<h2 dir="ltr">European Athletics Team Championships</h2>
The Slovenian city of Maribor has been confirmed as the host venue for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships 2nd Division and 3rd Division.
Both divisions will be held at the recently renovated Athletic Stadium Poljane Maribor which also hosted the athletics programme for the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival as well as the 2024 Balkan U18 Championships.
The 3rd Division takes place on 24-25 June with the 2nd Division, which features hosts Slovenia, taking place on 28-29 June.
A full composition of each division for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/c2fb8cc5-c5f1-4ef8-827c-75ef0595eb47/ETCH2025_Grouping_11122023.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;
Slovenia just missed out on promotion to the 1st Division at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia, finishing fourth and an agonising 0.5 points behind Lithuania who sealed the third and final promotion spot into the highest echelon of the biennial championships after a thrilling and tense final day.
However, a full-strength Slovenian team including reigning European discus champion Kristjan Ceh - who won maximum points at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships with a championship record of 69.94m - will be hopeful of securing a top three finish and promotion into the 1st Division for the first time in championship history.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Other highlights from a Slovenian standpoint in 2023 included victories for Tina Sutej and Marusa Mismas-Zrimsek in the pole vault and 3000m steeplechase respectively and Anita Horvat anchoring Slovenia to maximum points in the mixed 4x400m relay.&nbsp;
The European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division takes place on 27-29 June in Madrid, Spain where Italy will be looking to retain their overall title after winning for the first time in championship history in 2023.

Groupings for 2025

2023 Results Book

2023 Summary by event - all divisions

European Athletics Team Championships 2nd and 3rd Divisions

2023 Results Book - all divisions

The BEST of the 3rd & 2nd DIVISION | Silesia 2023 European Athletics Team Championships

Highlights | Lithuania pips Slovenia for promotion from 2nd Division

Highlights | Ireland crowned 3rd Division champions

Highlights | Slovenia pushes for promotion on day two

Championship record for Ceh!

Highlights | Ireland rising up the 3rd Division on day two

Highlights | Hungary dominates 2nd Division day one in Silesia

Highlights | Austria in command of the 3rd Division on day one in Silesia

<h2>European Running Championships</h2>
European Athletics is delighted to announce that the first ever edition of the European Running Championships will take place in Leuven and Brussels on 12-13 April 2025, with the masses joining the elites for a festival of running on the streets of Belgium.
The inaugural edition will see road races take centre stage at a standalone European Championships, featuring three races over two days: 10K, half marathon and marathon. Europe&rsquo;s top distance runners will race alongside the masses, bringing the stars of the sport and their fans closer than ever before.
The marathon course will run from Brussels to Leuven, starting in the heart of the Belgian capital before reaching the finish in the historic heart of Leuven.
The European marathon champion had previously been crowned at the European Championships, but now the classic distance, and its finest exponents, will take the spotlight at their very own festival of running, with medals awarded for individual and team honours at all three distances. Mass-race participants can also compete for medals in brand-new &lsquo;country ranking&rsquo; competition.
&ldquo;The European Running Championships symbolises my vision of a sport that really is for everyone,&rdquo; said European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov. &ldquo;Young and old, male and female, fast and slow, big and small, elite and amateur will all compete together and simultaneously in mass marathon, half marathon and 10km races, with global and national ranking places on offer.&rdquo;
Karamarinov added: &ldquo;For too long, athletics has been seen as a rarefied activity, the preserve of only the super-fit and the super-gifted. All children, and a growing number of adults across our continent, take part in athletics, in the form of recreational running, every day. Yet many of them do not think of themselves as athletes. I am determined to bridge this gap.&rdquo;
European Athletics CEO Christian Milz said: "This will be a unique championships as every runner will be an athlete and every athlete can be a champion. It gives everyone in our sport the chance to experience that unique championships feeling. Welcome to the European Running Championships.&rdquo;
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European Running Championships

