2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Host city Erzurum
Country Turkey
Nations 34
Athletes 1,241
Sport 9
Events 38
Opening 12 February 2017
Closing 17 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.

The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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.

Venues

Venue Sports
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:

OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony Event competitions
February 12
Sun
13
Mon
14
Tue
15
Wed
16
Thu
17
Fri
Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 1 1 5
Biathlon 2 2 1 5
Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 1 7
Curling 2 2
Figure skating 2 2
Ice hockey 1 1
Short track speed skating 2 2 3 7
Ski jumping 2 2 4
Snowboarding 2 2 1 5
Total events 5 7 9 6 11 38
Cumulative total 5 12 21 27 38
February 12
Sun
13
Mon
14
Tue
15
Wed
16
Thu
17
Fri
Events

Participating nations

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

Participating National Olympic Committees

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Russia (RUS) 19 9 11 39
2 France (FRA) 7 8 6 21
3 Slovenia (SLO) 5 2 3 10
4 Italy (ITA) 2 1 6 9
5 Finland (FIN) 1 5 4 10
6 Poland (POL) 1 1 2 4
7 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1 1 3
8 Luxembourg (LUX) 1 1 0 2
9 Lithuania (LTU) 1 0 0 1
10 Ukraine (UKR) 0 3 0 3
11 Netherlands (NED) 0 2 1 3
Turkey (TUR)* 0 2 1 3
13 Belarus (BLR) 0 1 0 1
Croatia (CRO) 0 1 0 1
Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1
16 Georgia (GEO) 0 0 1 1
Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
Slovakia (SVK) 0 0 1 1
Totals (18 entries) 38 38 38 114

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.