2009 Games of the Small States of Europe
- 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe
GSSE infobox|2009
Size = 200
Optional caption = Logo inspired by the Kyrenia ship [ cite web|url=http://www.cyprus2009.org.cy/docs/others/LogoManual_en.pdf |title=CYPRUS 2009 Logo and Mascot Manual |accessdate=2008-07-16 |date=2008 |publisher=Cyprus Olympic Committee ]
Nations participating = 8
Athletes participating =
Events = 12
Opening Ceremony = 01 June 2009
Closing Ceremony = 06 June 2009
Officially opened by =
Official website = http://www.cyprus2009.org.cy
The 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe, also known as the XIIIth Games of the Small States of Europe will be held June 2009 among the participant nations in the Games of the Small States of Europe. The opening ceremonies will be June 1, and the closing ceremonies on June 6. The games will be in Cyprus [cite news | title=Cyprus to host small European states' games in 2009 | date=June 5, 2007 | publisher=Xinhua | url =http://english.people.com.cn/200706/05/eng20070605_381137.html | work=People's Daily Online | accessdate = 2007-06-12 ] , and will be held twenty years after the first Games held there in 1989. [cite news | title=Monaco to host 2007 GSSE | work= Sports Business News | date=June 6 2003 | url=http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/151435/monaco-to-host-2007-gsse ] Malta was scheduled for 2009 in the rotation, but were selected to host the games early in 2003. [cite news | title=Games of the Small States of Europe Update | work=Malta Olympic Committee | url=http://www.nocmalta.org/page.asp?n=newsdetails&i=4961 | date=4 February 2003 ]
Participants
Countries that have so far confirmed participation are:
# Andorra
# Cyprus
# Iceland
# Liechtenstein
# Luxembourg
# Malta
# Monaco
# San Marino
Official logo and mascot
The official logo and the mascot, Tefkros the dove were revealed on the official website on May 14, 2008.
Venues
The majority of events will be held in venues in and around Nicosia. The southern city of Limassol will host gymnastics and marine sports whilst the mountain bike events will be held at the National Park of Machairas at an average altitude of 700m. [ cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1978&tt=graphic〈=l1 |title=XIII Games of the Small States of Europe CYPRUS 2009 |accessdate=2008-07-16 |publisher=Cyprus Olympic Committee ] [ cite web|url=http://www.cyprus2009.org.cy/venues/index.htm |title=XIII Games of the Small States of Europe CYPRUS 2009, Venues |accessdate=2008-07-16 |publisher=Cyprus Olympic Committee] :
External links
* [http://www.cyprus2009.org.cy Official website]
References
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