Following the announcement in October 2021 that the next edition of the European Athletics Team Championships would be part the European Games 2023, a change in format to the competition has been agreed by the European Athletics Council.
The European Athletics Team Championships will now consist of three divisions, whereas formerly it was four leagues.
The Championships take place on consecutive days between 20-25 June 2023&nbsp;at the Slaski Stadium in the Region of Silesia, which was also the venue for the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League.
The 1st Division will consist of 16 teams, the 2nd Division will also have 16 teams, and the 3rd Division will be made up of the remaining teams entered from European Athletics&rsquo; Member Federations.
In order to enhance the TV and spectator engagement in the Championships and maximise the promotional opportunities across the entire continent and beyond,&nbsp;all the divisions&nbsp;will be take place during the European Games 2023 and over six days at the same venue.
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<li>Day 1 to Day 3 (20-22 June 2023): 3rd Division will take place in the morning sessions and the 2nd Division in the evening sessions.&nbsp; &nbsp;</li>
<li>Day 4 to Day 6 (23-25 June 2023): 1st Division will take place in the evening sessions.</li>
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The European Athletics Team Championships groupings for 2023 are as follows:
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<li>1st Division: Poland, Italy , Great Britain &amp; NI, Germany , Spain, France, Portugal, Czech Republic, Belarus*, Netherlands, Switzerland, Türkiye, Finland, Sweden, Greece and Belgium. </li>
<li>2nd Division: Norway, Romania, Estonia, Hungary, Denmark, Slovenia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia, Croatia, Iceland, Serbia, Cyprus, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. </li>
<li>3rd Division: Luxembourg, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, Malta, Montenegro, Georgia, Armenia, Andorra, Republic of North Macedonia, San Marino, Albania, AASSE (Athletic Association of Small States of Europe), Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Austria, Ireland, Israel and the Russian Federastion*.</li>
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The distribution and listed order of teams was based on the results of the European Athletics Team Championships 2021.
* Participation of Belarus and the Russian Federation is subject to the lifting of the current sanctions.

European Athletics Team Championships format changes for 2023

European Athletics announced on Wednesday (27) that all divisions of the European Athletics Team Championships will be part of the European Games 2023.&nbsp;
The European Athletics Team Championships is the world&rsquo;s premier&nbsp;team competition between nations, with promotion and relegation&nbsp;at stake between the various divisions.
As part of the agreement between European Athletics and the European Olympic Committees, all divisions of the Team Championships will be contested back-to-back at the Slaski Stadium in the Region of Silesia the venue for the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League &ndash; with the concept &lsquo;under one roof&rsquo; thus providing a feast of top-class European team athletics.&nbsp;
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European Athletics Interim President, Dobromir Karamarinov,&nbsp;said: &ldquo;We have been discussing&nbsp;with the&nbsp;European Olympic Committees&nbsp;for some time now about&nbsp;integrating&nbsp;the European Athletics Team Championships&nbsp;to&nbsp;become&nbsp;a key part of the European Games in 2023. The European Athletics Council approved this move last month.
&ldquo;Now, thanks to the agreement with the European Olympic Committees and the local authorities in Silesia, with whom we already have an excellent relationship, we can continue&nbsp;with the detailed planning of the format of the championships and finding the right dates within the&nbsp;European Games&nbsp;window of 21 June to 2 July in 2023.
&ldquo;I would like to take this opportunity to thank the European Olympic Committees President Spyros Capralos for the positive and speedy discussions between our two organisations that have led to this agreement,&rdquo; concluded Karamarinov.&nbsp;
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European Athletics CEO, Christian Milz, said: &ldquo;The addition of the European Athletics Team Championships to the programme of the European Games 2023 is a &lsquo;win-win&rsquo; situation for both European Athletics and the European Olympic Committees. We will deliver a top-level team athletics competition, with exciting promotion and relegation battles between national teams, that provides a truly exciting athletics event for both television and spectators alike.&rdquo;&nbsp;
European Olympic Committees President, Spyros&nbsp;Capralos, said: &ldquo;Since 2015, we have been working closely with European Athletics to make sure we have the best athletics competition as part of the European Games programme. Thanks to their great cooperation, we have now found an outstanding solution for 2023 with the Team Championships and we are confident that the athletics competition in Poland will be one of the most popular events during the Games.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Chair of European Games Coordination Commission, Hasan Arat, said: &ldquo;It is fantastic news for us to welcome&nbsp;athletics back into the European Games programme. Now we will have the very best track and field athletes in Europe competing, and this is not only great for the Games, but it will also be very much appreciated by the passionate athletics fans in Poland.&rdquo;&nbsp;
The Marshal of Silesia, Jakub Chełstowski, said: &ldquo;I am delighted and honoured to announce that the Region of Silesia will once again be hosting European Athletics at the Slaski Stadium, this time in the form of the athletics at the forthcoming European Games in 2023. We already had a very successful cooperation with European Athletics when we welcomed the European Athletics Team Championships Super League this year and I know that the Polish athletics fans are already looking forward to seeing top-class athletes in action in 2023.&rdquo;
Discussions will now commence with the Spanish athletics federation about their hosting the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Super League after they had been provisionally awarded the 2023 event in May this year prior to the advanced discussions with the European Olympic Committees.

