The 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

European Youth Olympic Festival

European Youth Olympic Festival, known by its initials EYOF, is a biennial multi-sport event for youth athletes from the 48 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. EYOF has a summer edition, held for the first time in Brussels in 1991, and a winter edition, which began...

was held in Trabzon

Trabzon

Trabzon is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon, located on the historical Silk Road, became a melting pot of religions, languages and culture for centuries and a trade gateway to Iran in the southeast and the Caucasus to the northeast...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

.

Sports

There were nine sports at the 2011 Festival, two branches, table tennis and water polo, less than compared with the 2007 Youth Olympic Festival

2007 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

The 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival summer edition was held in Belgrade, Serbia from July 21 till July 28.-Contested sports:Sports that were contested in the EYOF 2007 :*Athletics*Basketball*Cycling*Gymnastics*Handball*Judo*Swimming...

's programme. Medals were awarded in a total of 109 events.

Venues

For the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival's eight events except cycling, eleven sports venues were needed in and around Trabzon. Existing sport halls were renovated and new arenas were built for this purpose with a total investment cost mounting up to TL 350 million (approx. US$ 210 million), inclusive the construction of additional accommodation facilities at a cost of TL 90 million (approx. US$ 54 million) for the Olympic Village

Olympic Village

An Olympic Village is an accommodation centre built for an Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials, athletic trainers, and other staff. Since the Munich Massacre at the 1972...

 within the campus of the Black Sea Technical University. The noteworty new structures are Hayri Gür Arena, Söğütlü Athletics Stadium, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool and Beşirli Tennis Courts. Cycling events were held on the Trabzon-Rize

Rize

Rize is the capital of Rize Province, in northeast Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.-Etymology:The name comes from Greek or Ριζαίον , meaning "mountain slopes". In modern times, its name in Greek was usually Ριζούντα . Its Latin forms are Rhizus and Rhizaeum...

 section of the Black Sea Coastal Highway.

Nations

Incomplete list:

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

July 2011	24th Sun	25th Mon	26th Tue	27th Wed	28th Thu	29th Fri	Gold Medals
Ceremonies	OC					CC
Athletics Athletics at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival The athletics competition at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The events took place at the Söğütlü Athletics Stadium in Trabzon, Turkey...		2	9	5	10	10	36
Basketbal Basketball at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Basketball contests at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival were held from July 25, 2011 to July 29, 2011. Competitions for boys were played at the Pelitli Arena and for the girls at the 19 May Arena in Trabzon, Turkey...		●	●	●	●	2	2
Cycling Cycling at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Cycling at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 26 to 28 July 2011. The competitions took place at the Trabzon-Rize Highway, Turkey.-Medal table:-Medal events:...			1	1	1		3
Gymnastics Gymnastics at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Gymnastics at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The competitions took place at the Yomra Arena in Trabzon, Turkey. At most three boys born 1994/1995 and girls born 1996/1997 or later from each country participated at the following 7 disciplines for...		●	●	●	●	14	14
Handball Handball at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Handball contests at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival were held from July 25, 2011 to July 29, 2011. Competitions for boys were played at the Çarşıbaşı Arena and for the girls at the Vakfıkebir Arena in Trabzon, Turkey...		●	●	●	●	2	2
Judo Judo at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Judo at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival will be held from 26 to 29 July 2011. The competitions will be take place at the Of Arena in Trabzon, Turkey. Boys and girls born 1995/1996 or later will participate at following 8 disciplines for boys and 7 for girls.-Boys:-Girls:...			4	4	4	3	15
Swimming Swimming at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Swimming at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The competitions took place at the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Indoor Swimming Pool in Trabzon, Turkey. Boys born 1995/1996 and girls born 1997/1998 participated in the following 31 disciplines.-Day 1:-Day 2:-Day...		8	7		8	8	31
Tennis Tennis at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Tennis at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held from 25 to 29 July 2011. The competitions took place at the Beşirli Court in Trabzon, Turkey. Boys and girls born 1996/1997 or later participated at following 2 disciplines for boys and 2 for girls.-Medal table:-Medal...		●	●	●	●	4	4
Volleyball Volleyball at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Volleyball contests at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival were held from July 25, 2011 to July 29, 2011. Competitions for boys were played at the Araklı Arena and for the girls at the Arsin Arena in Trabzon, Turkey...		●	●	●	●	2	2
Total Gold Medals		10	21	10	23	45	109
Cumulative Total		10	31	41	64	109

Medal table

1	Russia	21	17	16	54
2	United Kingdom	17	10	6	33
3	Ukraine	8	4	3	15
4	Italy	7	12	12	31
5	Romania	6	7	1	14
6	Hungary	5	3	5	13
7	Germany	4	12	8	24
8	France	4	7	5	16
9	Belarus	4	1	4	9
10	Lithuania	3	4	3	10
11	Slovenia	3	3	3	9
12	Spain	3	0	2	5
13	Belgium	2	5	8	15
14	Czech Republic	2	2	5	9
15	Switzerland	2	2	2	6
16	Netherlands	2	1	6	9
17	Poland	2	1	5	8
18	Republic of Ireland	2	1	4	7
19	Sweden	2	1	0	3
20	Turkey Turkey at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Turkey participated at the 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Trabzon, Turkey from July 25 to July 29, 2011 as the host nation.-Competitors:-Medal table:-Medalists:-Boys:-Girls:-Boys:Roster:-Girls:Roster:...	2	0	7	9
21	Denmark	2	0	3	5
22	Latvia	1	3	1	5
23	Azerbaijan	1	2	0	3
24	Georgia (country)	1	1	4	6
25	Croatia	1	1	2	4
26	Greece	1	1	0	2
27	Israel	1	0	1	2
28	Serbia	0	3	2	5
29	Finland	0	2	1	3
30	Austria	0	1	1	2
	Cyprus	0	1	1	2
32	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
33	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Total		109	109	124	342