European Para Youth Games
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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 | 2025 European Para Youth Games Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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).[1][2][3][4]
Editions
Summer
| # | Year | Host | Sports | Athletes | Countries | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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4 | 347 | 14 | Czech Republic
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| 3 | 2015 |  Varaždin, Croatia
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4 | 223 | 22 |  Spain[8]
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| 4 | 2017 |  Genoa, Italy
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8 | 600 | 26 |  Germany[9]
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| 5 | 2019 |  Lahti, Finland
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8 | 600+ | 27 | Italy[10]
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| 6 | 2022 | Lahti, Finland
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8 | 415 | 28 | Spain[11]
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| 7 | 2025 |  Istanbul, Turkey[12]
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9 | 1,500 | 33 |
Winter
- Czarna Góra, Poland - 2020
- Nastola, Finland - 2022
Summer Results
2011
Source:[13]
5 Sports: Athletics, Boccia, Swimming, Table Tennis and Wheelchair Tennis.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | 12 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 |  Poland | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Croatia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Italy | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 |  Lithuania | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 |  Slovakia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 |  Latvia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Russia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 |  Estonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Montenegro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 56 | 53 | 42 | 151 | |
2012
347 athletes - 14 countries - athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis.
Results:[14][15][16][17][18][19]
2015
223 athletes - 22 countries - four sports. - athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis.[20]
Source:[21]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 29 | 13 | 19 | 61 |
| 2 | Croatia | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 |  France | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 |  Slovenia | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 8 |  Ireland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Italy | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Serbia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Lithuania | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 |  Romania | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 |  Sweden | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Montenegro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 20 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (20 entries) | 82 | 82 | 65 | 229 | |
2017
600 athletes - 26 countries - 8 sports: athletics, boccia, football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, sailing, swimming and table tennis.[24]
Source:[25]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 37 | 27 | 12 | 76 |
| 2 | Italy | 29 | 30 | 15 | 74 |
| 3 | Finland | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | France | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Romania | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Portugal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Estonia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 |  Israel | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 |
| 14 | Turkey | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Montenegro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 |  Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 |  Denmark | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 23 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 129 | 112 | 94 | 335 | |
2019
The 5th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between in 2019 in 8 sports.[26][27][28]
8 Sports: Athletics, Boccia, Goalball, Judo, Showdown, Swimming, WB Basketball and Table Tennis.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 19 | 14 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 | Italy | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | France | 14 | 12 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Finland | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Portugal | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | Croatia | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Sweden | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Russia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 17 | Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 89 | 84 | 80 | 253 | |
2022
The 6th edition took place in Lathi, Finland between 27 June and 4 July 2022.[33][34][35]
8 sports: athletics, swimming, table tennis, boccia, goalball, judo, wheelchair basketball and showdown.
29 nations - 415 athletes - more than 300 team staff participating - 8 sports - 7 days competitions.
Source:[36]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 23 | 20 | 10 | 53 |
| 2 | France | 17 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
| 3 | Italy | 13 | 14 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Croatia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Germany | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Portugal | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Poland | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Norway | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Belgium | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Finland | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Estonia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Greece | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 |  Iceland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 27 | Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | 113 | 101 | 90 | 304 | |
2025
The 7th edition took place between 24 and 27 July 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey.[37]
Source:[38]
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey (TUR) | 22 | 33 | 22 | 77 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 21 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 20 | 16 | 20 | 56 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 20 | 16 | 19 | 55 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 13 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 13 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Greece (GRE) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | Portugal (POR) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Ireland (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 17 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 |  Georgia (GEO) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 23 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | Slovenia (SVN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Faroe Islands (FAR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (33 entries) | 175 | 146 | 152 | 473 | |
Winter Results
2020
150 para athletes competed in four sports: alpine skiing, snowboard, biathlon, and cross-country skiing.[39]
2022
Biathlon, Alpine Ski, Cross-country skiing, Snowboard
Ranking
Summer
Winter
See also
References
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External links
- European Paralympic Committee - Events
- 2022 European Para Youth Games
- 2025 European Para Youth Games
- https://www.europaralympic.org/europeattheparalympics
- https://apso.sport/news/289/inaugural-2026-world-abilitysport-guttmann-games-heading-finland
- https://worldabilitysport.org/news/positive-site-visits-completed-in-finland-and-turkiye/
