The Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European Olympic Committees, was the official opening ceremony held on June 12, 2015 in the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, which was  attended by 68,000 spectators gathered at the Olympic Stadium, as well as hundreds of millions of online viewers.
The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games (Azerbaijani: Bak 2015 Avropa Oyunlar), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European Olympic Committees. The Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Games was the official opening ceremony held in the afternoon at 9:00PM Baku Time (GMT+4) on June 12, 2015 in the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was attended by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, the chairman of the and the Vice President of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva, and the President of the European Olympic Committee Patrick Hickey.The ceremony was attended by 68,000 spectators gathered at the Olympic Stadium, as well as hundreds of millions of online viewers. 
