Winter European Youth Olympic Festival 2019

XIV Winter European Youth Olympic Festival
XIV Winter European Youth Olympic Festival
Host city	Sarajevo and Istochno-Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Member countries	46
Number of Athletes	911
Medals being played	32 sets
The opening ceremony	February 10, 2019
Opened	Milorad Dodik
Closing ceremony	February 15, 2019
Olympic flame	Larisa Tserich
Stadium	Koshevo
Site	eyof2019.net

2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival ( Eng. 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival , Bosnian Evropski zimski olimpijski festival mladih 2019. ) - The 14th regional international complex sports competitions in winter sports as part of the European Youth Olympic Festival for young athletes in ages 14 to 18, representing European states ^[1] . The festival was held from February 10 to 15 in the cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo and Istochno-Sarajevo ^[2] .

Content

Venue Selection

Initially, Sarajevo and Istochno-Sarajevo were supposed to host the 2017 festival , while Turkish Erzurum was chosen as the host of such competitions in 2019 ^[3] . However, due to the fact that Sarajevo and Istochno-Sarajevo did not have time to prepare for the competition by the scheduled time, in November 2015 the Bosnian and Turkish sides agreed to exchange tournaments, and the 2017 Festival was held in Erzurum, the sports facilities of which were built for the Universiade -2011 , already met the necessary requirements ^[4] .

Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of the XIV Winter European Youth Olympic Festival took place on February 10, 2019 at 19:00 local time at the Koshevo Stadium, the largest sports arena in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The performance itself was called “Creating Together” ( Eng. We create together , Bosnian Stvaramo zajedno ) ^[5] . The fire of the Olympic festival was lit by the Bosnian judoka Larisa Tserich ^[6] , and the start of the competition was given by a member of the Presidium of the country Milorad Dodik ^[7] .

Competition

In the framework of the XIV Winter European Youth Olympic Festival, competitions were held in 8 sports.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of sets of medals played in a particular discipline.

Biathlon (5)
Alpine skiing (5)
Curling (1)
Cross country skiing (7)
Snowboard (4)
Figure Skating (2)
Ice Hockey (1)
Short Track (7)

Calendar

CO	The opening ceremony	●	Qualifications	No.	Competition Finals	CH	Closing ceremony

February	ten Sun	eleven Mon	12 Tue	13 Wed	14 Th	15 Fri	Medals
Ceremonies	CO					CH
Biathlon			2	2		one	five
Skiing		one	one	one	one	one	five
Curling		●	●	●	●	one	one
Ski race		2	2		2	one	7
Snowboard		●	2		2		four
Figure skating				●	2		2
Hockey		●	●	●	one		one
Short track		2	2			3	7
Medals per day		five	9	3	eight	7	32
Total medals		five	14	17	25	32	32
February	ten Sun	eleven Mon	12 Tue	13 Wed	14 Th	15 Fri	Medals

Member Countries

The competition was attended by 911 athletes from 46 countries ^[8] .

The number of athletes from each national delegation is shown in brackets.

Albania (1)

Andorra (6)

Armenia (5)

Austria (34)

Belarus (46)

Belgium (16)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (21)

United Kingdom (27)

Hungary (17)

Greece (11)

Georgia (6)

Denmark (19)

Ireland (2)

Iceland (13)

Spain (6)

Italy (38)

Cyprus (2)

Kosovo (2)

Latvia (19)

Liechtenstein (5)

Luxembourg (4)

Northern Macedonia (2)

Moldova (1)

Netherlands (6)

Norway (36)

Poland (37)

Portugal (1)

Russia (61)

Romania (30)

San Marino (3)

Serbia (3)

Slovakia (45)

Slovenia (32)

Turkey (35)

Ukraine (22)

Finland (48)

France (36)

Croatia (10)

Montenegro (2)

Czech Republic (53)

Switzerland (58)

Sweden (18)

Estonia (17)

Medal standings

The awards of the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival 2019 were received by representatives of 21 national delegations. Athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina , the host country of the festival, did not win any awards.

