2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2015 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Host city| Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein
Country|  Austria
Liechtenstein
Motto| Rock the Alps !
Nations| 45
Athletes| 1,509
Sport| 8
Events| 30
Opening| 25 January 2015
Closing| 30 January 2015
Opened by| Heinz Fischer (Austria) and Alois of Liechtenstein
Athlete's Oath| Xaver Kuster
Judge's Oath| Marion Vettori
Torch lighter| Chiara
Main venue| Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum
Summer

<- Utrecht 2013

Tbilisi 2015 ->

Winter

<- Brașov 2013

Erzurum 2017 ->

The 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vorarlberg, Austria and Liechtenstein between 25 and 30 January 2015. It was the first time that two countries become hosts in a European Youth Olympic Festival.

## Sports

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2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme

* Alpine skiing (5) (details)
* Biathlon (5) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (7) (details)
* Figure skating (2) (details)
* Ice hockey (1) (details)
* Nordic combined (3) (details)
* Ski jumping (4) (details)
* Snowboarding (3) (details)

## Mascot

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Alpy the marmot is the mascot for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.[1]

## Venues

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The venues are divided between places in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and in Liechtenstein.[2]
Venues in Austria:

Venue  | Location  | Sports

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Aktivpark Montafon  | Tschagguns | Ice hockey
Gaschurn | Gemeinde Gaschurn-Partenen | Nordic combined
Messestadion Dornbirn  | Dornbirn | Figure skating
Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum  | Tschagguns | Ski jumping, Nordic combined
Tschengla  | Bürserberg | Biathlon
Garfrescha  | St. Gallenkirch | Alpine skiing
„Hochjoch“ ski area  | Schruns | Snowboarding

Venues in Liechtenstein:

Venue  | Location  | Sports

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Bergbahnen Malbun  | Malbun | Alpine skiing
Steg | Steg | Cross country skiing

## Schedule

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The competition schedule for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:

OC | Opening ceremony  | 1 | Event finals  | CC | Closing ceremony  | ● | Event competitions

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January  | 25
Sun  | 26
Mon  | 27
Tue  | 28
Wed  | 29
Thu  | 30
Fri  | Events

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Ceremonies | OC |  |  |  |  | CC |
Alpine skiing |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5
Biathlon |  |  | 2 | 2 |  | 1 | 5
Cross-country skiing |  | 2 |  | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7
Figure skating |  | ●  |  | 2 |  |  | 2
Ice hockey |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 1 | 1
Nordic combined |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 | 3
Ski jumping |  |  | 2 |  | 1 | 1 | 4
Snowboarding |  |  | 2 |  | 1 |  | 3
Total events  |  | 4  | 7  | 8  | 5  | 6  | 30
Cumulative total  |  | 4  | 11  | 19  | 24  | 30  |
January  | 25
Sun  | 26
Mon  | 27
Tue  | 28
Wed  | 29
Thu  | 30
Fri  | Events

## Opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place on 25 January in Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum in Tschagguns, Austria. Featuring about 150 amateur performers, the show focused about the close relation between the two co-hosts.[3] The ceremony started with the parade of athletes from 45 countries, with the team from Austria and Liechtenstein marched together at the end of the parade. Carmen Wyler (Liechtenstein) and Thomas Pegram (Austria) then sang the national anthems of the hosts. After the speeches from ÖOC Secretary General Peter Mennel and EOC President Patrick Hickey, the Games were officially opened together by Heinz Fischer, President of Austria and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. Then, Xaver Kuster, an Austrian snowboarder took the athletes' oath, followed by Marion Vettori for the judges' oath and Ralf Jegler (alpine skiing coach of Liechtenstein) for the coaches' oath.[4]

## Medal table

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Russia topped the medal standings with 6 golds, 6 silvers, and four bronzes. Meanwhile, Germany had the highest medal count with 20.[5]

* Host nation (Austria)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 6| 6| 4| 16
2|  Germany (GER)| 6| 4| 10| 20
3|  Austria (AUT)*| 5| 5| 3| 13
4|  Norway (NOR)| 4| 4| 3| 11
5|  France (FRA)| 4| 2| 5| 11
6|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 2| 1| 4
7|  Slovenia (SLO)| 1| 1| 0| 2
Sweden (SWE)| 1| 1| 0| 2
9|  Croatia (CRO)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Ukraine (UKR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 2| 0| 2
12|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 1| 1| 2
13|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Latvia (LAT)| 0| 1| 0| 1
15|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 0| 3| 3
16|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Poland (POL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (17 entries)| 30| 30| 32| 92

## References

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1. ^ "Alpy". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
2. ^ "EYOF 2015 Venues". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
3. ^ "European Youth Olympic Festival begins with Opening Ceremony in Tschagguns". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
4. ^ "Stars of Tomorrow". eyof2015.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
5. ^ "Germany take top spot ahead of Russia at European Youth Olympic Festival". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

## External links

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* Final Report Book eyof2015.org (archived)

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Events at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

* Alpine skiing
* Biathlon
* Cross-country skiing
* Figure skating
* Nordic combined
* Ice hockey
* Ski jumping
* Snowboarding

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European Youth Olympic Festival

Summer editions|

* Brussels 1991
* Valkenswaard 1993
* Bath 1995
* Lisbon 1997
* Esbjerg 1999
* Murcia 2001
* Paris 2003
* Lignano Sabbiadoro 2005
* Belgrade 2007
* Tampere 2009
* Trabzon 2011
* Utrecht 2013
* Tbilisi 2015
* Győr 2017
* Baku 2019
* Banská Bystrica 2022
* Maribor 2023
* Skopje 2025
* Lignano Sabbiadoro 2027

Winter editions|

* Aosta 1993
* Andorra la Vella 1995
* Sundsvall 1997
* Poprad-Tatry 1999
* Vuokatti 2001
* Bled 2003
* Monthey 2005
* Jaca 2007
* Silesia 2009
* Liberec 2011
* Brașov 2013
* Vorarlberg-Liechtenstein 2015
* Erzurum 2017
* Sarajevo-East Sarajevo 2019
* Vuokatti 2022
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2023
* Bakuriani 2025
* Brașov 2027

* European Games
* Games of the Small States of Europe

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