2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

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2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival logo.png
Logo
Host city Skopje
CountryFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
MottoTogether, we shine
Nations48
Opening20 July 2025
Closing26 July 2025
Opened by President of North Macedonia (expected)
Athlete's OathTBA
Torch lighterTBA
Main venue Toše Proeski Arena (opening ceremony)
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (closing ceremony)
Website https://skopje2025.sporteurope.org/
Summer
Winter

The 2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival or simply EYOF 2025, also known as Skopje 2025, is the upcoming 18th edition of the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, held from 20 to 26 July 2025 in Skopje, North Macedonia. This will be the first time the festival has been held in North Macedonia. [1]

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Bidding

On 26 October 2019, it was announced that the EYOF 2025 should be held in Brno, Czech Republic. But on 31 July 2023, it was announced that the festival should be held in Skopje instead. [2]

Mascot

The mascot is an anthropomorphic sun named "Shiny". The mascot represents warmth, unity, and friendship, and also implies EYOF's values. The mascot had sadly accused of being AI generated. [3]

Sports

The following competitions will take place:

2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports program [4]

Compared to 2023, Skateboard and Tennis have been removed from the programme. Canoeing has been replaced with Canoe slalom, making its EYOF debut. Badminton and Table tennis will be present at the event for the first time since 2022 and 2007 respectively. For the first time, there will be events in Shooting and Taekwondo. For the first time, Basketball will be played both in the regular format as well as the 3×3 format.

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References

  1. "Скопје ќе биде домаќин на Европски олимписки младински фестивал во 2025 година" (in Macedonian). 30 July 2023.
  2. Mackay, Duncan (2023-07-31). "North Macedonian NOC promise high-quality event after confirmed as 2025 Summer EYOF hosts" . Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  3. "Meet Shiny, the official mascot for EYOF 2025" . Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  4. "Sports Skopje – Skopje 2025 – Sport Europe" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-01.