The 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, 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.
Sports The following competitions took place 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme
Freestyle skiing and ski mountaineering made their EYOF debut. Medals were awarded in record 59 events in 12 sports, compared to 39 in 9 sports at the previous edition.
Venues Venue Location Sports Ski Area Tarvisio Tarvisio Alpine skiing Paruzzi Arena Nordic combined 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 Ski area Forni di Sopra Forni di Sopra Ski mountaineering Ski area Piancavallo Piancavallo Snowboarding Eissportarena Spittal an der Drau, Austria Ice hockey Planica Nordic Centre Planica, Slovenia Ski jumping, Nordic combined
Schedule The competition schedule for the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
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 Ceremonies OC CC Alpine skiing
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| 7 Curling
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| 1 Figure skating
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| 2 Nordic combined
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| 7 Ski jumping
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| 5 Ski mountaineering
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| 5 Snowboarding | | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3 | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 3
| 10 Total events
| 2 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | rowspan=2 | 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
Participant nations 1252 athletes from 47 nations are expected to participate:
Participating National Olympic Committees (47) Albania (1) Andorra (5) Armenia (9) Austria (83) Azerbaijan (1) Belgium (7) Bosnia and Herzegovina (10) Bulgaria (24) Croatia (8) Cyprus (3) Czech Republic (79) Denmark (14) Estonia (19) Finland (81) France (62) Georgia (8) Germany (106) Great Britain (17) Greece (10) Hungary (21) Iceland (18) Ireland (2) Israel (2) Italy (109) Kosovo (3) Latvia (46) Liechtenstein (2) Lithuania (18) Luxembourg (1) Moldova (1) Monaco (1) Montenegro (3) Netherlands (8) North Macedonia (6) Norway (38) Poland (54) Portugal (1) Romania (18) San Marino (1) Serbia (3) Slovakia (76) Slovenia (47) Spain (20) Sweden (60) Switzerland (95) Turkey (24) Ukraine (27)
*As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Olympic Committees has taken a decision to not invite athletes from Russia and Belarus to the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.
Medal table
References
External links
FVG 2023 Sport data overview