European Athletics Team Championships to join the European Games in 2023

Serbia missed out on promotion by the narrowest of margins two years ago but they made no mistake this time around at the European Athletics Team Championships Third League in Limassol, Cyprus this weekend.
After a crucial disqualification in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m knocked Serbia out of the sole promotion spot in 2019, the Serbian team convincingly topped the standings at this edition with 570 points. Hosts Cyprus also comfortably secured their passage into the Second League with 539 points while Moldova secured the third promotion spot ahead of Luxembourg - 481 to 465 points.
These three teams will be replaced in the Third League in two years&rsquo; time by Austria, Israel and Russia who were all automatically relegated by virtue of not competing at the Second League in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Serbian athletes placed in the top two in no fewer than 25 of the 40 events across the weekend. Individual highlights included former European U20 champion Milica Gardasevic winning the long jump with 6.54m and Lazar Anic providing the first part of a Serbian double in the long jump with 7.83m to defeat former European indoor champion Izmir Smajlaj from Albania with 7.70m.
Multiple European age-group medallist Elzan Bibic from Serbia won the 1500m in 3:48.96 although he had to settle for second in the 3000m behind Malta&rsquo;s Jordan Gusman who set a national record of 7:53.70 ahead of Bibic&rsquo;s 7:55.51. Gusman&rsquo;s winning time in the 3000m was the fastest across all four divisions and he was less than three seconds shy of Richard Ringer&rsquo;s championship record of 7:50.99.
Hosts Cyprus amassed 14 victories across the weekend to secure an immediate return to the Second League in 2023. Their veteran sprinter Eleni Artymata won the individual 400m in 51.79 before anchoring the Cypriot team to victory in the 4x400m in a national record of 3:41.52.
Olivia Fotopoulou was another star performer across the two days. She won the 100m in 11.42 and the 200m in 23.31 and ran the first leg of their victorious 4x100m team which clocked 44.61.
Former European indoor 60m hurdles champion Milan Trajkovic improved his season&rsquo;s best to 13.82 to win the 110m hurdles and fellow world finalist Apostolos Parellis threw 59.27m in the discus to defeat arguable pre-competition favourite Danijel Furtula from Montenegro with 57.97m.
Moldova overhauled Luxembourg for the third and final promotion spot thanks in no small part to some excellent performances in the throwing events. World U20 discus champion Alexandra Emilianov came away with maximum points in both the shot put (16.50m) and discus (56.41m), Andrian Mardare won the men&rsquo;s javelin with 82.57m and the brother-sister combo of Serghei Marghiev and Zalina Petrivskaya took a double in the hammer with winning marks of 74.49m and 70.33m respectively.
Other individual highlights included Luxembourg&rsquo;s Bob Bertemes winning the shot put with 21.02m ahead of Serbia&rsquo;s former European indoor champion Asmir Kolasinac with 20.45m and Albania&rsquo;s Luiza Gega winning the 3000m steeplechase in a gun-to-tape 9:39.56.&nbsp;
Full Third League results can be found <a href="https://limassol21results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/daily-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Serbia and hosts Cyprus dominate proceedings in the Third League in Limassol

