2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

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2025 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival
2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival logo.png
Host city Bakuriani,Georgia
CountryFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
MottoReady To Shine
Nations48
Sport8
Events38
Opening9 February 2025
Closing16 February 2025
Website www.eyof2025.ge
Summer
Winter

The 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is set to have Bakuriani, Georgia, as main host city.The event is scheduled to be held between 9 and 16 February 2025.In addition to Bakurani, events will take place in Batumi and Tbilisi as anxiliary venues. This would be Georgia's first time as host of the winter festival, and the second time hosting the festival after the summer edition in 2015 in Tbilisi.

Contents

Bidding process

On 26 October 2019 it was announced that the festival would be hosted by Bakuriani. [1]

Sports

The following competitions will take place: [2]

2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

For infrastructure reasons, this edition will only have mandatory sports in its program

Venues

VenueLocationSports
Bakuriani Biathlon-Cross Country Stadium Bakuriani Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
DidveliFreestyle Skiing
Alpine skiing
Snowboard
Batumi Ice Arena Batumi Figure skating
Short Track speed skating
Leader Arena Tbilisi Ice hockey

The logo is depicting a fusion of the old Asomtavruli alphabet and traditional Georgian ornaments.

Mascot

The official mascot, a Caucasian lynx named Gunda, was unveiled on 28 February 2024. The name is based on the Georgian word for Snowball. [3]

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References

  1. "Georgia and Czech Republic to host 2025 European Youth Olympic Festivals". 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. "Sports Bakuriani – Bakuriani 2025 – Sport Europe" . Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. "Excitement builds as Bakuriani 2025 official mascot and anthem revealed in Georgia". The European Olympic Committees. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.