And within that search for points, 12 to the winner, one to the team that finishes last in each event, a series of outstanding clashes will take place.
Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the Ukraine make up the rest of the Super League with squads sprinkling of Olympic and world champions and athletes leading the way in this year’s European rankings.
One of the most mouthwatering events is the men’s pole vault, which ordinarily should be the private domain of France’s multiple gold medallist Renaud Lavillenie.
It is, of course, no surprise that he is way out in front in 2015 with his sensational 6.05m at the end of May.
Lavillenie began the year by winning his fourth successive gold at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague and he is the Olympic and European outdoor champion. One gold medal is missing from his major collection and that is the crown of world champion - an honour which goes to Germany’s Raphael Holzdeppe who triumphed in Russia in 2013 as he beat Lavillenie to glory in Moscow.
On that day, Holzdeppe won on countback as both men finished on 5.89m. The German was hit by injury last year but has returned in good style and was third behind Lavillenie in Eugene with 5.80m. He will be looking to go higher, let alone beat the Frenchman again.
Germany achieved last year what Russia hope to this time by winning in front of their home fans.
Just 12.5 points separated them as Germany scored 372 points in Braunschweig to deny Russia a fourth successive title as they regained the crown having been the first champions in Leiria in 2009.
Now Russia want the title back and they will hope for a strong performance from double European champion Sergey Shubenkov in the 110m hurdles.
It is likely to be a cracking race as he faces, among others, France’s Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, who was third behind him last year both in Braunschweig and at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.
Martinot-Lagarde won his first major title with victory in the 60m hurdles at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague in March and tops the European Athletics rankings after his brilliant 13.06 in Eugene, while Shubenkov has run 13.23 so far this year.
The hosts will also look to world champion Aleksandr Menkov for top points in the long jump and Aleksey Fyodorov, who leads the European triple jump rankings with 17.42m.
The women’s high jump will be something special, too, as it brings together Russia’s Mariya Kuchina, the European indoor champion. Last year she shared the world indoor title with Poland’s Kamila Licwinko, who is also here, and they face Spain’s double European champion Ruth Beitia, who tops the world lists with 2.00m.
In the 100m hurdles, European No. 1 Alina Talay, of Belarus, will look to repeat her 12.70 from Hengelo in May but Russia’s Nina Morozova will push her close having run a personal best of 12.82 this year.
Talay, with a best of 11.48, is also in the 100m, but Great Britain’s Asha Philip, who ran 11.10 last month, might be too quick for them all.
The men’s 100m will see her British teammate Richard Kilty, the European Indoor 60m champion, face France’s Christopher Lemaitre while Germany will be banking on maximum points in the shot put from David Storl.
Russia will also have top contenders in the pole vault with Anzhelika Sidorova and Yekaterina Koneva in the triple jump but Germany should respond in the women’s shot put with Christina Schwanitz and javelin with Christina Obergfoll.
The men’s 800m sees a clash between Europe’s top two, as Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, of France, who has run 1:43.88, takes on reigning European champion, Poland’s Adam Kszczot, who is second on the rankings with 1:43.94.
Finland will look to Tero Pitkamaki, the European No 1, to bank maximum points while Poland’s hammerworld record holder Anita Wlodarczyk meets Germany’s Betty Heidler.
Incredible clashes wherever you look, but every athlete will know that over these two days it is all about the team.