European Athletics Cup for all-rounders

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The European Athletics Cup for all-rounders is a team competition in which the best three all-rounders in a country are included in the ranking. The competition was held for the first time in 1973, until 1993 it took place in two-year mode, since then annually. The organizer is the European Athletics Federation EAA .

Competition mode

The counting method has remained the same for all events. Of normally four all-rounders, the first three are included in the evaluation, their scores are added and the team with the highest score wins. For men, the European Cup is in since 1973 Decathlon held among women was until 1979 the pentathlon , since 1981 the heptathlon performed.

The European Cup was held in the first five events from 1973 to 1981 with qualification and final. In three preliminary rounds, in 1977 in four preliminary rounds, up to eight teams competed against each other, the best teams competed in the final.

The six best men and women teams of 1981 qualified for final round A 1983, the next seven teams competed in final round B, all other teams entered in final round C. The final results of the individual groups were promoted and Determined relegation between the groups, who were then allowed to compete in the next higher group two years later, or had to compete in the next lower group. Since 1987 eight teams have been in group A. Since the tenth edition in 1991, the final round A is called the Super League, the final round B 1st League and the final round C 2nd League.

The men's and women's finals always take place on the same weekend. As a rule, both events take place at the same location. In 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, 2004 and 2007 the men's final group A or Super League was played with the women's final group B or 1st league and vice versa. The reason for each was that the number of teams was relatively small that qualified for the top group for both men and women. The split enabled as many teams as possible with men and women to compete together, including of course both teams from the host country.

Venues and winners

The following table contains the venues (and countries) of the final rounds and the winning teams.

year venue Host country Winning team men venue Host country Winning team women
1973 Bonn Germany Poland Bonn Germany GDR
1975 Bydgoszcz Poland USSR Bydgoszcz Poland GDR
1977 Lille France USSR Lille France USSR
1979 Dresden GDR GDR Dresden GDR GDR
1981 Birmingham United Kingdom Germany Birmingham United Kingdom GDR
1983 Sofia Bulgaria Germany Sofia Bulgaria GDR
1985 Krefeld Germany USSR Krefeld Germany GDR
1987 Basel Switzerland GDR Arles France USSR
1989 Tonsberg Norway GDR Helmond Netherlands USSR
1991 Helmond Netherlands Germany Helmond Netherlands Germany
1993 Oulu Finland France Oulu Finland Russia
1994 Lyon-Parilly France France Lyon-Parilly France Russia
1995 Valladolid Spain Czech Republic Helmond Netherlands Belarus
1996 location Germany Germany location Germany Germany
1997 Tallinn Estonia Czech Republic Oulu Finland Russia
1998 Tallinn Estonia Czech Republic Tallinn Estonia Russia
1999 Prague Czech Republic Czech Republic Prague Czech Republic Russia
2000 Oulu Finland France Oulu Finland Russia
2001 Arles France France Arles France Russia
2002 Bydgoszcz Poland Germany Bydgoszcz Poland Germany
2003 Brixen Italy France Brixen Italy Russia
2004 Tallinn Estonia Estonia Hengelo Netherlands Russia
2005 Bydgoszcz Poland Estonia Bydgoszcz Poland Belarus
2006 Arles France France Arles France Russia
2007 Tallinn Estonia Belarus Szczecin Poland United Kingdom
2008 Hengelo Netherlands Belarus Hengelo Netherlands Ukraine
2009 Szczecin Poland Russia Szczecin Poland Poland
2010 Tallinn Estonia Estonia Tallinn Estonia France
2011 Toruń Poland Russia Toruń Poland Russia

The most successful country among the men was Germany, with three victories in the GDR, two victories in the FRG before 1990 and three victories as a reunited team after 1990. If you don't add the GDR and FRG as competitors up to 1990, France was the most successful country with six victories . For women, Russia has won eleven competitions since 1993, the USSR won three times. The GDR had six victories in the women, Germany won three events after 1990.

Sporting highlights

World records

At the third edition of the competition on September 17 and 18, 1977 in Lille, Nadia Tkachenko from the USSR set a new world record in pentathlon with 4839 points. On July 3 and 4, 1999 in Prague, the Czech Tomáš Dvořák set a new world record in the decathlon with 8,994 points and barely missed the 9,000 point mark.

Event records

The best team performance among men in 1999 was achieved by the Czechs with 25,375 points. In addition to Dvořák's 8,994 points, 8527 points from Roman Šebrle and 7854 points from Jiří Ryba went into the overall standings.

The best team performance among women was achieved by the USSR in 1989. Larissa Nikitina with 6875 points, Remigija Nasaroviene with 6600 points and Natalja Schubenkowa with 6345 points achieved a total of 19.820 points.

literature

  • Hans van Kuijen: European Cup Combined Events 1973–2007. Statistics Handbook 25 editions. Helmond 2007