2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

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2022 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival
2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival logo.png
Host cityVuokatti, Finland
Country Finland
Sport(s)9
Events42
Opening ceremonyMarch 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)
Closing ceremonyMarch 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)
Websiteeyof2022.fi
Summer
Winter

The 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival will be held in Vuokatti, Finland,[1] between 20 and 25 March 2022.[2] The festival was postponed from original dates to December 2021 [3] Later it was announced that the games will be moved to 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Vuokatti previously hosted 2001 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

Sports[]

The following competitions will take place[5]

2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

Venues[]

Venue Location Sports
Vuokatti slopes Vuokatti Alpine skiing, Snowboarding
Vuokatti Sport Biathlon Stadium Vuokatti Biathlon, Cross country skiing
Vuokatti Arena Vuokatti Figure skating, Short track speed skating
Kajaanin jäähalli Kajaani Ice hockey
Lahti Sports Center Lahti Nordic combined, Ski jumping

Schedule[]

The competition schedule for the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:

OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony Event competitions
March 20
Sun
21
Mon
22
Tue
23
Wed
24
Thu
25
Fri
Events
Ceremonies OC CC
1 1 1 2 5
2 2 1 5
2 2 2 1 7
2 2
Ice hockey 1 2[I]
2 2 2 6
2 2 3 7
1 2 1 4
2 2 4
Total events 3 7 9 9 13 42
Cumulative total 4 11 20 29 42
March 20
Sun
21
Mon
22
Tue
23
Wed
24
Thu
25
Fri
Events

Note ^ Boys tournament of Ice hockey would be played from 12 to 17 December 2021.

Participant nations[]

Participating National Olympic Committees

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland*1001
2 Belarus0101
3 Russia0011
Totals (3 nations)1113

References[]

  1. ^ "Finland and Slovakia awarded 2021 European Youth Olympic Festivals". Duncan Mackay. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Official Eoyf page". 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Vuokatti European Youth Olympic Festival postponed to December 2021". EYOF 2021. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Winter European Youth Olympic Festival pushed back to March 2022". Liam Morgan. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ Official website


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