European Combined Events Team Championships
| Sport | Athletics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1973 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) | Estonia (2019) |
| Official website | Website |
The European Combined Events Team Championships is an annual track and field competition for European combined track and field events specialists, with contests in men's decathlon event and women's heptathlon.
It was formerly known as the European Cup Combined Events prior to 2017.
Format
It is an international team event, where the points of each nation's top three performers are tallied to form an overall team score. The European Cup Combined Events takes place in three separate divisions – the Super, First, and Second Leagues – and nations gain promotion and relegation between the leagues depending upon their performance.[1] Since 2013 there is a single overall competition winner determined by a combination of men's and women's performances, rather than as separate competitions for men and women. The three league contests take place over the same two-day period, but are held at different European locations.
History
Organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA), the competition was first held in Bonn, West Germany in 1973 as a biennial event for men's decathlon and women's pentathlon. The women's heptathlon superseded the pentathlon in 1981. For the first five editions (1973–1981), the competition featured semi-final and final stages, but a league format with A, B and C divisions was adopted at the 1983 event. The biennial schedule was changed to an annual one from the 1993 Cup onwards, at which point the league names took on their current titles. Since 2011 the competition does not take place in Olympic years.[1]
The competition is one of a series of international team athletics competitions held by the EAA on a yearly basis, alongside the European Team Championships for individual track and field events, the European Cup 10000m, European Cup Race Walking and the European Cup Winter Throwing meet.[2]
Individual performances in the Super league section of the competition qualify for the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, which is an international series for athletes competing in combined events.[3]
Super league / A Finals / Finals
Editions
| Edition | Year | Name | Gender | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1973 | Final | Men/Women | Bonn | West Germany | 22–23 September |
| 2nd | 1975 | Final | Men/Women | Bydgoszcz | Poland | 6–7 September |
| 3rd | 1977 | Final | Men/Women | Lille | France | 17–18 September |
| 4th | 1979 | Final | Men/Women | Dresden | East Germany | 1–2 September |
| 5th | 1981 | Final | Men/Women | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 29–30 August |
| 6th | 1983 | A Final | Men/Women | Sofia | Bulgaria | 7–8 September |
| 7th | 1985 | A Final | Men/Women | Krefeld-Uerdingen | West Germany | 7–8 September |
| 8th | 1987 | A Final | Men | Basel | Switzerland | 4–5 July |
| Women | Arles | France | 4–5 July | |||
| 9th | 1989 | A Final | Men | Tønsberg | Norway | 15–16 July |
| Women | Helmond | Netherlands | 15–16 July | |||
| 10th | 1991 | A Final | Men/Women | Helmond | Netherlands | 6–7 July |
| 11th | 1993 | Super league | Men/Women | Oulu | Finland | 10–11 July |
| 12th | 1994 | Super league | Men/Women | Lyon | France | 2–3 July |
| 13th | 1995 | Super league | Men | Valladolid | Spain | |
| Women | Helmond | Netherlands | 6–7 July | |||
| 14th | 1996 | Super league | Men/Women | Lage | Germany | 15–16 July |
| 15th | 1997 | Super league | Men | Tallinn | Estonia | 28–29 June |
| Women | Oulu | Finland | 28–29 June | |||
| 16th | 1998 | Super league | Men/Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 4–5 July |
| 17th | 1999 | Super league | Men/Women | Prague | Czech Republic | 3–4 July |
| 18th | 2000 | Super league | Men/Women | Oulu | Finland | 1–2 July |
| 19th | 2001 | Super league | Men/Women | Arles | France | 30 June – 1 July |
| 20th | 2002 | Super league | Men/Women | Bydgoszcz | Poland | 29–30 June |
| 21st | 2003 | Super league | Men/Women | Brixen | Italy | 5–6 July |
