2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Sarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 10 to 15 February 2019.[3]

2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Host citySarajevo & Istočno Sarajevo
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
MottoWe create together!
Nations participating46
Athletes participating911
Sport(s)8
Events32
Opening ceremony10 February 2019 (2019-02-10)
Closing ceremony15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
Officially 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 venueCity Stadium Koševo
Websiteeyof2019.net
Winter

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]

Sports

Venues

Sarajevo
Street sign in Sarajevo placed to mark venues for this EYOF
Venue Sports
City Stadium Koševo Opening ceremony
Zetra Olympic Hall Ice hockey
Bjelašnica Alpine skiing (Mixed team Parallel Giant Slalom), Snowboarding
Igman Cross country skiing
Skenderija Hall Figure skating, Short track speed skating

Istočno Sarajevo
Venue Sports
Istočno Sarajevo City Hall Closing ceremony
Jahorina ski resort Alpine skiing (Giant Slalom and Slalom)
Nordic ski center Dvorišta-Pale Biathlon
Sports hall Peki Curling

Schedule

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

OCOpening ceremony 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony ●Event competitions
February 10
Sun		 11
Mon		 12
Tue		 13
Wed		 14
Thu		 15
Fri		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 1 1 5
Biathlon 2 2 1 5
Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 1 7
Curling ● ● ● ● 1 1
Figure skating ● 2 2
Ice hockey ● ● ● 1 1
Short track speed skating 2 2 3 7
Snowboarding ● 2 2 4
Total events 5 9 3 8 7 32
Cumulative total 5 14 17 25 32
February 10
Sun		 11
Mon		 12
Tue		 13
Wed		 14
Thu		 15
Fri		 Events

Participating nations
All athletes and trainers sitting at the opening ceremony

46 national Olympic Committees sent a total of 911 athletes.[6][8] The numbers in parenthesis represent the number of participants. Azerbaijan, Malta, Monaco did not compete.

  •  Albania (1)[9]
  •  Andorra (6)[10]
  •  Armenia (5)[11]
  •  Austria (34)[12]
  •  Belarus (46)[13]
  •  Belgium (16)[14]
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (21)[15]
  •  Bulgaria (16)[16]
  •  Croatia (10)[17]
  •  Cyprus (2)[18]
  •  Czech Republic (53)[19]
  •  Denmark (19)
  •  Estonia (17)[20]
  •  Finland (48)[21]
  •  France (36)[22]
  •  Georgia (6)[23]
  •  Germany (38)[24]
  •  Great Britain (27)[25]
  •  Greece (11)[26]
  •  Hungary (17)[27]
  •  Iceland (13)[28]
  •  Ireland (2)[29]
  •  Italy (38)[30]
  •  Kosovo (2)[31]
  •  Latvia (19)[32]
  •  Liechtenstein (5)[33]
  •  Lithuania (12)[34]
  •  Luxembourg (4)[35]
  •  North Macedonia (2)[36]
  •  Moldova (1)[37]
  •  Montenegro (2)[38]
  •  Netherlands (6)[39]
  •  Norway (36)[40]
  •  Poland (37)[41]
  •  Portugal (1)[42]
  •  Romania (30)[43]
  •  Russia (61)[44]
  •  San Marino (3)[45]
  •  Serbia (3)[46]
  •  Slovakia (45)[47]
  •  Slovenia (32)[48]
  •  Spain (6)[49]
  •  Sweden (18)[50]
  •  Switzerland (58)[51]
  •  Turkey (35)[52]
  •  Ukraine (22)[53]

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway61512
2 Switzerland55212
3 France43411
4 Austria3126
5 Hungary3036
6 Russia27312
7 Slovakia2204
8 Poland2125
9 Germany2114
10 Italy1315
11 Czech Republic1012
 Great Britain1012
13 Slovenia0202
14 Belarus0123
 Finland0123
16 Turkey0112
17 Belgium0101
 Estonia0101
 Lithuania0101
20 Netherlands0022
 Ukraine0022
Totals (21 nations)32323498

Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony was held on City Stadium Koševo on 10 February 2019 at 19:00. The name of the ceremony is "We create together", which is selected as the title of main music-dance performance.[54] Flame at opening ceremony was lit by Larisa Cerić, Bosnian judoka,[55] and event will is officially opened by Milorad Dodik, at the time the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina together with Janez Kocijančić, president of EOC, Abdulah Skaka, mayor of Sarajevo and Nenad Vuković, mayor of Istočno Sarajevo.[1]

  • Opening ceremony
  • West stand of Koševo stadium
  • Fireworks at the end of the opening ceremony
  • Larisa Cerić at the stairs that led to the flame
  • Main stage

Mascot
Countdown panel with Groodvy on square in Sarajevo in May 2018

The official mascot of the EYOF 2019 was Groodvy, created by the Visia Agency from Istočno Sarajevo, and selected after all the votes of fans from social networks. Other proposed mascots were Jezos and Jazzy.[56] The name Groodvy comes from the word grudva which in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian language means snowball.

Medals

Medals have irregular shape and represents a snowball that has engraved EYOF marks on either side. Medal award ceremonies were organized daily from 7.30 pm on a specially played floor in the area between the Hills Hotel and the Termal Riviera in Ilidža.[57]

Official song

On January 16, 2019, the official song of competition "Za pravu raju" was presented in Zetra Olympic Hall. At this occasion, Vučko, mascot of 1984 Winter Olympics, handed "the key of fame and success" to Groodvy as stated by mayor of Sarajevo, Abdulah Skaka.[58] The song is performed by Elvir Laković Laka, Mirela Laković and Tarik Tanović.[59]

Flame of peace
Flame of peace ready to be lit at the opening ceremony by Larisa Cerić

Flame of Peace was lighten at Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 31 January 2019, after when started it's travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina.[60] First stop of flame was in Banja Luka on 1 February 2019.[61] After Banja Luka, flame was delivered to Sarajevo International Airport on 2 February 2019, with aircraft of the FlyBosnia company, that had special livery for this EYOF.[62]

During opening ceremony, flame of peace was carried by several famous Bosnian sports people, and on final stage, flame was carried by Mirsad Fazlagić, Svetlana Kitić, Ajdin Pašović, Nedžad Fazlija, Mirza Teletović, Žana Novaković, Aleksandra Samardžić and Larisa Cerić as last person who lit up flame on stadium.[63]

Media
FlyBosnia aircraft with EYOF 2019 livery

The opening ceremony in Bosnia and Herzegovina was broadcast on BHT 1 and Hayat TV.[64]

Two postal service companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, BH Pošta and Pošte Srpske, for this occasion issued promotional postal stamps and FDC to commemorate this event.[65]

Closing ceremony

Closing ceremony was held in front of town administration of Istočno Sarajevo on 15 February 2019. During the closing ceremony, Miligram and Van Gogh, the musical groups from Serbia were performing.[66]

Event was officially closed by Milorad Dodik, and the Olympic flag was officially handed to the mayor of Vuokatti, host town of the next European Youth Olympic Winter Festival that will be held in 2021.[67]

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