2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2023 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival
Host cityFriuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Country Italy
Nations47
Athletes1,252
Sport12
Events59
Opening21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)
Closing28 January 2023 (2023-01-28)
Opened byAndrea Abodi
Torch lighterJonathan Milan
Websitewww.eyof2023.it
Summer
Winter

The 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy,[1] between 21 and 28 January 2023. This was Italy's second time as host of the winter festival after Aosta 1993. As the 2003 Winter Universiade, in addition of Italy, several events were held in Austria and Slovenia.

Sports

The following competitions took place[2]

2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

Freestyle skiing and ski mountaineering made their EYOF debut. Medals were awarded in record 59 events in 12 sports, compared to 39 in 9 sports at the previous edition.

Venues

Venue[3] Location Sports
Ski Area Tarvisio Tarvisio Alpine skiing
Paruzzi Arena Nordic combined
International Biathlon Centre “Carnia Arena” Forni Avoltri Biathlon
Ski Area Sappada Sappada Cross-country skiing
Ice skating stadium Claut Curling
Ice arena Claudio Vuerich Pontebba Figure skating, Short track speed skating
Ski Area Ravascletto Zoncolan Ravascletto Freestyle skiing
Fiera di Udine Udine Ice hockey
Ski area Forni di Sopra Forni di Sopra Ski mountaineering
Ski area Piancavallo Piancavallo Snowboarding
Eissportarena Spittal an der Drau, Austria Ice hockey
Planica Nordic Centre Planica, Slovenia Ski jumping, Nordic combined

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:[4]

OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony ● Event competitions
January 21
Sat 		22
Sun 		23
Mon 		24
Tue 		25
Wed 		26
Thu 		27
Fri 		28
Sat 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 1 2 6
Biathlon 2 2 1 5
Cross-country skiing 2 1 1 2 1 7
Curling ● ● ● ● 1 1
Figure skating ● 1 1 2
Freestyle skiing ● 2 2 ● 2 6
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Nordic combined 2 1 3
Short track speed skating 2 2 3 7
Ski jumping 2 2 1 5
Ski mountaineering 2 1 2 5
Snowboarding ● 2 3 ● 2 3 10
Total events 2 8 16 7 9 14 3 59
Cumulative total 2 10 26 33 42 56 59
January 21
Sat 		22
Sun 		23
Mon 		24
Tue 		25
Wed 		26
Thu 		27
Fri 		28
Sat 		Events

Participant nations

1252 athletes from 47 nations are expected to participate:[5][6]

Participating National Olympic Committees (47)

*As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Olympic Committees has taken a decision to not invite athletes from Russia and Belarus to the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France76417
2 Italy*68721
3 Switzerland63312
4 Austria62917
5 Hungary6118
6 Slovenia6006
7 Germany45817
8 Czech Republic41611
9 Sweden35614
10 Finland3429
11 Spain3003
12 Poland17614
13 Latvia1214
14 Great Britain1102
15 Ukraine1023
16 Israel1001
17 Norway0516
18 Bulgaria0213
 Netherlands0213
20 Slovakia0202
21 Estonia0112
22 Georgia0101
 Serbia0101
Totals (23 entries)595959177
Source: [1]

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