European Cup Combined Events
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European Cup Combined Events is an annual track and field
competition for Europe
an combined events specialists, with contests in men's decathlon
event and women's heptathlon. It is an international team event, where the points of each nation's top three performers are tallied to form an overall team score. The European Cup Combined Events takes place in three separate divisions – the Super, First, and Second Leagues – and nations gain promotion and relegation
between the leagues depending upon their performance. The three league contests take place over the same two-day period, but are held at different European locations.
Organised by the European Athletic Association
(EAA), the competition was first held in Bonn
, West Germany
in 1973 as a biennial event for men's decathlon and women's pentathlon
. The women's heptathlon superseded the pentathlon in 1981. For the first five editions (1973–1981), the competition featured semi-final and final stages, but a league format with A, B and C divisions was adopted at the 1983 event. The biennial schedule was changed to an annual one from the 1993 Cup onwards, at which point the league names took on their current titles.
The competition is one of a series of international team athletics competitions held by the EAA on a yearly basis, alongside the European Team Championships
for individual track and field events, the European Cup 10000m
, European Cup Race Walking and the European Cup Winter Throwing
meet.
Individual performances in the Super league section of the competition qualify for the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
, which is an international series for athletes competing in combined events.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
competition for Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an combined events specialists, with contests in men's decathlon
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...
event and women's heptathlon. It is an international team event, where the points of each nation's top three performers are tallied to form an overall team score. The European Cup Combined Events takes place in three separate divisions – the Super, First, and Second Leagues – and nations gain promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
between the leagues depending upon their performance. The three league contests take place over the same two-day period, but are held at different European locations.
Organised by the European Athletic Association
European Athletic Association
The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.- History :In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the...
(EAA), the competition was first held in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
in 1973 as a biennial event for men's decathlon and women's pentathlon
Women's pentathlon
The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon. It had a different set of events than the ancient Olympic pentathlon...
. The women's heptathlon superseded the pentathlon in 1981. For the first five editions (1973–1981), the competition featured semi-final and final stages, but a league format with A, B and C divisions was adopted at the 1983 event. The biennial schedule was changed to an annual one from the 1993 Cup onwards, at which point the league names took on their current titles.
The competition is one of a series of international team athletics competitions held by the EAA on a yearly basis, alongside the European Team Championships
European Team Championships
The European Team Championships is an athletics competition, between different countries of Europe, over 4 leagues. It is the successor of the former Europa Cup.-History:...
for individual track and field events, the European Cup 10000m
European Cup 10000m
The European Cup 10000m is an annual 10,000 metres race for European athletes which was first held in 1997. The competition is organised by the European Athletics Association and first began as the European 10000 Metres Challenge after the event was removed from the European Cup programme...
, European Cup Race Walking and the European Cup Winter Throwing
European Cup Winter Throwing
The European Cup Winter Throwing is an annual continental athletics competition for athletes specialising in the events of discus, javelin and hammer throwing and the shot put. The winter event, organised every March by the European Athletics Association, is intended as a counter-balance to the...
meet.
Individual performances in the Super league section of the competition qualify for the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
The IAAF World Combined Events Challenge is an athletics contest organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations for combined events, the heptathlon for women, and the decathlon for men. The medalists are decided by totaling the number of points that the athletes have scored in...
, which is an international series for athletes competing in combined events.
