Looking Back at Olympic Moves 2025

Published Jun 20, 2025

On Friday, June 6, 2025, The School Final of Olympic Moves took place at Sportcentrum Papendal. More than 6,000 students aged 12 to 19 took part in 19 sports. They had qualified through regional finals, in which 36,000 students participated.

A New Format: The Olympic Moves Sports Festival

This year, the heart of Olympic Moves was the new Sports Festival at Papendal, featuring a TeamNL Sport Experience, music, street dance, food trucks and a photo booth. This sports festival offered an opportunity to meet one another, relax and, above all, discover new sports. BMX, climbing on the climbing wall, lacrosse, chess, SIM racing and many more sports took center stage thanks in part to the TeamNL Sport Experience. Various sports federations were present to promote their sports and enthuse the students.

A Wide Variety of Sports

The students competed in nineteen different sports. They were divided into various categories. The sports were: athletics, athletics-cross-country, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, dodgeball, floorball, futsal, handball, hockey, korfball, mini-trampoline, softball, street dance, tennis, ultimate frisbee, soccer, volleyball and swimrun.

Olympic Moves Sports Offering

Olympic Moves is an initiative of NOC*NSF and the Royal Association for Physical Education (KVLO). Its main goal is to ensure that Olympic Moves remains as appealing as possible to students. Do you have ideas for sports that absolutely should not be missing from Olympic Moves? Let us know via [email protected].

Looking Ahead to 2026

Olympic Moves is already looking forward to the next edition! Registration will reopen from mid-September 2025.

A highlights video was made of The School Final 2025. There is also a photo album.

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