2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
2019 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
The 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (Bosnian: Evropski zimski olimpijski festival mladih 2019) was held in Sarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 to 15 February 2019.
The event had initially been planned to be held in 2017, whereas the 2019 EYOF had been planned for Erzurum. In November 2015, the two cities agreed to swap their events, since Sarajevo and Istočno Sarajevo could not be ready in time, while Erzurum already had facilities in place from the 2011 Winter Universiade.
Within the framework of the EYOF 2019 project, there were around 750 recruited volunteers, the majority of which were students.
Sports
Venues
Sarajevo
Istočno Sarajevo
Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
Participating nations
46 national Olympic Committees sent athletes. Azerbaijan, Malta, Monaco did not compete.
Medal table
Opening ceremony
Opening ceremony was held on City Stadium Koševo on 10 February 2019 at 19:00. The name of the ceremony is "We create together", which is selected as the title of main music-dance performance. Flame at opening ceremony was lit by Larisa Cerić, Bosnian judoka, and event is officially opened by Milorad Dodik, at the time the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina together with Janez Kocijančić, president of EOC, Abdulah Skaka, mayor of Sarajevo and Nenad Vuković, mayor of Istočno Sarajevo.
Mascot
The official mascot of the EYOF 2019 was Groodvy, created by the Visia Agency from Istočno Sarajevo, and selected after all the votes of fans from social networks.
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