2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

2009 European Youth Olympic Festival
Summer

Host city	Tampere
Country	Finland
Nations	49
Athletes	3,302
Sport	9
Events	109
Opening	19 July 2009 (2009-07-19)
Closing	24 July 2009 (2009-07-24)
Opened by	Tarja Halonen
Torch lighter	Pertti Ukkola
Main venue	Tampere Ice Stadium (opening) Tampere Stadium (closing)
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Winter
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The 2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Tampere, Finland.

Sports

2009 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival Sports Programme
Athletics (36) (details) Basketball (2) (details) Cycling (3) (details) Gymnastics (details) Handball (2) (details) Judo (15) (details) Swimming (details) Tennis (4) (details) Volleyball (2) (details)

The mascot for the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival is Finx, a Eurasian lynx.^[1]

Eight venues were used in this edition of European Youth Olympic Festival.^[2]

Venue	Location	Sports
Tampere Stadium	Tampere	Athletics
Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre	Tampere	Gymnastics, Handball, Volleyball
Tampere Ice Stadium	Tampere	Judo
Tampere Swimming Centre	Tampere	Swimming
Pyynikki Ball Games Centre	Tampere	Basketball
Hervanta Leisure Centre	Tampere	Basketball
Tampere Tennis Centre	Tampere	Tennis
Roads of Tampere	Tampere	Cycling

Participating National Olympic Committees
Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium (details) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia (43)^[3] Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Participating National Olympic Committees

Source: ^[4]

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^ "Competition Venues - EYOF Tampere 2009". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ "EOK - Tampere 2009". February 15, 2010. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Results". Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.