The Serbian team missed out on the sole promotion spot at the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships Third League after a dramatic disqualification in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m but with the top three teams to gain promotion in Limassol this weekend, Serbia should secure a comfortable passage into the third tier of the biennial competition.
The European Athletics Team Championships Third League will be steamed live through the European Athletics Facebook page.
While reigning world indoor champion Ivana Spanovic won&rsquo;t be on team duties this weekend, former European U20 champion Milica Gardasevic should still deliver a full complement of points for Serbia in the women&rsquo;s long jump.&nbsp;
Other standout names on the Serbian team include Elzan Bibic in the men&rsquo;s 1500m, five-time Olympian Olivera Jevtic in the women&rsquo;s 5000m, Lazar Anic in the men&rsquo;s long jump, Dragana Tomasevic in the women&rsquo;s shot put and discus and former European indoor champion Asmir Kolasinac in the men&rsquo;s shot put.
The men&rsquo;s shot put is shaping up to be one of the highest quality events across the three divisions of the European Athletics Team Championships this weekend and Kolasinac is one of four throwers in the line-up with lifetime bests in excess of the 21 metre-line.
Kolasinac&rsquo;s lifetime best of 21.58m ranks him ahead of his Georgian rival Giorgi Mujaridze (21.21m) and Mesud Pezer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (21.48m) although Luxembourg&rsquo;s Bob Bertemes leads the way based on his season&rsquo;s best of 21.71m and his lifetime best of 22.22m.&nbsp;
Luxembourg were one of four nations to get relegated from the European Athletics Team Championships Second League two years ago along with Georgia, Malta and host nation Cyprus. Along with Serbia, Cyprus are arguably the strongest favourites for an immediate reprieve back into the Second League in 2023.
The star name on Cyprus&rsquo; team is their popular sprint hurdler Milan Trajkovic, the 2019 European indoor 60m hurdles champion and a world finalist outdoors in the 110m hurdles in Doha. However, Trajkovic has been struggling with injuries this year which has so far limited him to a modest season&rsquo;s best performance of 13.91.
Veteran sprinter Eleni Artymata, a world finalist in the 200m as far back as the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, will be representing the hosts in the 400m as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m while twins Olivia (100/200m) and Filippa Fotopoulou (long jump) are expected to accrue a healthy quote of points for Cyprus. Olivia and Filippa will join forces with Artymata in the 4x100m as well.
Another standout clash of the weekend pits home favourite and world finalist Apostolos Parellis in the discus against Danijel Furtula from Montenegro who leads the entry-list with a season&rsquo;s best of 65.50m to Parellis&rsquo; 61.90m. Montenegro has another strong favourite in the women&rsquo;s high jump with the Athens-based Marija Vukovic expected to secure maximum points.
Moldova has featured in the Second League in editions gone by and their team&rsquo;s strength is heavily weighted to the men's and women's throwing events. Their team includes the in-form javelin thrower Andrian Mardare, who finished second to Johannes Vetter at the European Throwing Cup, world U20 discus champion Alexandra Emilianov who has been entered for both the shot put and discus and the sister-brother duo of Zalina Petrivskaya and Serghei Marghiev in the hammer.
And while it would be a mild surprise if Albania claimed one of the three promotion places, their standard bearer for so many years Luiza Gega is fully expected to dominate the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m in Limassol.
Gega, who holds all the Albanian records from 800m to the marathon, won both events in the Third League in Skopje two years ago and her winning times of 9:25.80 and 15:36.62 were the fastest times recorded across all four divisions.
Likewise, former European indoor champion Izmir Smajlaj is also expected to bring home maximum points for Albania in the long jump.

