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.
Malta previously hosted the 1993 and 2003 editions of the Games. The 2023 installation was originally planned to be the XX Games rather than the XIX Games, but the 2021 edition in Andorra was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
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". Malta hosted the Games of the Small States of Europe Assembly in June 2022, approving the final sports programme for the Games. The Maltese government committed to supporting the games and Maltese athletes with €5 million worth of funding through Sport Malta.
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. 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. The logo was said to "[merge] the famous Olympic rings with the sea, fish and a Maltese icon recognized by many – the eye symbol". 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), or on 'Il-Gardjola' (a distinctive watchtower in Senglea) representing guardianship and observance. The logo's overlapping colours represent "Malta's values of diversity and inclusion".
Development and preparation
Venues Sport/EventVenuesCity/Locality AthleticsMatthew Micallef St. John StadiumMarsa BasketballTa’Qali Basketball Stadium Ta' Qali JudoNational Sports School Pembroke Rugby sevensHibernians StadiumPaola SailingGillieruSt. Paul's BayTable TennisUniversity Sports HallMsidaShootingKirkop Sports ComplexKirkopSwimmingNational Swimming Pool Complex Tal QroqqMsidaTennisMarsa Sports ClubMarsaSquashMarsa Sports ClubMarsa
Games Participating teams
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Sports The following competitions are expected to take place: 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe Sports Programme
Calendar OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony May / June29Mon30Tue31Wed1Thu2Fri3SatTotalCeremonies OC CC Athletics | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|10 | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|12 | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|12 |34 Basketball | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 |4 Judo | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|11 | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2
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| bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | |2 Sailing | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|7 |7 Shooting | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|4 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |8 Squash | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |6 Swimming | | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|12 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|10 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|8 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|10 | |40 Table tennis | | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 |6 Tennis | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#3399ff"|● | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|3 | bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 |5Total events | |35 |16 |28 |19 |27 |125May / June 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thu 2Fri 3Sat Total
Medal table
Medalists Basketball Men's 5×5 Mihailo AndjelkovicMalcolm Mandela CarreiraLou DemuthIvan DoXavier Robert FrancoisThomas GrünPhilippe GutenkaufJoe KalmesAlex LaurentClancy RuggOliver VujakovicDerek Wilson David BugejaKurt CassarSamuel DeguaraAaron FalzonTevin FalzonAlec FeliceIan Felice PaceJacob FormosaNelson KahlerJoshua TomasiEric WashingtonNathan Xuereb Stefanos IliadisAeneas JungMichalis KoumisChristos LozidesRoberto Alexander MantovaniKyprianos Ioannis MaragkosPanagiotis MarkouZayd MuosaIoannis PasialiKonstantinos SimitzisNikolaos StylianouFilippos Tigkas Women's 5×5 Maja BigovićMilena JakšićMilica JovanovićBojana KovačevićMarija LekovićBožica MujovićZorana RadonjićKsenija ŠčepanovićJelena VučetićLana VukčevićSofija ŽivaljevićDragana Živković Charlie BidingerAmanda Brooke CahillKyra CoulonFaith Ehi EtuteMandy GenietsLiz IrthumMagaly MeynadierJo OlyAnne SimonEsmeralda SkrijeljJulija VujakovicCathrin Wolff Veatriki AkathiotouStyliana Velinova ChenaklievaStefania GeorgiouAndriana KasapiRafaelia Melissa KasiniIoanna KyprionouCassidy Rose MihalkoPetra OrlovicMarissa Ariella PangalosEleni PilakoutaTijana RajaSofia Stylianidi Men's 3×3 Andreas ChimonasMarios GeorgiouMichalis MythillosGeorgios Tretiakov Sam FerreiraChristophe LauresScott MortonVictor Stein Bruno BartolomeJosep Oriol FernandezSergi MarinDaniel Mofreita Women's 3×3 Lisa JablonowskiNadia MossongCathy SchmitBridget Yoerger Cristina AndresClaudia BrunetLaura LaurentJulia Marquez Emmelia GeorgiouKaterina KontouPanayiota KyriakouAnthia Papadouri
