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The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The
inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
,
Germany
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and
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
,
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
,
United Kingdom
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between 2 and 12 August. The second edition in 2022 took place in
Munich, Germany
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. The various Europe-wide championships in the same disciplines that are held outside this quadrennial framework (annually in the cases of cycling, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon; biennially in the cases of athletics and aquatics) are unaffected by this event.
Overview
European Championships Management
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
, co-founded by Paul Bristow and Marc Joerg, developed the event concept, and manages and implements the European Championships on behalf of the participating Federations.
The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, while Glasgow hosted the Aquatics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing and Triathlon along with a new European Golf Team Championships.
The championships were being staged under one new brand with the 'Mark of a Champion', a star-like logo.
The
European Broadcasting Union is a key partner in the event, broadcasting across Europe's free to air channels via its
Eurovision Network
Eurovision is a pan-European television telecommunications network owned and operated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was founded 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland, and its first official transmission took place on 6 June 1954.
Major tel ...
, with an estimated audience of 1.03 billion. It is also being broadcast across radio and multiple digital platforms.
This competition is not related to the
European Games
The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees ...
organised by the
European Olympic Committees
The European Olympic Committees is an organisation based in Rome, Italy, consisting of 50 National Olympic Committees from the continent of Europe.EOC members include transcontinental countries Turkey and the Russian Federation, as well as Israel, ...
.
First edition (2018)
The European governing bodies for athletics, aquatics, cycling, golf, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon, co-ordinated their individual continental championships as part of the
first edition between 2 and 12 August 2018, hosted by the cities of
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
(already chosen as the host for the
2018 European Athletics Championships
The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom.
For the second Championships in ...
) and
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
(already chosen as the host for the
2018 European Aquatics Championships, and which now also hosted the events of the other sports).
The initial participating continental governing bodies, and championships, are:
*
European Athletics organising the
2018 European Athletics Championships
The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom.
For the second Championships in ...
in Berlin, Germany
*
Ligue Européenne de Natation
Len or LEN may refer to:
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* Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Lén, a character from Irish mythology
* Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player
* Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ
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organising the
2018 European Aquatics Championships,
*
Union Européenne de Cyclisme organising the 2018 European Cycling Championships, bringing together the individual Track, Road, Mountain Biking and BMX championships of the continent,
*
FISA organising the
2018 European Rowing Championships,
*
European Triathlon Union
World Triathlon, previously known as the International Triathlon Union (ITU), is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations. World Triathlon hosts the top ...
organising the
European Triathlon Championships, and
*
European Union of Gymnastics
European Gymnastics is one of five continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the International Gymnastics Federation (french: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or ''FIG''). It was formed on 27 March 1982 as the Europe ...
organising the
2018 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, all in Glasgow, Scotland
*
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
and
Ladies European Tour organising the
inaugural European Golf Team Championships, in
Gleneagles, Scotland.
The
European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the umbrella body for the continent’s free-to-air channels, was the broadcast partner for the combined championships, which were expected to generate more than 2700 hours of programming. Athletics alone, expects a 20% rise in television viewing figures compared to a traditional single-sport
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for men ...
.
All of Europe’s major free-to-air broadcasters will televise the European Championships in 2018. The European Broadcasting Union, which holds the broadcast rights on all platforms, has confirmed coverage across the top five markets,
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in the United Kingdom,
ARD/
ZDF in Germany,
France Televisions
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in France,
RAI
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in Italy and
TVE in Spain. Other EBU members already signed up include
VRT (Belgium),
HRT (Croatia),
DR (Denmark),
YLE
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(Finland),
RTÉ (Ireland),
NOS (Netherlands),
NRK
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(Norway),
TVP (Poland),
SRG SSR (Switzerland) and
SVT/
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*TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network
**TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station
*South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st ...
(Sweden). The level of coverage is also enhanced by a deal with
Eurosport
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. In total, over 40 EBU members have signed agreements as of April 2018. Discussions are ongoing with broadcasters in the remaining territories in Europe, plus other global territories like China, Japan and USA.
Glasgow 2018 has five Official Partners (People Make Glasgow,
Scottish Government,
Strathmore Water,
Spar
SPAR, originally DESPAR, styled as DE SPAR, is a Dutch multinational that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1932, by Adriaan van Well, ...
&
Eurovision) and Berlin 2018 has six Official Partners (
Spar
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, Le Gruyère,
Nike
Nike often refers to:
* Nike (mythology), a Greek goddess who personifies victory
* Nike, Inc., a major American producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment
Nike may also refer to:
People
* Nike (name), a surname and feminine give ...
,
Toyo Tires
, commonly known as Toyo Tires, is a tire and rubber products company based in Itami, Japan.
History
The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the United States as ''Toyo Tire USA Corporation''. In 1999, ''Nitto Tire North ...
,
Generali &
Eurovision) with another tier of Official Supporters across the two host cities. Overall over 56 companies have been signed up to support the inaugural event.
To be staged between 2 and 12 August 2018, around 1,500 athletes will compete at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, whilst at the same time more than 3,000 will take part in the other championships in Glasgow. Each European Championship will be organised by their respective federation and host city.
