# 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.
The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the 2019 EYOF had been planned for Erzurum. In November 2015, the two cities agreed to swap their events, since Sarajevo could not be ready in time, while Erzurum already had facilities in place from the 2011 Winter Universiade.

## Venues

| Venue | Sports |
| Kazım Karabekir Stadium | Ceremonies |
| Palandöken Ski Centre | Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding |
| Kandilli Ski Resort | Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing |
| Milli Piyango Curling Arena | Curling |
| Erzurum Ice Skating Arena | Figure Skating, Short Track Speed Skating |
| Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena | Ice Hockey |
| Kiremitlik Hill Ski Jumping Facility | Ski Jumping |

## Sports

* 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme
* Alpine skiing (5) (details)
* Biathlon (5) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (7) (details)
* Curling (2) (details)
* Figure skating (2) (details)
* Ice hockey (1) (details)
* Short track speed skating (7) (details)
* Ski jumping (4) (details)
* Snowboarding (5) (details)

## Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
| OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony | ● | Event competitions |
| February | 12 Sun | 13 Mon | 14 Tue | 15 Wed | 16 Thu | 17 Fri | Events |
| Ceremonies | OC | | | | | CC | |
| Alpine skiing | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Biathlon | | ● | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 5 |
| Cross-country skiing | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Curling | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 |
| Figure skating | | ● | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Ice hockey | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 |
| Short track speed skating | | | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Ski jumping | | ● | 2 | ● | ● | 2 | 4 |
| Snowboarding | | 2 | | 2 | 1 | | 5 |
| Total events | | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 |
| Cumulative total | | 5 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 38 | |
| February | 12 Sun | 13 Mon | 14 Tue | 15 Wed | 16 Thu | 17 Fri | Events |

## Participating nations

34 national federations sent athletes. Kosovo made its European Youth Olympic Winter Festival at these games.
* Participating National Olympic Committees
* Albania (2 athletes)
* Armenia (3)
* Belarus (43)
* Bosnia Herzegovina (6)
* Bulgaria (19)
* Croatia (5)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (39)
* Denmark (9)
* Estonia (19)
* Finland (30)
* France (59)
* Georgia (6)
* Great Britain (16)
* Greece (10)
* Iceland (14)
* Italy (10)
* Kosovo (5)
* Lithuania (9)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Moldova (2)
* Montenegro (2)
* Netherlands (15)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (18)
* Romania (29)
* Russia (74)
* Serbia (3)
* Slovakia (40)
* Slovenia (41)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (99) (Hosts)
* Ukraine (25)

## Medal table

* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 19 | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Slovenia (SLO) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Turkey (TUR)* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |

## Mascot

The mascot of 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is a snowman named Karbeyaz. The name Karbeyaz, which is combined from the Turkish words Kar (snow) and Beyaz (white), won the public vote against the other 3 proposed names.