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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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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 |
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1 | ![]() | 22 | 33 | 22 | 77 |
2 | ![]() | 21 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
3 | ![]() | 20 | 16 | 19 | 55 |
4 | ![]() | 14 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
5 | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
6 | ![]() | 13 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
7 | ![]() | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
8 | ![]() | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
9 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
10 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
11 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
12 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
13 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
14 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
15 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
17 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
18 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
19 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
21 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
22 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
23 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
26 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
28 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
29 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
30 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
31 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals (33 entries) | 169 | 140 | 140 | 449 |