On 1 August 2018, at the Opening Party in Glasgow, a new European Championship Trophy was unveiled, to be awarded to the nation achieving the most gold medals across all seven sports during the Championships. It was presented by
Katherine Grainger
Dame Katherine Jane Grainger (born 12 November 1975) is a British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. She served as Chancell ...
,
Emma Fredh
Emma Fredh (born 14 April 1990 in Borås) is a Swedish rower. She won the silver medal in the lightweight women's single sculls at the 2016 World Rowing Championships
The 2016 World Rowing Championships was the 46th edition and hel ...
and
Angelina Melnikova
Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the jo ...
on behalf of the seven European federations involved in the event.
Second edition (2022)
The second edition of the European Championships takes place in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, Germany, in the summer of 2022.
Bidding for 2022
The first step in the bidding process for 2022 was the distribution of the official Bid Information Document to interested parties, with a preliminary questionnaire to be submitted. The participating European Sports Federations were expected to announce the 2022 hosts after the first edition in August 2018.
Possible bids included (as host dates had to be 11–21 August to avoid conflicting with the
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
in
Birmingham, England
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 We ...
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Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
in
Greece
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- Subject to a joint bid with the local city
Elefsina
Elefsina ( el, Ελευσίνα ''Elefsina''), or Eleusis (; Ancient Greek: ''Eleusis'') is a suburban city and municipality in the West Attica regional unit of Greece. It is situated about northwest from the centre of Athens and is part of i ...
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Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
Antwerp,
Hazewinkel in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, and
Eindhoven in
The Netherlands
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Luxembourg
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to form a "Benelux" bid
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Germany
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(Athletics in London, United Kingdom)
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London
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,
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
(to avoid two short-gap European athletics championships in Germany if other sports were hosted there)
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Katowice,
Poznan and
Pruszków,
Poland
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Rome
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Italy
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(rowing and track cycling in Lombardy region)
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
, Germany (Athletics in London, United Kingdom)
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Berlin
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, Germany (Athletics in London, United Kingdom)
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Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, Germany
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Gothenburg and
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
,
Sweden (track cycling and rowing in Copenhagen, Denmark)
In November 2019
Munichwas announced as the 2022 host.
Participants
The participating continental governing bodies, and championships, in the 2022 edition of the event, all in Munich, are:
*
European Athletics organising the
2022 European Athletics Championships,
*
UEC organising the 2022 European Cycling Championships, bringing together the individual Track, Road, Mountain Biking and BMX championships of the continent,
*
FISA organising the
2022 European Rowing Championships,
*
ETU organising the 2022
European Triathlon Championships, and
*
UEG organising the
2022 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Scotland
*
CEV organising the 2022
European Beach Volleyball Championship, ◎
*
ICF organising the 2022
European Canoe Sprint Championships, incorporating the 2022 European Paracanoe Sprint Championships, the first para events to be included in the Championships,◎
*
IFSC organising the 2022
IFSC Climbing European Championships ◎, and
*
ETTU, organising the 2022
European Table Tennis Championships. ◎
◎ : inaugural appearance of the sport at the European Championships.
the
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
golf organisation, which discontinued the European Team Golf Championships, and LEN/European Aquatics League, which are holding their
2022 European Aquatics Championships
The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 ...
simultaneously but separately in Rome, do not return from 2018.
History
European Athletics,
Ligue Européenne de Natation
Len or LEN may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Lén, a character from Irish mythology
* Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player
* Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ
*Le ...
,
Union Européenne de Cyclisme,
FISA and the
European Triathlon Union
World Triathlon, previously known as the International Triathlon Union (ITU), is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations. World Triathlon hosts the top ...
agreed in 2015 to organise their individual championships as part of the European Championships. The individual federations and the host cities will organise the individual championships with a co-ordinated timetable and a unifying common brand. The championships that will be included are the
European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for men ...
, the
European Aquatics Championships, the
European Road Championships
The European Road Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in road cycling and have been regulated by the European Cycling Union since 1995. The championships are for under-23, ...
, the
European Track Championships
The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...
, the
European Rowing Championships
The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a Europea ...
, and the
European Triathlon Championships as well as the
European Gymnastics Championships and the new
European Golf Team Championships
European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to:
In general
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** Ethnic groups in Europe
** Demographics of Europe
** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...
. Both gymnastics and golf formally joined the new event on 23 October 2015.
In the lead up to the announcement of the programme for the second edition of the combined European Championships, both the
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
and
LEN announced that their respective sports would not be part of the event; the European Team Golf Championship was suspended after one edition, while the
2022 European Aquatics Championships
The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 ...
was moved to Rome, Italy. On June 18, 2020, Munich 2022 announced the final sports programme of nine sports: Athletics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing, Triathlon returned, while the four new sports of Beach Volleyball, Canoe Sprint, Sports Climbing and Table Tennis were added.
The European Aquatics Championships will, however, be held over the same dates as the combined championships.
Host cities
European Championships Trophy
The European Championships Trophy, one of the unifying elements of the multi-sport event, is awarded to the nation that finishes top of the overall medal table featuring all participating sports.
Medal table
Medal Table after 2022 European Championship
;Notes
Not included in the official medal table.
See also
*
European Championship
References
External links
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