Judo Men's 60 kg Men's 66 kg Men's 73 kg Men's 81 kg Men's 90 kg Men's 100 kg Men's +100 kg Women's 48 kg Women's 52 kg Women's 63 kg Women's 70 kg Men's team Kyprianos AndreouGiannis AntoniouGeorgios BalarjishviliPetros ChristodoulidesOdysseas GeorgakisGeorgios Kroussaniotakis Bilgee BayanaaNick KunnertClaudio NunesTom Schmit Marc-Elie GnamienNicolas GrindaAbdesalem KhiriLouis LallauBenjamin ScariotFranck Vatan Nikola GardasevićDanilo PantićEmil Sinanović Women's team Tamara GardasevićMilana StevanovićIvana Sunjević Monique KedingerAnetta MosrLena Schmit Sofia AsvestaDiana DimitriouCharis IordanouVeronika KalaitsidouZanet Michaelidou Yamina Sarah AllagRania DridMargaux GonellaFlorine Soula
Rugby sevens Men Hugo BertaniLiam CarrollMatteo FranzinaFintan Lawlor JrAdrian Mendez ElolaLouis MouselChristian OlsenGael PujadasChobe SweetnamGabriel VaiRhys WilliamsLuca Zanette Michael BanksMariano CutajarBrendan DaltonJeremy DebattistaChristopher DudmanJoel FarquharsonZarrin GaleaJosh GattRobert HollowayThomas HollowayJon MicallefJean ScholeyJethro Zammit Josep ArasanzAdria BonellGaldric CalvetAdria CalvoMarti CasalsStorm FachauxSamuel FraneknPau GallardoLeon LaguerreAymar PonsolleNil TomeThibaut Trape Women Mariona BarconsChiara CerquedaAnna FornsubiraMireia GalianoCarla MicasCristina ModestoLea MoraNadia OlmCelia PalumboNoelia PaulsNoa SanchezZoe Sanchez Marion AzzopardiMyra BonelloRodianne BugejaDenise CamilleriSairita CassarCaroline Gafa'Christina GaleaJacqueline RichardPenelope SavertonFrancesca SchembriDonevellon SladdenMaria SpiteriTessabelle Sultana Anđela AndrićMaja BaosicIvana ČađenovićZorica KostićDragica KovačevićAleksandra LukačevićKatarina MartinovićOlivera MiškovićAuset Nehesi MitchellMarija RašovićSaba SekulovićAmina Tukić Sailing Men's optimist senior Men's ILCA 4 Men's ILCA 6 Men's ILCA 7 Women's optimist senior Women's ILCA 4 Women's ILCA 6
Squash Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Bradley HindleKijan Sultana Niall EngererDaniel Zammit-Lewis Mark RadleyAmir Samimi Women's doubles Colette SultanaLijana Sultana Johanna RizzoAmke Fischer Sandra DenisMichele Meyer Mixed doubles Niall EngererColette Sultana Kijan SultanaLijana Sultana Miguel DuarteSandra Denis Men's team Niall EngererDean GeraBradley HindleKresten HougaardJulian ScerriDuncan StahlKijan SultanaDaniel Zammit-Lewis David MaierPatrick MaierPeter MaierMarcel RothmundAlois WidmannLuca Wilhelmi Miguel DuarteKyllian HebbelinckDaniel HutchinesGuillaume PlanckeMark RadleyAmir Samimi
Swimming Men 50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 800 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 100 m backstroke 200 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 100 m breaststroke 200 m breaststroke 50 m butterfly 100 m butterfly 200 m butterfly 200 m individual medley 400 m individual medley 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Matthew GaleaKyle MicallefRudi SpiteriRaoul Stafrace Birnir HálfdánarsonGuðmundur RafnssonYmir SolvasonSimon Statkevičius Bernat LomeroTomas LomeroPatrick PelegrinaKevin Teixeira 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Pit BrandenburgerRalph Daleiden-CiuferriFlorian FrippiatMax Mannes Nikolas AntoniouChristos ManoliLoukas MarinosStavros Tzirtzipis Birnir HálfdánarsonAnton McKeeVeigar SigþórssonYmir Solvason 4 × 100 m medley relay Ralph Daleiden-CiuferriRémi FabianiJulien HenxJoão Reisen Nikolas AntoniouFilippos IakovidisLoukas MarinosPanayiotis Panaretos Anton McKeeGuðmundur RafnssonYmir SolvasonSimon Statkevičius Women 50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 800 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle 50 m backstroke 100 m backstroke 200 m backstroke 50 m breaststroke 100 m breaststroke 200 m breaststroke 50 m butterfly 100 m butterfly 200 m butterfly 200 m individual medley 400 m individual medley 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Vala CiceroJohanna GuðmundsdóttirKristin HákonardóttirSnæfríður Jórunnardóttir Christina AgiomamitouKalia AntoniouAnna HadjiloizouChrysoula Karamanou Anaïs ArlandisTiffany PouGiulia ViacavaPauline Viste 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Freyja BirkisdóttirVala CiceroKristin HákonardóttirSnæfríður Jórunnardóttir Mya AzzopardiSarah DemicoliFrancesca Falzon YoungSasha Gatt Jacqueline BankyLou JominetLeeloo ReineschSarah Rolko 4 × 100 m medley relay Kalia AntoniouMaria ErokhinaAnna HadjiloizouMaria Panaretou Vala CiceroBirgitta IngólfsdóttirSnæfríður JórunnardóttirYlfa Kristmannsdóttir Mya AzzopardiVictoria BalderacchiGeorgia BohlNirvana Micallef
Table tennis Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Luka MladenovicEric Glod Felix WetzelDimitrij Prokopcov Mattias MongiustiLorenzo Ragni Filip RadovićFilip Radulović Women's doubles Camella IacobRenáta Štrbíková Ariel BarbosaTessy Gonderinger Sannah LagsirXiaoxin Yang Simona PerovićIvona Petrić Men's team Daniel BajadaGabriel GrixtiDimitrij ProkopcovFelix Wetzel Eric GlodLuka MladenovicEric ThillenXia Cheng Sharpel EliaHristo HristonovChristos SavvaMarios Yiangou Federico GiardiMattias MongiustiLorenzo Ragni Women's team Anthea CutajarCamella IacobViktoria LucenkovaRenáta Štrbíková Sannah LagsirAnne Ulrika QvistXiaoxin Yang Georgia AvraamFoteini MeletieKonstantina Meletie Ariel BarbosaTessy GonderingerNi XiaojingJulie Poncin
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