The Youth Sports Games (also known as Plasma Youth Sports Games for sponsorship reasons[1]) are organised amateur sports competitions for children and youth of elementary and high school age. They were founded in Split in 1996[1] and have since grown into the largest amateur sports event in Europe for school-age children. These games are held in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
More than 2,750,000 have competed in the 27 years since the Games began.[2][3]
In addition to the games, the association organises regular sports and recreational activities for children, to promote health, tolerance and ethical values. The association promotes a lifestyle based on understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair play as an alternative to addiction and deviant behaviour.
In 2024 alone, the Games gathered more than 320,000 participants.[4][5][6]
The Games are organised under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee,[7] UEFA, and FIDE,[8] as well as under the honorary patronage of the President of Croatia and Ministry of Tourism and Sports.[9]