2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

Host city	Banská Bystrica
Country	Slovakia
Motto	Ready to Shine
Nations	48
Athletes	2,253
Sport	10
Events	120
Opening	July 24, 2022 (2022-07-24)
Closing	July 30, 2022 (2022-07-30)
Opened by	Boris Kollár
Athlete's Oath	Alexandra Fričová
Judge's Oath	Ľuboš Rupčík (Officials) Peter Jankovič (Coaches)
Torch lighter	Anastasiya Kuzmina Matej Tóth
Main venue	SNP Stadium
Website	eyof2022.com/en
Summer
Winter

The 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022.

Host selection

Košice was originally to be host city but withdrew from the hosting in April 2019 due to financial concerns. Banská Bystrica was chosen as the new host city in May 2019. Originally scheduled to run from 24 July to 1 August 2021, on 7 May 2020 it was announced that the games will be moved to 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sports

The following competitions took place:

Venues

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2022 European Youth Olympic Summer Festival was as follows:

July	24 Sun	25 Mon	26 Tue	27 Wed	28 Thu	29 Fri	30 Sat	Events
Ceremonies	OC						CC
Artistic gymnastics			2	2	1	5	5	15
Athletics		1	7	5	9	13	5	40
Badminton		●	●	●	2	●	1	3
Basketball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Cycling			2			2		4
Handball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Judo			4	4	4	4	1	17
Swimming		2	8	6	5	11		32
Tennis		●	●	●	●	3		3
Volleyball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Total events		3	23	17	21	35	21	120
Cumulative total		3	26	43	64	102	120
July	24 Sun	25 Mon	26 Tue	27 Wed	28 Thu	29 Fri	30 Sat	Events

Participant nations

A total of 2,252 athletes from 48 NOCs competed at these games. One refugee athlete, originally from Syria, and at that time based in Austria, also competed. As a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 2 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), EOC suspended the participation of Belarus and Russia from 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Slovakia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	21	12	14	47
2	Germany	9	8	15	32
3	Spain	8	7	4	19
4	Great Britain	7	5	6	18
5	Hungary	6	9	9	24
6	France	6	7	4	17
7	Ukraine	6	6	6	18
8	Turkey	5	9	1	15
9	Romania	5	8	6	19
10	Poland	5	5	10	20
11	Croatia	5	4	0	9
	Sweden	5	4	0	9
13	Lithuania	4	4	2	10
14	Israel	4	1	3	8
15	Czech Republic	3	5	6	14
16	Finland	3	1	3	7
	Netherlands	3	1	3	7
18	Azerbaijan	2	4	2	8
19	Denmark	2	3	5	10
20	Serbia	2	3	1	6
21	Slovakia*	2	1	3	6
22	Greece	2	1	1	4
23	Georgia	2	0	6	8
24	Belgium	2	0	0	2
25	Switzerland	1	0	3	4
26	Slovenia	0	4	1	5
27	Bulgaria	0	3	3	6
28	Estonia	0	3	0	3
29	Portugal	0	1	4	5
30	Austria	0	1	3	4
31	Latvia	0	1	2	3
32	Cyprus	0	1	1	2
33	Armenia	0	0	3	3
34	Moldova	0	0	2	2
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Malta	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (39 entries)		120	122	137	379

External links

• Official website
• Schedule and Results