Playing for the Future: Expo 2027 Belgrade Supports the Sports and Youth Fair in Novi Sad

EXPO 2027 d.o.o. Belgrade has supported this year’s Sports and Youth Fair in Novi Sad, which brought together numerous sports clubs, youth organisations, sports and youth federations, and associations to encourage more young people to engage in sports.

Visitors to the Sports and Youth Fair, held at the Novi Sad Fair, had the opportunity to explore the model of Expo 2027, vote for the names of the official mascots, and experience the spirit of the first International Exhibition to be hosted in the Western Balkans. In 2027, under the “Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All” Theme, Serbia will welcome the entire world.

Congratulating the organisers on the successful staging of the Fair, Danilo Jerinić, CEO of EXPO 2027 d.o.o. Belgrade emphasised that Novi Sad can serve as an inspiration to many, and that promoting its potential will be of great significance when the eyes of the world turn to Serbia.

“While Novi Sad, as the 2026 European City of Sport, is playing for the future through the Sports and Youth Fair today, Serbia will, in less than a year and a half, through 8,000 diverse events and with more than four million visitors from over 120 countries, be playing for humanity as a whole. I am confident that, just as in Novi Sad today, from 15 May 2027 onwards we will showcase to the world our finest qualities and set new standards in the organisation of International Exhibitions,” he added.

This celebration of sports, with decades of tradition, has been held under the patronage of the City of Novi Sad since 2017, and for the past three years also with the support of the Provincial Secretariat for Sport and Youth. Two years ago, when the Association of “Novi Sad Youth Forum” joined the organisation of the event, the Sports Fair officially became the Sports and Youth Fair.