2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

The 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival will be held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, between 24 and 30 July 2022. Košice were 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] On 7 May 2020 it was announced that the games will be moved to 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Host cityBanská Bystrica
Country Slovakia
Sport(s)10
Opening ceremonyJuly 24, 2022 (2022-07-24)
Closing ceremonyJuly 30, 2022 (2022-07-30)
Websitewww.eyof.org/2022-summer-banska-bystrica/

Sports

The following competitions will take place[4]

Participant nations

References
  1. "Finland and Slovakia awarded 2021 European Youth Olympic Festivals". Duncan Mackay. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. "Slovenským dejiskom letného EYOF 2021 má byť Banská Bystrica". TASR, teraz.sk. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. "New dates set for EYOF Banská Bystrica in 2022". 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. Official website
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