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.

Minsk 2019 Results

Men's under-100kg Judo
24 Jun 2019 17:32

Arman Adamian

Varlam Liparteliani

Elmar Gasimov

Women's under-78kg Judo
24 Jun 2019 17:17

Klara Apotekar

Guusje Steenhuis

Loriana Kuka

Mixed team trap Shooting Shotgun
24 Jun 2019 15:40

Spain

Italy

Russian Federation

Men's 10m air rifle Shooting Rifle & Pistol
24 Jun 2019 13:12

Sergey Richter

250.8

Sergey Kamenskiy

250.9

Filip Nepejchal

228.9

Women's 10m air rifle Shooting Rifle & Pistol
24 Jun 2019 11:46

Laura-Georgeta Coman

251.3

Nina Christen

250.0

Nikola Mazurova

228.7

Mixed team 50m pistol Shooting Rifle & Pistol
24 Jun 2019 11:28

Russian Federation

94.0

Latvia

81.3

Georgia

87.7

Men's over-100kg Sambo
23 Jun 2019 19:29

Beka Berdzenishvili

Yury Rybak

Artem Osipenko

Vladimir Gajic

Women's under-80kg Sambo
23 Jun 2019 19:24

Mariya Oryashkova

Zhanara Kusanova

Sviatlana Tsimashenka

Halyna Kovalska

Men's under-90kg Sambo
23 Jun 2019 19:22

Sergey Ryabov

Andrei Kazusionak

Paata Ghviniashvili

Dmitri Gerasimenko

Women's under-68kg Sambo
23 Jun 2019 19:18

Lucija Babic

Kateryna Moskalova

Volha Namazava

Marina Mokhnatkina

Women's 100m Athletics
23 Jun 2019 18:22

Maja Mihalinec

11.36

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya

11.36

Rafailia Spanoudaki

11.61

Mixed medley relay Athletics
23 Jun 2019 18:21

Ukraine

4:25.02

Czech Republic

4:30.92

Italy

Men's high jump Athletics
23 Jun 2019 18:20

Maksim Nedasekau

2.27m

Ilya Ivanyuk

2.26

Bohdan Bondarenko

2.42

Men's 110m hurdles Athletics
23 Jun 2019 18:17

Fofanne Hassane

13.60

Vitali Parakhonta

13.68

Konstantinos Douvalidis

13.72

4x400m mixed relay Athletics
23 Jun 2019 18:16

Ukraine

3:17.31

Czech Republic

3:19.05

Portugal

3:19.63

Opening ceremony

21 June 2019

Closing ceremony

30 June 2019

Currency

Belarusian Rouble (BYN)

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