2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

2022 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival
Host cityVuokatti, Finland
Country Finland
Nations46
Sport9
Events39
OpeningMarch 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)
ClosingMarch 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)
Opened bySauli Niinistö
Athlete's OathArttu Juusola
Torch lighterVilma Nissinen
Main venueVuokatti Arena[1]
Websiteeyof2022.fi
Summer
Winter

The 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vuokatti, Finland,[2] between 20 and 25 March 2022.[3] The festival was postponed from original dates in February to December 2021.[4] Later it was announced that the games will be moved to 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] Vuokatti previously hosted 2001 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

  1. ^ "The Opening Ceremony on Sunday 20th of March at 20.00 in Vuokatti Arena". eyof2022.fi. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Finland and Slovakia awarded 2021 European Youth Olympic Festivals". Duncan Mackay. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Official Eoyf page". 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Vuokatti European Youth Olympic Festival postponed to December 2021". EYOF 2021. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Winter European Youth Olympic Festival pushed back to March 2022". Liam Morgan. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.