2015 Island Games
The XVI Island Games were held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. This was the second time the island hosted the games, the first being in 1997.
The week-long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands take part in 14 sports. The official mascot of the games was a real-life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.
Participating islands
24 island entities of the International [Island Games Association|IIGA], from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.Sports
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.- Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games.