European Para Youth Games

European Para Youth Games
First event	2011 European Para Youth Games Brno, Czech Republic
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

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

Number	Year	Host	Sports	Athletes	Countries	Champion
1	2011	Brno, Czech Republic	5	260	13	Czech Republic
2	2012	Brno, Czech Republic	11	347	14	Czech Republic
3	2015	Varaždin, Croatia	4	223	22	Spain^[5]
4	2017	Liguria, Italy	8	600	26	Germany^[6]
5	2019	Lahti, Finland	8	600+	27	Italy^[7]
6	2022	Lahti, Finland^[8]	8	415	28	Spain^[9]
7	2025	TBA^[10]

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.^[11]^[12]^[13]

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. ^[14] In February 2024, Portugal and Turkey submitted bids for the games.^[15]

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