European Running Championships Regulations

<h2>Over de Europese Kampioenschappen Atletiek Indoor</h2>In 2025 worden de Europese Kampioenschappen Atletiek Indoor gehouden in Apeldoorn, Nederland van 6-9 maart. Met deze kampioenschappen wil de Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiekunie niet alleen een nieuwe standaard neerzetten in kwaliteit en beleving, maar ook jong en oud inspireren.Dat hebben we al eerder bewezen met de Europese Kampioenschappen Atletiek 2016 in Amsterdam. De Europese Kampioenschappen Atletiek Indoor creëert een bewustzijn van vitaliteit en sociale binding in Europa en zal worden omarmd door alle fans. We kijken er naar uit u te mogen verwelkomen in het Omnisport in Apeldoorn.De ambitie is om onder het motto 'Moving People' een onvergetelijk en inspirerend evenement neer te zetten en de atletieksport verder te positioneren bij jong en oud.'Mensen in beweging brengen is wat we nastreven met EICH2025. Mensen raken met de mooie eigenschappen van atletiek, de moeder van alle sporten: dynamisch, het beste uit jezelf halen en presteren in teamverband.'Maak deel uit van de magie tijdens de Europese Kampioenschappen Atletiek Indoor in Apeldoorn van 6-9 maart 2025!<h2 style="color: #2c529d !important; margin-bottom: .1em;">Tickets</h2><h4 style="color: #2c529d !important; margin-top: 0;">Premium tickets only</h4>De ticketshop voor de Europese Kampioenschappen Atletiek Indoor Apeldoorn 2025 is nu live met alleen premium tickets en vierdaagse passen. Zorg dat je niets mist en koop nu je premium tickets.Voor specifieke vragen over de kaartverkoop kun je een e-mail sturen naar info@apeldoorn2025.nl* Let op: reguliere tickets zijn vanaf maart 2024 te koop.<a class="orange-semi-rounded-button" href="https://shop.ticketing.cm.com/eich2025premium/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get your premium tickets now</a>

<h2>About the European Athletics Indoor Championships</h2>
The next European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands from 6-9 March 2025.
With these championships the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation aims not only to set a new standard in quality and experience but also to inspire young and old.
"We have proven that before, staging the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam. The European Athletics Indoor Championships creates an awareness of vitality and social bonding in Europe and will be embraced by all the fans. We look forward to welcoming you at the Omnisport in Apeldoorn.
"The ambition is to create an unforgettable and inspiring event under the motto 'Moving People' and to further position the sport of athletics among the young and old.
"Moving people is what we aim for with the Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. To touch people with the beautiful characteristics of athletics, the mother of all sports: dynamic, getting the best out of yourself and performing in a team."
Be part of the magic at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn from 6-9 March 2025!
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European Athletics Indoor Championships

Road to Apeldoorn

Timetable

Qualification System and Entry Standards

Official Implements List

Visser blazes to 7.77 60m hurdles in Torun 2021

Dutch delight in the men's 4x400m in Torun 2021

Every Femke Bol European indoor gold

See you in Apeldoorn 2025

Apeldoorn 2025

<h2>European Athletics Team Championships</h2>
Italy were crowned champions at the European Athletics Team Championships for the first time in Silesia ahead of reigning champions and hosts Poland and four-time winners Germany.
In a new-look format for the event, all three divisions were held under one roof in the same location across six days as part of the third edition of the European Games in Krakow-Małopolska.&nbsp;
Ireland were the first champions to be anointed in the 3rd Division where Albania's Luiza Gega also created history by becoming the joint most successful athlete in European Athletics Team Championships history, her wins in the 5000m and 3000m steeplechase taking her tally up to 11 victories.
Hungary dominated the 2nd Division, winning the title ahead of Ukraine and Lithuania who pipped Slovenia for the third promotion spot by an agonising 0.5 points. Both Hungary and Lithuania will be making their debuts in the top division of the European Athletics Team Championships in 2025.
In the main spectacle which occupied the last three days of the championships, Italy improved on their runner-up finish from two years ago with a dominant victory. The Italians won seven of the 37 events and tallied a score of 426.5 points ahead of Poland (402.5 points) and Germany (387.5. points) with Spain fourth with 352 points.
At the other end of the table, Norway, T&uuml;rkiye and Belgium occupied the last three places and were relegated into the 2nd Division in 2025. &nbsp;The Belgian team were relegated despite the best efforts of shot putter-turned hurdler Jolien Boumkwo who garnered worldwide admiration and attention after stepping in as a last minute replacement for the injured Anne Zagre in the 100m hurdles.&nbsp;
Individual highlights across the six days included Femke Bol from the newly promoted Netherlands winning the 400m in 49.82 to smash her championship record of 50.37 and Slovenia's Kristjan Ceh winning the discus in the 2nd Division with 69.94m to break the championship record held by his coach Gerd Kanter.&nbsp;
The 2025 edition of the European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division will be held in Madrid, Spain from 27-29 June.&nbsp;

Results

European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division

Championship record for Bol! Silesia 2023

Skrzyszowska sizzles on home soil | Silesia 2023

Highlights | Italy triumphs in Silesia

Highlights | Sibilio's championship record moves Italy closer

Highlights | Italy on top in the 1st Division

World Athletics Combined Events Tour Silver and Bronze Meetings

2025 World Athletics Combined Events Tour Calendar | Silver and Bronze (Europe)

2025 World Athletics Combined Events Tour Details | Silver and Bronze (Europe)

2025 World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar (at 29 November)

2025 World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar with disciplines (at 29  November)

2025 World Athletics Continental Tour | Silver Meeting Details (at 27 November)

2025 World Athletics Continental Tour | Bronze Meeting Details (at 27 November)

2025 World Athletics Continental Tour | Challenger Meeting Details (at  29 November)

World Athletics Continental Tour Silver, Bronze and Challenger Meetings

European record for Femke Bol!

