European Cup Combined Events
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European Cup Combined Events is an annual track and field
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
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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
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, West Germany
West Germany
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 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
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

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