The 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vorarlberg, Austria and Liechtenstein between 25 and 30 January 2015. It was the first time that two countries become hosts in a European Youth Olympic Festival.
Sports 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme
Mascot Alpy the marmot is the mascot for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
Venues The venues are divided between places in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and in Liechtenstein. Venues in Austria: VenueLocationSports Aktivpark Montafon Tschagguns Ice hockey Gaschurn Gemeinde Gaschurn-Partenen Nordic combined Messestadion Dornbirn Dornbirn Figure skating Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum Tschagguns Ski jumping, Nordic combined Tschengla Bürserberg Biathlon Garfrescha St. Gallenkirch Alpine skiing „Hochjoch“ ski area Schruns Snowboarding
Venues in Liechtenstein: VenueLocationSports Bergbahnen Malbun Malbun Alpine skiing Steg Steg Cross country skiing
Schedule The competition schedule for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony ● Event competitions January 25 Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri Events Ceremonies OC CC Alpine skiing
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 7 Figure skating
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| 2 Ice hockey
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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 3 Ski jumping
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| 3 Total events
| 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 Cumulative total
| 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 30 | January 25 Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri Events
Opening ceremony The opening ceremony for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place on 25 January in Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum in Tschagguns, Austria. Featuring about 150 amateur performers, the show focused about the close relation between the two co-hosts. The ceremony started with the parade of athletes from 45 countries, with the team from Austria and Liechtenstein marched together at the end of the parade. Carmen Wyler (Liechtenstein) and Thomas Pegram (Austria) then sang the national anthems of the hosts. After the speeches from ÖOC Secretary General Peter Mennel and EOC President Patrick Hickey, the Games were officially opened together by Heinz Fischer, President of Austria and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. Then, Xaver Kuster, an Austrian snowboarder took the athletes' oath, followed by Marion Vettori for the judges' oath and Ralf Jegler (alpine skiing coach of Liechtenstein) for the coaches' oath.
Medal table Russia topped the medal standings with 6 golds, 6 silvers, and four bronzes. Meanwhile, Germany had the highest medal count with 20.
References
External links Final Report Book eyof2015.org (archived)