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2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Host city Baku
Country Azerbaijan
Nations 48
Athletes 3,902
Sport 10
Events 135
Opening July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21)
Closing July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27)
Opened by Ilham Aliyev
Athlete's Oath Fakhriyya TagizadeSabir Jafarov
Judge's Oath Alakbar HasanovSadi Quliyev (Officials)Ramiz RamizzadeAsgarkhan Novruzov (Coaches)
Torch lighter Farid Mansurov
Main venue Baku Crystal Hall (opening ceremony)
Summer
← Győr 2017Banská Bystrica 2022 →
Winter
← Sarajevo-East Sarajevo 2019Vuokatti 2022 →

The 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, between 21 and 27 July 2019.[1]

The following competitions took place:[2]

2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme
Artistic gymnastics (details) (14) Athletics (details) (40) Basketball (details) (2) Cycling (details) (4) Handball (details) (2) Judo (details) (17) Swimming (details) (32) Tennis (details) (4) Volleyball (details) (2) Wrestling (details) (18)
Venue Location Sports
Baku Crystal Hall Baku Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
Tofig Bahramov Stadium Baku Athletics
National Gymnastics Arena Baku Artistic gymnastics
Velopark + Baku city roads Baku Cycling
Baku Sports Hall Baku Handball
Baku Tennis Academy Baku Tennis
Baku Aquatics Center Baku Swimming
Sarhadchi Arena Baku Basketball
Heydar Aliyev Arena Baku Judo, Wrestling
ABU Arena Baku Handball
Darnagul Arena Baku Volleyball
MES Sport and Health Center Baku Volleyball
European Azerbaijan School Baku Basketball

The competition schedule for the 2019 European Youth Olympic Summer Festival is as follows:

OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony ● Event competitions
July 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Artistic gymnastics 1 1 2 5 5 14
Athletics 1 8 4 11 7 9 40
Basketball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Cycling 2 2 4
Handball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Judo 6 5 5 1 17
Swimming 2 8 6 5 11 32
Tennis ● ● ● ● ● 2 2 4
Volleyball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Wrestling 4 7 7 18
Total events 4 10 26 17 25 30 23 135
Cumulative total 4 14 40 57 82 112 135
July 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat Events

Participant nations

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48 EOCs participated in the EYOF 2019. Armenia decided to boycott the EYOF. Liechtenstein did not compete. One refugee athlete, originally from Eritrea, and at that time based in Israel, competed at these games.[3]

Participating National Olympic Committees
Albania Albania Andorra Andorra Austria Austria Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Belarus Belarus Belgium Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Bulgaria Croatia Croatia Cyprus Cyprus Czech Republic Czech Republic Denmark Denmark EOC Refugee Team (1)[4] Estonia Estonia (44)[5] Finland Finland France France Georgia (country) Georgia Germany Germany United Kingdom Great Britain Greece Greece Hungary Hungary Iceland Iceland Republic of Ireland Ireland Israel Israel Italy Italy Kosovo Kosovo (18) Latvia Latvia Lithuania Lithuania Luxembourg Luxembourg Malta Malta Moldova Moldova Monaco Monaco Montenegro Montenegro Netherlands Netherlands North Macedonia North Macedonia Norway Norway Poland Poland Portugal Portugal Romania Romania Russia Russia San Marino San Marino Serbia Serbia Slovakia Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia Spain Spain Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Turkey Turkey (126) Ukraine Ukraine

* Host nation (Azerbaijan)

  1. ^ "Baku to host 2019 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival". European Olympic Committees. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. ^ Official website
  3. ^ "European Olympic Committees announce refugee athlete to compete at Summer EYOF in Baku". www.insidethegames.biz. March 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "FIRST REFUGEE ATHLETE UNDER EUROPEAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEES FLAG : ANOC".
  5. ^ "Bakuu 2019" (in Estonian). Estonian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2019-07-22.

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