# 2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics hosted in Nanjing, China. Chen Ruolin lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.

## Torch

Nicknamed the Door of Happiness. The main body of the torch is covered in the metallic luster. And the torch is extremely light. The silver-colored part is designed into the shape of letter “n”, which is the initial of the city's name, Nanjing, and is also in the shape of the city gate of the Ming Dynasty, symbolizing Nanjing's hope to present its grandeur and brilliance to the world through the games. The blue part represents the Yangtze River, the water of which passes through the gate. The gray strips at the bottom of the torch are the symbol of ripples, rendering the torch more dynamic.

## Route

Note: the blue dot represents the virtual torch relay via wireless communication known as "Give Me Fire". On July 4, the virtual torch sailed to the Pacific Ocean from Mawei District, Fujian.
| Route | Map |
| 30 April (day 1): Greece Athens (Greece) 1 May (day 2): Cyprus to Turkey Nicosia (Cyprus)Jerusalem (Israel)Valletta (Malta)Tirana (Albania)Sofia (Bulgaria)Ankara (Turkey) 2 May (day 3): Armenia to Georgia Yerevan (Armenia)Baku (Azerbaijan)Tbilisi (Georgia) 3 May (day 4): Ukraine to Moldova Kyiv (Ukraine)Moscow (Russia)Chișinău (Moldova) 4 May (day 5): Macedonia to Romania Skopje (Macedonia)Belgrade (Serbia)Bucharest (Romania) 5 May (day 6): Montenegro to Croatia Podgorica (Montenegro)Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Zagreb (Croatia) 6 May (day 7): Slovenia to Romania Ljubljana (Slovenia)City of San Marino (San Marino)Rome (Italy) 7 May (day 8): Monaco to Spain MonacoAndorra la Vella (Andorra)Madrid (Spain) 8 May (day 9): Portugal to Switzerland Lisbon (Portugal)Paris (France)Bern (Switzerland) 9 May (day 10): Austria Vienna (Austria) 10 May (day 11): Liechtenstein to Slovakia Vaduz (Liechtenstein)Budapest (Hungary)Bratislava (Slovakia) 11 May (day 12): Czech Republic to Germany Prague (Czech Republic)Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)Berlin (Germany) 12 May (day 13): Belgium to Denmark Brussels (Belgium)Amsterdam (Netherlands)Copenhagen (Denmark) 13 May (day 14): Poland to Lithuania Warsaw (Poland)Minsk (Belarus)Vilnius (Lithuania) 14 May (day 15): Latvia to Finland Riga (Latvia)Tallinn (Estonia)Helsinki (Finland) 16 May (day 17): Norway Oslo (Norway) 17 May (day 18): Sweden to the United Kingdom Stockholm (Sweden)Dublin (Republic of Ireland)London (United Kingdom) 18 May (day 19): Iceland to Canada Reykjavík (Iceland) | 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849 |
| 18 May (day 19): Iceland to Canada Hamilton (Bermuda)Ottawa (Canada) 19 May (day 20): United States to Belize Washington, D.C. (United States)Mexico City (Mexico) | 50515253 |
| 19 May (day 20): United States to Belize Belize 20 May (day 21): Guatemala to Honduras GuatemalaEl SalvadorHonduras 21 May (day 22): Nicaragua to Jamaica NicaraguaCosta RicaJamaica 22 May (day 23): Cuba to Bahamas CubaCayman IslandsBahamas 23 May (day 24): Haiti to Puerto Rico HaitiDominican RepublicPuerto Rico 24 May (day 25): British Virgin Islands to Saint Kitts and Nevis British Virgin IslandsUnited States Virgin IslandsSaint Kitts and Nevis 25 May (day 26): Antigua and Barbuda to Saint Lucia Antigua and BarbudaDominicaSaint Lucia 26 May (day 27): Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesBarbadosGrenada 27 May (day 28): Trinidad and Tobago to Panama Trinidad and TobagoArubaPanama | 54555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778 |
