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Host city | Lausanne | ||
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Country | Switzerland | ||
Nations participating | approx. 70 | ||
Athletes participating | approx. 1,100 | ||
Events | 70 | ||
Sports | 15 | ||
Opening ceremony | 10 January | ||
Closing ceremony | 19 January | ||
Main venue | Stade Pierre de Coubertin | ||
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The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (French: Les IIIe Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver, German: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020, Italian: I Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali, Romansch: Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020) will be the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for youths to be celebrated in 2020 in the tradition of the Olympic Games during the XXXII Olympiad.
Bids were due by 28 November 2013, the candidates cites were selected on 5 December 2014 and Lausanne was elected host city on 31 July 2015.