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The 15th edition of the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival will take place from 21-27 July in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Check out the following facts and figures to get a better idea of what the week has in store as Europe’s best young athletes compete in the continent’s leading multi-sports event for 14- to 18-year-olds!
- 7 days of competition
- 10 sports
- +2,700 athletes
- 48 percent female athletes
- +700 official team members
- 48 European National Olympic Committees represented at Baku 2019
- 3,500 volunteers
- 345 accredited media
- 12 sports venues
- 13 training grounds
- 150,000 tickets available
- +175 doping tests conducted during EYOF
- 135 medal events
- +930 medals to be distributed
- +5,000 schoolchildren taking part in Olympic Culture and Education Programme
- 325 transportation vehicles for use by athletes and officials
- 175,000 working hours to ensure venues are ready
- +200,000 bottles of water to be distributed in Athletes’ Village
- +140,000 meals
- +110 hours of live broadcast on TV and internet (www.eurolympic.org/eoc-channel)