| 28 May (day 29): Colombia to Venezuela ColombiaGuyanaVenezuela 29 May (day 30): Brazil to Ecuador BrazilSurinameEcuador 30 May (day 31): Peru to Paraguay PeruBoliviaParaguay 31 May (day 32): Argentina Argentina 1 June (day 33): Uruguay to Cape Verde UruguayChile | 798081828384858687888990 |
| 1 June (day 33): Uruguay to Cape Verde Cape Verde 2 June (day 34): Morocco to Tunisia MoroccoAlgeriaTunisia 3 June (day 35): Libya to Eritrea LibyaEgyptEritrea 4 June (day 36): Djibouti to Ethiopia DjiboutiSomaliaEthiopia 5 June (day 37): Sudan to Niger SudanChadNiger 6 June (day 38): Mali to Senegal MaliMauritaniaSenegal 7 June (day 39): Gambia to Guinea GambiaGuinea-BissauGuinea 8 June (day 40): Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast Sierra LeoneLiberiaIvory Coast 9 June (day 41): Burkina Faso to Togo Burkina FasoGhanaTogo 10 June (day 42): Benin to Sao Tome and Principe BeninNigeriaSao Tome and Principe 11 June (day 43): Gabon to Cameroon GabonEquatorial GuineaCameroon 12 June (day 44): Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Central African RepublicCongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo 13 June (day 45): Burundi to Uganda BurundiRwandaUganda 14 June (day 46): Kenya to Malawi KenyaTanzaniaMalawi 15 June (day 47): Zambia to Namibia ZambiaAngolaNamibia 16 June (day 48): Botswana to Mozambique BotswanaZimbabweMozambique 17 June (day 49): Swaziland to Lesotho SwazilandSouth AfricaLesotho 18 June (day 50): Madagascar to Comoros MadagascarMauritiusComoros 19 June (day 51): Seychelles to Tonga Seychelles | 91929394959697 |
| 19 June (Day 51): Seychelles to Tonga AustraliaTonga 20 June (Day 52): New Zealand to American Samoa New ZealandCook IslandsAmerican Samoa 21 June (Day 53): Samoa to Vanuatu SamoaFijiVanuatu 22 June (Day 52): Solomon Islands to Nauru Solomon IslandsTuvaluNauru 23 June (Day 53): Kiribati to Micronesia KiribatiMarshall IslandsMicronesia 24 June (Day 54): Guam to Papua New Guinea GuamPalauPapua New Guinea | |
| 25 June (Day 55): Timor-Leste to Malaysia Timor-LesteIndonesiaMalaysia 26 June (Day 56): Singapore Singapore 27 June (Day 57): Brunei Darussalam to Sri Lanka Brunei DarussalamMaldivesSri Lanka 28 June (Day 58): Yemen to United Arab Emerates YemenOmanUnited Arab Emirates 29 June (Day 59): Qatar to Kuwait QatarBahrainKuwait 30 June (Day 60): Palestine to Saudi Arabia PalestineJordanSaudi Arabia 1 July (Day 61): Lebanon to Iran LebanonSyriaIran 2 July (Day 62): Iraq to Uzbekistan IraqTurkmenistanUzbekistan 3 July (Day 63): Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan KazakhstanMongoliaKyrgyzstan 4 July (Day 64): Afghanistan to Pakistan AfghanistanTajikistanPakistan 5 July (Day 65): India to Bhutan IndiaNepalBhutan 6 July (Day 66): Bangladesh to Thailand BangladeshMyanmarThailand 7 July (Day 67): Laos to Vietnam LaosCambodiaVietnam 8 July (Day 68): The Philippines to Japan PhilippinesTaiwanJapan 9 July (Day 69): South Korea to Hong Kong Seoul (South Korea)Pyongyang (North Korea)Hong Kong | |