2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

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2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
2017 EYOF Erzurum Logo.png
Host city Erzurum
CountryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Nations34
Athletes1,241
Sport9
Events38
Opening12 February 2017
Closing17 February 2017
Opened by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Main venue Kazım Karabekir Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017. [1]

Contents

The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, [2] Bosnia and Herzegovina, [3] whereas the 2019 EYOF had been planned for Erzurum. In November 2015, the two cities agreed to swap their events, since Sarajevo could not be ready in time, while Erzurum already had facilities in place from the 2011 Winter Universiade. [4]

Venues

VenueSports
Kazım Karabekir Stadium Ceremonies
Palandöken Ski Centre Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding
Kandilli Ski Resort Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing
Milli Piyango Curling Arena Curling
Erzurum Ice Skating Arena Figure Skating, Short Track Speed Skating
Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena Ice Hockey
Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping Facility Ski Jumping

Sports

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows: [5]

OCOpening ceremony1Event finalsCCClosing ceremonyEvent competitions
February12
Sun
13
Mon
14
Tue
15
Wed
16
Thu
17
Fri
Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing 111115
Biathlon pictogram.svg Biathlon 2215
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing 22217
Curling pictogram.svg Curling 22
Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating 22
Ice hockey pictogram.svg Ice hockey 11
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short track speed skating 2237
Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping 224
Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboarding 2215
Total events 5 7 9 6 11 38
Cumulative total 5 12 21 27 38
February12
Sun
13
Mon
14
Tue
15
Wed
16
Thu
17
Fri
Events

Participating nations

34 national federations sent athletes. [6] Kosovo made its European Youth Olympic Winter Festival at these games.

Participating National Olympic Committees

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1991139
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)78621
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)52310
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2169
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)15410
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1124
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1113
8Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)1102
9Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1001
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0303
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0213
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)*0213
13Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)0101
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)0101
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)0101
16Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)0011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)0011
Totals (18 entries)383838114

Mascot

The mascot of 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is a snowman named Karbeyaz. The name Karbeyaz, which is combined from the Turkish words Kar (snow) and Beyaz (white), won the public vote against the other 3 proposed names. [7]

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