European Para Youth Games

European Para Youth Games
First event2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
Occur everyUsually 2 years
Last event2025 European Para Youth Games Istanbul, Turkey
PurposeMulti-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent
HeadquartersVienna, Austria
Websitehttps://www.europaralympic.org/games-events

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]

Editions

Opening ceremony of the 2017 European Para Youth Games, Genoa, Italy

Source:[5][6][7]

Summer

# Year Host Sports Athletes Countries Champion
1 2011 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic 5 260 13  Czech Republic
2 2012 Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic 4 347 14  Czech Republic
3 2015 Croatia Varaždin, Croatia 4 223 22  Spain[8]
4 2017 Italy Genoa, Italy 8 600 26  Germany[9]
5 2019 Finland Lahti, Finland 8 600+ 27  Italy[10]
6 2022 Finland Lahti, Finland 8 415 28  Spain[11]
7 2025 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey[12] 9 1,500 33

Winter

  1. Czarna Góra, Poland - 2020
  2. Nastola, Finland - 2022

Summer Results

2011

Source:[13]

5 Sports: Athletics, Boccia, Swimming, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Czech Republic12131439
2 Poland116825
3 Croatia105217
4 Italy86822
5 Lithuania56415
6 Slovakia4408
7 Latvia2125
8 Russia1326
9 Bulgaria1304
10 Estonia1113
 Germany1113
12 Austria0202
 Montenegro0202
Totals (13 entries)565342151

2012

347 athletes - 14 countries - athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis.

Results:[14][15][16][17][18][19]

2015

223 athletes - 22 countries - four sports. - athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis.[20]

Source:[21]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain29131961
2 Croatia114621
3 France710926
4 Portugal65213
5 Russia55111
6 Czech Republic5308
7 Slovenia49821
8 Ireland4015
9 Italy39416
10 Slovakia2237
11 Bulgaria2226
12 Germany2125
13 Serbia1304
14 Norway1225
15 Lithuania0415
16 Romania0303
17 Sweden0246
18 Austria0202
 Montenegro0202
20 Hungary0112
Totals (20 entries)828265229

2017

Source:[22][23]

600 athletes - 26 countries - 8 sports: athletics, boccia, football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, sailing, swimming and table tennis.[24]

Source:[25]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany37271276
2 Italy29301574
3 Finland98017
4 France94518
5 Croatia55717
6 Czech Republic52613
7 Romania4419
8 Slovenia4329
9 Portugal4228
10 Estonia4127
11 Norway33410
12 Israel3238
13 Sweden241521
14 Turkey2417
15 Montenegro2204
16 Serbia2013
17 Slovakia1348
18 Lithuania1337
19 Great Britain1102
20 Austria1012
21 Bulgaria1001
22 Denmark0369
23 Spain0123
24 Belgium0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (25 entries)12911294335

2019

The 5th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between in 2019 in 8 sports.[26][27][28]

Source:[29][30][31][32]

8 Sports: Athletics, Boccia, Goalball, Judo, Showdown, Swimming, WB Basketball and Table Tennis.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany19141447
2 Italy15151444
3 France14121642
4 Finland86519
5 Slovakia5128
6 Portugal44210
7 Austria4329
8 Belgium4228
9 Norway3159
10 Croatia2529
11 Sweden24410
12 Romania2103
13 Russia1427
14 Turkey1315
15 Slovenia1214
 Spain1214
17 Montenegro1001
 Netherlands1001
 Poland1001
20 Bulgaria0202
21 Czech Republic0123
22 Estonia0112
 Israel0112
24 Great Britain0011
 Hungary0011
 Ireland0011
Totals (26 entries)898480253

2022

The 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.[33][34][35]

8 sports: athletics, swimming, table tennis, boccia, goalball, judo, wheelchair basketball and showdown.

29 nations - 415 athletes - more than 300 team staff participating - 8 sports - 7 days competitions.

Source:[36]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain23201053
2 France17161447
3 Italy13141542
4 Croatia101516
5 Germany83516
6 Portugal82313
7 Poland75416
8 Czech Republic56314
9 Norway56213
10 Belgium45413
11 Finland25411
12 Hungary2226
13 Sweden2136
14 Romania2002
15 Slovakia1214
16 Estonia1203
17 Bulgaria1124
18 Israel1102
19 Turkey1001
20 Greece0404
21 Great Britain0246
22 Denmark0224
23 Netherlands0101
24 Iceland0022
 Lithuania0022
 Slovenia0022
27 Montenegro0011
Totals (27 entries)11310190304

2025

The 7th edition took place between 24 and 27 July 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey.[37]

Source:[38]

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Turkey (TUR)22332277
2 Germany (GER)21161148
3 France (FRA)20162056
4 Spain (ESP)20161955
5 Poland (POL)1311731
6 Czech Republic (CZE)131721
7 Italy (ITA)12101638
8 Croatia (CRO)115420
9 Greece (GRE)66820
10 Portugal (POR)64212
11 Ukraine (UKR)5308
12 Azerbaijan (AZE)41510
13 Slovakia (SVK)3317
14 Belgium (BEL)3238
15 Ireland (IRE)3216
16 Hungary (HUN)2169
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)2114
18 Georgia (GEO)2103
19 Austria (AUT)2002
20 Lithuania (LTU)1315
21 Norway (NOR)1124
22 Great Britain (GBR)1089
23 Finland (FIN)1001
 Sweden (SWE)1001
25 Estonia (EST)0426
26 Slovenia (SVN)0235
27 Netherlands (NED)0213
28 Romania (ROU)0112
29 Moldova (MDA)0101
30 Latvia (LAT)0011
31 Bulgaria (BUL)0000
 Faroe Islands (FAR)0000
 Montenegro (MNE)0000
Totals (33 entries)175146152473

Winter Results

2020

150 para athletes competed in four sports: alpine skiing, snowboard, biathlon, and cross-country skiing.[39]

2022

Biathlon, Alpine Ski, Cross-country skiing, Snowboard

Ranking

Summer

Winter

See also

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