title: Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games
text: # Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games
  
  The association football tournament at the Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien) which is organised every 4 years for the Islands in the Indian Ocean.
  
  From 1947 until 1963 a precursor called Triangulaire was organized between Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion Island. The first official edition of Indian Ocean Island Games was held in 1979.
  
  The competition has been won by its host country on seven of the ten occasions it has been held.
  
  ## Participants
  
  * Comoros
  * Madagascar
  * Maldives
  * Mauritius
  * Mayotte
  * Réunion
  * Seychelles
  
  ## Past results
  
  | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
  | 1979 Details | Réunion | Réunion | 2–1 | Seychelles | Comoros | $^1$ | Mauritius |
  | 1985 Details | Mauritius | Mauritius | 4–4 (4–2 pen.) | Réunion | Comoros | $^2$ | Madagascar |
  | 1990 Details | Madagascar | Madagascar | 5–1 | Mauritius | Seychelles | 3–1 | Comoros |
  | 1993 Details | Seychelles | Madagascar | 1–0 | Réunion | Mauritius | 6–2 | Seychelles |
  | 1998 Details | Réunion | Réunion | 3–3 (7–6 pen.) | Madagascar | Seychelles | 4–3 | Mauritius |
  | 2003 Details | Mauritius | Mauritius | 2–1 | Réunion | Seychelles | 2–0 | Comoros |
  | 2007 Details | Madagascar | Réunion | 1–1 (7–6 pen.) | Madagascar | Mayotte | 1–1 (4–2 pen.) | Mauritius |
  | 2011 Details | Seychelles | Seychelles | 1–1 (4–3 pen.) | Mauritius | Réunion | 1–0 | Mayotte |
  | 2015 Details | Réunion | Réunion | 3–1 | Mayotte | Mauritius | 3–1 | Madagascar |
  | 2019 Details | Mauritius | Réunion | 1–1 (1-0 pen.) | Mauritius | Mayotte | 3–1 | Seychelles |
  
  $^1$ The match was scratched and Comoros were awarded third place as Mauritius were unable to travel to Réunion for the match.
  
  $^2$ The match was scratched and Comoros were awarded third place as Madagascar failed to appear at the stadium for the match.
  
  ## Final Positions
  
  | Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Participation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Réunion | 5 (1979, 1998, 2007, 2015, 2019) | 3 (1985, 1993, 2003) | 1 (2011) | | 8 |
  | Mauritius | 2 (1985, 2003) | 3 (1990, 2011, 2019) | 2 (1993, 2015) | 3 (1979, 1998, 2007) | 9 |
  | Madagascar | 2 (1990, 1993) | 2 (1998, 2007) | | 2 (1985, 2015) | 7 |
  | Seychelles | 1 (2011) | 1 (1979) | 3 (1990, 1998, 2003) | 2 (1993, 2019) | 8 |
  | Mayotte | | 1 (2015) | 2 (2007, 2019) | 1 (2011) | 3 |
  | Comoros | | | 2 (1979, 1985) | 2 (1990, 2003) | 8 |
  | Maldives | | | | | 3 |
  
  ## Women's tournament
  
  In 2015 a women's tournament was held.
  
  | Year | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2015 | Réunion | Madagascar | Mayotte | Seychelles |
  