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2026 European Athletics Championships
The 27th European Athletics Championships will be held from 3 to 9 August 2026 at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The dates are to be confirmed. This is the first time that a British city will have staged the European Athletics Championships although Birmingham has hosted many high-profile events, including the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, the 2003 and 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Alexander Stadium was renovated between 2019 and 2022 and has two permanent stands seating 18,000, with the option of extending to 40,000 for major events. On 11 November 2022, the European Athletic Association (EAA) chose Birmingham at its Council Meeting held in Warsaw, Poland. The British city was selected after the Hungarian capital Budapest pulled out of the bidding. Previously, in June 2022, the EAA had announced that the 2026 European Athletics Championships would be held as a standalone event separate from the multi- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
