after their renovation. The Opening and closing ceremonies, as well as competitions in track and field, will be held at the Dinamo Stadium (Minsk, Kirov, 8). Athletes, team officials and other team personnel will stay on the grounds of Minsk University, which has the capacity to host up to 7,500 people. The students have been evicted for the duration of the Games and given alternative accommodation. Part of the village facilities has already been put into operation, part of it will be completed by April 2019. Each apartment has two bedrooms and can hold up to 4 people. The village also has a canteen, gym, merchandise store and cultural centre. Participating countries Fifty European Olympic Committees member countries competed at the games. Numbers in brackets denote the number of athletes being sent to the Games. (host) Games A total of 15 sports were presented: archery, athletics, badminton, basketball 3-on-3, beach football, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, gymnastics, judo, karate, sambo, shooting, table tennis and wrestling. A number of disciplines were dropped after the 2015 European Games: all aquatics (diving, swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo), BMX racing, mountain biking, fencing, taekwondo, triathlon and all volleyball (beach volleyball and indoor volleyball). Ten of the sports offered qualification opportunities for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Archery (8) Athletics (10) Badminton (5) Basketball (3x3) (2) Beach soccer (1) Boxing (15) Canoe sprint (16) Cycling Road cycling (4) Track cycling (20) Gymnastics Acrobatic (6) Aerobic (2) Artistic (12) Trampoline (4) Rhythmic (8) Judo (15) Karate (12) Sambo (18) Shooting (19) Table tennis (5) wrestling (18) Freestyle Greco-Roman Women Calendar The competition schedule consists of 200 events. The agenda as the competition schedule may change. Archery At the 2019 European Games in Minsk, eight events of archery will be contested. Archers will shoot at the Olympic Sports Complex over seven days of competition. The 2019 Games will be the first to include compound archery. Athletics Athletics competitions will held be from 23 to 28 June at the Dinamo Stadium with a seating capacity of 22,000. Athletes will compete over six days in men's, women's and mixed track and fields events. Badminton Badminton competition will take place at the Falcon Club with a seating capacity of 2,000 from 24 to 30 June. The competition will be held over a seven-day period and include five medal events in men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles