European Games 2019

II. European Games

Bright Year, Bright You!
Venue:	Minsk , Belarus
Stadion:	Dinamo stadium
Opening ceremony:	June 21, 2019
Closing ceremony:	June 30, 2019
Competitions:	200 in 15 sports
Countries:	50
← Baku 2015
Krakow 2023 →

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Russia	44	23	42	109
02	Belarus	24	16	29	69
03	Ukraine	16	17th	18th	51
04th	Italy	13	15th	13	41
05	Netherlands	9	13	7th	29
06th	Germany	7th	6th	13	26th
07th	Georgia	6th	10	14th	30th
08th	France	6th	9	13	28
09	Great Britain	6th	9	8th	23
10	Azerbaijan	5	10	13	28
Complete medal table

The II. European Games 2019 were held from June 21 to 30, 2019 in the Belarusian capital Minsk .

venue

In November 2014, EOK President Patrick Hickey was still in negotiations with potential venues. The following cities showed interest in the 2019 European Games:

• Minsk , Belarus 
• Amsterdam / Rotterdam , Netherlands withdrew their application on June 10, 2015 
• Poznan ( Warsaw , Katowice , Krakow , Breslau and Łódź were also discussed), Poland 
• Kazan or Sochi , Russia 
• Istanbul or Mersin , Turkey 
• Glasgow , UK 

In May 2015, the Netherlands was initially chosen as the venue during an extraordinary general assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOK). The Dutch government announced a few days later that they did not want to host the European Games because of the costs. The EOC started negotiations with the other associations that showed interest in hosting the event. After the withdrawal of the Netherlands, Russia was considered the favorite for the event with the joint application of Kazan and Sochi. On October 21, 2016, the EOK selected the Belarusian capital Minsk to host the second European Games.

Participating Nations

All 50 members of the EOK participated. The number of participants is given in brackets.

•  Albania (13)
•  Andorra
•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Belgium
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Bulgaria
•  Denmark
•  Germany (151)
•  Estonia
•  Finland
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Greece
•  Great Britain
•  Ireland
•  Iceland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Kosovo
•  Croatia
•  Latvia
•  Liechtenstein (1)
•  Lithuania
•  Luxembourg
•  Malta
•  Moldova
•  Monaco
•  Montenegro
•  Netherlands
•  North Macedonia
•  Norway
•  Austria
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania
•  Russia
•  San Marino (5)
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  Serbia
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Czech Republic
•  Hungary
•  Ukraine
•  Belarus
•  Cyprus

List of sports

Aerobics ¹ badminton Track cycling ² Basketball 3x3 Beach soccer Archery Boxing

Apparatus gymnastics ¹ Judo Canoe racing karate athletics Rhythmic gymnastics ¹ Wrestling

Sambo Sports acrobatics ¹ Sport shooting Road cycling ² Table tennis Trampoline gymnastics ¹

¹ = The competitions in aerobics, gymnastics, sports acrobatics, trampoline gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics are summarized under the term gymnastics.
² = The competitions in track and road cycling are summarized under the term cycling.

Compared to the European Games 2015 in Baku , the following sports have been deleted:

beach volleyball BMX fencing Mountain bike

swim Synchronized swimming Taekwondo Triathlon

Water polo Diving volleyball

Time schedule

EF

Opening ceremony

Competition day (no decisions)

Competition day (number of decisions)

SF

Closing ceremony

Time schedule
discipline		Fri. 21.	Sat. 22.	Sun. 23.	Mon. 24.	Tuesday 25	Wed. 26.	Thursday 27.	Fr. 28.	Sat. 29.	Sun. 30.	Decision- disk- applications
		June
Opening / closing ceremony		EF									SF
badminton										2	3	5
3 × 3 basketball					2							2
Beach soccer										1		1
Archery			2	2			2	2				8th
Boxing										7th	8th	15th
Judo			5	4th	5	1						15th
Canoe racing							5	11				16
karate	Kumite									4th	6th	12
	Kata									2		2
athletics				9					1			10
Cycling	Street		1	1		2						4th
	train							4th	5	5	6th	20th
Wrestling							4th	4th	4th	3	3	18th
Sambo			9	9								18th
shoot			2	4th	4th	1	3	3	2			19th
Table tennis						1	2			2		5
Gymnastics	Sports acrobatics		4th	2								6th
	aerobics				1	1						2
	Apparatus gymnastics									2	10	12
	Rhythmic sports gymnastics		1	7th								8th
	Trampoline exercise				2	2						4th
decisions		0	24	38	14th	8th	16	24	12	28	36	200
		Fri. 21.	Sat. 22.	Sun. 23.	Mon. 24.	Tuesday 25	Wed. 26.	Thursday 27.	Fr. 28.	Sat. 29.	Sun. 30.	Decision- disk- applications
		June

Web links

Commons : European Games 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• eurolympic.org: European Olympic Committees (English / French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Medaillenspiegel , minsk2019.by, accessed on June 30, 2019.
2. ↑ May Announcement Set for Second European Games Host - On the Scene , Around the Rings. November 20, 2014. Accessed November 23, 2014. 
3. ↑ Bidding Race Heats Up for 2019 European Games , Around the Rings. May 2, 2014. Accessed May 10, 2014. 
4. ↑ Six candidates for 2019 European Games as timetable announced but identities will remain a secret , insidethegames.biz. November 20, 2014. Accessed November 23, 2014. 
5. ↑ Polish Olympic Committee asks cities to consider 2019 European Games bid ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), sportcal.com, July 3, 2014, accessed on July 30, 2014.
6. ↑ The Netherlands withdraw as organizers
7. ↑ European Games 2019: Netherlands withdraw as host , spiegel.de. June 10, 2015. Accessed June 11, 2015. 
8. ↑ Russia still 'preferred host' for 2019 European Games , usatoday.com. January 21, 2016. Accessed February 19, 2016. 
9. ↑ Jens Weinreich: The dictator and the games. In: spiegel.de. October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016 .