Serbia and hosts Cyprus primed for promotion in Limassol

Final entries for the European Athletics Team Championships First, Second and Third Leagues on 19-20 June have been published and are available to view.
The First League takes place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and features the five relegated teams from the Super League in 2019: Sweden, Finland, Greece, Czech Republic and Switzerland. The final entries for the First League can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/891728ea-f1a2-4e87-9ce5-0e260faefbb7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;
The Swiss team features recently crowned European indoor champions Ajla Del Ponte (100m, 4x100m) and Angelica Moser (pole vault) while the Greek team will be expecting maximum points in the long jump from world leader Miltiadis Tentoglou.
Another reigning European indoor champion in action is Femke Bol who will contest the 400m flat in Cluj-Napoca. Her training partner Lieke Klaver will also be in action in the 200m.
However, Ireland will not be competing in Cluj-Napoca citing ongoing coronavirus restriction. The full statement from Athletics Ireland can be read <a href="https://www.athleticsireland.ie/news/european-team-championships-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
The European Athletics Team Championships Second League takes place in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria and the final entries can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/60fb4df4-26f9-4347-8e72-098f4593e4db" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
One of the highlights will be the men's discus featuring reigning European champion Andrius Gudzius from Lithuania and in-form Slovenian Kristjan Ceh who extended his European U23 record to 69.52m last month.&nbsp;
The Bulgarian team will be anchored once again by Ivet Lalova-Collio who competes in the 200m and 4x100m, and Olympic silver medallist Mirela Demireva in the high jump. Lalova-Collio won a 100/200m double on this track in 2015 which helped Bulgaria gain promotion into the First League.
The European Athletics Team Championships Third League will be held in Limassol, Cyprus and final entries can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/32ad20c5-7f47-428b-ba8f-e3c8c8079900" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;
Hosts Cyprus will be one of the favourites for promotion back into the Second League. Their team includes world finalists Milan Trajkovic (110m hurdles) and Apostolos Parellis (discus) along with Eleni Artymata (400m) and twins Olivia Fotopoulou (100m) and Filippa Fotopoulou (long jump).
The men's shot put could be one of the highest quality events of the weekend with the entry-list featuring four throwers with 21 metre-plus lifetime bests: Georgia's Giorgi Mujaridze (21.21m), Mesud Pezer from Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina (21.48m), Serbia's Asmir Kolasinac (21.58m) and Luxembourg's Bob Bertemes (22.22m).
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Final entries published for European Team Championships First, Second and Third Leagues

Sixteen teams are due to compete in the European Athletics Team Championships Third League which will now be held in Limassol, Cyprus on 19-20 June 2021.
The fourth tier of Europe&rsquo;s flagship team competition was initially due to be held in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia but the event will now take place in the Tsirio Stadium in Limassol, the second largest city in Cyprus by population.
Cyprus was relegated from the Second League two years ago but the home contingent will be optimistic of securing one of the three promotion spots out of the Third League this June.
Their standout performer for more than a decade now has been veteran sprinter Eleni Artymata who will undoubtedly play another leading role on the Cypriot team this summer. In her pomp, Artymata reached the world 200m final in 2009 before finishing fifth in the European final the following year in a lifetime best and national record of 22.61.
But her affinity with this competition even precedes those performances. Artymata&rsquo;s first victory for Cyprus came at the 2005 European Cup - the event was thus rebranded as the European Athletics Team Championships in 2009 - when she won maximum points in the 100m in the third-tier of the competition in Istanbul.
Fourteen years later, Artymata won the individual 400m and was also part of their victorious 4x100m relay team in the Second League in 2019 although those triumphs were not quite enough to save Cyprus from the ignominy of relegation in Varazdin, Croatia.&nbsp;
The host nation will also expect full points in the 110m hurdles from 2019 European indoor 60m hurdles champion and world finalist Milan Trajkovic and in the discus from fellow world finalist Apostolos Parellis who has been a mainstay on the Cypriot team since 2007. Now 35, Parellis seems to be improving with age as evidenced by his fifth-place finish in Doha 2019 when he improved his national record to 66.32m.
Twins Filippa and Olivia Fotopoulou are also expected to be key protagonists for Cyprus in the long jump and sprints respectively while the Swiss-based Natalia Evangelidou should contribute a high number of points in the middle distance events.
With 16 victories across the weekend, Serbia would have expected to gain promotion from the Third League two years ago but a crucial disqualification in the last event of the programme - the men&rsquo;s 4x400m relay - handed the overall title to Iceland and with it promotion into the Second League.
But with the top three teams to be promoted from the Third League this June, Serbia will almost certainly make amends in Limassol barring any unforeseen disasters. Their standout individual performer two years ago was their rising middle distance star Elzan Bibic who won both the 1500m and 3000m.
Moldova finished fourth in the Third League in 2019 but a powerful cohort in the throwing events could help to steer the landlocked nation back into the Second League for the first time since 2017.
Moldovan athletes will have strong individual chances in at least five of the eight throwing events courtesy of the brother-and-sister combo of Serghei Marghiev and Zalina Petrivskaya in the hammer, Alexandra Emilianov in the women&rsquo;s discus, Dimitriana Surdu in the women&rsquo;s shot put and Andrian Mardare in the javelin.
And while Albania might not have the quality across their ranks to challenge for a top three finish, Luiza Gega could quite possibly be the star athlete across the weekend. The Albanian holds all of her country&rsquo;s national records from 800m (2:01.30) up to the marathon (2:35:34) and her winning times in the Third League in the 3000m steeplechase (9:25.80) and 5000m (15:36.62) were the fastest across all four leagues.&nbsp;
Other competing teams in Limassol include Luxembourg, Georgia and Malta - all of whom were relegated from the Second League along with Cyprus in 2019 - along with Azerbaijan who picked up a silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Torun courtesy of Alexis Copello in the triple jump.
The full list of participating teams can be found <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/a2c17fc0-c779-47a5-b56b-2310dfe7b23b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;

