The Isle of Man’s men’s football team has found out its group opponents for next summer’s Island Games in Orkney.

The draw for the competition, which takes place between July 12 and 18, was made on BBC Radio Orkney on Monday evening.

The Manx were drawn in group one of the competition alongside the hosts and Scandinavians Hitra and Froya.

The Isle of Man failed to make the semi-finals at the Guernsey games in 2023, eventually finishing ninth, having won gold the previous time football was part of the games in 2017.

It is unlikely that the Isle of Man women’s team, who have won bronze and silver at the last two games, will take part next July after they were drawn as third reserve in the event’s initial draw last month.

This means three nations would have to pull out before the Manx would earn a spot in the 12-team women’s tournament.