Indian Ocean Island Games
Year Edition Host Country Host City
1979 1 Réunion Saint Denis , Réunion
1985 2 Mauritius Curepipe
1990 3 Madagascar Antananarivo
1993 4 Seychelles Victoria
1998 5 Réunion Saint Denis
2003 6 Mauritius Moka
2007 7 Madagascar Antananarivo
2011 8 Seychelles Victoria
2015 9 Réunion Saint Denis
2019 10 Mauritius Port Louis
2023 11 Maldives Malé
IOIG games
Five countries participated in the creation of the Games : Sri Lanka , Seychelles , Mauritius , Comoros and Reunion . They drafted the Charter of the Games . Originally , the Games were to take place every four years , however this frequency was not observed from 1979 to 2003 .
The Indian Ocean Island Games () is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Indian Ocean island nations. The Games was created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977 and currently gather the island nations and territories of Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion and the Maldives. The number of athletes who participate has increased over the years, it went from 1000 athletes in 1979 to over 1500 participants in 2003 and 2007 and over 2000 participants in 2019.