European Team Championships

The European Team Championships is an athletics competition, between different countries of Europe, over 4 leagues. It is the successor of the former Europa Cup.

History

The main idea of the cup, developed by Bruno Zauli, president of the European Committee of the International Association of Athletics Federations, was to create a competition for all European athletics federations, in which they would face each other in track and field events. Although Zauli died just a few months before the launch of the first event, the competition has gone from strength to strength.

In 2008, it was decided to change the competition and for it to take a new format with four leagues, which consist of 20 events for men and 20 for women. The Super League and the First League have 12 teams each, while the Second League and the Third League 8 and 14 respectively. Team scores will be calculated by combination of men and women's points, rather than the previous individual male and female scores. Each year, three teams are relegated from the Super League and are replaced by three teams promoted from the First League. Two teams are relegated/promoted among First, Second and Third League teams.

Editions

Year	Host city of the Super League	Host country of the Super League	Winners
			Super League	First League	Second League	Third League
2009	Leiria	Portugal	Germany	Belarus	Lithuania	Israel
2010	Bergen	Norway	Russia	Czech Republic	Switzerland	Denmark
2011	Stockholm	Sweden	Russia	Turkey	Estonia	Israel
2013	Gateshead	Great Britain	Russia	Czech Republic	Slovenia	Slovakia
2014	Braunschweig	Germany	Germany	Belarus	Switzerland	Cyprus
2015	Cheboksary	Russia	Russia	Czech Republic	Denmark	Slovakia

Host cities

Year	Super League	First League	Second League	Third League
2009	Leiria	Bergen	Banská Bystrica	Sarajevo
2010	Bergen	Budapest	Belgrade	Marsa
2011	Stockholm	İzmir	Novi Sad	Reykjavík
2013	Gateshead	Dublin	Kaunas	Banská Bystrica
2014	Braunschweig	Tallinn	Riga	Tblisi
2015	Cheboksary	Heraklion	Stara Zagora	Baku
2017*	Lille	, , , or	, , , or	Tbilisi
2018*	, , or

2017 and 2018 are unofficial speculation, not official EA host announcing, which is at May 2016.

Team summary

Teams that have participated in Super League only.

Country	2009	2010	2011	2013	2014[1]	2015
Belarus		8	9	10		9
Czech Republic	10		10		10
Finland		12				11
France	4	4	5	4	4	3
Germany	1	3	2	2	1	2
Great Britain	3	2	4	3	5	5
Greece	9	10		11
Italy	6	7	8	7	7	6
Netherlands					11
Norway		11		12		12
Poland	5	6	6	5	3	4
Portugal	11		11
Russia	2	1	1	1	2	1
Spain	8	9	7	8	8	8
Sweden	12		12		9	10
Turkey				9	12
Ukraine	7	5	3	6	6	7

Championship records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	9.95 (+1.0 m/s) NR	Christophe Lemaitre	France	18 June 2011	2011 Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	[2]
200 m	20.28 (-2.8 m/s)	Christophe Lemaitre	France	19 June 2011	2011 Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	[3]
400 m	44.99	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	19 June 2010	2010 First League	Budapest, Hungary
800 m	1:45.11	Giordano Benedetti	Italia	21 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[4]
1500 m	3:37.74	Jakub Holusa	Czech Republic	20 June 2014	2014 Super League	Braunschweig, Germany	[5]
3000 m	7:50.99	Richard Ringer	Germany	22 June 2014	2014 Super League	Braunschweig, Germany	[6]
5000 m	13:39.25	Jesús España	Spain	18 June 2011	2011 Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	[7]
110 m hurdles	13.20 (+1.1 m/s)	Sergey Shubenkov	Russia	22 June 2014	2014 Super League	Braunschweig, Germany	[8]
400 m hurdles	48.67	Denis Kudryavtsev	Russia	20 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[9]
3000 m steeplechase	8:25.50	Yoann Kowal	France	22 June 2014	2014 Super League	Braunschweig, Germany	[10]
High jump	2.35 m	Dmytro Demyanyuk	Ukraine	18 June 2011	2011 Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	[11]
Pole vault	6.01 m	Renaud Lavillenie	France	21 June 2009	2009 Super League	Leiria, Portugal
Long jump	8.36 (+1.9 m/s)	Aleksandr Menkov	Russia	22 June 2013	2013 Super League	Gateshead, Great Britain	[12]
Triple jump	17.59 m (+0.6 m/s)	Nelson Évora	Portugal	21 June 2009	2009 Super League	Leiria, Portugal
Shot put	21.63 m	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	19 June 2010	2010 Second League	Belgrade, Serbia
Discus throw	68.76	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	19 June 2010	2010 First League	Budapest, Hungary
Hammer throw	81.64 m	Pawel Fajdek	Poland	20 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[13]
Javelin throw	86.78	Tero Pitkämäki	Finland	21 June 2009	2009 First League	Bergen, Norway
4×100 m relay	38.21	Richard Kilty Danny Talbot James Ellington Andrew Robertson	Great Britain	20 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[14]
4×400 m relay	3:00.47	Mame-Ibra Anne Teddy Venel Mamoudou Hanne Thomas Jordier	France	21 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[15]

