singles	Xiaoxin Yang   Monaco	Camella Iacob   Malta	Renáta Štrbíková   Malta
			Ariel Barbosa   Luxembourg
Men's doubles	Luxembourg Luka Mladenovic Eric Glod	Malta Felix Wetzel Dimitrij Prokopcov	San Marino Mattias Mongiusti Lorenzo Ragni
			Montenegro Filip Radović Filip Radulović
Women's doubles	Malta Camella Iacob Renáta Štrbíková	Luxembourg Ariel Barbosa Tessy Gonderinger	Monaco Sannah Lagsir Xiaoxin Yang
			Montenegro Simona Perović Ivona Petrić
Men's team	Malta Daniel Bajada Gabriel Grixti Dimitrij Prokopcov Felix Wetzel	Luxembourg Eric Glod Luka Mladenovic Eric Thillen Xia Cheng	Cyprus Sharpel Elia Hristo Hristonov Christos Savva Marios Yiangou
			San Marino Federico Giardi Mattias Mongiusti Lorenzo Ragni
Women's team	Malta Anthea Cutajar Camella Iacob Viktoria Lucenkova Renáta Štrbíková	Monaco Sannah Lagsir Anne Ulrika Qvist Xiaoxin Yang	Cyprus Georgia Avraam Foteini Meletie Konstantina Meletie
			Luxembourg Ariel Barbosa Tessy Gonderinger Ni Xiaojing Julie Poncin

References

External links

• Official website