| 22nd | 2004 | Super league | Men | Tallinn | Estonia | 3–4 July |
| Women | Hengelo | Netherlands | 3–4 July | |||
| 23rd | 2005 | Super league | Men/Women | Bydgoszcz | Poland | 2–3 July |
| 24th | 2006 | Super league | Men/Women | Arles | France | 1–2 July |
| 25th | 2007 | Super league | Men | Tallinn | Estonia | 7–8 July |
| Women | Szczecin | Poland | 7–8 July | |||
| 26th | 2008 | Super league | Men/Women | Hengelo | Netherlands | 28–29 June |
| 27th | 2009 | Super league | Men/Women | Szczecin | Poland | 27–28 June |
| 28th | 2010 | Super league | Men/Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 26–27 June |
| 29th | 2011 | Super league | Men/Women | Toruń | Poland | 2–3 July |
| 30th | 2013 | Super league | Men/Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 29–30 June |
| 31st | 2014 | Super league | Men/Women | Toruń | Poland | 6–7 July |
| 32nd | 2015 | Super league | Men/Women | Aubagne | France | 4–5 July |
| 33rd | 2017 | Super league | Men/Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 1–2 July |
| 34th | 2019 | Super League | Men/Women | Lutsk | Ukraine | 6–7 July |
Medallists
Individual men (decathlon)
Individual women
Pentathlon
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Burglinde Pollak  East Germany |
4932 | Nadiya Tkachenko  Soviet Union |
4695 | Margit Olfert East Germany |
4517 |
| 1975 | Burglinde Pollak East Germany |
4672 | Christine Laser East Germany |
4574 | Siegrun Thon East Germany |
4508 |
| 1977 | Nadiya Tkachenko Soviet Union |
4839 | Zoya Spasovkhodskaya Soviet Union |
4477 | Valentina Dimitrova  Bulgaria |
4423 |
| 1979 | Yekaterina Smirnova Soviet Union |
4717 | Kristine Nitzsche East Germany |
4686 | Ramona Neubert East Germany |
4602 |
Heptathlon
Men's team
Women's team
Overall Team
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  France |
41421 |  Russia |
41032 |  Estonia |
41027 |
| 2014 | Russia |
41159 |  Netherlands |
41048 | France |
40761 |
| 2015 | Russia |
41700 | France |
40724 | Estonia |
39875 |
| 2017 |  Ukraine |
40085 | Estonia |
39779 | France |
39771 |
| 2019 | Estonia |
39959 |  Belarus |
39560 |  Great Britain |
39433 |
First league / B Finals / Semi-Finals
Editions
| Edition | Year | Name | Gender | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1973 | Semi-Final | Men/Women | Innsbruck | Austria | |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | |||||
| Reykjavík | Iceland | |||||
| 2nd | 1975 | Semi-Final | Men/Women | Banská Bystrica | Czechoslovakia | |
| Poiana Brașov | Romania | |||||
| Barcelona | Spain | |||||
| 3rd | 1977 | Semi-Final | Men/Women | Hvidovre | Denmark | |
| Sittard | Netherlands | |||||
| Kishinev | Soviet Union | |||||
| Men | Hannover | West Germany | ||||
| Women | Götzis | Austria | ||||
| 4th | 1979 | Semi-Final | Men/Women | Schielleiten | Austria | |
| Budapest | Hungary | |||||
| Bremerhaven | West Germany | |||||
| 5th | 1981 | Semi-Final | Men/Women | Bruxelles | Belgium | |
| Malmö | Sweden | |||||
| Zug | Switzerland | |||||
| 6th | 1983 | B Final | Men/Women | Montargis | France | |
| 7th | 1985 | B Final | Men/Women | Arles | France | |
| 8th | 1987 | B Final | Men | Arles | France | 4–5 July |
| Women | Basel | Switzerland | 4–5 July | |||
| 9th | 1989 | B Final | Men | Helmond | Netherlands | 15–16 July |
| Women | Tønsberg | Norway | 15–16 July | |||
| 10th | 1991 | B Final | Men/Women | Stoke-on-Trent | United Kingdom | |
| 11th | 1993 | First league | Men/Women | Valladolid | Spain | |
| 12th | 1994 | First league | Men/Women | Brixen | Italy | |
| 13th | 1995 | First league | Men | Helmond | Netherlands | 6–7 July |
| Women | Valladolid | Spain | ||||
| 14th | 1996 | First league | Men/Women | Tallinn | Estonia | |
| 15th | 1997 | First league | Men | Oulu | Finland | 28–29 June |
| Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 28–29 June | |||
| 16th | 1998 | First league | Men/Women | Brixen | Italy | |
| 17th | 1999 | First league | Men/Women | Huddinge | Sweden | |
| 18th | 2000 | First league | Men/Women | Ibach/Schwyz | Switzerland | |
| 19th | 2001 | First league | Men/Women | Ried | Austria | |
| 20th | 2002 | First league | Men/Women | Riga | Latvia | |
