The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is a biennial
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
for youth (14 to 18 years old) athletes from the 50 member countries of the association of
European Olympic Committees
The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, ...
. The festival has a summer edition, held for the first time in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
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.
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History
The event is run by the
European Olympic Committees
The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, ...
, under the patronage of the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
, and was the first multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition specifically for European athletes; it predates its senior equivalent, the
European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees ...
by some 24 years, and the
Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consiste ...
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
The European Athletics U20 Championships (formerly named the European Athletics Junior Championships up to 2015) are the European championships for athletes who are under-20 athletes, which is the age range recognised by World Athletics as ju ...
which are organised by sporting federations.
Editions
Summer
Winter
Sports
Summer Games
Winter Games
All-time medal table
Summer Games
Summer editions, from
1991
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to
2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
The 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival, European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022.
Host selection
Košice was originally to be host city but withdrew from the hosting in April 20 ...
.
Winter Games
Winter editions, from 1993 to
2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival, European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vuokatti, Finland, between 20 and 25 March 2022. The festival was postponed from original dates in February to December 2021. Later it was announced tha ...
.
Combined medal table
From 1991 to
2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival, European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vuokatti, Finland, between 20 and 25 March 2022. The festival was postponed from original dates in February to December 2021. Later it was announced tha ...
.
See also
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European Para Youth Games (EPYG)
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European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees ...
*
Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consiste ...
*
Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF)
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Asian Youth Games (AYG)
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South American Youth Games
References
External links
Official website
{{Multi-sport events
Recurring sporting events established in 1991
European youth sports competitions
Youth multi-sport events
Multi-sport events in Europe
Sports festivals in Europe