Athletes participating 646 Opening ceremony 12 February | Nations participating 34 Events 38 Closing ceremony 17 February | |
The 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival will be held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017.
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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.
Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:
Participating nations
34 national federations sent a total of 646 athletes. The numbers in parenthesis represent the number of participants.
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.