European Team Championships

The European Team Championships, also referred to as the European Athletics Team Championships is an international athletics competition organised by European Athletics, between different countries of Europe, over 4 leagues. It replaced the similar European Cup. Unlike most international competitions, medals are not awarded to individuals in individual events but to the overall winning team on a points system.

History
Main article: European Cup (athletics)

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. Although Zauli died just a few months before the launch of the first event, the competition has gone from strength to strength.

In 2008, it was decided to change the competition and for it to take a new format with four leagues, which consist of 20 events for men and 20 for women. The Super League and the First League have 12 teams each, while the Second League and the Third League 8 and 14 respectively. Team scores will be 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 Super League and are replaced by three teams promoted from the First League. Two teams are relegated/promoted among First, Second and Third League teams.

In 2018, it was decided to change again the competition format: the ETC will now be held every odd year, with a Super-League of 8 countries only, starting in 2021, and First and Second League of 12 countries. In the case of the host country is not qualified, a 9th country could compete in Super-League.[1]

Editions
Year Host city of the Super League Winners
Super League First League Second League Third League
2009 Leiria, Portugal  Germany Belarus Lithuania Israel
2010 Bergen, Norway  Russia Czech Republic  Switzerland Denmark
2011 Stockholm, Sweden  Russia Turkey Estonia Israel
2013 Gateshead, United Kingdom  Russia Czech Republic Slovenia Slovakia
2014 Braunschweig, Germany  Germany Belarus  Switzerland Cyprus
2015 Cheboksary, Russia  Russia Czech Republic Denmark Slovakia
2017 Lille, France  Germany Sweden Hungary Luxembourg
2019 Bydgoszcz, Poland  Poland Portugal Estonia Iceland
2021 Chorzow, Poland

Host cities
YearSuper LeagueFirst LeagueSecond LeagueThird 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 Chorzow Cluj-Napoca Stara Zagora Nicosia

Team summary (Super League)
Country 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2017 2019 2021 Years
in SL
 Belarus13 (1)891113 (1)91014 (1) 5
 Czech Republic1013 (1)1013 (1)1013 (1)88 5
 Finland14 (1)1220 (1)18 (1)15 (1)1113 (1)11 3
 France44544333 8
 Germany13221212 8
 Great Britain32435545 8
 Greece91014 (1)1017 (1)14 (1)910 5
 Italy67877674 8
 Netherlands16 (1)18 (1)17 (1)15 (1)1115 (1)1116 (1) 2
 Norway15 (1)1115 (1)1214 (1)1217 (1)15 (1) 3
 Poland56653421 8
 Portugal1115 (1)1117 (1)20 (1)17 (1)16 (1)13 (1) 2
 Russia211121DQDQ (1) 6
 Spain89788856 8
 Sweden1214 (1)1214 (1)91012 (1)9 5
  Switzerland23 (1)25 (2)19 (1)24 (1)25 (2)20 (1)14 (1)12 1
 Turkey18 (1)21 (1)13 (1)91219 (1)15 (1)17 (1) 2
 Ukraine75366767 8
1 (1) = participated in First League.
2 (2) = participated in Second League.

