European Team Championships final standings

Russia won the 2010 SPAR European Team Championships in Bergen, Norway, and were crowned as Europe’s top athletics nation on Sunday. The new champions scored 379.5 points across the two days, winning by a massive 62.5 points. Great Britain finished second with 317 points while, in a close race for third place, defending champions Germany got the final place on the podium, bouncing back after a dismal first day to total 304.5 points.

The Czech Republic topped the table at the European Team Championships First League in Budapest with 355.5 points, while Sweden and Portugal finished second and third with 323.5 and 295.5 points respectively. All three teams earned promotion to the top league for 2011.

Switzerland finished at the top in the Second League held in Belgrade, Serbia, with 207 points while Croatia finished second with 200 points and both were promoted to the First League for the year.

In the Third League in Marsa, Denmark topped the charts with 519 points while Bulgaria followed suit with 508.5 points to earn promotion to the Second League for the next year.

The bottom three teams in the Super League in Bergen were relegated to the First League for 2011, while the bottom two teams from the First and Second League were also relegated.

The overall standings at the end of the second and final day of the event follow.

SPAR European Team Championships

1. Russia 379.5
2. Great Britain 317
3. Germany 304.5
4. France 290
5. Ukraine 287
6. Poland 284
7. Italy 283.5
8. Belarus 235
9. Spain 218
10. Greece 187.5 (R)
11. Norway 175 (R)
12. Finland 150 (R)

European Team Championships First League

1. Czech Republic 355.5 (P)
2 Sweden 323.5 (P)
3 Portugal 295.5 (P)
4 Romania 287
5 Hungary 275
6 Netherlands 274.5
7 Belgium 259
8 Ireland 240.5
9 Turkey 224
10 Slovenia 204.5
11 Estonia 189 (R)
12 Lithuania 184 (R)

European Team Championships Second League

1. Switzerland 207 (P)
2. Croatia 200 (P)
3. Austria 193.5
4. Serbia 180.5
5. Latvia 179.5
6. Slovakia 179.5
7. Moldova 150.5 (R)
8. Israel 142.5 (R)

European Team Championships Third League

1. Denmark 519  (P)
2. Bulgaria 508.5 (P)
3. Cyprus 480
4. Iceland 400
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina 365.5
6. Azerbaijan 364
7. Luxembourg 341.5
8. Armenia 324
9. Malta 287.5
10. Georgia 232
11. Montenegro 214
12. FYR Macedonia 210
13. Andorra 163
14. Albania 107
15. AASSE 94

Note:
(P) - Promoted
(R) - Relegated