Cyprus clinched third place in the list of medals of the 15th Games of Small States of Europe, which wrapped up in Luxemburg on Saturday.
Cyprus entered the Games` last day hoping to garner enough medals to beat Iceland in the second place in the medal list, while host country, Luxemburg had already secured top place.
The Cypriot athletes won eight gold out of 13 in the track and field disciplines and four out of six in group sports. However the second place was lost in ping pong, tennis and beach volley, where Cyprus could not secure gold laurels.
Luxemburg finished first in the medal list with 36 gold, 39 silver, and 31 bronze medals, followed by Iceland with 28, 29 and 30 and Cyprus with 28, 17 and 24 medals.