    Championship records

    Men
    Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Video
    100 m 9.95 (+1.0 m/s) NR Christophe Lemaitre  France 18 June 2011 2011 Super League Stockholm, Sweden [2]
    200 m 20.28 (-2.8 m/s) Christophe Lemaitre  France 19 June 2011 2011 Super League Stockholm, Sweden [3]
    400 m 44.99 Jonathan Borlée  Belgium 19 June 2010 2010 First League Budapest, Hungary
    800 m 1:45.11 Giordano Benedetti  Italy 21 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [4]
    1500 m 3:37.74 Jakub Holusa  Czech Republic 20 June 2014 2014 Super League Braunschweig, Germany [5]
    3000 m 7:50.99 Richard Ringer  Germany 22 June 2014 2014 Super League Braunschweig, Germany [6]
    5000 m 13:36.75 Ali Kaya  Turkey 24 June 2017 2017 First League Vaasa, Finland [7]
    110 m hurdles 13.20 (+1.1 m/s) Sergey Shubenkov  Russia 22 June 2014 2014 Super League Braunschweig, Germany [8]
    13.20 (+0.2 m/s) Orlando Ortega  Spain 25 June 2017 2017 Super League Lille, France [9]
    400 m hurdles 48.46 Karsten Warholm  Norway 24 June 2017 2017 First League Vaasa, Finland [10]
    3000 m steeplechase 8:25.50 Yoann Kowal  France 22 June 2014 2014 Super League Braunschweig, Germany [11]
    High jump 2.35 m Dmytro Demyanyuk  Ukraine 18 June 2011 2011 Super League Stockholm, Sweden [12]
    Pole vault 6.01 m Renaud Lavillenie  France 21 June 2009 2009 Super League Leiria, Portugal
    Long jump 8.36 m (+1.9 m/s) Aleksandr Menkov  Russia 22 June 2013 2013 Super League Gateshead, United Kingdom [13]
    Triple jump 17.59 m (+0.6 m/s) Nelson Évora  Portugal 21 June 2009 2009 Super League Leiria, Portugal
    Shot put 21.83 m Michał Haratyk  Poland 10 August 2019 2019 Super League Bydgoszcz, Poland [14]
    Discus throw 68.76 m Gerd Kanter  Estonia 19 June 2010 2010 First League Budapest, Hungary
    Hammer throw 81.64 m Paweł Fajdek  Poland 20 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [15]
    Javelin throw 88.27 m Tero Pitkämäki  Finland 25 June 2017 2017 First League Vaasa, Finland [16]
    4 × 100 m relay 38.08 Chijindu Ujah
    Zharnel Hughes
    Danny Talbot
    Harry Aikines-Aryeetey    		  Great Britain 24 June 2017 2017 Super League Lille, France [17]
    4 × 400 m relay 3:00.47 Mame-Ibra Anne
    Teddy Venel
    Mamoudou Hanne
    Thomas Jordier    		  France 21 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [18]
    Key:
    WR World record ER European record NR National record

    Women
    Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
    100 m 11.11 (+1.4 m/s) Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 20 June 2015 2015 Second League Stara Zagora, Bulgaria [19]
    200 m 22.71 (+1.8 m/s) Yelizaveta Bryzghina  Ukraine 20 June 2010 2010 Super League Bergen, Norway
    400 m 50.50 Perri Shakes-Drayton  Great Britain 22 June 2013 2013 Super League Gateshead, United Kingdom [20]
    800 m 1:58.62 Yuliya Krevsun  Ukraine 20 June 2009 2009 Super League Leiria, Portugal
    1500 m 4:05.32 Anna Mishchenko  Ukraine 20 June 2010 2010 Super League Bergen, Norway
    3000 m 8:45.24 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 20 June 2014 2014 Super League , Braunschweig, Germany [21]
    5000 m 15:09.31 Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey 20 June 2010 2010 First League Budapest, Hungary
    100 m hurdles 12.66 (-0.3 m/s) Cindy Billaud  France 22 June 2014 2014 Super League Braunschweig, Germany [22]
    400 m hurdles 53.70 Vania Stambolova  Bulgaria 18 June 2011 2011 Second League Novi Sad, Serbia
    3000 m steeplechase 9:23.00 Yuliya Zarudneva  Russia 19 June 2010 2010 Super League Bergen, Norway
    High jump 2.04 m Blanka Vlašić  Croatia 21 June 2009 2009 Second League Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
    Pole vault 4.75 m Anna Rogowska  Poland 18 June 2011 2011 Super League Stockholm, Sweden [23]
    Silke Spiegelburg  Germany
    20 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [24]
    Long jump 6.95 m Darya Klishina  Russia 21 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [25]
    Triple jump 14.87 m (+1.7 m/s) Yekaterina Koneva  Russia 20 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [26]
    Shot put 19.82 m Christina Schwanitz  Germany 21 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [27]
    Discus throw 68.58 m Sandra Perković  Croatia 10 August 2019 2019 Second League Varaždin, Croatia [28]
    Hammer throw 78.28 Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 21 June 2015 2015 Super League Cheboksary, Russia [29]
    Javelin throw 68.59 Christina Obergföll  Germany 20 June 2009 2009 Super League Leiria, Portugal
    4 × 100 m relay 42.47 Lara Matheis
    Alexandra Burghardt
    Gina Lückenkemper
    Rebekka Haase    		  Germany 24 June 2017 2017 Super League Lille, France [30]
    4 × 400 m relay 3:23.76 Kseniya Zadorina
    Natalya Ivanova
    Natalya Antyukh
    Kseniya Ustalova    		  Russia 20 June 2010 2010 Super League Bergen, Norway
    Key:
    WR World record ER European record NR National record

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