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2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.[1]

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Host cityErzurum
Country Turkey
Nations34
Athletes1,241
Sport9
Events38
Opening12 February 2017
Closing17 February 2017
Opened byRecep Tayyip Erdoğan
Main venueKazım Karabekir Stadium
Summer
Winter

The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo,[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina,[3] 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.[4]

Venues edit

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 edit

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

Schedule edit

The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:[5]

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 edit

34 national federations sent athletes.[6] Kosovo made its European Youth Olympic Winter Festival at these games.

Participating National Olympic Committees

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Turkey)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)1991139
2  France (FRA)78621
3  Slovenia (SLO)52310
4  Italy (ITA)2169
5  Finland (FIN)15410
6  Poland (POL)1124
7  Czech Republic (CZE)1113
8  Luxembourg (LUX)1102
9  Lithuania (LTU)1001
10  Ukraine (UKR)0303
11  Netherlands (NED)0213
  Turkey (TUR)*0213
13  Belarus (BLR)0101
  Croatia (CRO)0101
  Estonia (EST)0101
16  Georgia (GEO)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Slovakia (SVK)0011
Totals (18 entries)383838114

Mascot edit

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.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 Winter EYOF". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Olimpijske igre se vraćaju kući". Al Jazeera Balkans. 8 December 2012.
  3. ^ "EYOWF Website". EYOWF 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Turkey agree with Sarajevo and East Sarajevo to swap 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival for 2017". Inside the Games. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ^ "2017 Winter EYOF Calendar & Results". Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ^ "European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2017 Participating Athlete List". weyof2017.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  7. ^ "MEET KARBEYAZ, MASCOT OF EYOF 2017 ERZURUM". eyof2017erzurum.org. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

External links edit

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