Kambundji blasts a 10.90 100m in La-Chaux-de-Fonds

Dutch record of 12.36 for Visser in La-Chaux-de-Fonds

Resisprint La Chaux-de-Fonds | Replay

Folksam Grand Prix Karlstad | Replay

Meeting Sotteville | Replay

Folksam Grand Prix Sollentuna | Replay

Italian 110m hurdles record for Simonelli

Meeting de Forbach | Replay

European 100m lead of 9.97 for Azu

Second fastest 300m hurdles time in history!

Just outside the European 300m best

Night of the 10,000m PBs | Replay

Liese Prokop Memorial | Replay

Pfingstsportfest Rehlingen | Replay

Grand Slam Winner Jerusalem | Replay

Combined Events Challenge

European Athletics Combined Events Challenge

The Match Europe v USA

<h2>SPAR European Cross Country Championships</h2>
The most important cross country event on the European calendar attracts the best distance running talents from across the continent in the U20, U23 and senior categories for both genders with a mixed relay the most recent addition to the programme.
This year&rsquo;s SPAR European Cross Country Championships takes place in Antalya, the fifth largest city in T&uuml;rkiye, on 8 December and will be the 30th edition of the championships.
This will be the first time T&uuml;rkiye has staged the SPAR European Cross Country Championships and Antalya will be the most southerly venue in the 30-year history of the championships.&nbsp;
This year&rsquo;s championships take place in the Dokuma Park in the north of Antalya on a largely flat albeit rhythm-sapping course with sections of sand and mud for the runners to navigate across the seven races.&nbsp;
At the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels last December, Norway&rsquo;s Karoline Bjerkeli Gr&oslash;vdal won her third successive senior women&rsquo;s title, defeating soon-to-be Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Nadia Battocletti by 45 seconds.&nbsp;
In the senior men&rsquo;s race, Yann Schrub took advantage of the absence of two-time reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win the individual title while hosts Belgium came away with the team title on home soil ahead of France and Norway.
Great Britain topped the medal table again with seven gold medals, including individual victories for Innes FitzGerald and Will Barnicoat in the women's U20 and men's U23 races respectively. Both athletes are eligible to defend their titles in Antalya.
The 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships has been awarded to Lagoa, Portugal.&nbsp;
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Final entries

Statistics Handbook

Media Guide

Venue Map

Sustainability Strategy

Results Book (Brussels 2023)

SPAR European Cross Country Championships

Team Manual

Antalya 2024 Sustainability Strategy

Antalya City Map

Crazy cross country finishes!

What a day! Extended highlights | Brussels 2023

Historic gold for France! Senior men's replay | Brussels 2023

Grøvdal reigns again! Women's senior replay | Brussels 2023

Champions d'Europe! Mixed relay replay | Brussels 2023

Pure domination! Women's U23 replay | Brussels 2023

What a finish! Men's U20 replay | Brussels 2023

FitzGerald strides to gold! Brussels 2023 

The best of Jakob Ingebrigtsen! Road to Brussels 2023

Extended highlights | 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships

2025 World Athletics Race Walking Tour Details | Silver and Bronze (Europe)

2025 World Athletics Race Walking Tour Calendar | Silver and Bronze (Europe)

World Athletics Race Walking Tour Silver and Bronze Meetings

European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meetings

2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour Calendar | European Meetings  (at 29 November)

2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour | Disciplines by Meeting (at 2 December)

2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour | Silver Meeting Details (at  2 December)

2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour | Bronze Meeting Details (at 27 November)

2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour | Challenger Meeting Details (at 2 December)

World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver, Bronze and Challenger Meetings

World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver and Bronze Meetings