Bold indicates the largest number of medals in its category.

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	Norway	6	one	five	12
2	Switzerland	five	five	2	12
3	France	four	3	four	eleven
four	Austria	3	one	2	6
five	Hungary	3	0	3	6
6	Russia	2	7	3	12
7	Slovakia	2	2	0	four
eight	Poland	2	one	2	five
9	Germany	2	one	one	four
ten	Italy	one	3	one	five
eleven	Czech	one	0	one	2
eleven	Great Britain	one	0	one	2
13	Slovenia	0	2	0	2
14	Belarus	0	one	2	3
14	Finland	0	one	2	3
sixteen	Turkey	0	one	one	2
17	Belgium	0	one	0	one
17	Lithuania	0	one	0	one
17	Estonia	0	one	0	one
20	Netherlands	0	0	one	one
20	Ukraine	0	0	one	one
Total		32	32	34	98

Closing Ceremony

At the closing ceremony held on February 15, 2019, the Van Gogh and music groups from Serbia performed at the Istochno-Sarajevo city administration. The festival was officially closed by Milorad Dodik , passing the Olympic flag to the mayor of Finnish Vuokatti , who will host the following similar competitions in 2021 ^[9] .

Notes

↑ European Youth Winter Olympic Festival - 2019 (Neopr.) . uniorsport.ru . Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Maria Markova. The European Youth Olympic Festival (Neopr.) Opened in Sarajevo . teamrussia.pro (February 11, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Vedat Spahović. Olimpijske igre se vraćaju kući (Bosnian) . Al Jazeera Balkans (December 7, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Duncan Mackay. Turkey agree with Sarajevo and East Sarajevo to swap 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival for 2017 . insidethegames.biz (November 20, 2015). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Sarajevo: EYOF 2019. biće otvoren ceremonijom pod nazivom “We create together“ (Bosnian) . Anadolu Agency (January 4, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Olimpijski plamen EYOF-a zapalit će Larisa Cerić: BiH predstavila svoje takmičare (Bosnian) . Klix.ba (February 6, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Olimpijski duh se vratio u Sarajevo grandioznim otvaranjem EYOF-a (Bosnian) . Klix.ba (February 10, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ EYOF - FACTS AND FIGURES (neopr.) . eyof2019.net . Date of treatment April 23, 2019.
↑ Zatvoren EYOF 2019: Sarajevo i Istočno Sarajevo položili veliki evropski ispit (Bosnian) . Radio Sarajevo (February 15, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[1] European Youth Winter Olympic Festival - 2019 (Neopr.) . uniorsport.ru . Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[2] Maria Markova. The European Youth Olympic Festival (Neopr.) Opened in Sarajevo . teamrussia.pro (February 11, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[3] Vedat Spahović. Olimpijske igre se vraćaju kući (Bosnian) . Al Jazeera Balkans (December 7, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[4] Duncan Mackay. Turkey agree with Sarajevo and East Sarajevo to swap 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival for 2017 . insidethegames.biz (November 20, 2015). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[5] Sarajevo: EYOF 2019. biće otvoren ceremonijom pod nazivom “We create together“ (Bosnian) . Anadolu Agency (January 4, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[6] Olimpijski plamen EYOF-a zapalit će Larisa Cerić: BiH predstavila svoje takmičare (Bosnian) . Klix.ba (February 6, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[7] Olimpijski duh se vratio u Sarajevo grandioznim otvaranjem EYOF-a (Bosnian) . Klix.ba (February 10, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[8] EYOF - FACTS AND FIGURES (neopr.) . eyof2019.net . Date of treatment April 23, 2019.

[9] Zatvoren EYOF 2019: Sarajevo i Istočno Sarajevo položili veliki evropski ispit (Bosnian) . Radio Sarajevo (February 15, 2019). Date of treatment April 23, 2019.