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| First event | 2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic |
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| Occur every | Usually 2 years |
| Last event | 2022 European Para Youth Games Lahti, Finland |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for young athletes with physical disabilities from nations on the European continent |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
| Website | https://www.europaralympic.org/games-events |
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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).
Editions
| Number | Year | Host | Sports | Athletes | Countries | Champion |
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| 1 | 2011 |  Brno, Czech Republic
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5 | 260 | 13 | Czech Republic
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| 2 | 2012 | Brno, Czech Republic
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11 | 347 | 14 | Czech Republic
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| 3 | 2015 |  Varaždin, Croatia
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4 | 223 | 22 |  Spain
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| 4 | 2017 |  Liguria, Italy
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8 | 600 | 26 |  Germany
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| 5 | 2019 |  Lahti, Finland
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8 | 600+ | 27 | Italy
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| 6 | 2022 | Lahti, Finland
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8 | 415 | 28 | Spain
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| 7 | 2025 |  Istanbul, Turkey
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2019
Italy topped the medal table with 14 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals closely followed by France with 12 and Germany with 11.
2022
The 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.
2025
In August 2023, seven countries were interested in hosting the 7th edition in 2025. In February 2024, Portugal and Turkey submitted bids for the games. Istanbul was awarded hosting rights in July 2024.
See also
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.
- "2015 EUROPEAN PARA YOUTH GAMES, VARAŽDIN, 16-19.07.2015, MEDAL RANKING" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "2017 European Para Youth Games Final Report" (PDF). Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "EPYG 2019 DECLARED THE "BEST GAMES EVER" BY EPC PRESIDENT RATKO KOVACIC". Europaralympic.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "Medal Count – European Para Youth Games". Epyg2022.fi. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- "Istanbul, Türkiye, to host 2025 European Para Youth Games". 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- https://epyg2022.fi/epyg2019/
- "European Para Youth Games line-up revealed".
- "European Para Youth Games continues to grow | EUSA".
- "Seven nations interested in staging 2025 European Para Youth Games, says Blondel". 19 August 2023.
- "Portugal and Türkiye in the running to host European Para Youth Games". 23 February 2024.
- "Istanbul, Türkiye, to host 2025 European Para Youth Games". 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
