Balkan Athletics U20 Championships

Balkan Athletics U20 Championships
Greek: Βαλκανικό Πρωτάθλημα Στίβου U20

First event	1970
Occur every	year
Purpose	Athletics event for under-20 athletes of the Balkans
Website	Official website

The Balkan Athletics U20 Championships is an annual track and field competition for athletes under-20 years old from the Balkans. Formerly known as the Balkan Athletics Junior Championships, it was first held in 1970 and is organised by Balkan Athletics. It is one of the oldest youth athletics championships, being created in the same year at the European Athletics Junior Championships, though predated by the South American U20 Championships in Athletics.

Nations

• Greece (from 1970)
• Romania (from 1970)
• Bulgaria (from 1970)
• Turkey (from 1970)
• Albania (from 1970)
• Slovenia (from 1992)
• Croatia (from 1992)
• North Macedonia (from 1992)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 1992)
• Montenegro (from 2006)
• Serbia (from 2006)
• Armenia (from 2013)
• Cyprus (from 2014)
• Slovenia (from 2014)
• Georgia (from 2014)
• Israel (from 2015)
• Kosovo (from 2016)

Former nations

• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1970-1990)
• Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2005)

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Stage	No. Sports	No. Athletes
1	1970	Piraeus	Greece		Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
2	1971
3	1972
4	1973
5	1974
6	1975
7	1976
8	1977
9	1978
10	1979
11	1980
12	1981
13	1982
14	1983
15	1984
16	1985
17	1986
18	1987
19	1988
20	1989		Bulgaria
21	1990	Ljubljana	Slovenia
22	1991	Thessaloniki	Greece
23	1992		Turkey
24	1993
25	1994		Turkey
26	1995
27	1996		Romania
28	1997
29	1998	Constantinople	Turkey	11-12 July
30	1999	Komotini	Greece
31	2000	Constanța	Romania
32	2001	Ankara	Turkey
33	2002
34	2003		Romania
35	2004		Bosnia and Herzegovina
36	2005	Katerini	Greece	24-25 September	Katerini Municipal Stadium
37	2006	Katerini	Greece
38	2007	Kragujevac	Serbia
39	2008	Bursa	Turkey
40	2009	Schimatari	Greece	5–6 September	Shimatari Municipal Stadium
41	2010			31 July to 1 August
42	2011	Edirne	Turkey	16–17 July
43	2012	Eskişehir	Turkey	23–24 June
44	2013	Denizli	Turkey	6–7 July
45	2014	Serres	Greece	5–6 July	Serres Municipal Stadium		733
46	2015	Pitești	Romania	4–5 July

External links

• Balkan Games results at GBRAthletics
• Balkan Athletics