2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2015 edition of the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival EYOF 2015 Vorarlberg Liechtenstein Logo.png Rock the Alps ! Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein 45 1,509 8 30 25 January 2015 30 January 2015 Heinz Fischer (Austria) and Alois of Liechtenstein Xaver Kuster Marion Vettori Chiara Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum Brașov 2013 Erzurum 2017 Utrecht 2013 Tbilisi 2015 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 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme19em Alpine skiing 5 Biathlon 5 Cross-country skiing 7 Figure skating 2 Ice hockey 1 Nordic combined 3 Ski jumping 4 Snowboarding 3 Mascot Alpy the marmot is the mascot for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.Alpy http://www.eyof2015.org/en-us/eyof/eyof2015/maskottchen.aspx EYOF 2015 26 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141108091731/http://www.eyof2015.org/en-us/eyof/eyof2015/maskottchen.aspx 8 November 2014 dead dmy-all Venues The venues are divided between places in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and in Liechtenstein.EYOF 2015 Venues http://www.eyof2015.org/en-us/sport/organisation/sportst%C3%A4tten.aspx EYOF 2015 26 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141107141634/http://www.eyof2015.org/en-us/sport/organisation/sportst%C3%A4tten.aspx 7 November 2014 dead dmy-all Venues in Austria: VenueLocationSports 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: VenueLocationSports Bergbahnen Malbun Malbun Alpine skiing Steg Steg Cross country skiing Schedule 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 January 25 Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri Events Ceremonies OC CC 20px|alt=|link= Alpine skiing | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 5 20px|alt=|link= Biathlon | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 5 20px|alt=|link= Cross-country skiing | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 7 20px|alt=|link= Figure skating | | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | | 2 20px|alt=|link= Ice hockey | | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 1 20px|alt=|link= Nordic combined | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 3 20px|alt=|link= Ski jumping | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 4 20px|alt=|link= Snowboarding | | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 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 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.European Youth Olympic Festival begins with Opening Ceremony in Tschagguns http://www.insidethegames.biz/anoc/755-eoc/1025127-european-youth-olympic-festival-begins-with-opening-ceremony Insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News 31 January 2015 Etchells Daniel 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.Stars of Tomorrow http://www.eyof2015.org/en-us/news/newsdetail.aspx?shmid=456&shact=266981052&shmiid=AIOYBEn17fU__eql__ eyof2015.org 31 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100928/http://www.eyof2015.org/en-us/news/newsdetail.aspx?shmid=456&shact=266981052&shmiid=AIOYBEn17fU__eql__ 2 April 2015 dead dmy-all Medal table Russia topped the medal standings with 6 golds, 6 silvers, and four bronzes. Meanwhile, Germany had the highest medal count with 20.Germany take top spot ahead of Russia at European Youth Olympic Festival http://www.insidethegames.biz/anoc/755-eoc/1025260-germany-take-top-spot-ahead-of-russia-at-european-youth-olympic-festival Insidethegames.biz - Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games News 7 February 2015 Etchells Daniel AUT LIE 6 6 4 6 4 10 5 5 3 yes 4 4 3 4 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 References External links Final Report Book eyof2015.org (archived) European Youth Olympic Winter Festival European Youth Olympic Winter Festival European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Category:European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Category:International sports competitions hosted by Austria Category:International sports competitions hosted by Liechtenstein Category:Sports competitions in Vorarlberg Category:Youth sport in Austria Category:Youth sport in Liechtenstein Category:Sports festivals in Austria Category:2015 in youth sport Category:January 2015 sports events in Austria