| 21st | 2003 | First league | Men/Women | Tallinn | Estonia | |
| 22nd | 2004 | First league | Men | Hengelo | Netherlands | 3–4 July |
| Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 3–4 July | |||
| 23rd | 2005 | First league | Men/Women | Jyväskylä | Finland | 2–3 July |
| 24th | 2006 | First league | Men/Women | Yalta | Ukraine | 1–2 July |
| 25th | 2007 | First league | Men | Szczecin | Poland | 7–8 July |
| Women | Tallinn | Estonia | 7–8 July | |||
| 26th | 2008 | First league | Men/Women | Jyväskylä | Finland | 28–29 June |
| 27th | 2009 | First league | Men/Women | Zaragoza | Spain | 27–28 June |
| 28th | 2010 | First league | Men/Women | Hengelo | Netherlands | 26–27 June |
| 29th | 2011 | First league | Men/Women | Brixen | Italy | 2–3 July |
| 30th | 2013 | First league | Men/Women | Nottwil | Switzerland | 29–30 June |
| 31st | 2014 | First league | Men/Women | Ribeira Brava | Portugal | 5–6 July |
| 32nd | 2015 | First league | Men/Women | Inowrocław | Poland | 4–5 July |
| 33rd | 2017 | First league | Men/Women | Monzón | Spain | 1–2 July |
Men's winners
- 1973:
Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) & 
Yves Le Roy (FRA) & 
Toomas Suurväli (URS)[4] - 1975:
Luděk Pernica (TCH) & Yves Le Roy (FRA) & Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT) - 1977: Petr Krátký (TCH) &
Guido Kratschmer (FRG) & Mykola Avilov (URS) & 
Daley Thompson (GBR) - 1979: Thierry Dubois (FRA) & Viktor Gruzenkin (URS) &
Siegfried Stark (GDR) - 1981:
Dariusz Ludwig (POL) & 
Atanas Andonov (BUL) & Uwe Freimuth (GDR) - 1983:
Kari-Pekka Lax (FIN) - 1985: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
- 1987: William Motti (FRA)
- 1989: Petri Keskitalo (FIN)
- 1991:
Antonio Peñalver (ESP) - 1993: Alex Kruger (GBR)
- 1994:
Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) - 1995: Paul Meier (GER)
- 1996:
Erki Nool (EST) - 1997: Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN)
- 1998: Sebastian Chmara (POL)
- 1999:
Lev Lobodin (RUS) - 2000:
Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) - 2001:
Chiel Warners (NED) - 2002: Jan Poděbradský (CZE)
- 2003: Erki Nool (EST)
- 2004: Roland Schwarzl (AUT)
- 2005: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)
- 2006:
Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR)
Women's winners
- 1973:
Ilona Bruzsenyák (HUN) & Marie-Christine Debourse (FRA) & Burglinde Pollak (GDR) - 1975: Annette Stein (FRG) & Burglinde Pollak (GDR) & Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (URS)
- 1977: Marcela Koblasová (TCH) & Margit Papp (HUN) & Nadiya Tkachenko (URS) & Susan Longden (GBR)
- 1979: Cornelia Sulek (FRG) & Nadezhda Karyakina (URS) & Kristine Nitzsche (GDR)
- 1981: Sabine Everts (FRG) & Nadezhda Vinogradova (URS) & Ramona Neubert (GDR)
- 1983: Tineke Hidding (NED)
- 1985: Chantal Beaugeant (FRA)
- 1987: Ragne Kytölä (FIN)
- 1989: Anke Behmer (GDR)
- 1991:
Liliana Năstase (ROM) - 1993: Clova Court (GBR)
- 1994: Anzhela Atroshchenko (BLR)
- 1995: Rita Ináncsi (HUN)
- 1996: Urszula Włodarczyk (POL)
- 1997: Ester Goossens (NED)
- 1998:
Gertrud Bacher (ITA) - 1999: Virge Naeris (EST)
- 2000: Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)
- 2001: Yuliya Akulenko (UKR)
- 2002:
Carolina Klüft (SWE) - 2003: Carolina Klüft (SWE)
- 2004: Carolina Klüft (SWE)
- 2005: Carolina Klüft (SWE)
- 2006: Argyro Strataki (GRE)
Second league / C Finals
Editions
| Edition | Year | Name | Gender | City | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1983 | C Final | Men/Women | Graz | Austria | |
| 7th | 1985 | C Final | Men/Women | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| Bruneck | Italy | |||||
| 8th | 1987 | C Final | Men/Women | Madrid | Spain | |
| 9th | 1989 | C Final | Men/Women | Vienna | Austria | |
| 10th | 1991 | C Final | Men/Women | Århus | Denmark | |
| 11th | 1993 | Second league | Men/Women | Hechtel | Belgium | |
| Tallinn | Estonia | |||||
| 12th | 1994 | Second league | Men/Women | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| Tallinn | Estonia | |||||
| 13th | 1995 | Second league | Men/Women | Reykjavík | Iceland | |
| Dilbeek | Belgium | |||||
