2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2015 European Youth
Olympic Festival

Host city| Tbilisi
Country|  Georgia
Nations| 50
Athletes| 3,304
Sport| 9
Events| 112
Opening| 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
Closing| 1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)
Opened by| Irakli Garibashvili
Athlete's Oath| Mzia Meboshvili
Coach's Oath| Erekle Arsenishvili
Torch lighter| Zurab Zviadauri
Main venue| Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Summer

<- Utrecht 2013

Győr 2017 ->

Winter

<- Vorarlberg/Vaduz 2015

Erzurum 2017 ->

The 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, between 26 July and 1 August 2015.

## Sports

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2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme

* Athletics (36) (details)
* Cycling (4) (details)
* Basketball (2) (details)
* Handball (2) (details)
* Tennis (4) (details)
* Judo (15) (details)
* Gymnastics (14) (details)
* Swimming (32) (details)
* Volleyball (2) (details)

## Venues

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Venue  | Location  | Sports

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Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | Tbilisi | Ceremonies
David Petriashvili Stadium | Tbilisi | Athletics
Tbilisi Sports Palace | Tbilisi | Basketball (Boys)
Vere Park | Tbilisi | Basketball (Girls)
King David Aghmashenebeli alley / Tbilisi sea circle  | Tbilisi | Cycling
New Gymnastics Complex | Tbilisi | Gymnastics
New Handball Arena | Tbilisi | Handball
Judo Academy | Tbilisi | Judo
New Aquatic Centre | Tbilisi | Swimming
Mziuri Tennis Courts | Tbilisi | Tennis
New Volleyball Arena | Tbilisi | Volleyball

## Schedule

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

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

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July–August  | 26
Sun  | 27
Mon  | 28
Tue  | 29
Wed  | 30
Thu  | 31
Fri  | 01
Sat  | Events

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Ceremonies | OC |  |  |  |  |  | CC |
Athletics |  | ●  | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 36
Basketball |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | 2 | 2
Cycling |  |  | 2 |  | 2 |  |  | 4
Gymnastics |  |  | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18
Handball |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | 2 | 2
Judo |  |  | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16
Swimming |  | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 |  | 32
Tennis |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 | 4
Volleyball |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | 2 | 2
Total events  |  | 7  | 19  | 18  | 26  | 27  | 29  | 116
Cumulative total  |  | 7  | 26  | 44  | 70  | 97  | 116
July–August  | 23
Sun  | 24
Mon  | 25
Tue  | 26
Wed  | 27
Thu  | 28
Fri  | 29
Sat  | Events

## Participant nations

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Kosovo made its European Youth Summer Olympic Festival debut at these games.

Participating National Olympic Committees

* Albania (3)
* Andorra (3)
* Armenia (23)
* Austria (44)
* Azerbaijan (36)
* Belarus (62)
* Belgium (77)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (25)
* Bulgaria (46)
* Croatia (33)
* Cyprus (11)
* Czech Republic (95)
* Denmark (38)
* Estonia (32)
* Finland (60)
* France (91)
* Georgia (138)
* Germany (93)
* Great Britain (44)
* Greece (41)
* Hungary (81)
* Iceland (15)
* Ireland (35)
* Israel (30)
* Italy (104)
* Kosovo (15)
* Latvia (72)
* Liechtenstein (6)
* Lithuania (45)
* Luxembourg (11)
* Macedonia (4)
* Malta (2)
* Moldova (19)
* Monaco (5)
* Montenegro (17)
* Netherlands (53)
* Norway (62)
* Poland (87)
* Portugal (24)
* Romania (66)
* Russia (119)
* San Marino (5)
* Serbia (67)
* Slovakia (30)
* Slovenia (60)
* Spain (63)
* Sweden (37)
* Switzerland (58)
* Turkey (84)
* Ukraine (48)

## Mascot

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The mascot for this edition of European Youth Olympic Festival is named P.E.A.K.Y, which is based on a pheasant. Pheasant was chosen as the mascot due to the connection with a Georgian legend about the founding of Tbilisi. The name P.E.A.K.Y is a combination from the words "peak" and "youth".[1]

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Georgia)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 17| 9| 11| 37
2|  Italy (ITA)| 12| 2| 10| 24
3|  France (FRA)| 9| 5| 8| 22
4|  Hungary (HUN)| 9| 3| 11| 23
5|  Slovenia (SLO)| 5| 6| 5| 16
6|  Moldova (MDA)| 5| 2| 0| 7
7|  Great Britain (GBR)| 4| 8| 8| 20
8|  Spain (ESP)| 4| 8| 6| 18
9|  Netherlands (NED)| 4| 3| 8| 15
10|  Georgia (GEO)*| 4| 0| 6| 10
11|  Germany (GER)| 3| 8| 6| 17
12|  Ukraine (UKR)| 3| 7| 1| 11
13|  Belgium (BEL)| 3| 6| 5| 14
14|  Romania (ROU)| 3| 5| 2| 10
15|  Belarus (BLR)| 3| 0| 4| 7
16|  Ireland (IRL)| 2| 6| 2| 10
17|  Serbia (SRB)| 2| 4| 3| 9
18|  Switzerland (SUI)| 2| 3| 2| 7
19|  Finland (FIN)| 2| 3| 1| 6
20|  Sweden (SWE)| 2| 3| 0| 5
21|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 2| 2| 3| 7
22|  Azerbaijan (AZE)| 2| 1| 2| 5
23|  Norway (NOR)| 2| 0| 4| 6
24|  Austria (AUT)| 2| 0| 1| 3
25|  Poland (POL)| 1| 3| 5| 9
26|  Turkey (TUR)| 1| 2| 3| 6
27|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 1| 2| 0| 3
Denmark (DEN)| 1| 2| 0| 3
29|  Croatia (CRO)| 1| 0| 3| 4
30|  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Estonia (EST)| 1| 0| 0| 1
32|  Israel (ISR)| 0| 5| 0| 5
33|  Latvia (LAT)| 0| 3| 0| 3
34|  Slovakia (SVK)| 0| 2| 2| 4
35|  Cyprus (CYP)| 0| 1| 1| 2
36|  Montenegro (MNE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
37|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (37 entries)| 113| 115| 125| 353

## References

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1. ^ "Mascot P.E.A.K.Y". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

## External links

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* Official website

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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-Vaduz 2015
* Erzurum 2017
* Sarajevo-East Sarajevo 2019
* Vuokatti 2022
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2023
* Borjomi-Bakuriani 2025
* Brașov 2027

* European Games
* Games of the Small States of Europe

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Sports at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia

* Athletics
* Basketball
* boys
* girls
* Cycling
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* boys
* girls
* Judo
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* boys
* girls

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