Limassol to stage European Athletics Team Championships Third League

Relegated two years ago in Tel Aviv, Iceland gained automatic promotion after winning the European Athletics Team Championships Third League in Skopje, North Macedonia in the most dramatic fashion. 
A weekend which had seen Serbia, who had also gone down last time, dominate the competition, with 15 individual winners, came down to the last event, the men’s 4x400m. Leading with 427 points from Iceland with 418, Serbia was disqualified from the second of the relays and with it went the title. 
As Abedin Mujezinovic led Bosnia & Herzegovina home in 3:13.61, Iceland banked 12 points in second, anchored by Ivar Kristinn Jasonarson as they finished in 3:14.28, and the one promotion spot available was theirs. Serbia was disqualified under rule 163.2, jostling or obstructing, as Iceland moved back into the second tier of the competition which will resume in 2021.
Trailing by eight points to Serbia after the first day, it was always a battle between the two nations during the second day as they came out on top by just those three points with Bosnia and Herzegovina third with 385 and Moldova fourth with 377. 
In the end, Iceland was further proof you can become champions without winning an abundance events but as important having a series of good finishes.
On Saturday, they took maximum points in the women’s pole vault with Hulda Thorsteinsdottir (3.60m), the women’s javelin with Asdis Hjalmsdottir (57.04m), the women’s 4x100m relay in 45.81 and the men’s 4x100m relay in 40.44. 
They had only one victory on Sunday when Gudbjorg Jona Bjarnadottir added to her relay success by taking the 200m in 23.74 but their good finishes brought them success. 
One of the surprises of the weekend was that Anita Hinriksdottir, a multiple winner at these European Athletics team Championships, came second in both the 800m and 1500m.
The Icelandic star seemed a banker in the 800m, her specialist distance where she was the 2017 European indoor bronze medallist, but Bosnia’s Jelena Gajic had other ideas on Saturday, winning in 2:05.82 from Hinriksdottir in 2:06.16 and Serbia’s Marija Stambolic while teammate Teodora Simovic won the 1500m in 4:32.33 from Hinriksdottir in 4:36.33. 
It was some two days for one of Albania’s greatest athletes - Luiza Gega - as she produced the best result across all four leagues in winning the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m.
The former European 3000m steeplechase silver medallist won this event without being at all troubled in 9:25.80 on Saturday and then on Sunday, she smashed her 5000m national record of 15:46.89 with victory in 15:36.62. 
It was also two days to remember for the hosts sprinter Jovan Stojovski. He broke his personal best to win the 100m in 10.72 on Saturday from Bosnia’s Hajrudin Vejzovic in 10.77 and then made it a double with 200m glory in 21.35. 
But it was always Serbia who were in the lead on Sunday as along with Simovic’s win in the 1500m, Milos Savic triumphed in the pole vault (4.81m), Anja Lukic won the 100m hurdles (13.83), Luca Trgovcevic took the 110m hurdles (14.29), Elzan Bibic won the men’s 3000m (8:04.74), Milica Gardasevic was first in the women’s long jump (6.28m) ahead of victory in the women’s 4x400m relay in 3:43.50. 
But Iceland stayed close to them - and it proved enough.
Saturday had seen the Republic of North Macedonia have success from the start in their home championships as they won the 400m hurdles, the opening track final, which Drita Islami won clearly in 60.81 from Moldova’s Iana Garaeva (64.35).
Serbia’s Asmir Kolasinac, the 2013 European champion, confirmed his position as favourite for the shot put as he was the only man to clear 20 metres. He did that with his fourth and last effort of 20.01m for score maximum points from Montenegro’s Tomas Djurovic (19.45m) and Bosnia’s Kemal Mesic (19.43m).
Kolasinac was one of nine Serbian winners on Saturday. The others were: Elzan Bibic in the 1500m (3:47.79), Strahinja Jovancevic in the long jump (7.39m), Jasmin Halili in the high jump (2.10m) and Milos Malesevic in the 5000m (14.47.05). In the women’s events, Milana Tirnanic won the 100m (11.50), Maja Ciric took the 400m (53.32), Simovic in the 3000m (9:23.86) and Dragana Tomasevic in the discus (59.19m).

