European Para Youth Games

The European Para Youth Games (EPYG) is a biennial multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23 from the member countries of the European Paralympic Committee (EPC).[1][2][3][4]

European Para Youth Games
First event2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
Occur everyUsually 2 years
Last event2022 European Para Youth Games Lahti, Finland
PurposeMulti-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Websitehttps://www.europaralympic.org/games-events
Paralympic Games
Main topics
Games
Regional games

Editions
Number Year Host Sports Athletes Countries Champion
1 2011 Brno, Czech Republic 5 260 13  Czech Republic
2 2012 Brno, Czech Republic 11 347 14  Czech Republic
3 2015 Varaždin, Croatia 4 223 22  Spain[5]
4 2017 Liguria, Italy 8 600 26  Germany[6]
5 2019 Lahti, Finland 8 600+ 27  Italy[7]
6 2022 Lahti, Finland[8] 8 415 28  Spain[9]
7 2025 TBA[10]

2019

Italy topped the medal table with 14 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals closely followed by France with 12 and Germany with 11.[11][12][13]

2022

The 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.

2025

In August 2023, seven countries were interested in hosting the 7th edition in 2025. [14] In February 2024, Portugal and Turkey submitted bids for the games.[15]

See also

References
  1. "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed". Paralympic.org.
  2. "2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015)". Oepc.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
  3. "Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
  4. "European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
  5. "2015 EUROPEAN PARA YOUTH GAMES, VARAŽDIN, 16-19.07.2015, MEDAL RANKING" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. "2017 European Para Youth Games Final Report" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  7. "EPYG 2019 DECLARED THE "BEST GAMES EVER" BY EPC PRESIDENT RATKO KOVACIC". Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. "News". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. "Medal Count – European Para Youth Games". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140018/european-para-youth-games-2025-bidding
  11. https://epyg2022.fi/epyg2019/
  12. https://www.paralympic.org/news/european-para-youth-games-line-revealed
  13. https://www.eusa.eu/european-para-youth-games-continues-to-grow
  14. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1140018/european-para-youth-games-2025-bidding
  15. https://www.europaralympic.org/post/portugal-and-t%C3%BCrkiye-in-the-running-to-host-european-para-youth-games
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