15th Jeux des îles

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I XV Games of the Islands (in French XV Jeux des îles and in Italian XV Games of the Islands) took place in Sicily (Italy) from 23 to 29 May 2011.

It was the third edition in Sicily after that of 1999 and 2006, the fourth in Italian land considering the 2002 edition in Sardinia.

Participating islands
In alphabetical order list the participating islands:
Azores
Cyprus
Corfu
Corsica
Elba
Jersey
Korčula
Madera
Malta
Martinique
Mayotte
Sardinia
Sicily
Wight.

Race seats
The races took place in 20 different plants:
Palm Stadium (Palermo) – Light Athletics
Sports building (Ficarazzi) – Badminton
Multipurpose gym (Balestrate) – Basketball
Pala "Tre Santi" (Alcamo) – Pallacanestro
Municipal gym "Don Pino Puglisi" (Montelepre) – Basketball
Club canottieri Roggero di Lauria (Palermo) – Canoeing
PalaOreto (Palermo) – Artistic Gymnastics
I.C.S. Guttuso (Carini) – Judo
Municipal Olympic Pool of Palermo (Palermo) – Swimming
PalaGrimaudo (Alcamo) – Handball
Palasport Enzo D'Angelo (Alcamo) – Handball
Scientific Lyceum "Savarino" (Partinic) – Volleyball
Municipal Geodedico (Terrasini) – Volleyball
I.T.C. "From the Church" (Partinic) – Volleyball
I.T.C. "Pio La Torre" (Palermo) – Pesi Lift
Velodromo Paolo Borsellino (Palermo) – Rugby
Tennis Club (Palermo) – Tennis
PalaUditore (Palermo) – Tennis table
Gulf of Mondello (Palermo) – Sailing
PalaCUS (Palermo) – Kung Fu

Sport
The disciplines included in the calendar of each event are as follows.

Light Athletics
Gymnastics
Judo
Swimming
Basketball
Handball
Ball
Tennis
Table tennis
Sailing

Demonstration sports
Compared to the last edition, some disciplines considered "demonstrative" have been reinserted, i.e. events that will not deliver medals and will not style classifications to be added to the final score obtained with official events. They are:

Badminton
Football
Boating
Kung fu
Rugby
Weight lift

Sports for disabled
For the first time, some disciplines have been inserted for disabled people. The first for this edition are:

Athletics for disabled people
Swimming for disabled
Tennis table for disabled persons

Classified
The individual medals for each event are delivered to the Jeux des Iles, but the COJI takes into account only one ranking of points drawn according to the individual results. Therefore the ranking of this edition was:

Logo logo
The logo of Sicily 2011 is composed of graphic elements prostheses upward that symbolize the desire to elevate the spirit and the individual thanks to sport. The Games of the Islands are seen by athletes as small Olympic Games, so the organization has chosen, with the logo, to reproduce graphically some of the most important symbols of the sport and the Olympic Games, including the stylization of the Olympic Flame and the Olympic Motto: "Citius!, Altius!"