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| Host city | Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Nations | 33 |
| Athletes | 640 |
| Events | 9 sports |
| Opening | 24 July 2025 |
| Closing | 27 July 2025 |
| Main venue | Cebeci Sports Complex |
The 2025 European Para Youth Games were the 7th edition of the European Para Youth Games (EPYG), a multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23 from the member countries of the European Paralympic Committee (EPC). They were held between 24 July and 27 July 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. [1] [2]
In August 2023, seven countries were interested in hosting the 2025 European Para Youth Games. [3] In February 2024, Portugal and Turkey submitted bids for the games. [4] Istanbul was awarded hosting rights in July 2024. [5]
In April 2025, the Turkish National Paralympic Committee chose the pet cat as mascot of the 2025 EPYG, and launched a poll to determine the name of its mascot and put four different names to the vote. Among the options, the common name "Pati" represents a paw that always extends towards love, and the name "Gli" (Glee) is inspired by the well-known house cat of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. In addition to the name "Tekir", a common cat name in Turkey, the name "Tripod", inspired by the three-legged cat of Ankara, was put to the vote. [6] Finally, "Gli" was chosen as the name of the mascot cat. [7]
The competition schedule for the 2025 European Para Youth Games was as follows:
| OC | Opening ceremony | CL | Classification | ● | Event competit | CC | Closing ceremony |
| July | 21 Mon | 22 Tue | 23 Wed | 24 Thu | 25 Fri | 26 Sat | 27 Sun |
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| Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||
* Para archery () | CL | CL | ● | ● | ● | ||
* Para-athletics () | CL | CL | CL | ● | ● | ||
* Boccia () | CL | CL | ● | ● | ● | ||
* Goalball () | CL | CL | CL | ● | ● | ||
* Judo () | CL | CL | CL | ● | ● | ||
* Para swimming () | CL | CL | CL | ● | ● | ● | |
* Table tennis () | CL | CL | ● | ● | ● | ||
* Para taekwondo () | CL | ● | ● | ● | |||
* Wheelchair basketball () | CL | CL | ● | ● | ● |
The following competitions took place: [8] [9]
| 2025 European Para Youth Games sports programme |
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33 National Paralympic Committees were expected to participate. Six countries, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, North Macedonia and Ukraine made their EPYG debuts at these games. [10]
The main stadiom of the 2025 European Para Youth Games is the Cebeci Sports Complex in Sultangazi, Istanbul.
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey (TUR) | 22 | 33 | 22 | 77 |
| 2 |  Germany (GER) | 21 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
| 3 |  Spain (ESP) | 20 | 16 | 19 | 55 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 14 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 13 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 13 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 |  Italy (ITA) | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 8 |  Croatia (CRO) | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 |  Greece (GRE) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 |  Portugal (POR) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 |  Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 |  Ireland (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 17 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Georgia (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 |  Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 23 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 |  Slovenia (SVN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 |  Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Faroe Islands (FAR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (33 entries) | 169 | 140 | 140 | 449 | |