World lead of 4.86m for Caudery in Rouen

Duplantis attempts 6.24m in Clermont-Ferrand

1.97m for Topic in Banska Bystrica

2024 Meeting de Paris highlights

Close men's 1500m battle in Lyon

2024 Meeting de Mondeville highlights

2024 Meeting Indoor de Lyon | Highlights

Mahuchikh soars over 2.04m in Cottbus

Caudery soars to 4.83m in Val-de-Reuil

Martinez scorches to 7.49 60m hurdles in Val-de-Reuil

2024 CMCM Indoor Meeting Luxembourg replay

2024 Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund replay

Memorial Josip Gasparac replay | Osijek

Belgrade Indoor Meeting replay | Belgrade

Mahuchikh soars over 1.97m in Banska Bystrica

Sub-50 for Femke! Bol clocks 49.96 in Metz

World lead! Mahuchikh improves to 2.02m in Metz

Meeting Metz Moselle Athlelor replay | Metz

Meeting Mondeville replay | Mondeville

Meeting de l'Eure replay | Val-de-Reuil

IFAM Meeting replay | Gent

Hvězdy v Nehvizdech replay | Nehvizdy

Internationales Springer-Meeting replay | Cottbus

CMCM Indoor Meeting replay | Luxembourg

<h2>European Throwing Cup</h2>
The event which took place for the first time in 2001 under its initial alias of the European Throwing Winter Challenge traditionally marks the beginning of the outdoor season for European throwers.&nbsp;
At the 2024 European Throwing Cup in Leiria, Ukraine topped the medal table for the second edition in succession courtesy of gold medals from Mykhailo Kokhan and Artur Felfner in the hammer and javelin respectively.&nbsp;
The 16 gold medals were evenly distributed between 13 nations with Katrine Koch Jacobsen creating history for Denmark by winning her country's first ever gold medal in the European Throwing Cup in the hammer, defeating a field which included all three medallists from the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships.
And fittingly, the last senior gold medal went in the direction of the hosts. Irina Rodrigues, who is also a qualified doctor and juggles her profession alongside her athletics career, launched the discus out to a world lead and Portuguese record of 66.60m for an emotional and popular victory. &nbsp;&nbsp;
Rodrigues defeated a strong line-up which includes Germany's Shanice Craft and France's 44-year-old Melina Robert-Michon who threw 62.46m in the sixth round to take the bronze medal, her eleventh medal in the history of the European Throwing Cup.&nbsp;
The next three editions of the European Throwing Cup will be held in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The 2025 edition takes place on 15-16 March.&nbsp;
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Final Entries

Timetable (1 March 2024)

European Throwing Cup

Competition Regulations

Entry Standards (ETC 2025)

List of Implements (ETC 2025)

Leiria 2024 | Day two highlights

Leiria 2024 | Day one highlights 

Day two replay (part two) | Leiria 2023

Day two replay (part one) | Leiria 2023

Day one replay | Leiria 2023

Dongmo's big shot in Leiria | Leiria 2022

Ukrainian resilience in Leiria | Leiria 2022

Vetter goes big in Split | Split 2021

Andrejczyk amazes with 71.40m | Split 2021

<h2>European Race Walking Team Championships</h2>
This is an event dedicated to race walking organised on a biennial basis. This event was established in 1996 and was formerly called, until 2021, the European Race Walking Cup.&nbsp;
It now includes a senior men's and women's 20km and 35km and 10km races for men and women in the U20 category. The team scores are calculated by aggregating the positions of the first three finishers (senior) or two finishers (U20). The team with the lowest aggregate of points will be judged the winner.
At the 2023 European Race Walking Team Championships in Podebrady, Spain topped the medal table again with six gold medals. Their star performer was Maria Perez who won the 35km race walk title in a world record of 2:37:15 and led Spain to a clean sweep of the individual medals.
Perez provided the second half of a Spanish double after Alvaro Martin won the men's event in a national record of 2:25:35 and also led Spain to the team title.
The Italians also performed brilliantly in Podebrady, coming away with five gold medals in total. Francesco Fortunato won the 20km race walk ahead of two-time winner Perseus Karlstrom and his more revered teammate Massimo Stano and Diego Giampaolo and Giulia Gabriele swept the U20 10km titles for Italy.
At the other end of the age spectrum, 39-year-old Antigoni Ntrismpioti proved her reputation as a fine championship competitor. The double European champion from Munich 2022 won the 20km race walk title for Greece, just ahead of Olympic champion Antonella Palmisano from Italy.&nbsp;
The 2025 edition of the European Race Walking Team Championships will also be held in Podebrady.&nbsp;

2023 Final results

European Race Walking Team Championships

European Race Walking Team Championships Regulations (as updated on 10 May 2024)

