Host city | Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein |
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Country | Austria Liechtenstein |
Motto | Rock the Alps ! |
Nations | 45 |
Athletes | 1,509 |
Sport | 8 |
Events | 30 |
Opening | 25 January 2015 |
Closing | 30 January 2015 |
Opened by | Heinz Fischer (Austria) and Alois of Liechtenstein |
Athlete's Oath | Xaver Kuster |
Judge's Oath | Marion Vettori |
Torch lighter | Chiara |
Main venue | Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum |
Summer | |
Winter | |
The 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vorarlberg, Austria and Liechtenstein between 25 and 30 January 2015. It was the first time that two countries become hosts in a European Youth Olympic Festival.
2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme |
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Alpy the marmot is the mascot for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. [1]
The venues are divided between places in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and in Liechtenstein. [2]
Venues in Austria:
Venue | Location | Sports |
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Aktivpark Montafon | Tschagguns | Ice hockey |
Gaschurn | Gemeinde Gaschurn-Partenen | Nordic combined |
Messestadion Dornbirn | Dornbirn | Figure skating |
Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum | Tschagguns | Ski jumping, Nordic combined |
Tschengla | Bürserberg | Biathlon |
Garfrescha | St. Gallenkirch | Alpine skiing |
„Hochjoch“ ski area | Schruns | Snowboarding |
Venues in Liechtenstein:
Venue | Location | Sports |
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Bergbahnen Malbun | Malbun | Alpine skiing |
Steg | Steg | Cross country skiing |
The competition schedule for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony | ● | Event competitions |
January | 25 Sun | 26 Mon | 27 Tue | 28 Wed | 29 Thu | 30 Fri | Events |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||
Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Biathlon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
Figure skating | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||
Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |
Nordic combined | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Ski jumping | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Snowboarding | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Total events | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | |
Cumulative total | 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 30 | ||
January | 25 Sun | 26 Mon | 27 Tue | 28 Wed | 29 Thu | 30 Fri | Events |
The opening ceremony for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place on 25 January in Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum in Tschagguns, Austria. Featuring about 150 amateur performers, the show focused about the close relation between the two co-hosts. [3] The ceremony started with the parade of athletes from 45 countries, with the team from Austria and Liechtenstein marched together at the end of the parade. Carmen Wyler (Liechtenstein) and Thomas Pegram (Austria) then sang the national anthems of the hosts. After the speeches from ÖOC Secretary General Peter Mennel and EOC President Patrick Hickey, the Games were officially opened together by Heinz Fischer, President of Austria and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. Then, Xaver Kuster, an Austrian snowboarder took the athletes' oath, followed by Marion Vettori for the judges' oath and Ralf Jegler (alpine skiing coach of Liechtenstein) for the coaches' oath. [4]
Russia topped the medal standings with 6 golds, 6 silvers, and four bronzes. Meanwhile, Germany had the highest medal count with 20. [5]
* Host nation (Austria)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 |
3 | Austria (AUT)* | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
5 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 entries) | 30 | 30 | 32 | 92 |
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