I am Friuli Venezia Giulia. We are waiting for you in 2023!

Welcome to EYOF2023

EYOF – EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL, is the most valuable multi-sport event for young European athletes, who can challenge themselves every 2 years in both summer and winter editions.  The EYOF belongs to the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and is held under the patronage of the IOC…

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Event Program

The XVI Winter European Olympic Youth Festival will take place from the 21st to the 28Th January 2023: 8 days of competitions for the best European young athletes that will compete in the territory of Friuli Venezia Giulia and also in the neighbour countries of Austria (Spittal) and Slovenia (Planica).

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ONE REGION,
ONE FESTIVAL! Strongly rooted in local values
of excellence and hospitality. More info

Partners & Sponsor

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
Henry Ford

We strongly believe in the development of long term, strategic relationships as key to a successful organization of the event as well as to achieve best practice and sustainable competitive advantage. Our Friuli Venezia Giulia Team is broadened to include Institutions and private partners who share our same goals and values.

Welcome messages from authorities

Governor of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia – Massimiliano Fedriga

I am proud to present to you EYOF 2023, the EUROPEAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL. Friuli Venezia Giulia has always been involved in great projects aimed at promoting our region, economic development and the well-being of its citizens. One of them is the winter edition of Eyof 2023, the European Youth Olympic Festival. Officially assigned to […]

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Welcome message from the Executive chairman EYOF committee FVG 2023 – Maurizio Dunnhofer

I am pleased to welcome you to Friuli Venezia Giulia, a small region, yet rich in breathtaking landscapes, as well as ecological, cultural, and gastronomic attractions. The area that is about to host you, has been strongly committed to sport, solidarity, young people, schools, research and universities since its foundation. I am confident that during […]

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Welcome message from the President of CONI Friuli Venezia Giulia and Vice president EYOF committee FVG 2023 – Giorgio Brandolin

The entire sports movement of Friuli Venezia Giulia is enthusiastically looking forward to the winter edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2023 which will be organized and hosted in January in our beautiful region. After the success of the summer edition of the festival in Lignano in 2005, which was also confirmed by the […]

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All News

EYOF 2023 presented in Trieste to USSI and AIPS. A European Festival, which sees young people as protagonists not only in sports

TRIESTE, 7 September 2021. The promotional tour for EYOF 2023 stopped in Trieste on the occasion of the meeting of the National Council of USSI, the Italian Sports Press Union From the 21st to the 28th of January 2023, Friuli Venezia Giulia will host the winter edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival, where 50 […]

The president of Friuli Venezia Giulia unveiled the official logo of Eyof 2023

Fedriga confirms the European role of the region “An important international event that will involve thousands of young people and that will also confirm and consolidate the key role that Friuli Venezia Giulia has for this area of Central Europe “. This was said by Governor Massimiliano Fedriga in Trieste at the unveiling of the […]

Olympic GA today in Athens

The milestone 50th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) kicked off yesterday in Athens. On this Day 2 of the GA, upcoming editions of the European Youth Olympic Festivals (EYOFs) with Friuli Venezia Giulia executives Maurizio Dunnhofer and Giorgio Kaidisch on stage to present FVG EYOF 2023. Find out more here.

Volunteers

A project, fruit of ideas and competences MADE in Friuli Venezia Giulia, promoted and led by the Organising Committee with the involvement of the Regional Departments, the regional CONI and the Universities.

Based on the philosophy of exchange and growth, the important mission of EYOF 2023 is to bring together young people from all over Europe through a recruitment campaign that will create a team of volunteers (not technicians) active on the competition fields.

This is a unique job experience that allows young people to become part of the team of a great Olympic project and that is of great benefit in terms of training professional skills.