One of the key sports venues for the XVI. European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica is undergoing a major reconstruction. The first works will start as early as mid-December. In July 2022, competitions in sports gymnastics will be held at the oldest roofed Ice Hockey stadium in Slovakia. As part of the reconstruction, €5.5 […]

After a year, the organisers of the XVI. European Olympic Youth Festival Banská Bystrica count again 600 days until the beginning of the event. After the postponement to the end of July 2022, the preparation is proceeding according to plan. The rescheduling to 2022 granted Organising Committee and the city of Banská Bystrica more time […]

Members of the Coordination Commission of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) for the European Youth Olympic Festival Banská Bystrica 2022 do not have significant remarks on the preparations for the largest multi-sport event in Slovakia. They were informed about the current situation by members of the Organising Committee by video conference. The coronavirus pandemic has […]

Organizing Committee of the XVI. European Youth Olympic Festival will be closely cooperating with the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (SOSC) in this school program, as the ​​Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) is included in the portfolio of SOSC’s activities . This project will be primarily organized in the Banská Bystrica region over the next […]

Peter Hamaj will become the new Executive Director of the Organising Committee of the XVI. European Youth Olympic Festival, which will be hosted in Banská Bystrica at the end of July 2022. He will replace Peter Korčok, who has decided to resign his position. Peter Korčok took his position after the adoption of a resolution […]

The second stage of the cycling race Tour of Slovakia with the finish in Banská Bystrica was originally intended to be a test event for competitions of young riders on two wheels during EYOF. However,  the coronavirus changed the plans for the organizers of EYOF and the 64th edition Tour of Slovakia, too. Eventually, Tour […]

Banská Bystrica is still intensively preparing for the XVI. summer European Olympic Youth Festival (EYOF), which will take place at the end of July 2022. European Olympic Committees (EOC) appreciate the progress of preparations, according to their sports director Peter Brüll, Slovakia would be ready to organize the event in the original term in July […]

Members of the organizing committee of the EYOF 2022 Banská Bystrica, representatives of the Slovak Olympic and Sport Committee (SOŠV), the city and the regional Olympic Club of Banská Bystrica celebrated ​​ Olympic Day and ran around the circuit next to the skating track in the Park under the SNP Memorial. They were also supported […]

The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia will now take place from 24 to 30 July 2022 after being brought forward from next summer to avoid a clash with the rescheduled Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The joint decision by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and the Organising Committee for the 16th Summer […]

The XVI Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) Banská Bystrica 2021 will be rescheduled to a new date as a result of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 being postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Summer EYOF was originally scheduled to take place in the Slovakian city from 25 to 31 July 2021, […]

The current pandemic situation and the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo to 2021 will have a major impact on the preparations for the XVI. European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica. It is already certain that it will not take place on the originally planned dates from 25 to 31 July 2021. The […]

Slovak sports associations and federations will participate in the material, technical and organizational support of the 16th European Youth Olympic Festival 2021 Banská Bystrica. There has been a change in the EYOF program in recent weeks, volleyball will be played in the arenas in Central region of Slovakia, the beach volleyball tournament will not take […]