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2018 European Championships
HostBerlin, Germany
Glasgow, Scotland
Edinburgh & Luss (aquatics)
Sport7
Events186
Dates2–12 August
Websiteeuropeanchampionships.com
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The 2018 European Championships is an upcoming multi-sport event which is to take place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland (with Edinburgh, Scotland, hosting the diving events) from 2 to 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 the respective federation and host city.

Development and preparation

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Venues

Most of the events take place in Glasgow and its close surroundings:

Two championships events are hosted in venues in different cities:

European Championships Trophy

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, Emma Fredh and Angelina Melnikova on behalf of the seven European federations involved in the event.[2]

List of individual Championships

The following Championships have been brought together in the 2018 European Championships:

Participating nations

52 nations are expected to participate at the European Championships, including:

Schedule

The original schedule was released in February 2017.[7][8] The schedule was updated in June 2017 based on the Glasgow ticket schedule [9][10] and again in March 2018 when the Berlin timetable was released.[11]

● Event Competitions 1 Number of Gold Medal Events
August 2
Thu 		3
Fri 		4
Sat 		5
Sun 		6
Mon 		7
Tue 		8
Wed 		9
Thu 		10
Fri 		11
Sat 		12
Sun 		Gold medal events
Athletics ● 7 5 6 9 11 10 48
Aquatics Swimming 4 6 6 6 6 6 9 72
Diving 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Synchronised Swimming 2 1 1 2 3
Open Water Swimming 2 2 1 2
Cycling Track ● 6 4 4 4 4 30
Road 1 2 1
Mountain Bike 2
BMX ● 2
Golf ● ● ● 1 2 3
Gymnastics Men's Artistic Gymnastics ● 1 6 12
Women's Artistic Gymnastics ● 1 4
Rowing ● ● 9 9 18
Triathlon 1 1 1 3
Total gold medal events 12 19 26 14 24 17 20 12 19 23 186
Cumulative total 12 31 57 71 95 112 132 144 163 186

Broadcasting

All of Europe’s major free-to-air broadcasters will televise the European Championships in 2018.[12][13] The European Broadcasting Union, which holds the broadcast rights on all platforms, has confirmed coverage across the top five markets, BBC in the United Kingdom, ARD/ZDF in Germany, France Televisions in France, RAI in Italy and TVE in Spain. Other EBU members already signed up include VRT (Belgium), HRT (Croatia), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RTÉ (Ireland), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and SVT/TV4 (Sweden). The level of coverage is also enhanced by a deal with Eurosport. 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.[14]

Sponsorship

Glasgow 2018 has four Official Partners (People Make Glasgow, Scottish Government, Strathmore Water & Spar) and Berlin 2018 has five Official Partners (Spar, Le Gruyère, Nike, Toyo Tires & Eurovision) with another tier of Official Supporters across the two host cities. Overall over 24 companies have been signed up to support the inaugural event.[15][16]


References

  1. ^ a b https://www.europeanchampionships.com/about
  2. ^ European Championships opened by party in Glasgow as federations unveil winner's trophy, from insidethegames.biz
  3. ^ http://www.eurosport.co.uk/all-sports/stars-lead-gb-teams-for-2018-european-championships_sto6861733/story.shtml
  4. ^ https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/european-squad-take-marathon-challenge/
  5. ^ http://www.swimming.org/synchro/synchronised-swimming-squad-glasgow-2018/
  6. ^ Sporto G7 vienijasi prieš futbolo diktatą: grandioziniame eksperimente lietuvių – kaip olimpiadoje
  7. ^ "European Championships Board Agrees 2018 Multi-sport Programme". europeanchampionships.com. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Sports Programme 2-12 August 2018" (PDF). 8 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Glasgow 2018 Ticket Schedule". glasgow2018.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Glasgow 2018 Tickets on sale as swimmer Ross Murdoch named as Official Ambassador". glasgow2018.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ "European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Europe's major free to air broadcasters will televise the inaugural European Championships". europeanchampionships.com. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  13. ^ "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 – BROADCASTERS". len.eu. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  14. ^ "The antidote to football". sportcal.com. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  15. ^ "The antidote to football". sportcal.com. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  16. ^ "Sponsors". europeanchampionships.com. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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