2019_European_Youth_Summer_Olympic_Festival Knowpia

2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Host city	Baku
Country	Azerbaijan
Nations	48
Athletes	3,902
Sport	10
Events	135
Opening	July 21, 2019
Closing	July 27, 2019
Opened by	Ilham Aliyev
Athlete's Oath	Fakhriyya Tagizade; Sabir Jafarov
Judge's Oath	Alakbar Hasanov; Sadi Quliyev (Officials); Ramiz Ramizzade; Asgarkhan Novruzov (Coaches)
Torch lighter	Farid Mansurov
Main venue	Baku Crystal Hall (opening ceremony)
Summer
	← Győr 2017 Banská Bystrica 2022 →
Winter
	← Sarajevo-East Sarajevo 2019 Vuokatti 2022 →

The 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, between 21 and 27 July 2019.^[1]

Sports edit

The following competitions took place:^[2]

2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme
Artistic gymnastics (details) (14) Athletics (details) (40) Basketball (details) (2) Cycling (details) (4) Handball (details) (2) Judo (details) (17) Swimming (details) (32) Tennis (details) (4) Volleyball (details) (2) Wrestling (details) (18)

Venues edit

Venue	Location	Sports
Baku Crystal Hall	Baku	Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
Tofig Bahramov Stadium	Baku	Athletics
National Gymnastics Arena	Baku	Artistic gymnastics
Velopark + Baku city roads	Baku	Cycling
Baku Sports Hall	Baku	Handball
Baku Tennis Academy	Baku	Tennis
Baku Aquatics Center	Baku	Swimming
Sarhadchi Arena	Baku	Basketball
Heydar Aliyev Arena	Baku	Judo, Wrestling
ABU Arena	Baku	Handball
Darnagul Arena	Baku	Volleyball
MES Sport and Health Center	Baku	Volleyball
European Azerbaijan School	Baku	Basketball

Schedule edit

The competition schedule for the 2019 European Youth Olympic Summer Festival is as follows:

OC	Opening ceremony	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony	●	Event competitions

July	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	Events
Ceremonies	OC						CC
Artistic gymnastics			1	1	2	5	5	14
Athletics		1	8	4	11	7	9	40
Basketball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Cycling			2		2			4
Handball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Judo				6	5	5	1	17
Swimming		2	8	6	5	11		32
Tennis	●	●	●	●	●	2	2	4
Volleyball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Wrestling	4	7	7					18
Total events	4	10	26	17	25	30	23	135
Cumulative total	4	14	40	57	82	112	135	135
July	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	Events

Participant nations edit

48 EOCs participated in the EYOF 2019. Armenia decided to boycott the EYOF. Liechtenstein did not compete. One refugee athlete, originally from Eritrea, and at that time based in Israel, competed at these games.^[3]

Participating National Olympic Committees
Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark EOC Refugee Team (1)^[4] Estonia (44)^[5] Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo (18) Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (126) Ukraine

Medal table edit

* Host nation (Azerbaijan)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	28	16	21	65
2	Great Britain	11	12	2	25
3	Turkey	11	6	10	27
4	Azerbaijan*	10	7	6	23
5	Italy	8	9	9	26
6	Ukraine	8	7	10	25
7	Spain	7	4	10	21
8	France	6	8	14	28
9	Poland	6	3	6	15
10	Belarus	6	2	6	14
11	Romania	4	10	5	19
12	Germany	4	7	15	26
13	Croatia	4	1	0	5
14	Sweden	3	1	2	6
15	Estonia	3	0	2	5
16	Netherlands	2	3	4	9
17	Finland	2	3	1	6
18	Czech Republic	2	1	3	6
19	Ireland	2	0	2	4
20	Norway	1	6	2	9
21	Georgia	1	5	8	14
22	Denmark	1	1	3	5
23	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
24	Cyprus	1	0	2	3
25	Israel	1	0	1	2
26	Austria	1	0	0	1
26	Kosovo	1	0	0	1
28	Hungary	0	9	12	21
29	Belgium	0	5	2	7
30	Moldova	0	2	3	5
31	Switzerland	0	2	2	4
32	Greece	0	1	3	4
32	Serbia	0	1	3	4
34	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
34	Portugal	0	1	0	1
36	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (38 entries)		135	135	172	442

References edit

^ "Baku to host 2019 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival". European Olympic Committees. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ Official website
^ "European Olympic Committees announce refugee athlete to compete at Summer EYOF in Baku". www.insidethegames.biz. March 12, 2019.
^ "FIRST REFUGEE ATHLETE UNDER EUROPEAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEES FLAG : ANOC".
^ "Bakuu 2019" (in Estonian). Estonian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2019-07-22.

External links edit

Official website

[1] "Baku to host 2019 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival". European Olympic Committees. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[2] Official website

[3] "European Olympic Committees announce refugee athlete to compete at Summer EYOF in Baku". www.insidethegames.biz. March 12, 2019.

[4] "FIRST REFUGEE ATHLETE UNDER EUROPEAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEES FLAG : ANOC".

[5] "Bakuu 2019" (in Estonian). Estonian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2019-07-22.

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