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| Host city | Lahti, Finland |
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| Nations | 28 |
| Athletes | 415 |
| Events | 8 sports |
| Opening | 27 June 2022 |
| Closing | 4 July 2022 |
| Main venue | Pajulahti Olympic and Paralympic Training Center |
| ← Lahti 2019TBA 2025 → | |
The 2022 European Para Youth Games were the 6th edition of the European Para Youth Games (EPYG), a multi-sport event for young para-athletes aged between 13 and 23 from the member countries of the European Paralympic Committee (EPC). They were held between 27 June and 4 July 2022 in Lahti, Finland. 415 athletes from 28 countries took part. This was the second time Lahti had hosted the event, having also hosted the previous edition in 2019.
Sports
The following competitions took place:
| 2022 European Para Youth Games sports programme |
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Medals table
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 19 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 14 | 12 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 |  Finland (FIN) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 |  Portugal (POR) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 |  Belgium (BEL) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 |  Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 |  Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 |  Romania (ROU) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 |  Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 17 |  Montenegro (MNE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 89 | 84 | 80 | 253 | |
References
- "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed". Paralympic.org.
- "2015 European Para Youth Games in Croatia (EPYG 2015)". Oepc.at. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
- "Three IBSA sports on 2019 European Youth Games programme - News - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
- "European Para Youth Games - Calendar - IBSA". Ibsasport.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19.
- "Portugal and Türkiye in the running to host European Para Youth Games". 23 February 2024.
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External links
- 2022 European Para Youth Games
- 2022 European Para Youth Games on Twitter
- 2022 European Para Youth Games media
- Pajulahti Olympic and Paralympic Training Center