2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Host citySarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
MottoWe create together!
Nations46
Athletes1,537
Sport8
Events32
Opening10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Closing15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
Opened byMilorad Dodik, Janez Kocijančič, Abdulah Skaka and Nenad Vuković[1]
Athlete's OathAsja Klačar[2]
Judge's OathSlaviša Lučić[2]
Torch lighterLarisa Cerić
Main venueKoševo Stadium
Websiteeyof2019.net
Summer
Winter

The 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (Bosnian: Evropski zimski olimpijski festival mladih 2019) was held in Sarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 to 15 February 2019.[3]

The event had initially been planned to be held in 2017,[4] whereas the 2019 EYOF had been planned for Erzurum. In November 2015, the two cities agreed to swap their events, since Sarajevo and Istočno Sarajevo could not be ready in time, while Erzurum already had facilities in place from the 2011 Winter Universiade.[5]

Within the framework of the EYOF 2019 project, there were around 750 recruited volunteers, the majority of which were students.[6]

  1. ^ "Olimpijski duh se vratio u Sarajevo grandioznim otvaranjem EYOF-a". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Svečano otvoren EYOF (FOTO)". N1 BA (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Winter EYOF". Eyof.org. 7 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Olimpijske igre se vraćaju kući". Al Jazeera Balkans. 8 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Turkey agree with Sarajevo and East Sarajevo to swap 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival for 2017". Inside the Games. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ "EYOF - FACTS AND FIGURES". eyof2019.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

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