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2015 European Youth
Olympic Festival

Host city	Tbilisi
Country	Georgia
Nations	50
Athletes	3,304
Sport	9
Events	112
Opening	26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
Closing	1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)
Opened by	Irakli Garibashvili
Athlete's Oath	Mzia Meboshvili
Coach's Oath	Erekle Arsenishvili
Torch lighter	Zurab Zviadauri
Main venue	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Summer
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The 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, between 26 July and 1 August 2015.

Sports

Venues

Schedule

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

July–August	26 Sun	27 Mon	28 Tue	29 Wed	30 Thu	31 Fri	01 Sat	Events
Ceremonies	OC						CC
Athletics		●	2	4	5	7	11	36
Basketball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Cycling			2		2			4
Gymnastics			3	3	2	5	5	18
Handball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Judo			4	3	3	3	3	16
Swimming		5	7	7	3	10		32
Tennis		●	●	●	●	●	4	4
Volleyball		●	●	●		●	2	2
Total events		7	19	18	26	27	29	116
Cumulative total		7	26	44	70	97	116
July–August	23 Sun	24 Mon	25 Tue	26 Wed	27 Thu	28 Fri	29 Sat	Events

Participant nations

Kosovo made its European Youth Summer Olympic Festival debut at these games.

Mascot

The mascot for this edition of European Youth Olympic Festival is named P.E.A.K.Y, which is based on a pheasant. Pheasant was chosen as the mascot due to the connection with a Georgian legend about the founding of Tbilisi. The name P.E.A.K.Y is a combination from the words "peak" and "youth".

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Georgia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	17	9	11	37
2	Italy (ITA)	12	2	10	24
3	France (FRA)	9	5	8	22
4	Hungary (HUN)	9	3	11	23
5	Slovenia (SLO)	5	6	5	16
6	Moldova (MDA)	5	2	0	7
7	Great Britain (GBR)	4	8	8	20
8	Spain (ESP)	4	8	6	18
9	Netherlands (NED)	4	3	8	15
10	Georgia (GEO)*	4	0	6	10
11	Germany (GER)	3	8	6	17
12	Ukraine (UKR)	3	7	1	11
13	Belgium (BEL)	3	6	5	14
14	Romania (ROU)	3	5	2	10
15	Belarus (BLR)	3	0	4	7
16	Ireland (IRL)	2	6	2	10
17	Serbia (SRB)	2	4	3	9
18	Switzerland (SUI)	2	3	2	7
19	Finland (FIN)	2	3	1	6
20	Sweden (SWE)	2	3	0	5
21	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	2	3	7
22	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	1	2	5
23	Norway (NOR)	2	0	4	6
24	Austria (AUT)	2	0	1	3
25	Poland (POL)	1	3	5	9
26	Turkey (TUR)	1	2	3	6
27	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	2	0	3
	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
29	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	3	4
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	1	0	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
32	Israel (ISR)	0	5	0	5
33	Latvia (LAT)	0	3	0	3
34	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	2	4
35	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	1	2
36	Montenegro (MNE)	0	1	0	1
37	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (37 entries)		113	115	125	353

References

1. "Mascot P.E.A.K.Y". Retrieved 4 September 2015.

External links

• Official website

• 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
• European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
• 2015 in multi-sport events
• 2015 in Georgian sport
• 2015 in European sport
• Multi-sport events in Georgia (country)
• Youth sport in Georgia (country)
• International sports competitions hosted by Georgia (country)
• Sports competitions in Tbilisi
• 2010s in Tbilisi
• 2015 in youth sport
• July 2015 sports events in Europe
• August 2015 sports events in Europe