Athletic Association of Small States of Europe
| Athletic Association of Small States of Europe | |
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 Provisional AASSE flag  Member states (as of 2017)
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| sport | athletics |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Members | 10 |
| Official languages) | French English |
| Homepage | www.aasse.org |
The Athletic Association of Small States of Europe (AASSE) is the athletics association of small states in Europe. Only states with fewer than one million inhabitants can become members. All corresponding states are currently members with the exception of the Vatican State , which does not take part in international athletics competitions.
Emergence
At the congress of the European Athletics Federation (EAA) in Estoril ( Portugal ) in 1991 , a draft statute and future activities were discussed. After the presentation there was great support from the EAA. At its 1992 congress in Prague , the EAA basically accepted the participation of a combined AASSE team in the “ Bruno Zauli Cup ”.
After the competition rules had been drawn up, the member associations of the AASSE decided in 1993 at the IAAF Congress in Stuttgart to propose that the EAA participate as a team in the "Bruno Zauli Cup" in 1994.
AASSE was officially founded during the EAA Congress in Venice in 1994 in the presence of President Carl-Olaf Homén . The deed of incorporation was signed by the representatives of Andorra , Cyprus , Iceland , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , Malta and San Marino .
At the EAA Congress in Venice, the participation of a combined AASSE team in the “Bruno Zauli Cup” ( European Athletics Cup 1994 ) in Dublin was accepted. Monaco became a member of AASSE in 2000 and Montenegro in 2006. Gibraltar has been the tenth member since at least 2015 .
The first AASSE committee consisted of:
- Marie-Paule Thoma (Luxembourg), President
- Knutur Oskarsson (Iceland), Vice-President
- Antonios G. Dracos (Cyprus), Treasurer
Competitions
In addition to the combined participation in competitions, the AASSE has organized the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) since 1985 and the Championships of the Small States of Europe (CSSE) since 2016 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Carreras elected President of the Athletic Association of the Small States of Europe (AASSE) ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from: gibraltarpanorama.gi, October 27, 2015, accessed July 11, 2017
