Host city | Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
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Country | Italy |
Nations | 47 |
Athletes | 1,252 |
Sport | 12 |
Events | 59 |
Opening | 21 January 2023 |
Closing | 28 January 2023 |
Opened by | Andrea Abodi |
Torch lighter | Jonathan Milan |
Website | www |
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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.
The following competitions will take place[2]
2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme |
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Freestyle skiing and ski mountaineering will make their EYOF debut. Medals are awarded in record 59 events in 12 sports, compared to 39 in 9 sports at the previous edition.
Venue[3] | Location | Sports |
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Ski Area Tarvisio | Tarvisio | Alpine skiing |
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 |
Eissportarena | Spittal an der Drau, Austria | Ice hockey |
Paruzzi Arena | Tarvisio | Nordic combined |
Planica Nordic Centre | Planica, Slovenia | Ski jumping, Nordic combined |
Ski area Forni di Sopra | Forni di Sopra | Ski mountaineering |
Ski area Piancavallo | Piancavallo | Snowboarding |
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 |
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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 |
1252 athletes from 47 nations are expected to participate:[5][6]
Participating National Olympic Committees (47) |
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* Host nation (Italy)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
2 | Italy* | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
3 | Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
4 | Austria | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
5 | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
6 | Slovenia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
7 | Germany | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
8 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
9 | Sweden | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
10 | Finland | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
11 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Poland | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
13 | Latvia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
14 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Norway | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
18 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
20 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
21 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
22 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (23 entries) | 59 | 59 | 59 | 177 |
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