2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2015 European Youth
Olympic Festival
Host city Tbilisi, Georgia
Opening ceremony 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
Closing ceremony 1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)
Officially opened by Irakli Garibashvili
Athlete's Oath Mzia Meboshvili
Coach's Oath Erekle Arsenishvili
Torch Lighter Zurab Zviadauri
Main venue Mikheil Meskhi Stadium

The 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, between 26 July and 1 August 2015.

Sports

Venues

Venue Location Sports
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Tbilisi Ceremonies
New Athletics Stadium Tbilisi Athletics
Tbilisi Sports Palace Tbilisi Basketball (Boys)
Vere Park Tbilisi Basketball (Girls)
King David Aghmashenebeli alley / Tbilisi sea circle Tbilisi Cycling
New Gymnsatics Complex Tbilisi Gymnastics
New Handball Arena Tbilisi Handball
Judo Academy Tbilisi judo
New Aquatic Centre Tbilisi Swimming
Mziuri Tennis Courts Tbilisi Tennis
New Volleyball Arena Tbilisi volleyball

Participant nations

Mascot

The mascot for this edition of European Youth Olympic Festival is named P.E.A.K.Y, which is based on a pheasant. Pheasant was chosen as the mascot due to the connection with a Georgian legend about the founding of Tbilisi. The name P.E.A.K.Y is a combination from the words "peak" and "youth".[1]

Medal count

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 17 9 11 37
2  Italy 12 2 10 24
3  France 9 5 8 22
4  Hungary 9 3 11 23
5  Slovenia 5 6 5 16
6  Moldova 5 2 0 7
7  Great Britain 4 8 8 20
8  Spain 4 8 6 18
9  Netherlands 4 3 8 15
10  Georgia 4 0 6 10
11  Germany 3 8 6 17
12  Ukraine 3 7 1 11
13  Romania 3 5 2 10
14  Belarus 3 0 4 7
15  Belgium 3 6 5 13
16  Ireland 2 6 2 10
17  Serbia 2 4 3 9
18   Switzerland 2 3 2 7
19  Finland 2 3 1 6
20  Sweden 2 3 0 5
21  Czech Republic 2 2 3 7
22  Azerbaijan 2 1 2 5
23  Norway 2 0 4 6
24  Austria 2 0 1 3
25  Poland 1 3 5 9
26  Turkey 1 2 3 6
27  Bulgaria 1 2 0 3
28  Denmark 1 2 0 3
29  Croatia 1 0 3 4
30  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 1
30  Estonia 1 0 0 1
32  Israel 0 5 0 5
33  Latvia 0 3 0 3
34  Slovakia 0 2 2 4
35  Cyprus 0 1 1 2
36  Montenegro 0 1 0 1
37  Greece 0 0 2 2
Total

References

  1. "Mascot P.E.A.K.Y". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

External links

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