The 16th edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) took place from 24 to 30 July in the Slovakian city of Banská Bystrica. Eleven sports were on the program: artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, basketball, cycling, handball, judo, swimming, tennis, triathlon, and volleyball. For Belgium, three judokas took part in this edition of the EYOF.
Victoria Sibille (-48KG/IGW/FFBJ) – 7th place
Round 1: win vs. Martina Sekova (SVK)
Round 2: loss vs. Konul Aliyeva (AZE)
Repechage Round 1: bye
Repechage Round 2: loss vs. Helen Habib (GER)
Lola Fache (-52kg/ Royal Kanido Herseaux/FFBJ)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: win vs. Rea Pusnik (SLO)
Quarter final: loss vs. Laura Gomez Antona (ESP)
Repechage Round 2: loss vs. Seyma Yildirin (TUR)
Ray Marinx (-66kg/JC Koksijde/JV) – 5th place
Round 1: win vs. Jan Moravik (CZE)
Round 2: win vs. Samuel Hager (SVK)
Quarter final: loss vs. Eltaj Yusifli (AZE)
Repechage Round 2: win vs. Ciro De Luca (ITA)
Repechage Round 3: win vs. Krystian Liwocha (GER)
Bronze Medal: loss vs. Tornike Mosiashvili (GEO)
Coaches
Franklin Pereira Reyes (JV)
Nicole Flagothier (FFBJ)