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
Venue Sports
Kazım Karabekir StadiumCeremonies
Palandöken Ski CentreAlpine Skiing, Snowboarding
Kandilli Ski ResortBiathlon, Cross Country Skiing
Milli Piyango Curling ArenaCurling
Erzurum Ice Skating ArenaFigure Skating, Short Track Speed Skating
Erzurum GSIM Ice ArenaIce Hockey
Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping FacilitySki Jumping

Sports
2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

Schedule

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

OCOpening ceremony 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony ●Event competitions
February 12
Sun		 13
Mon		 14
Tue		 15
Wed		 16
Thu		 17
Fri		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
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

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

Participating National Olympic Committees

Medal table

  *   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

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
  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.
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