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2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival
Host city	Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein
Country	Austria; Liechtenstein
Motto	Rock the Alps !
Nations	45
Athletes	1,509
Sport	8
Events	30
Opening	25 January 2015
Closing	30 January 2015
Opened by	Heinz Fischer (Austria) and Alois of Liechtenstein
Athlete's Oath	Xaver Kuster
Judge's Oath	Marion Vettori
Torch lighter	Chiara
Main venue	Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum
Summer
	← Utrecht 2013 Tbilisi 2015 →
Winter
	← Brașov 2013 Erzurum 2017 →

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The 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Vorarlberg, Austria and Liechtenstein between 25 and 30 January 2015. It was the first time that two countries become hosts in a European Youth Olympic Festival.

Sports

2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Sports Programme
Alpine skiing (5) (details) Biathlon (5) (details) Cross-country skiing (7) (details) Figure skating (2) (details) Ice hockey (1) (details) Nordic combined (3) (details) Ski jumping (4) (details) Snowboarding (3) (details)

Mascot

Alpy the marmot is the mascot for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.^[1]

Venues

The venues are divided between places in the Vorarlberg region of Austria and in Liechtenstein.^[2]
Venues in Austria:

Venue	Location	Sports
Aktivpark Montafon	Tschagguns	Ice hockey
Gaschurn	Gemeinde Gaschurn-Partenen	Nordic combined
Messestadion Dornbirn	Dornbirn	Figure skating
Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum	Tschagguns	Ski jumping, Nordic combined
Tschengla	Bürserberg	Biathlon
Garfrescha	St. Gallenkirch	Alpine skiing
„Hochjoch“ ski area	Schruns	Snowboarding

Venues in Liechtenstein:

Venue	Location	Sports
Bergbahnen Malbun	Malbun	Alpine skiing
Steg	Steg	Cross country skiing

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is as follows:

OC	Opening ceremony	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony	●	Event competitions

January	25 Sun	26 Mon	27 Tue	28 Wed	29 Thu	30 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
Figure skating		●		2			2
Ice hockey		●	●	●	●	1	1
Nordic combined		1		1		1	3
Ski jumping			2		1	1	4
Snowboarding			2		1		3
Total events		4	7	8	5	6	30
Cumulative total		4	11	19	24	30
January	25 Sun	26 Mon	27 Tue	28 Wed	29 Thu	30 Fri	Events

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony for 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival took place on 25 January in Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum in Tschagguns, Austria. Featuring about 150 amateur performers, the show focused about the close relation between the two co-hosts.^[3] The ceremony started with the parade of athletes from 45 countries, with the team from Austria and Liechtenstein marched together at the end of the parade. Carmen Wyler (Liechtenstein) and Thomas Pegram (Austria) then sang the national anthems of the hosts. After the speeches from ÖOC Secretary General Peter Mennel and EOC President Patrick Hickey, the Games were officially opened together by Heinz Fischer, President of Austria and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein. Then, Xaver Kuster, an Austrian snowboarder took the athletes' oath, followed by Marion Vettori for the judges' oath and Ralf Jegler (alpine skiing coach of Liechtenstein) for the coaches' oath.^[4]

Medal table

Russia topped the medal standings with 6 golds, 6 silvers, and four bronzes. Meanwhile, Germany had the highest medal count with 20.^[5]

* Host nation (Austria)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	6	6	4	16
2	Germany (GER)	6	4	10	20
3	Austria (AUT)*	5	5	3	13
4	Norway (NOR)	4	4	3	11
5	France (FRA)	4	2	5	11
6	Finland (FIN)	1	2	1	4
7	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
7	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
9	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
9	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
11	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	0	2
12	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
13	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
13	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
15	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	3	3
16	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
16	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		30	30	32	92

References

^ "Alpy". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^ "EYOF 2015 Venues". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^ "European Youth Olympic Festival begins with Opening Ceremony in Tschagguns". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ "Stars of Tomorrow". eyof2015.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
^ "Germany take top spot ahead of Russia at European Youth Olympic Festival". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

External links

Final Report Book eyof2015.org (archived)

[1] "Alpy". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

[2] "EYOF 2015 Venues". EYOF 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

[3] "European Youth Olympic Festival begins with Opening Ceremony in Tschagguns". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

[4] "Stars of Tomorrow". eyof2015.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

[5] "Germany take top spot ahead of Russia at European Youth Olympic Festival". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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+| logo          = EYOF 2015 Vorarlberg Liechtenstein Logo.png
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-| Motto = ''Rock the Alps !''
+| motto         = ''Rock the Alps !''
-| host city = [[Vorarlberg]] and [[Liechtenstein]]
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-| country = {{AUT}}<br>{{LIE}}
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-| officially opened by = [[Heinz Fischer]] (Austria) and [[Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein|Alois of Liechtenstein]]
+| opened_by     = [[Heinz Fischer]] (Austria) and [[Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein|Alois of Liechtenstein]]
-| athletes' oath = [[Xaver Kuster]]
+| athlete_oath  = [[Xaver Kuster]]
-| judge's oath = [[Marion Vettori]]
+| judge_oath    = [[Marion Vettori]]
-| torch lighter = Chiara
+| torch_lighter = Chiara
-| stadium = Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum
+| stadium       = Montafon Nordic Sportszentrum
-| Wprevious   = [[2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival|Brașov 2013]]
+| Wprevious     = [[2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival|Brașov 2013]]
-| Wnext   = [[2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival|Erzurum 2017]]
+| Wnext         = [[2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival|Erzurum 2017]]
-| SpreviousS  = [[2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|Utrecht 2013]]
+| SpreviousS    = [[2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|Utrecht 2013]]
-| SnextS   = [[2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|Tbilisi 2015]]
+| SnextS        = [[2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|Tbilisi 2015]]
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+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170324062245/http://www.eyof2015.org/Final%20Report%20Book.pdf Final Report Book] eyof2015.org (archived)
-*[http://eyof2015.org Official website]
 {{Events at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival}}

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