60 days from today, around 1,500 of the best young athletes from all 50 European National Olympic Committees (ENOCs), together with 1,200 volunteers will gather in Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the start of the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival.

It is the first sports event to take place in the new year, which will see athletes aged 14-18 competing in 8 sports: alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, short track speed skating, snowboarding and curling.

The Opening Ceremony will be held on 10 February at Koševo Stadium in Sarajevo, with the Closing Ceremony to be organised at the Slavija Stadium in East Sarajevo on 15 February.

Media will be housed at the Hotel Terme, located about 5 minutes from the Athletes’ Village. Media accreditation will close on 31 December, to register please visit 2019 EYOF Sarajevo & East Sarajevo website.

This is not the first time that the Bosnian capital hosts a big multisport event, since in 1984 the XIV Winter Olympic Games took place in Sarajevo, which was at the time part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

This is the 14th Winter edition of the only major multisport event created directly for the best young athletes in Europe. After a first taste of major multisport competition at the EYOF, many athletes have gone on to compete in the European Games and Olympic Games.