2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival - Wikipedia
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| Host city | Bakuriani,Georgia |
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| Country |  Georgia |
| Motto | Ready To Shine |
| Nations | 45 |
| Athletes | 901 |
| Sport | 8 |
| Events | 38 |
| Opening | 9 February 2025 |
| Closing | 16 February 2025 |
| Opened by | Mikheil Kavelashvili |
| Torch lighter | Koba Tsakadze Anastasia Mirianashvili |
| Website | www.eyof2025.ge |
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The 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was the 17th edition of the European Youth Winter Olympic Festival, held from 9 to 16 February 2025 in Bakuriani, Georgia, as main host city. In addition to Bakurani, events taken place in Batumi and Tbilisi. This was Georgia's first time as host of the winter festival, and the second time hosting the festival after the summer edition in 2015 in Tbilisi.
Bidding process
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On 26 October 2019 it was announced that the festival would be hosted by Bakuriani.[1]
Sports
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The following competitions will take place:[2]
| 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme |
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For infrastructure reasons, this edition will only have mandatory sports in its program
Venues
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| Venue | Location | Sports |
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| Bakuriani Biathlon-Cross Country Stadium | Bakuriani | Opening ceremony |
| Closing ceremony | ||
| Cross-country skiing | ||
| Didveli | Freestyle skiing | |
| Alpine skiing | ||
| Snowboarding | ||
| Batumi Ice Arena | Batumi | Figure skating |
| Short-track speed skating | ||
| Tbilisi Ice Arena | Tbilisi | Ice hockey |
Marketing
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Logo
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The logo is depicting a fusion of the old Asomtavruli alphabet and traditional Georgian ornaments.
Mascot
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The official mascot, a Caucasian lynx named Gunda, was unveiled on 28 February 2024. The name is based on the Georgian word for Snowball.[3]
Schedule
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The competition schedule for the 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
| OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony | ● | Event competitions |
| February | 6 Thu |
7 Fri |
8 Sat |
9 Sun |
10 Mon |
11 Tue |
12 Wed |
13 Thu |
14 Fri |
15 Sat |
16 Sun |
Events |
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| Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||
 Alpine skiing
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
 Biathlon
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
 Cross-country skiing
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2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
 Figure skating
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● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Freestyle skiing
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● | 2 | ● | 2 | 4 | |||||||
 Ice hockey
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● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |
 Short-track speed skating
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2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
 Snowboarding
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● | 2 | ● | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Total events | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 37 | ||||
| Cumulative total | 6 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 33 | 37 | |||||
| February | 6 Thu |
7 Fri |
8 Sat |
9 Sun |
10 Mon |
11 Tue |
12 Wed |
13 Thu |
14 Fri |
15 Sat |
16 Sun |
Events |
Medal table
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* Host nation (Georgia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Italy | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 |  France | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 |  Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 |  Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
 Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 |  Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  Estonia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 |  Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Georgia* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Finland | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 |  Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
Source: [1]
Participant nations
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901 athletes from 45 nations are expected to participate:[4]
| Participating National Olympic Committees (45) |
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References
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- ^ "Georgia and Czech Republic to host 2025 European Youth Olympic Festivals". 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "Sports Bakuriani – Bakuriani 2025 – Sport Europe". Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "Excitement builds as Bakuriani 2025 official mascot and anthem revealed in Georgia". The European Olympic Committees. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ "Athletes". EYOF 2025 Bakuriani. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
External links
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| Summer editions | |
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| Winter editions | |