2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Explained

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Size:	150px
Host City:	Erzurum
Nations:	34
Athletes:	1,241
Sports:	9
Events:	38
Opening:	12 February 2017
Closing:	17 February 2017
Opened By:	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Stadium:	Kazım Karabekir Stadium
Spreviouss:	Tbilisi 2015
Snexts:	Győr 2017
Wprevious:	Vorarlberg/Vaduz 2015

The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.^[1]

The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo,^[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina,^[3] whereas the 2019 EYOF had been planned for Erzurum. In November 2015, the two cities agreed to swap their events, since Sarajevo could not be ready in time, while Erzurum already had facilities in place from the 2011 Winter Universiade.^[4]

Venues

width=36%	Venue	width=31%	Sports
	Ceremonies
	Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding
	Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing
	Curling
	Figure Skating, Short Track Speed Skating
	Ice Hockey
	Ski Jumping

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:^[5]

OC

Opening ceremony

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

●

Event competitions

February	12 Sun	13 Mon	14 Tue	15 Wed	16 Thu	17 Fri	Events
Ceremonies	OC					CC
Alpine skiing<	--12-->		bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	5
Biathlon<	--12-->		bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	5
Cross-country skiing<	--12-->		bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2		bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	7
Curling<	--12-->		bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	2
Figure skating<	--12-->		bgcolor=#3399ff	●		bgcolor=#ffcc00	2			2
Ice hockey<	--12-->		bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1	1
Short track speed skating<	--12-->				bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	3	7
Ski jumping<	--12-->		bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	4
Snowboarding<	--12-->		bgcolor=#ffcc00	2		bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	bgcolor=#ffcc00	1		5
Total events		5	7	9	6	11	38
Cumulative total		5	12	21	27	38
February	12 Sun	13 Mon	14 Tue	15 Wed	16 Thu	17 Fri	Events

Participating nations

34 national federations sent athletes.^[6] Kosovo made its European Youth Olympic Winter Festival at these games.

Mascot

The mascot of 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is a snowman named Karbeyaz. The name Karbeyaz, which is combined from the Turkish words Kar (snow) and Beyaz (white), won the public vote against the other 3 proposed names.^[7]

External links

• Official website
• Results book (archived)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 Winter EYOF. 25 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150104214606/http://www.eurolympic.org/en/sports-events/the-eyof/next-eyof-editions/2017-winter-eyof.html. 2015-01-04. dead.
2. Web site: Olimpijske igre se vraćaju kući. Al Jazeera Balkans. 8 December 2012.
3. Web site: EYOWF Website. EYOWF 2013. 11 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121006/https://utrecht2013.com/en/eyof/#.URAkxx2gIxh. 2014-10-06. dead.
4. Web site: Turkey agree with Sarajevo and East Sarajevo to swap 2019 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival for 2017. Inside the Games. 20 November 2015. 25 January 2016.
5. Web site: 2017 Winter EYOF Calendar & Results. 10 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081909/http://www.eyof2017erzurum.org/page/detail/test-oyunlari/72. 11 February 2017. dead.
6. Web site: European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2017 Participating Athlete List. weyof2017.com. 2017-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211173627/http://weyof2017.sportresult.com/HIDE/en/-180/Participant/List?letter=&countryId=&disciplineId=&eventId=&gender=&isTeam=false&isGrid=false&page=0&itemNumbers=25. 2017-02-11. dead.
7. Web site: MEET KARBEYAZ, MASCOT OF EYOF 2017 ERZURUM. eyof2017erzurum.org. 23 December 2016. 22 December 2016.