Football at the 2025 Island Games – Men's tournament

Men's Football at the Island Games 2025
Tournament details
Host countryOrkney
Teams10
Venue(s)7[1]
Final positions
Champions Bermuda U23 (2nd title)
Runners-up Ynys Môn
Third place Isle of Man
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored80 (4.21 per match)
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The 2025 Island Games in Orkney is the seventeenth edition in which a football tournament was played at the multi-games competition.[2]

Participants

Venues

Ground Parish
Kirkwall Grammar School Kirkwall
Firth Primary School Finstown
Dounby Community Centre Dounby
Stromness Academy Stromness
Rendall Community Centre Rendall
Holm Pitch Holm

Group phase

The group stage began on 13 July.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Isle of Man (A) 3 3 0 0 20 4 +16 9 Final Stage
2  Orkney (H) 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Hitra Municipality 3 1 0 2 10 10 0 3
4  Frøya 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2025. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Hosts
Hitra Municipality 2-7 Isle of Man
  • Bjerkan 10' (pen.), 21'
Report
  • Jones 2'
  • Simpson 7'
  • Callister 19'
  • Doyle 32', 80', 84'
  • Gale 63'
Firth Primary School, Finstown
Orkney 3-0 Frøya
  • Scott 10'
  • Ewing 15'
  • Young 83'
Report

Orkney 3-2 Hitra Municipality
  • Foubister 21'
  • Ewing 58'
  • Delday 66'
Report
  • Kirkness 11' (o.g.)
  • Bjerkan 31'
Isle of Man 10-1 Frøya
  • Callister 10', 42'
  • Nilsen 18' (o.g.)
  • Gelling 29'
  • Doyle 30', 37'
  • Bergquist 57'
  • Jones 62'
  • Pickering 77'
  • Gale 81'
Report
  • Sandvik 64'
Dounby Community Centre, Dounby

Orkney 1-3 Isle of Man
  • Foubister 87' (pen.)
Report
  • Doyle 41'
  • Brown 68'
  • Pickering 75'
Frøya 0-6 Hitra Municipality
Report
  • Olsen 1'
  • Glørstad 2'
  • Hammerhaug Selvåg 20', 90+5'
  • Selvåg 82'
  • Andersen 89'
Firth Primary School, Finstown

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jersey (A) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final Stage
2  Shetland 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Gozo 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2025. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round
Gozo 0-0 Shetland
Report
Penalties
4-3

Jersey 2-0 Gozo
  • Martins-Figueira 24'
  • Moon 35'
Report
Holm Pitch, Holm

Jersey 2-2 Shetland
  • Brodie 29'
  • Maher 32'
Report
  • McNiven 39'
  • Maver 83'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bermuda U23 (A) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final Stage
2  Ynys Môn (A) 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
3  Western Isles 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 July 2025. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round
Western Isles 0-2 Bermuda U23
Report
  • Joseph 47'
  • Mills 69'
Rendall Community Centre, Rendall

Ynys Môn 1-0 Western Isles
Report
Rendall Community Centre, Rendall

Ynys Môn 2-2 Bermuda U23
  • Morris 11', 18'
Report
  • Christian 22'
  • Jennings 90+1'

Placement Playoff Matches

9th Place Match

Hitra Municipality 3-0 Frøya
Report
Holm Pitch, Holm

7th Place Match

Gozo 3-3 (a.e.t.) Western Isles
  • Njoku 4'
  • Nunes Santos 17', 19'
Report
  • Jones 21'
  • McDonald 82'
  • Mutch 86'
Penalties
3-1
Dounby Community Centre, Dounby

5th Place Match

Orkney 3-2 Shetland
  • Scott 9'
  • Young 44', 45'
Report
  • Clubb 42'
  • Regan 82'

Final Stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 July – Kirkwall Grammar School
 
 
 Isle of Man0
 
18 July – Kirkwall Grammar School
 
 Ynys Môn1
 
 Ynys Môn1
 
17 July – Kirkwall Grammar School
 
 Bermuda U233
 
 Jersey2
 
 
 Bermuda U233
 
Third place
 
 
18 July – Kirkwall Grammar School
 
 
 Isle of Man3
 
 
 Jersey2


Semi-finals

Isle of Man 0-1 Ynys Môn
Report

Jersey 2-3 (a.e.t.) Bermuda U23
  • Moon 20'
  • Cassidy 105'
Report
  • Armstrong 84'
  • Mills 118'
  • Donawa 120'

Third place match

Isle of Man 3-2 Jersey

Final

Ynys Môn 1-3 Bermuda U23
2025 Island Games Winners
Bermuda U23

1st Title


References

  1. ^ "Venues". Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Football - Orkney 2025". Retrieved 13 July 2025.