Editions
Ed. | Year | Men's competition | Women's competition | ||||
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Super league | First league | Second league | Super league | First league | Second league | ||
1st | 1973 | Bonn, West Germany | Bonn, West Germany | ||||
2nd | 1975 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | Bydgoszcz, Poland | ||||
3rd | 1977 | Lille, France | Lille, France | ||||
4th | 1979 | Dresden, East Germany | Dresden, East Germany | ||||
5th | 1981 | Birmingham, England | Birmingham, England | ||||
6th | 1983 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Montargis, France | Graz, Austria | Sofia, Bulgaria | Montargis, France | Graz, Austria |
7th | 1985 | Krefeld, West Germany | Arles, France | Copenhagen, Denmark Brunico, Italy |
Krefeld, West Germany | Arles, France | Copenhagen, Denmark Brunico, Italy |
8th | 1987 | Basle, Switzerland | Arles, France | Madrid, Spain | Arles, France | Basle, Switzerland | Madrid, Spain |
9th | 1989 | Tønsberg, Norway | Helmond, Netherlands | Vienna, Austria | Helmond, Netherlands | Tønsberg, Norway | Vienna, Austria |
10th | 1991 | Helmond, Netherlands | Stoke, England | Arhus, Denmark | Helmond, Netherlands | Stoke, England | Arhus, Denmark |
11th | 1993 | Oulu, Finland | Valladolid, Spain | Hechtel, Belgium Tallinn, Estonia |
Oulu, Finland | Valladolid, Spain | Hechtel, Belgium Tallinn, Estonia |
12th | 1994 | Lyon, France | Brixen, Italy | Copenhagen, Denmark Tallinn, Estonia |
Lyon, France | Brixen, Italy | Copenhagen, Denmark Tallinn, Estonia |
13th | 1995 | Valladolid, Spain | Helmond, Netherlands | Reykjavík, Iceland Dilbeek, Belgium |
Helmond, Netherlands | Valladolid, Spain | Reykjavík, Iceland Dilbeek, Belgium |
14th | 1996 | Lage, Germany | Tallinn, Estonia | Riga, Latvia | Lage, Germany | Tallinn, Estonia | Riga, Latvia |
15th | 1997 | Tallinn, Estonia | Oulu, Finland | Maribor, Slovenia | Oulu, Finland | Tallinn, Estonia | Maribor, Slovenia |
16th | 1998 | Tallinn, Estonia | Brixen, Italy | Maribor, Slovenia Reykjavík, Iceland |
Tallinn, Estonia | Brixen, Italy | Maribor, Slovenia Reykjavík, Iceland |
17th | 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic | Huddinge, Sweden | Herentals, Belgium | Prague, Czech Republic | Huddinge, Sweden | Herentals, Belgium |
18th | 2000 | Oulu, Finland | Ibach, Switzerland | Esbjerg, Denmark | Oulu, Finland | Ibach, Switzerland | Esbjerg, Denmark |
19th | 2001 | Arles, France | Ried, Austria | Kaunas, Lithuania | Arles, France | Ried, Austria | Kaunas, Lithuania |
20th | 2002 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | Riga, Latvia | Maribor, Slovenia | Bydgoszcz, Poland | Riga, Latvia | Maribor, Slovenia |
21st | 2003 | Brixen, Italy | Tallinn, Estonia | Maribor, Slovenia | Brixen, Italy | Tallinn, Estonia | Maribor, Slovenia |
22nd | 2004 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hengelo, Netherlands | Riga, Latvia | Hengelo, Netherlands | Tallinn, Estonia | Riga, Latvia |
23rd | 2005 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | Jyväskylä, Finland | Maribor, Slovenia | Bydgoszcz, Poland | Jyväskylä, Finland | Maribor, Slovenia |
24th | 2006 | Arles, France | Yalta, Ukraine | Monzón, Spain | Arles, France | Jyväskylä, Finland | Monzón, Spain |
25th | 2007 | Tallinn, Estonia | Szczecin, Poland | Maribor, Slovenia | Tallinn, Estonia | Szczecin, Poland | Maribor, Slovenia |
26th | 2008 | Hengelo, Netherlands | Jyväskylä, Finland | Maribor, Slovenia | Hengelo, Netherlands | Jyväskylä, Finland | Maribor, Slovenia |
27th | 2009 | Szczecin, Poland | Zaragoza, Spain | Maribor, Slovenia | Szczecin, Poland | Zaragoza, Spain | Maribor, Slovenia |
28th | 2010 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hengelo, Netherlands | Tel-Aviv, Israel | Tallinn, Estonia | Hengelo, Netherlands | Tel-Aviv, Israel |
29th | 2011 | Torun, Poland | Brixen, Italy | Ribeira Brava, Portugal | Torun, Poland | Brixen, Italy | Ribeira Brava, Portugal |
- Note: Locations shown for 1973 to 1981 are those for the final stage of the competition