Ntrismpioti strikes for Greece in the 20km

Martin wins 35km gold in a Spanish record

World record! Maria Perez stars in Podebrady

<h2>European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships</h2>
The European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships is the forerunner to the European Mountain Running Championships and&nbsp;combines the disciplines of trail and mountain running with races for both elite and recreational athletes.
The first edition of the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships took place in El Paso on the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands on 1-3 July 2022 and the 2024 edition took place in Annecy, France from 31 May-2 June 2024.
At the 2024 edition, France topped the medal table thanks to their exploits in the trail races in which the swept all eight medals. The French took clean sweeps in both the individual races and the team titles as well.&nbsp;
The 2026 edition is due to take place in Slovenia.&nbsp;

Press Accreditation

European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships

European Off-Road Running Championships

Medal Table

Timetable (at 12 April 2024)

Course map – Uphill U20

Course map – Uphill Senior

Course map – Up/Down U20

Course map – Up/Down Senior 

Course map – Trail Race

Countdown to the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships

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Championnats d’Europe Off Road - MaXi-Race du lac d'Annecy

<h2>European Athletics U20 Championships</h2>
This biennial championships was first held in 1970 after three editions of the unofficial European Junior Games which started in 1964 and the most recent event, which now goes by the name of the European Athletics U20 Championships, was held in Jerusalem, Israel from 7-10 August 2023.
Germany dominated proceedings in the Givat Ram Stadium, winning eight gold medals and 23 medals in total, including a clean sweep in the women's discus. Outstanding individual performers across the four days included Niels Laros from the Netherlands who swept the 1500/5000m titles and Latvia's Agate Caune, a dominant winner in the 3000m and 5000m.
Caune set one of two championship records in Jerusalem, shattering the 5000m record with 15:03.85. The other championship record was set by Italy's Mattia Furlani who won the long jump title with 8.23m, one of three jumps in the final which surpassed the previous championship record of 8.17m which dated back to 1987.
The 2025 edition of the European Athletics U20 Championships takes place in Tampere, Finland from 7-10 August.

Qualification Standards

European Athletics U20 Championships

Caune destroys championship record | Jerusalem 2023 

Incredible last leg! Women's 4x400m final | Jerusalem 2023 

Day four highlights | Jerusalem 2023 

Day three highlights | Jerusalem 2023 

Laros flies to 1500m gold | Jerusalem 2023

Day two highlights | Jerusalem 2023

Championship record for Furlani! Jerusalem 2023

Zakrzewski blazes to 100m gold | Jerusalem 2023

Adeleke completes the 100/200m double | Tallinn 2021

Zhoya's Road to Gold | Tallinn 2021

Welcome to the heart of Europe!
 Banská Bystrica is a city in Central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains. There are over 76,000 inhabitants living in this area and is home to a few thousand foreigners.
 Municipality of Banská Bystrica
 With 76,089 inhabitants, Banská Bystrica is the sixth most populous municipality in Slovakia.
 The City of Banská Bystrica has its own representative bodies – the Mayor and the City Parliament, as well as the advisory bodies of councils and committees.
 The Municipality Office consists of different departments dealing with various life situations:
 Department of Social Affairs – establishes centers of social services, including Section of long-term care services and Section of crisis intervention.
 Department of Education – establishes kindergartens and elementary schools.
 Registry Office – issues birth certificates, accepts applications for marriages, etc.
 Building Department – issues planning, zoning and construction permits.
 Department of Culture – establishes cultural institutions in the city and authorizes civic assemblies.
 For more information on the municipalities, its responsibilites and activities, please check: www.banskabystrica.sk

<h2>European Athletics U18 Championships</h2>
The European Athletics U18 Championships is a biennial competition for European athletes under the age of 18 in the year of competition.
The newest addition to the calendar of age-group events, the European Athletics U18 Championships was created to promote higher-level competition among the most talented members of this age group in Europe and provide a stepping stone to the U20 age group. The first edition of the European Athletics U18 Championships was held in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2016.
At the most recent edition of the championships in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia from 18-21 July, Italy topped the medal table with seven gold medals. Elisa Valensin won the 200m title in a championship best of 23.09 before anchoring Italy to gold in the medley relay. In doing so, she became the only athlete to come away with two gold medals.&nbsp;
The championships was also highlighted by European U18 bests from home favourite Laura Frlickova who blasted to a 12.86 clocking in the 100m hurdles to smash the previous mark of 12.98 set by current European champion Cyrena Samba-Mayela in 2017. She duly won the final the following day in 12.97 to win Slovakia's first ever gold medal at the European U18 Championships.
Michal Rada decimated the European U18 best in the 400m hurdles, winning the gold in an unopposed 49.42 to become the first European in his age-group to break the 50 second-barrier in the U18 400m hurdles. Remarkably, he provided the second part of a twin double after Nina Radova came home with the 400m hurdles title in the women's race.
The 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships will take place in Rieti, Italy.
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