| 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | |
| Host City: | Banská Bystrica |
| Nations: | 48 |
| Athletes: | 2,253 |
| Sports: | 10 |
| Events: | 120 |
| Opened By: | Boris Kollár |
| Athlete Oath: | Alexandra Fričová |
| Judge Oath: | Ľuboš Rupčík (Officials) Peter Jankovič (Coaches) |
| Torch Lighter: | Anastasiya Kuzmina Matej Tóth |
| Stadium: | SNP Stadium |
| Motto: | Ready to Shine |
| Spreviouss: | Baku 2019 |
| Snexts: | Maribor 2023 |
| Wprevious: | Vuokatti 2022 |
The 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022.
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.[1] [2] 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.[3]
The following competitions took place:
| 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 |
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< | --24--> | 2< | --27--> | 2< | --28--> | 1< | --29--> | 5< | --30--> | 5< | --T--> | 15 | |||
| Athletics< | --24--> | 1< | --26--> | 7< | --27--> | 5< | --28--> | 9< | --29--> | 13< | --30--> | 5< | --T--> | 40 | |
| Badminton< | --24--> | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | 2< | --29--> | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | 1< | --T--> | 3 | |
| Basketball< | --24--> | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | 2< | --T--> | 2 | |||
| Cycling< | --24--> | 2< | --27--> | 2< | --30--> | 4 | |||||||||
| Handball< | --24--> | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | 2< | --T--> | 2 | |||
| Judo< | --24--> | 4< | --27--> | 4< | --28--> | 4< | --29--> | 4< | --30--> | 1< | --T--> | 17 | |||
| Swimming< | --24--> | 2< | --26--> | 8< | --27--> | 6< | --28--> | 5< | --29--> | 11< | --30--> | 32 | |||
| Tennis< | --24--> | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | 3< | --30--> | 3 | |||
| Volleyball< | --24--> | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | 2< | --T--> | 2 | |||
| Total events | 3 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 21 | 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 |
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.[4] 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.[5]