The 2015 European Games (Azerbaijani: 2015 Avropa Oyunları) will be the inaugural edition of the European Games, a multi-sport event for European athletes. It will be held inBaku, Azerbaijan in 2015.

On December 8, 2012, at the 41st General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee in Rome, it has been decided to hold the first ever European Games. The Assembly was attended by 49 National Olympic Committees. Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, has been awarded the rights to host the inaugural European Games in 2015.

The decision was made as a result of the secret balloting, where of 48 votes, 38 came in favor. Eight votes came against, and two more abstained from voting. The representatives of Armenia refused to take part in the voting.The organizing committee for the European Games 2015 will be established in the first half of 2013. Gabil Mehdiyev, head of the press service of the Ministry of Youth & Sports of Azerbaijan, says that originally it is planned to hold high-level talks between the Government of Azerbaijan and the European Olympic Committee.