EYOF Olympic winner and ambassador Dana Barteková also took part in the challenge with Anastasiya Kuzmina in preparation for the shooting competition. You haven’t joined yet? Don’t wait any longer and start now! Exactly 6 months before the start of EYOF (January 24, 2022), Ambassador Anastasiya Kuzmina launched her virtual journey from Rome to Banská […]

The organisation of the European Youth Olympic Festival brings with it a large package of funding from all the various stakeholders. In order for the event to take place, all competition venues must meet the conditions for organising the international events. And a large part of the budget went to the reconstruction and repair of […]

Only less than six months remain to the start of the largest sporting event that Bánska Bystrica has ever organised. We would like to introduce the section “EYOF stars.” We have identified the greatest Slovak hopes in individual sports and they will be gradually introduced to the fans at regular intervals.  The first adept to […]

Nowadays, the sporting events cannot do without anti-doping commissioners who oversee the purity of sport. They will also be present at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Banská Bystrica (July 24-30, 2022). The organisers of the continental multi-sporting event under Urpín entrusted doping controls to the Anti-Doping Agency of the Slovak Republic (ADA SR) […]

Preparations for the largest multi-sport event in Slovakia continue. The organisers decided to explain the benefits and advantages of the EYOF, especially for the inhabitants of the Banská Bystrica region. The campaign focuses on one area each week and presents all the benefits for the city and the region.  Investing in the future of the […]

The Olympic Festival at Štrbské Pleso took place from 10 to 13 February on the occasion of Beijing’s celebration of sport. The European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica and especially its ambassador Nastya Kuzmina also became a part of this event.  The three-time Olympic champion was honoured to bring the Olympic torch to the […]

Less than 6 months remain until the start of the European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica and volunteers are an important part that will help in a major way to organise this large multi-sport event. The organisers launched a series of lectures at Slovak schools to bring more information for the recruitment of next […]

(Banská Bystrica, 24 January 2022) – The largest multi-sport event in Slovakia, the European Youth Olympic Festival EYOF, which will be held in Banská Bystrica from 24 to 30 July 2022, is irresistibly approaching. Exactly 6 months are left until its start! On this occasion, the three-time Olympic biathlon winner and event ambassador Nastya Kuzmina […]

This year’s European Youth Olympic Festival will go down in history as the first EYOF to deal fundamentally with the impact of cations on the environment. One of the important points is traveling by electric cars from a partner Motor-Car. “Organising and implementing such a large international event with a high participation of athletes, guests, […]

“Organising such an important event is a great opportunity for the city. Despite the fact that covid complicates our situation as well as many reconstructions or modifications of the sports facilities, I am very glad that the foreign visit appreciated our efforts. Currently, the biggest challenge for us is to solve the accommodation of all […]

In 2021, the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee, in cooperation with the organising committee of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 in Banská Bystrica, prepared a rich variety of activities focused on Olympic education. As part of the Olympic Values Education Program (OVEP), it offered primary and secondary school pupils and teachers the opportunity to […]

The European Youth Olympic Festival, which will take place in Banská Bystrica and its surroundings on July 24-30, 2022, passed an inspection visit to the locations of basketball tournaments. The girls’ matches will take place in the UMB hall in Banská Bystrica and boys will have a tournament in Badín. “Technical delegate Lidija Pleič from […]