# 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was the 17th edition of the European Youth Winter Olympic Festival, held from 9 to 16 February 2025 in Bakuriani, Georgia, as main host city. In addition to Bakurani, events taken place in Batumi and Tbilisi. This was Georgia's first time as host of the winter festival, and the second time hosting the festival after the summer edition in 2015 in Tbilisi.

## Bidding process

On 26 October 2019 it was announced that the festival would be hosted by Bakuriani.

## Sports

The following competitions will take place:
* 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme
* Alpine skiing (5) (details)
* Biathlon (6) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (7) (details)
* Figure skating (2) (details)
* Freestyle skiing (4) (details)
* Ice hockey (2) (details)
* Short-track speed skating (7) (details)
* Snowboarding (4) (details)
For infrastructure reasons, this edition will only have mandatory sports in its program

## Venues

| Venue | Location | Sports |
| Bakuriani Biathlon-Cross Country Stadium | Bakuriani | Opening ceremony |
| Bakuriani Biathlon-Cross Country Stadium | Bakuriani | Closing ceremony |
| Bakuriani Biathlon-Cross Country Stadium | Bakuriani | Cross-country skiing |
| Didveli | Bakuriani | Freestyle skiing |
| Didveli | Bakuriani | Alpine skiing |
| Didveli | Bakuriani | Snowboarding |
| Batumi Ice Arena | Batumi | Figure skating |
| Batumi Ice Arena | Batumi | Short-track speed skating |
| Tbilisi Ice Arena | Tbilisi | Ice hockey |

## Marketing
### Logo

The logo is depicting a fusion of the old Asomtavruli alphabet and traditional Georgian ornaments.

### Mascot

The official mascot, a Caucasian lynx named Gunda, was unveiled on 28 February 2024. The name is based on the Georgian word for Snowball.

## Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2025 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
| OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony | ● | Event competitions |
| February | 6 Thu | 7 Fri | 8 Sat | 9 Sun | 10 Mon | 11 Tue | 12 Wed | 13 Thu | 14 Fri | 15 Sat | 16 Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies | | | | OC | | | | | | | CC | |
| Alpine skiing | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 5 |
| Biathlon | | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 6 |
| Cross-country skiing | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Figure skating | | | | | | | ● | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Freestyle skiing | | | | | ● | | 2 | | ● | 2 | | 4 |
| Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 |
| Short-track speed skating | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | 3 | | 7 |
| Snowboarding | | | | | | ● | 2 | | ● | 2 | | 4 |
| Total events | | | | | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 37 |
| Cumulative total | | | | | 6 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 33 | 37 | 37 |
| February | 6 Thu | 7 Fri | 8 Sat | 9 Sun | 10 Mon | 11 Tue | 12 Wed | 13 Thu | 14 Fri | 15 Sat | 16 Sun | Events |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Georgia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Estonia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Georgia* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |

## Participant nations

901 athletes from 45 nations are expected to participate:
* Participating National Olympic Committees (45)
* Albania (1)
* Armenia (6)
* Austria (53)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belgium (8)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Bulgaria (16)
* Croatia (14)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (79)
* Denmark (11)
* Estonia (23)
* Finland (53)
* France (37)
* Georgia (11)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (20)
* Greece (12)
* Hungary (21)
* Iceland (16)
* Ireland (4)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (57)
* Kosovo (2)
* Latvia (42)
* Liechtenstein (4)
* Lithuania (16)
* Moldova (3)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (1)
* Netherlands (11)
* North Macedonia (4)
* Norway (17)
* Poland (32)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (20)
* San Marino (3)
* Serbia (4)
* Slovakia (62)
* Slovenia (32)
* Spain (13)
* Sweden (33)
* Switzerland (75)
* Turkey (18)
* Ukraine (50)