| 14th | 1996 | Second league | Men/Women | Riga | Latvia | |
| 15th | 1997 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | |
| 16th | 1998 | Second league | Men/Women | Reykjavík | Iceland | |
| Maribor | Slovenia | |||||
| 17th | 1999 | Second league | Men/Women | Herentals | Belgium | |
| 18th | 2000 | Second league | Men/Women | Esbjerg | Denmark | |
| 19th | 2001 | Second league | Men/Women | Kaunas | Lithuania | |
| 20th | 2002 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | |
| 21st | 2003 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | |
| 22nd | 2004 | Second league | Men/Women | Riga | Latvia | |
| 23rd | 2005 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | 2–3 July |
| 24th | 2006 | Second league | Men/Women | Monzón | Spain | 1–2 July |
| 25th | 2007 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | 7–8 July |
| 26th | 2008 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | 28–29 June |
| 27th | 2009 | Second league | Men/Women | Maribor | Slovenia | 27–28 June |
| 28th | 2010 | Second league | Men/Women | Tel Aviv | Israel | 26–27 June |
| 29th | 2011 | Second league | Men/Women | Ribeira Brava | Portugal | 2–3 July |
| 30th | 2013 | Second league | Men/Women | Ribeira Brava | Portugal | 29–30 June |
| 31st | 2014 | First league | Men/Women | Ribeira Brava | Portugal | 5–6 July |
| 32nd | 2015 | First league | Men/Women | Inowrocław | Poland | 4–5 July |
| 33rd | 2017 | First league | Men/Women | Monzón | Spain | 1–2 July |
Men's winners
- 1983: Martin Machura (TCH)
- 1985: Sten Ekberg (SWE) & Marco Rossi (ITA)
- 1987: Dezsõ Szabó (HUN)
- 1989: Antonio Peñalver (ESP)
- 1991: Marco Baffi (ITA)
- 1993:
Mário Aníbal (POR) & Igor Matsanov (BLR) - 1994: Mário Aníbal (POR) & Erki Nool (EST)
- 1995:
Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) & Leo Hudec (AUT) - 1996: Sebastian Chmara (POL)
- 1997: Sebastian Chmara (POL)
- 1998: Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) & Nikolay Afanasyev (RUS)
- 1999:
Trond Høiby (NOR) - 2000:
Rojs Piziks (LAT) - 2001: Mário Aníbal (POR)
- 2002: Madis Kallas (EST)
- 2003:
Yeorgios Andreou (CYP) - 2004: Jānis Karlivāns (LAT)
- 2005: Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR)
- 2006:
François Gourmet (BEL) - 2007: Hans Olav Uldal (NOR)[5]
- 2008: Edgars Eriņš (LAT)[6]
- 2009: Hans Olav Uldal (NOR)[7]
Women's winners
- 1983: Marcela Koblasová (TCH)
- 1985: Małgorzata Guzowska (POL) & Katia Pasquinelli (ITA)
- 1987: Anne Brit Skjæveland (NOR)
- 1989: Liliana Năstase (ROM)
- 1991: Athina Papasotiriou (GRE)
- 1993: Sabine De Wachter (BEL) & Svetlana Buraga (BLR)
- 1994: Rita Ináncsi (HUN) &
Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU) - 1995:
Lone Nielsen (DEN) & 
Marcela Podracká (SVK) - 1996: Valentīna Gotovska (LAT)
- 1997:
Desanka Calasan (SLO) - 1998: Imma Clopés (ESP) & Desanka Calasan (SLO)
- 1999: Rita Ináncsi (HUN)
- 2000: Austra Skujytė (LTU)
- 2001: Larissa Netšeporuk (EST)
- 2002: Austra Skujytė (LTU)
- 2003:
Sylvie Dufour (SUI) - 2004: Austra Skujytė (LTU)
- 2005: Jesenija Volžankina (LAT)
- 2006: Jesenija Volžankina (LAT)
- 2007: Austra Skujytė (LTU)
- 2008: Aiga Grabuste (LAT)[8]
- 2009: Sara Aerts (BEL)[9]
References
- ^ a b European Cup Combined Events.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-05-04.
- ^ European Athletics Events Archived 2012-07-30 at archive.today. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved on 2011-05-04.
- ^ Jackowski, Pawel (2009-06-29). Krauchanka and Melnychenko win European Cup Combined Events Super League titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-04.
- ^ European Cup Combined Events. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ 2007 European Cup Combined Events 2nd League. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ 2008 European Cup Combined Events 2nd League. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ 2009 European Cup Combined Events 2nd League. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ 2008 European Cup Combined Events 2nd League. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ 2009 European Cup Combined Events 2nd League. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
