European Athletics Cup for all-rounders
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