The 2021 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022. The main reason it was played in 2022 was because it was postponed in 2021 due to COVID-19.
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: 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme
Venues Venue Location Sports Capacity Park close to the SNP Memorial Banská Bystrica Opening Ceremony N/A SNP Stadium Banská Bystrica Athletics 7,900 Badin Basketball Hall Badín Basketball 200 University Basketball Hall Banská Bystrica Basketball 200 Sports Park Badminton Banská Bystrica Badminton 50 City routes of Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Cycling N/A Sports Park Judo Banská Bystrica Judo 841 Handball Hall Detva Detva Handball 550 Handball Hall Zvolen Zvolen Handball 486 Sports park Swimming Banská Bystrica Swimming 400 Stadium of Artistic Gymnastics Banská Bystrica Artistic gymnastics 2,300 Sports Park Tennis Banská Bystrica Tennis 100 Volleyball Hall Slovenská Ľupča Slovenská Ľupča Volleyball 300 Volleyball Hall Zvolen Zvolen Volleyball 300
Schedule The competition schedule for the 2022 European Youth Olympic Summer Festival was as follows:
OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony ● Event competitions July 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat Events Ceremonies OC CC Artistic gymnastics
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| 4 Handball
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| 32 Tennis
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| 3 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 21 | rowspan=2 | 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. Participating National Olympic Committees Albania (11) Andorra (3) Armenia (19) Austria (47) Azerbaijan (33) Belgium (51) Bosnia and Herzegovina (7) Bulgaria (46) Croatia (76) (details) Cyprus (27) Czech Republic (72) Denmark (43) EOC Refugee Team (1) Estonia (40) Finland (56) France (84) Georgia (28) Germany (127) Great Britain (40) Greece (46) Hungary (95) Iceland (38) Ireland (33) Israel (46) Italy (96) Kosovo (13) Latvia (34) Liechtenstein (2) Lithuania (55) Luxembourg (21) Malta (3) Moldova (19) Monaco (2) Montenegro (16) Netherlands (30) North Macedonia (3) Norway (30) Poland (95) Portugal (63) Romania (92) San Marino (5) Serbia (59) Slovakia (149) Slovenia (98) Spain (87) Sweden (26) Switzerland (34) Turkey (105) Ukraine (46)
Medal table
References
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Schedule and Results