# 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, between 21 and 28 January 2023. This was Italy's second time as host of the winter festival after Aosta 1993. As the 2003 Winter Universiade, in addition of Italy, several events were held in Austria and Slovenia.

## Sports

The following competitions took place
* 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme
* Alpine skiing (6) (details)
* Biathlon (5) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (7) (details)
* Curling (1) (details)
* Figure skating (2) (details)
* Freestyle skiing (6) (details)
* Ice hockey (2) (details)
* Nordic combined (3) (details)
* Short track speed skating (7) (details)
* Ski jumping (5) (details)
* Ski mountaineering (5) (details)
* Snowboarding (10) (details)
Freestyle skiing and ski mountaineering made their EYOF debut. Medals were awarded in record 59 events in 12 sports, compared to 39 in 9 sports at the previous edition.

## Venues

| Venue | Location | Sports |
| Ski Area Tarvisio | Tarvisio | Alpine skiing |
| Paruzzi Arena | Tarvisio | Nordic combined |
| International Biathlon Centre “Carnia Arena” | Forni Avoltri | Biathlon |
| Ski Area Sappada | Sappada | Cross-country skiing |
| Ice skating stadium | Claut | Curling |
| Ice arena Claudio Vuerich | Pontebba | Figure skating, Short track speed skating |
| Ski Area Ravascletto Zoncolan | Ravascletto | Freestyle skiing |
| Fiera di Udine | Udine | Ice hockey |
| Ski area Forni di Sopra | Forni di Sopra | Ski mountaineering |
| Ski area Piancavallo | Piancavallo | Snowboarding |
| Eissportarena | Spittal an der Drau, Austria | Ice hockey |
| Planica Nordic Centre | Planica, Slovenia | Ski jumping, Nordic combined |

## Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
| OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony | ● | Event competitions |
| January | 21 Sat | 22 Sun | 23 Mon | 24 Tue | 25 Wed | 26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | Events |
| Ceremonies | OC | | | | | | | CC | |
| Alpine skiing | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Biathlon | | | | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 7 |
| Curling | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | | 1 |
| Figure skating | | | | | ● | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Freestyle skiing | | ● | | 2 | 2 | ● | 2 | | 6 |
| Ice hockey | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | 2 |
| Nordic combined | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 |
| Short track speed skating | | 2 | 2 | 3 | | | | | 7 |
| Ski jumping | | | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | | 5 |
| Ski mountaineering | | | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 5 |
| Snowboarding | | ● | 2 | 3 | ● | 2 | 3 | | 10 |
| Total events | | 2 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 59 |
| Cumulative total | | 2 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 42 | 56 | 59 | 59 |
| January | 21 Sat | 22 Sun | 23 Mon | 24 Tue | 25 Wed | 26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | Events |

## Participant nations

1252 athletes from 47 nations are expected to participate:
* Participating National Olympic Committees (47)
* Albania (1)
* Andorra (5)
* Armenia (9)
* Austria (83)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belgium (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (10)
* Bulgaria (24)
* Croatia (8)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (79)
* Denmark (14)
* Estonia (19)
* Finland (81)
* France (62)
* Georgia (8)
* Germany (106)
* Great Britain (17)
* Greece (10)
* Hungary (21)
* Iceland (18)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (109)
* Kosovo (3)
* Latvia (46)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Lithuania (18)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (3)
* Netherlands (8)
* North Macedonia (6)
* Norway (38)
* Poland (54)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (18)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (3)
* Slovakia (76)
* Slovenia (47)
* Spain (20)
* Sweden (60)
* Switzerland (95)
* Turkey (24)
* Ukraine (27)
* *As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Olympic Committees has taken a decision to not invite athletes from Russia and Belarus to the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Italy* | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Austria | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Germany | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | Sweden | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | Finland | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Poland | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 13 | Latvia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Norway | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 59 | 59 | 59 | 177 |