Sports venues in Banská Bystrica will undergo readiness tests in the coming weeks ahead of the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival. For the organisers, they will be an important source of knowledge about the state of the infrastructure ahead of the biggest multi-sport event in Slovakia’s history. After a year-long break, the SNP Judo Tournament […]

Exactly one year from now, Banská Bystrica will welcome young athletes from 50 European countries to the international sporting event EYOF 2022. From 24 to 30 July 2022, sports grounds will come alive not only in Banská Bystrica, but also in Zvolen, Detva, Slovenska Ľupča and Badín. Slovakia will be the host country of a […]

On Saturday 24 July, the organisers of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica will start counting down one year until the start of the event. On this occasion, they will introduce the mascot of the event and show the public a small taste of what awaits EYOF visitors in the fan zones next […]

Hundreds of participants in the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) webinars held in the first half of 2021 learned new knowledge about Olympic values education, environmental education, clean and doping-free sport and fair play. The webinars have gained considerable popularity. The Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee prepared the webinars in cooperation with the Organising Committee […]

Dubnica nad Váhom and its surroundings will once again be alive with youth cycling from 16 to 18 July. The 58th edition of the International Cycling Days will also be a test of readiness for the organisers of the XVI European Youth Olympic Summer Festival. In the past, the International Cycling Days have featured a […]

The Ministries of Defence and the Environment will assist the organisers in organising the 16th Summer European Youth Olympic Festival, which will be hosted by Banská Bystrica from 24 to 30 July 2022. The ministers Jaroslav Naď and Ján Budaj took over the patronage of two important areas of preparation – security and sustainability. The […]

In just a few weeks, the countdown to the XVI European Youth Olympic Summer Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica will begin. Several challenges await the organisers, the EYOF will be green and wants to be the leading sport event in Slovakia in the field of sustainability promotion. The EYOF 2022 Banská Bystrica will take place at […]

The National Olympic Committees of Europe including the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee, together with the city of Banská Bystrica, have officially invited young athletes from all over Europe to Central Slovakia for the XVI European Youth Olympic Summer Festival (EYOF). EYOF 2022 Banská Bystrica, that will be held from 24th July 2022 till 30th […]

Members of the Coordination Commission (CoCom) of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) for the XVI. European Youth Olympic Festival, which will be hosted by Banská Bystrica in July 2022, appreciated the current state of preparations for the largest multi-sport event in Slovakia’s history. During the meeting with the members of the Organizing Committee, the chairman […]

The President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová took over the auspices of the European Olympic Youth Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica. The President of the Slovak Republic complied with the request of the organizers of EYOF 2022 Banská Bystrica. Organizers asked her to provide patronage over the largest multi-sporting event in the history of independent […]

The Organizing Committee of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica, in cooperation with the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee, prepared in 2021 a rich variety of activities focused on Olympic education. As part of the Olympic Values ​​Education Program (OVEP), they offer primary and secondary school students and teachers the opportunity to take […]

The European Olympic Youth Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica will bring improvements to the sports infrastructure in the region. Cities of Zvolen, Slovenská Ľupča, Badín and Detva will host competitions as well. In Detva, prior to EYOF 2022 in Banská Bystrica, a reconstruction of the city sports hall will take place. The venue will become the […]