Indian Ocean Games

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Indian Ocean Games is a soccer championship (part of a multi-sports event) for African Islands in the Indian Ocean. (The Maldives have occasionally been invited.)

The first official edition was held in 1979;

From 1947 until 1963 a precursor called Triangulaire was organized between Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion Island.

[edit] 2007 Participants

[edit] Past results

Year	Host	Final			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 PK 2)	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 PK 6)	Madagascar	Seychelles	4 - 3	Mauritius
2003 Details	Mauritius	Mauritius	2 - 1	Réunion	Seychelles	2 - 0	Comoros
2007 Details	Madagascar	Réunion	1 - 1 (7 PK 6)	Madagascar	Mayotte	1 - 1 (4 PK 2)	Mauritius

[1] : did not play due to transport problems

[2] : Madagascar forfeited

[edit] Final Positions

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Participation
Réunion	3 (1979, 1998, 2007)	3 (1985, 1993, 2003)			7
Mauritius	2 (1985, 2003)	1 (1990)	1 (1993)	3 (1979, 1998, 2007)	7
Madagascar	2 (1990, 1993)	2 (1998, 2007)	-	1 (1985)	6
Seychelles		1 (1979)	3 (1990, 1998, 2003)	1 (1993)	7
Comoros			2 (1979, 1985)	2 (1990, 2003)	7
Mayotte			1 (2007)		1
Maldives					2