European Youth Olympic Festival

International recurring sports competitions
European Youth Olympic Festival
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Editions

Summer

Winter

Sports

Summer

Winter

  • Alpine skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Curling
  • Figure skating
  • Freestyle skiing
  • Ice hockey
  • Nordic combined
  • Short track speed skating
  • Ski jumping
  • Ski mountaineering
  • Snowboarding
  • Speed skating

The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is a biennial multi-sport event for youth (14 to 18 years old[1]) athletes from the 50 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. The festival has a summer edition, held for the first time in Brussels in 1991, and a winter edition, which began two years later in Aosta. It was known as the European Youth Olympic Days from 1991 to 1999.[2]

History

The event is run by the European Olympic Committees, under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, and was the first multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition specifically for European athletes; it predates its senior equivalent, the European Games by some 24 years, and the Youth Olympic Games by 19 years.

The event should not be confused with the various European junior and youth championships in individual sports, such as the European Junior Athletics Championships which are organised by sporting federations.

Editions

Summer

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Host cities of the European Summer Youth Olympic Festival
European Summer Youth Olympic Festival
Year Edition Host city Host nation Sports Events Nations Start date End date Competitors Top nation
1991 1 Brussels Belgium Belgium 9 70 33 12 July 21 July 2,084  France
1993 2 Valkenswaard Netherlands Netherlands 10 86 43 3 July 9 July 1,874  Russia
1995 3 Bath United Kingdom Great Britain 10 86 47 9 July 14 July 1,709  Great Britain
1997 4 Lisbon Portugal Portugal 10 86 47 18 July 24 July 2,500  Russia
1999 5 Esbjerg Denmark Denmark 11 84 48 10 July 16 July 2,324  Russia
2001 6 Murcia Spain Spain 10 90 48 3 July 9 July 2,500  Russia
2003 7 Paris France France 10 95 48 28 July 2 August 2,500  Russia
2005 8 Lignano Sabbiadoro Italy Italy 11 109 48 3 July 8 July 3,965  Russia
2007 9 Belgrade Serbia Serbia 11 100 49 22 July 27 July 3,000  Russia
2009 10 Tampere Finland Finland 9 109 49 19 July 26 July 3,302  Russia
2011 11 Trabzon Turkey Turkey 9 109 49 24 July 29 July 3,138  Russia
2013 12 Utrecht Netherlands Netherlands 9 111 49 14 July 19 July 3,143  Russia
2015 13 Tbilisi Georgia (country) Georgia 9 112 50 26 July 1 August 3,304  Russia
2017 14 Győr Hungary Hungary 10 130 50 22 July 30 July 3,675  Russia
2019 15 Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 10 135 48 20 July 28 July 2,700  Russia
2022 16 Banská Bystrica Slovakia Slovakia 10 120 48 24 July 30 July 2,252  Italy
2023 17 Maribor Slovenia Slovenia 10 122 48 23 July 29 July 2,419  Italy
2025 18 Skopje North Macedonia North Macedonia

Winter

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Host cities of the European Winter Youth Olympic Festival
European Winter Youth Olympic Festival
Year Edition Host city Host nation Sports Events Nations Start date End date Competitors Top nation
1993 1 Aosta Italy Italy 5 17 33 7 February 10 February 708  Russia
1995 2 Andorra la Vella Andorra Andorra 4 17 40 4 February 10 February 740  Italy
1997 3 Sundsvall Sweden Sweden 6 27 41 7 February 13 February 991  Russia
1999 4 Poprad-Tatry Slovakia Slovakia 7 27 40 6 March 12 March 819  Russia
2001 5 Vuokatti Finland Finland 7 28 40 11 March 15 March 1,111  Russia
2003 6 Bled Slovenia Slovenia 7 28 41 25 January 31 January 1,242  Russia
2005 7 Monthey Switzerland Switzerland 8 35 41 23 January 28 January 1,184  Russia
2007 8 Jaca Spain Spain 6 20 43 18 February 23 February 1,284  Russia
2009 9 Silesia Poland Poland 9 31 47 15 February 20 February 1,615  Russia
2011 10 Liberec Czech Republic Czech Republic 8 28 44 13 February 18 February 1,492  Germany
2013 11 Braşov Romania Romania 8 36 45 17 February 22 February 1,465  Russia
2015 12 Vorarlberg
Vaduz
Austria Austria
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
8 30 45 25 January 30 January 1,509  Russia
2017 13 Erzurum Turkey Turkey 9 38 34 12 February 17 February 1,241  Russia
2019 14 Sarajevo-East Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 32 46 10 February 15 February 1,537  Norway
2022 15 Vuokatti Finland Finland 9 39 46 20 March 25 March 932  Finland
2023 16 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Italy Italy 12 59 47 21 January 28 January 1,252  France
2025 17 Borjomi-Bakuriani Georgia (country) Georgia

Sports

Summer Games

Sport (Discipline) 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 22 23
Current summer sports
 
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Canoeing
Cycling
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Skateboarding
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
Discontinued summer sports
Field hockey
Sailing
Table tennis
Water polo
Wrestling

Winter Games

Sport (Discipline) 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 22 23
Current winter sports
 
Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Curling
Figure skating
Freestyle skiing
Ice hockey
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Ski jumping
Ski mountaineering
Snowboarding
Discontinued winter sports
Speed skating

All-time medal table

Summer Games

Summer editions, from 1991 to 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

European Youth Olympic Festival medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)272175149596
2 Great Britain (GBR)161131128420
3 Italy (ITA)149127153429
4 France (FRA)102102121325
5 Germany (GER)90119126335
6 Hungary (HUN)8984114287
7 Spain (ESP)757786238
8 Ukraine (UKR)748184239
9 Romania (ROU)679375235
10 Netherlands (NED)555585195
11 Poland (POL)505681187
12 Belgium (BEL)444864156
13 Turkey (TUR)443952135
14 Sweden (SWE)323636104
15 Azerbaijan (AZE)322655113
16 Georgia (GEO)302549104
17 Belarus (BLR)292750106
18 Croatia (CRO)28282682
19 Czech Republic (CZE)273550112
20 Slovenia (SLO)253545105
21 Denmark (DEN)23183071
22 Finland (FIN)21293080
23 Israel (ISR)21192060
24 Switzerland (SUI)20293281
25 Lithuania (LTU)17182358
26 Slovakia (SVK)17153163
27 Ireland (IRL)14292972
28 Austria (AUT)14213469
29 Estonia (EST)14151342
30 Portugal (POR)14142351
31 Serbia (SRB)13231955
32 Soviet Union (URS)125724
33 Norway (NOR)11221952
34 Greece (GRE)10223062
35 Latvia (LAT)10181644
36 Bulgaria (BUL)9181845
37 Moldova (MDA)881531
38 Cyprus (CYP)56718
39 Yugoslavia (YUG)43613
40 Armenia (ARM)321015
41 Luxembourg (LUX)3115
42 Czechoslovakia (TCH)2204
43 Iceland (ISL)2125
44 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)1629
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1247
46 Montenegro (MNE)1225
47 Kosovo (KOS)1001
48 Albania (ALB)0011
 Andorra (AND)0011
 Malta (MLT)0011
Totals (50 entries)1746174720555548

Winter Games

Winter editions, from 1993 to 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

European Youth Olympic Festival medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)976650213
2 France (FRA)444249135
3 Italy (ITA)415138130
4 Germany (GER)414349133
5 Norway (NOR)373940116
6 Austria (AUT)373839114
7 Finland (FIN)30283492
8 Slovenia (SLO)28162064
9 Sweden (SWE)26271972
10 Switzerland (SUI)21303485
11 Hungary (HUN)179834
12 Czech Republic (CZE)16171952
13 Poland (POL)10182149
14 Netherlands (NED)1091231
15 Great Britain (GBR)53917
16 Spain (ESP)5016
17 Ukraine (UKR)310821
18 Slovakia (SVK)34714
19 Croatia (CRO)3115
20 Estonia (EST)25310
21 Belarus (BLR)24612
22 Latvia (LAT)2327
23 Bulgaria (BUL)1629
24 Belgium (BEL)1337
25 Lithuania (LTU)1304
26 Romania (ROU)1247
27 Luxembourg (LUX)1102
28 Israel (ISR)1023
29 Turkey (TUR)0325
30 Georgia (GEO)0213
31 Serbia (SRB)0202
32 Denmark (DEN)0112
Totals (32 entries)4864864841456

Combined medal table

From 1991 to 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

European Youth Olympic Festival medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)369241199809
2 Italy (ITA)174160179513
3 Great Britain (GBR)155122121398
4 France (FRA)137139162438
5 Germany (GER)120151155426
6 Hungary (HUN)9888112298
7 Ukraine (UKR)808895263
8 Spain (ESP)767180227
9 Netherlands (NED)636491218
10 Romania (ROU)598974222
11 Sweden (SWE)576153171
12 Poland (POL)547196221
13 Slovenia (SLO)515361165
14 Finland (FIN)505460164
15 Austria (AUT)495770176
16 Norway (NOR)455756158
17 Belgium (BEL)445065159
18 Turkey (TUR)383652126
19 Switzerland (SUI)375765159
20 Czech Republic (CZE)344862144
21 Belarus (BLR)313156118
22 Azerbaijan (AZE)292351103
23 Croatia (CRO)28272782
24 Georgia (GEO)27254799
25 Denmark (DEN)22193172
26 Israel (ISR)22142258
27 Slovakia (SVK)18193572
28 Lithuania (LTU)18192158
29 Estonia (EST)15171244
30 Ireland (IRL)14282870
31 Portugal (POR)13141946
32 Latvia (LAT)12211851
33 Soviet Union (URS)125724
34 Serbia (SRB)11241449
35 Bulgaria (BUL)9231951
36 Greece (GRE)8162549
37 Moldova (MDA)881430
38 Cyprus (CYP)56718
39 Yugoslavia (YUG)43613
40 Luxembourg (LUX)4217
41 Czechoslovakia (TCH)2204
42 Iceland (ISL)2125
43 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)1629
44 Armenia (ARM)12811
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1247
46 Montenegro (MNE)1214
47 Kosovo (KOS)1001
48 Albania (ALB)0011
 Andorra (AND)0011
 Malta (MLT)0011
Totals (50 entries)2109211623886613

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sports Events". European Olympic Committees. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

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