2018 European Championships
Host | Berlin, Germany Glasgow, Scotland Edinburgh & Luss (aquatics) |
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Sport | 7 |
Events | 186 |
Dates | 2–12 August |
Website | europeanchampionships.com |
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:
- Tollcross International Swimming Centre – swimming
- Loch Lomond – open water swimming
- Scotstoun Sports Campus – synchronised swimming
- Chris Hoy Velodrome – track cycling
- streets of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and Stirling – road cycling
- Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails – mountain biking
- Glasgow BMX Centre – BMX
- Strathclyde Country Park – rowing and triathlon
- SSE Hydro – artistic gymnastics
- PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles – golf
Two championships events are hosted in venues in different cities:
- Olympiastadion, Berlin – athletics
- Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh – diving
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:
- 2018 European Athletics Championships
- 2018 European Aquatics Championships:
- 2018 European Cycling Championships:
- 2018 European Golf Team Championships
- 2018 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships:
- 2018 European Rowing Championships
- 2018 European Triathlon Championships
Participating nations
52 nations are expected to participate at the European Championships, including:
Estonia (EST)
Germany (GER)
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) (313)[3][4][5]
Czech Republic (CZE)
Italy (ITA)
Lithuania (LTU) (64)[6]
Spain (ESP)
Sweden (SWE) (124)
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 | |
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● | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 48 | |||||
Aquatics | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 72 | ||||
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1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
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2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Cycling | ![]() |
● | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |||||
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1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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2 | ||||||||||||
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● | 2 | |||||||||||
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● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Gymnastics | ![]() |
● | 1 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||
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● | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
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● | ● | 9 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||
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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
- ^ a b https://www.europeanchampionships.com/about
- ^ European Championships opened by party in Glasgow as federations unveil winner's trophy, from insidethegames.biz
- ^ http://www.eurosport.co.uk/all-sports/stars-lead-gb-teams-for-2018-european-championships_sto6861733/story.shtml
- ^ https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/european-squad-take-marathon-challenge/
- ^ http://www.swimming.org/synchro/synchronised-swimming-squad-glasgow-2018/
- ^ Sporto G7 vienijasi prieš futbolo diktatą: grandioziniame eksperimente lietuvių – kaip olimpiadoje
- ^ "European Championships Board Agrees 2018 Multi-sport Programme". europeanchampionships.com. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Sports Programme 2-12 August 2018" (PDF). 8 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow 2018 Ticket Schedule". glasgow2018.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow 2018 Tickets on sale as swimmer Ross Murdoch named as Official Ambassador". glasgow2018.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable" (PDF). european-athletics.org. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Europe's major free to air broadcasters will televise the inaugural European Championships". europeanchampionships.com. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 – BROADCASTERS". len.eu. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ "The antidote to football". sportcal.com. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "The antidote to football". sportcal.com. 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
- ^ "Sponsors". europeanchampionships.com. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2018-05-31.