European Athletics Team Championships
International athletics competition
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The European Athletics Team Championships (European Team Championships until 2013) is an international athletics competition organised by European Athletics, between different countries of Europe, over four leagues. It replaced in 2009 the former and similar European Cup (1965–2008). Unlike most international competitions, medals are not awarded to individuals in individual events but to the overall winning team on a points system.
| European Athletics Team Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Frequency | annual / biannual |
| Location | various |
| Inaugurated | 2009 |
| Organised by | European Athletic Association |
| Website | www |
 2025 | |
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.
In 2008, it was decided for the competition to adopt a new format with four leagues, consisting of 20 events for men and 20 for women. The "Super League" and "First League" have 12 teams each, while the Second League and the Third League eight and 14 respectively. Team scores are 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 top level and replaced by three teams promoted from the next level. Two teams are relegated/promoted from first level downwards.
In 2018, the ETC was to be held every odd year, with a super league of eight countries only starting in 2021 and first and second league of 12 countries. In the case of the host country is not qualified, a ninth could compete at the top level.[1]
Editions
| League system | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edition | Year | Host city of the Super League | Winners | |||
| Super League | First League | Second League | Third League | |||
| 1 | 2009 |  Leiria, Portugal |
 Germany |  Belarus |  Lithuania |  Israel |
| 2 | 2010 |  Bergen, Norway |
 Russia |  Czech Republic |  Switzerland |  Denmark |
| 3 | 2011 |  Stockholm, Sweden |
Germany |  Turkey |  Estonia | Israel |
| 4 | 2013 |  Gateshead, United Kingdom |
Germany | Czech Republic |  Slovenia |  Slovakia |
| 5 | 2014 | Braunschweig, Germany |
Germany | Belarus | Switzerland |  Cyprus |
| 6 | 2015 | Cheboksary, Russia |
Russia | Czech Republic | Denmark | Slovakia |
| 7 | 2017 |  Lille, France |
Germany | Sweden |  Hungary |  Luxembourg |
| 8 | 2019 |  Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Poland | Portugal | Estonia |  Iceland |
| 9 | 2021 | Chorzów, Poland |
Poland | Czech Republic | Hungary |  Serbia |
| Divisional system | ||||||
| Edition | Year | Host city of the First Division | Winners | |||
| First Division | Second Division | Third Division | ||||
| 10 | 2023 | Chorzów, Poland |
 Italy | Hungary |  Ireland | |
| 11 | 2025 |  Madrid, Spain |
Italy |
 Belgium |
Iceland | |
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 |  Tbilisi |
| 2015 | Cheboksary |  Heraklion |  Stara Zagora |  Baku |
| 2017 | Lille |  Vaasa | Tel Aviv | Marsa |
| 2019 | Bydgoszcz | Sandnes |  Varaždin |  Skopje |
| 2021 | Chorzów |  Cluj-Napoca | Stara Zagora | Limassol |
Team summary (Super League)
| Country | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Years in SL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 13 (1) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 (1) | 9 | 10 | 14 (1) | 10 (1) | DQ | DQ | 5 |
| Belgium | 17 (1) | 19 (1) | 21 (1) | 20 (1) | 21 (1) | 16 (1) | 21 (1) | 17 (1) | 17 (1) | 14 | 17 (1) | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 10 | 13 (1) | 10 | 13 (1) | 10 | 13 (1) | 8 | 8 | 9 (1) | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| Finland | 14 (1) | 12 | 20 (1) | 18 (1) | 15 (1) | 11 | 13 (1) | 11 | 15 (1) | 11 | 15 | 5 |
| France | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| Germany | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Greece | 9 | 10 | 14 (1) | 10 | 17 (1) | 14 (1) | 9 | 10 | 16 (1) | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| Hungary |
20 (1) | 18 (1) | 18 (1) | 21 (1) | 24 (1) | 27 (2) | 25 (2) | 21 (1) | 21 (2) | 17 (1) | 13 | 1 |
| Italy | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Lithuania |
25 (2) | 24 (1) | 28 (2) | 26 (2) | 22 (1) | 23 (1) | 27 (2) | 23 (1) | 25 (2) | 19 (1) | 16 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 16 (1) | 18 (1) | 17 (1) | 15 (1) | 11 | 15 (1) | 11 | 16 (1) | 11 (1) | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Norway | 15 (1) | 11 | 15 (1) | 12 | 14 (1) | 12 | 17 (1) | 15 (1) | 18 (1) | 16 | 19 (1) | 4 |
| Poland | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Portugal | 11 | 15 (1) | 11 | 17 (1) | 20 (1) | 17 (1) | 16 (1) | 13 (1) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Russia | 8[2] | 1 | 2[3] | 1 | 2 | 1 | DQ | DQ (1) | DQ (2) | DQ | DQ | 6 |
| Spain | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Sweden | 12 | 14 (1) | 12 | 14 (1) | 9 | 10 | 12 (1) | 9 | 14 (1) | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 23 (1) | 25 (2) | 19 (1) | 24 (1) | 25 (2) | 20 (1) | 14 (1) | 12 | 12 (1) | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| Turkey | 18 (1) | 21 (1) | 13 (1) | 9 | 12 | 19 (1) | 15 (1) | 17 (1) | 13 (1) | 15 | 20 (1) | 3 |
 Ukraine | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | WD[4] | 18 (1) | 14 | 10 |
- 1 (1) = participated in First League.
- 2 (2) = participated in Second League.
Medal table (Super League)
At the European Athletics Team Championships medals are not awarded, but with gold, silver and bronze conventionally refers to the top three finishes.[5][6]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 67 | 68 | 57 | 192 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 52 | 55 | 57 | 164 |
| 3 | France | 49 | 40 | 42 | 131 |
| 4 | Russia | 48 | 42 | 25 | 115 |
| 5 | Poland | 46 | 48 | 55 | 149 |
| 6 | Italy | 31 | 38 | 43 | 112 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 31 | 28 | 33 | 92 |
| 8 | Spain | 27 | 38 | 33 | 98 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 17 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| 11 | Belarus | 9 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 12 | Greece | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 13 | Sweden | 8 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| 14 | Portugal | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | Turkey | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 17 | Finland | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 18 | Norway | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Belgium | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (21 entries) | 425 | 435 | 431 | 1,291 | |
Championships records
Men
| WR World record | ER European record | NR National record |
Women
Mixed
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Meet | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.43 | Maksymilian Szwed Justyna Święty-Ersetic Daniel Soltysiak Natalia Bukowiecka |
Poland |
29 June 2025 | 2025 First Division | Madrid, Spain | [41] |
| WR World record | ER European record | NR National record |