A late disqualification for Serbia is Iceland’s gain in the Third League

When it comes to the European Athletics Team Championships, Anita Hinriksdottir is a model of consistency. She is still only 23 and yet she has more victories to her name than many in the decade that the competition has taken place.
Next stop for Hinriksdottir and her Icelandic teammates will be in Skopje in the Republic of North Macedonia this weekend as they look to make up for their relegation two years ago. 
Iceland were one of three teams to go down into the Third League in 2017 – they were joined by Serbia and Moldova – but only one will be promoted this time as part of the restructure of the European Athletics Team Championships which was approved in November. 
Iceland will be looking for maximum points again from Hinriksdottir in both the 800m and 1500m and she has also been named in their relay pool for the 4x400m.
Hinriksdottir won the 800m two years ago in the Second League in Tel Aviv having first achieved the middle distance double as a 17-year-old in 2013 in Banska Bystrica before finishing second at both distances the following year in Tbilisi behind Albanian stalwart Luiza Gega who will also be in action in Skopje in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m.
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Final entries are now available for the European Athletics Team Championships Third League in Skopje. 
Serbia's team features European indoor bronze medallist Strahinja Jovancevic and former European indoor champion Asmir Kolasinac. 
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On times alone, Hinriksdottir should have no trouble winning both events as Iceland will battle it out for the sole promotion spot with the Athletic Association of Small States of Europe, Albania (AASSE), Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, hosts Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, San Marino and Serbia. 
Another potentially high scoring athlete on the Icelandic team is the reigning European U18 100m champion Gudbjorg Jona Bjarnadottir who has been entered for both the 100m and 200m and both relays. 
In a city which lies on the banks of the Vardar River, the hosts will be hoping for big points from Jovan Stojoski who will have an action-packed two days. 
It is proving a great outdoor season for Stojoski who initially broke the national 200m record with a time of 21.40 which he then lowered to 21.32 a month later. He has also run personal bests in the 100m (10.82) and 400m (47.01) and not only will he run in three individual events this weekend, he will also be part of the 4x400m relay team.
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The three relegated teams from 2017 could be the ones to catch as Serbia and Moldova also have line-ups replete with familiar names. 
Strahinja Jovancevic has become one of the stars of the Serbian team after a brilliant performance to not only win bronze in the long jump at the European Indoor Championships in March but to break the national record also with 8.03m. 
Jovancevic will also run in the 4x100m relay in a Serbian team in which former European indoor champion Asmir Kolasinac should win the shot put. Big points should also come from recent European U23 1500m bronze medallist Elzan Bibic in the 1500m and 3000m and veteran Olivera Jevtic, the 2006 European marathon silver medallist, in the 5000m. 
For Moldova, discus thrower Alexandra Emilianov knows all about winning. She is not 20 until next month but she is already one of her country’s most acclaimed athletes with a run of success in the discus dating all the way back to the 2015 IAAF World U18 Championships in Cali where she won gold.
Emilianov can expect a close battle with Serbian veteran Dragana Tomasevic in the discus - their season’s bests stand at 61.62m and 61.55m respectively - while Emilianov’s teammate Zalina Petrivskaya is the marginal favourite in the women’s hammer ahead of Azerbaijan’s former European bronze medallist Hanna Skydan. 
The Moldovans will have high hopes for Petrivskaya’s younger brother Serghei Marghiev in the hammer while Dimitriana Surdu, who has a season’s best of 18.62m, is the favourite for maximum points in the shot put. 
It is set to be a tight match for the title and a fascinating one too.
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Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland began its partnership with European Athletics in 2008 as a top-tier sponsor of all Major Events and the European Athletics U23 and U20  Championships. Le Gruyère is a very high quality natural cheese that has been produced for many centuries in an artisanal method without any additives. VIP guests, athletes and fans have the opportunity to taste this magnificent cheese at European Athletics events sponsored by Le Gruyère AOP Switzerland.

