International recurring sports competitions
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
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
9
70
33
12 July
21 July
2,084
France
1993
2
Valkenswaard
Netherlands
10
86
43
3 July
9 July
1,874
Russia
1995
3
Bath
Great Britain
10
86
47
9 July
14 July
1,709
Great Britain
1997
4
Lisbon
Portugal
10
86
47
18 July
24 July
2,500
Russia
1999
5
Esbjerg
Denmark
11
84
48
10 July
16 July
2,324
Russia
2001
6
Murcia
Spain
10
90
48
3 July
9 July
2,500
Russia
2003
7
Paris
France
10
95
48
28 July
2 August
2,500
Russia
2005
8
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Italy
11
109
48
3 July
8 July
3,965
Russia
2007
9
Belgrade
Serbia
11
100
49
22 July
27 July
3,000
Russia
2009
10
Tampere
Finland
9
109
49
19 July
26 July
3,302
Russia
2011
11
Trabzon
Turkey
9
109
49
24 July
29 July
3,138
Russia
2013
12
Utrecht
Netherlands
9
111
49
14 July
19 July
3,143
Russia
2015
13
Tbilisi
Georgia
9
112
50
26 July
1 August
3,304
Russia
2017
14
Győr
Hungary
10
130
50
22 July
30 July
3,675
Russia
2019
15
Baku
Azerbaijan
10
135
48
20 July
28 July
2,700
Russia
2022
16
Banská Bystrica
Slovakia
10
120
48
24 July
30 July
2,252
Italy
2023
17
Maribor
Slovenia
10
122
48
23 July
29 July
2,419
Italy
2025
18
Skopje
North Macedonia
2027
19
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Italy
Winter
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
5
17
33
7 February
10 February
708
Russia
1995
2
Andorra la Vella
Andorra
4
17
40
4 February
10 February
740
Italy
1997
3
Sundsvall
Sweden
6
27
41
7 February
13 February
991
Russia
1999
4
Poprad -Tatry
Slovakia
7
27
40
6 March
12 March
819
Russia
2001
5
Vuokatti
Finland
7
28
40
11 March
15 March
1,111
Russia
2003
6
Bled
Slovenia
7
28
41
25 January
31 January
1,242
Russia
2005
7
Monthey
Switzerland
8
35
41
23 January
28 January
1,184
Russia
2007
8
Jaca
Spain
6
20
43
18 February
23 February
1,284
Russia
2009
9
Silesia
Poland
9
31
47
15 February
20 February
1,615
Russia
2011
10
Liberec
Czech Republic
8
28
44
13 February
18 February
1,492
Germany
2013
11
Braşov
Romania
8
36
45
17 February
22 February
1,465
Russia
2015
12
Vorarlberg Vaduz
Austria Liechtenstein
8
30
45
25 January
30 January
1,509
Russia
2017
13
Erzurum
Turkey
9
38
34
12 February
17 February
1,241
Russia
2019
14
Sarajevo -East Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8
32
46
10 February
15 February
1,537
Norway
2022
15
Vuokatti
Finland
9
39
46
20 March
25 March
932
Finland
2023
16
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Italy
12
59
47
21 January
28 January
1,252
France
2025
17
Borjomi -Bakuriani
Georgia
2027
18
Braşov
Romania
Sports
Summer Games
Winter Games
All-time medal table
Combined medal table
From 1991 to 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival .
See also
References
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