Six Months To Go To Tokyo 2020

Fifteen sports and 21 disciplines will be contested at Minsk 2019.

Thirteen venues will host events at the second European Games.

The Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the second European Games will take place at the Dinamo Stadium, which will also host the athletics events.

Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislač and the Nyamiha rivers.

Minsk has a population of 1.98 million people.

The Minsk 2019 mascot is Lesik the Fox who represents friendship, development, harmony, discipline, determination, cheerfulness, invincibility and vigour!

Lesik is pretty easy to spot with his red hat, white and green shirt, black shorts, blue shoes and yellow fur. These same colours are used on the Minsk 2019 logo.

One-hundred-and-ninety-nine medal events will be contested at Minsk 2019; 91 men’s events, 89 women’s events and 19 mixed events.

In all, 4,022 competitors will take part over 10 days.

The European Games take place every four years, the first of which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2015.

Eight sports taking place at the European Games will serve as qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Minsk was elected as the venue for the second European Games on October 21, 2016 at the General Assembly of the EOC.

Fifty One European National Olympic Committees will be represented in the Belarusian capital during the Games.

Belarusian athletes won 43 medals at the first European Games - 10 gold, 11 silver, and 22 bronze - and finished seventh on the medal table.

The second European Games will be held at the largest sports facilities in Minsk, such as stadium “Dinamo”, “Minsk-Arena” and “Chizhovka-Arena”.

More than 8,000 volunteers will help prepare and stage Minsk 2019.

Minsk 2019 volunteers are assigned to one of 20 roles ranging from spectator services, hospitality, venue management, medical services, transport and protocol assistants.

Belaruskali is a Premium Partner of Minsk 2019 whilst Yasna-Beltelecom, MTS, Fabrika Reklamy, Belarusbank, UNICEF and LUCH are National Partners.

Faroe Islands will be able to compete for the first time at the second European Games in archery, badminton, judo and table tennis.

The first buyer of a paper ticket was Minsk 2019 mascot Lesik, the baby fox.

The programme of the European Games also includes the European Judo Championships which will gather the best athletes in the Chizhovka Arena.

The second European Games will be held under the motto Bright Year, Bright You.

The logo of the second European Games has been inspired by the slogan “Follow Your Dream”.

A Minsk Guest Card has been designed for tourists coming to the Belarusian capital and provides discounts and bonuses for museums, shopping centres, restaurants, and cafes.

Minsk is characterised by long avenues and neoclassical grandeur.

Read the Live Blogs from Minsk 2019:

Minsk 2019 European Games Medal Table

Country
Russian Federation	44	23	42
Belarus	24	16	29
Ukraine	16	17	18
Italy	13	15	13

View full table

Minsk 2019 European Games Results

Women's 10m air pistol Shooting Shotgun
7 Jul 2019 13:40

			Score
		Dorsa Arabshahi	240.1
		Haniyeh Rostamiyan	238.7
		Kim Min-jung	218.7

View all results

The European Games: Final day of competition

Sunday, 30 June 2019

insidethegames is reporting LIVE from the European Games in Minsk

By Nancy Gillen and Mike Rowbottom in Minsk

Timeline

11 months ago: Sporting action at Minsk 2019 European Games comes to an end
11 months ago: Ukraine's Bachynska achieves gold in women's floor
11 months ago: Verniaiev earns gold for Ukraine in men's parallel bars
11 months ago: Belgium's Derwael triumphs in women's beam
11 months ago: Armenia continues successful day with men's vault gold
11 months ago: All-around champion Melnikova secures uneven bars gold medal
11 months ago: Men's rings gold goes to Italy's Lodadio
11 months ago: Belak edges past all-around champion to win women's vault
11 months ago: Belyavskiy adds pommel horse gold to all-around title
11 months ago: Ukraine's Horuna wins men's kumite under-75g gold to complete karate competition
11 months ago: Hryshchanka earns gold for hosts in men's greco-roman wrestling 130kg
11 months ago: Italy's Maresca earns dramatic win in men's under-67kg kumite final
11 months ago: Aleksanyan add European Games greco-wrestling gold medal to collection
11 months ago: Latvia's Kalnins overpowers Farzaliyev to win men's kumite under-60kg title
11 months ago: Ukraine's Serogina wins women's kumite under-61kg gold
11 months ago: Van Schip wins the final track cycling gold in men's omnium
11 months ago: Goranova glee after winning women's kumite under-55kg gold
11 months ago: Austria's Plank wins first karate gold of the night in women's kumite under-50kg
11 months ago: Russia's Shmeleva wins women's 500m time trial at track cycling
11 months ago: Gold for Gadzhimagomedov in men's boxing 91kg heavyweight
11 months ago: Finland's Soravuo win's artistic gymnastics men's floor
11 months ago: Dutch cylist Lavreysen claims men's keirin gold
11 months ago: Unanimous victory for Ukraine's Khyzhniak in men's boxing 75kg middleweight
11 months ago: Blichfeldt wins badminton women's singles gold to compete Danish double
11 months ago: British pair win women's madison gold
11 months ago: Final session of karate gets underway at Chizhovka Arena
11 months ago: Beleniuk upgrades 2015 greco-roman wrestling silver with gold
11 months ago: Golden reflections from Ellis and Smith after badminton's battle of Britons
11 months ago: Antonsen beats Leverdez to badminton men's singles title
11 months ago: Another Armenian gold as Bachkov wins men's boxing 64kg light welterweight
11 months ago: Home gold in track cycling as Sharakova wins women's individual pursuit
11 months ago: Ireland secures first European Games gold through boxer Walker
11 months ago: Hovhannisyan triumphs in men's boxing 49kg light flyweight
11 months ago: Smith and Ellis beat fellow Brits to badminton mixed doubles gold
11 months ago: Second boxing gold for Britain through Price in women's 75kg middleweight
11 months ago: Cakiroglu awarded gold in women's boxing 51kg flyweight
11 months ago: Harrington withdraws from women's boxing 60kg lightweight final
11 months ago: Last medals of 2019 European Games set to be awarded
11 months ago: Welcome to our Live Blog from the final day of action

Page updated automatically

Live updates

inside the blogs

More blogs

Read The insidethegames.biz Magazine here

inside the photos

AIBA in Amman for Asian Continental Forum

More picture galleries

Fact of the day

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

More facts

Featured Job

The FA - England Women's Senior Head Coach - Burton-On-Trent , United Kingdom

Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation through Winning England Teams. The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grassroots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and our two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park. As England Women's Senior Head Coach you will be expected to build a winning England Women's Senior Team, which respects and lives the philosophy and values of The FA.

More jobs