Key:
^WR World record	^ER European record	^NR National record

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref	Video
100 m	11.11 (+1.4 m/s)	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	20 June 2015	2015 2nd League	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	[16]
200 m	22.71 (+1.8 m/s)	Yelizaveta Bryzghina	Ukraine	20 June 2010	2010 Super League	Bergen, Norway
400 m	50.50	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	22 June 2013	2013 Super League	Gateshead, Great Britain	[17]
800 m	1:58.62	Yuliya Krevsun	Ukraine	20 June 2009	2009 Super League	Leiria, Portugal
1500 m	4:05.32	Anna Mishchenko	Ukraine	20 June 2010	2010 Super League	Bergen, Norway
3000 m	8:45.24	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	20 June 2014	2014 Super League	, Braunschweig, Germany	[18]
5000 m	15:09.31	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	20 June 2010	2010 First League	Budapest, Hungary
100 m hurdles	12.66 (-0.3 m/s)	Cindy Billaud	France	22 June 2014	2014 Super League	Braunschweig, Germany	[19]
400 m hurdles	53.70	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	18 June 2011	2011 Second League	Novi Sad, Serbia
3000 m steeplechase	9:23.00	Yuliya Zarudneva	Russia	19 June 2010	2010 Super League	Bergen, Norway
High jump	2.04 m	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	21 June 2009	2009 Second League	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Pole vault	4.75 m	Anna Rogowska	Poland	18 June 2011	2011 Super League	Stockholm, Sweden	[20]
		Silke Spiegelburg	Germany
				20 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[21]
Long jump	6.95 m	Darya Klishina	Russia	21 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[22]
Triple jump	14.87 m (+1.7 m/s)	Yekaterina Koneva	Russia	20 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[23]
Shot put	19.82 m	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	21 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[24]
Discus throw	65.83 m	Zinaida Sendriūtė	Lithuania	21 June 2014	2014 First League	Tallinn, Estonia	[25]
Hammer throw	78.28	Anita Wlodarczyk	Poland	21 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[26]
Javelin throw	68.59	Christina Obergföll	Germany	20 June 2009	2009 Super League	Leiria, Portugal
4x100 m relay	42.50	Nataliya Strohova Nataliya Pohrebnyak Victoriya Kashcheyeva Hrystyna Stuy	Ukraine	20 June 2015	2015 Super League	Cheboksary, Russia	[27]
4x400 m relay	3:23.76	Kseniya Zadorina Natalya Ivanova Natalya Antyukh Kseniya Ustalova	Russia	20 June 2010	2010 Super League	Bergen, Norway

Key:
^WR World record	^ER European record	^NR National record

References

1. http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/eurathresults.php?CID=12852330
2. "100 Metres Results" (PDF). EAA. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
3. "200 Metres Results" (PDF). EAA. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
4. "800m Results" (PDF). EAA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
5. "1500 Metres Results" (PDF). EAA. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
6. Michelle Sammet (22 June 2014). "Roaring success for Germans at European Team Championships in Brunswick". IAAF. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
7. "5000 Metres Results" (PDF). EAA. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
8. Michelle Sammet (22 June 2014). "Roaring success for Germans at European Team Championships in Brunswick". IAAF. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
9. "400m Hurdles Results" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
10. Michelle Sammet (22 June 2014). "Roaring success for Germans at European Team Championships in Brunswick". IAAF. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
11. "High Jump Results" (PDF). EAA. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
12. "Long Jump Results" (PDF). EAA. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
13. "Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
14. "Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
15. "4×400m Relay Results" (PDF). EAA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
16. "Lalova the star but Denmark are top". EAA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
17. "400 Metres Results" (PDF). EAA. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
18. Michelle Sammet (21 June 2014). "Germany hold narrow lead after day one of the European Team Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
19. Michelle Sammet (22 June 2014). "Roaring success for Germans at European Team Championships in Brunswick". IAAF. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
20. "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). EAA. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
21. "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
22. "Long Jump Results" (PDF). EAA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
23. "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
24. "Shot Put Results" (PDF). EAA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
25. "Sendriuté sets new record while Pars makes it a high five". EAA. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
26. "Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). EAA. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
27. "4×100m Relay Results" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Team Championships Regulations