Le Gruyère

Toyo Tires is one of the world's largest tire manufacturers. Toyo Tire Corporation was founded in 1945 in Osaka, Japan. In 1975, the manufacturer opened its European headquarters in Germany. The product range includes winter, summer and all-season tyres for motor vehicles as well as van tyres and special off-road products. The philosophy of Toyo Tires is to combine driving pleasure with top performance. This is reflected in each of the products, as well as in its close partnership with European Athletics.

Toyo Tires

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has been the Official Broadcast Partner of European Athletics since 1981. During this 40-year partnership, the outstanding collaboration between both organisations has always been focused on developing European Athletics into a more attractive product for television, spectators and athletes. Through its operational department Eurovision Services, the EBU is continuously working to promote athletics by offering the most comprehensive coverage of European Athletics events all over Europe.

Conica has been developing and manufacturing innovative seamless flooring solutions for sports, games and leisure for over 40 years and is one of the world's market leaders and innovation drivers in this field.  The user-oriented requirements for technical and sports functional performance as well as usability while guaranteeing the health aspects of the material itself, and for the user, are the focus of Conica's product development.  Conica is part of the Serafin group of companies based in Munich, Germany.

Conica

Polanik is a family company, founded by Wiesław Szczepanik in 1966. It produces athletics equipment having over thousand products in the offer. Polanik fully equips stadiums all over the world and handles the highest-level athletics events. Stars of athletics beat world records using Polanik products. Polanik is held in high regard by many for top quality and advisory services for designers and investors of athletics stadiums.

Polanik

Opened in 1909 and magnificently restored, the Hotel Royal Savoy Lausanne combines Art Nouveau and modernity with genuine panache. Featuring tailor-made service and unbeatable comfort, this legendary venue is located a short walk from the shores of Lac Leman and offers every guest the absolute luxury of feeling truly at home. The Hotel Royal Savoy is proud to be the Preferred Hotel Partner of European Athletics in Lausanne since 2016, offering valuable support and accommodation services to European Athletics business activities throughout the year.

Hotel Royal Savoy Lausanne

Getty Images is the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content – with award winning editorial photographers and videographers covering hundreds of Sports, Entertainment, and News events daily. Digital asset management and distribution services optimize efficiency and content syndication for hundreds of media partners and rights holders.

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The first companies of Würth MODYF Group were founded in Künzelsau, Germany and Neumarkt, Italy in 1997 as an independent subsidiary of the Würth Group and can thus look back on more than 25 years of experience in the field of workwear and safety footwear.

Würth MODYF Group currently operates companies in ten countries and has more than 400 employees in Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland. Smaller sales units support Würth MODYF’s customers in Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. Würth MODYF Group is continuing to expand internationally, opening new branches all over Europe.

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