European Dance Championship (Standard)

Professionals (WDC)

European championships for professionals in standard dances have been held by the then International Council of Ballroom Dancing since 1950 (since 1993: World Dance & Dance Sport Council Limited, since 2007: World Dance Council Limited).

year	winner	origin	venue
1951	Hugh Carter & Hazel Willers	United Kingdom	Bad Kissingen, Germany
1952	Hugh Carter & Hazel Willers	United Kingdom	London, England
1953	Henry Kingston & Joy Tolhurst	United Kingdom	Scheveningen, the Netherlands
1954	Henry Kingston & Joy Tolhurst	United Kingdom	Baden-Baden, Germany
1955	Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey	United Kingdom	London, England
1956	Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey	United Kingdom	Baden-Baden, Germany
1957	Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey	United Kingdom	Stuttgart, Germany
1958	Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey	United Kingdom	Hamburg, Germany
1959	Harry Smith-Hampshire & Doreen Casey	United Kingdom	Amsterdam, Netherlands
1960	Bill & Bobbie Irvine	United Kingdom	London, England
1961	no European championship held
1962	Bill & Bobbie Irvine	United Kingdom	Wiesbaden, Germany
1963	Bill & Bobbie Irvine	United Kingdom	Hamburg, Germany
1964	Peter Eggleton & Brenda Windslade	England	Neuss, Germany
1965	Peter Eggleton & Brenda Windslade	England	London, England
1966	Peter Eggleton & Brenda Windslade	England	The Hague, Netherlands
1967	Peter Eggleton & Brenda Windslade	England	Neuss, Germany
1968	Peter Eggleton & Brenda Windslade	England	London, England
1969	Peter Eggleton & Brenda Windslade	England	Spa, Belgium
1970	Rudolf & Mechthild Trautz	Germany	Frankfurt, Germany
1971	Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton	United Kingdom	Zurich, Switzerland
1972	Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton	United Kingdom	London, England
1973	Anthony Hurley & Fay Saxton	United Kingdom	Nuremberg, Germany
1974	Richard & Janet Gleave	England	Mainz, Germany
1975	Richard & Janet Gleave	England	Scheveningen, the Netherlands
1976	Richard & Janet Gleave	England	Hamburg, Germany
1977	Michael & Vicky Barr	England	Bremen, Germany
1978	Richard & Janet Gleave	England	London, England
1979	Richard & Janet Gleave	England	Nuremberg, Germany
1980	Richard & Janet Gleave	England	Steenwijk, the Netherlands
1981	Michael & Vicky Barr	England	Antwerp, Belgium
1982	Michael & Vicky Barr	England	Southampton, England
1983	Michael & Vicky Barr	England	Innsbruck, Austria
1984	Michael & Vicky Barr	England	Copenhagen, Denmark
1985	Hans & Anne Laxholm	Denmark	Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany
1986	Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate	England	Southampton, England
1987	Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate	England	Deutschlandhalle, West Berlin, Germany
1988	Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate	England	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
1989	John Wood & Anne Lewis	England	Hamburg, Germany
1990	Marcus & Karen Hilton	England	Helsinki, Finland
1991	John Wood & Anne Lewis	England	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
1992	John Wood & Anne Lewis	England	Cervia, Italy
1993	Marcus & Karen Hilton	England	Oslo, Norway
1994	Marcus & Karen Hilton	England	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
1995	Marcus & Karen Hilton	England	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
1996	Marcus & Karen Hilton	England	Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England
1997	Luca Baricchi & Loraine Barry	England	Olsztyn, Poland
1998	Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton	Italy	Bratislava, Slovakia
1999			Tallinn, Estonia
2000	Augusto Schiavo & Caterina Arzenton	Italy	Cervia, Italy
2001	Massimo Giorgianni & Alessia Manfredini	Italy	Moscow, Russia
2002	Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton	England	Assen, Netherlands
2003	Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry	England	Arena Trier, Trier, Germany
2004	Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti	Italy	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
2005	William Pino & Alessandra Bucciarelli	Italy	RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sport Halle, Muelheim ad Ruhr, Germany
2006	Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti	Italy	Dusseldorf, Germany
2007	no European championship held
2008	Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti	Italy	EuroDisney, Paris, France
2009	Jonathan Wilkins & Hazel Newberry	England	Moscow, Russia
2010	Mirko Gozzoli & Edita Daniute	Italy	Sofia, Bulgaria
2011	Mirko Gozzoli & Edita Daniute	Italy	Stockholm, Sweden
2012	Andrea Ghigiarelli & Sara Andracchio-Ghigiarelli	England	Moscow, Russia
2013	Andrea Ghigiarelli & Sara Andracchio-Ghigiarelli	England	Tobolsk, Russia
2014	Andrea Ghigiarelli & Sara Andracchio-Ghigiarelli	England	Bonn, Germany
2015	Andrea Ghigiarelli & Sara Andracchio-Ghigiarelli	England	Cervia, Italy
2016	Andrea Ghigiarelli & Sara Andracchio-Ghigiarelli	England	Cervia, Italy
2017	Andrea Ghigiarelli & Sara Andracchio-Ghigiarelli	England	Bonn, Germany

Amateurs (WDSF)

European amateurs standard

year	winner	origin	venue
1947	Jakob Gerschwiler & Maisie Walker	Switzerland , England
1948	Niels Boel Rasmussen & Partner	Denmark	Lucerne, Switzerland
1949	Niels Boel Rasmussen & Partner	Denmark	Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia
1950	Niels Boel Rasmussen & Partner	Denmark	Pörtschach, Austria
1951	Jack McGregor & Bemil Twiggs	England	Pörtschach, Austria
1952	no European championship held
1953	James & Olive Cullip	England	Munich, Germany
1954	Detlef Hegemann & Ursula Kämmerer	Germany	Munich, Germany
1955	Detlef Hegemann & Ursula Kämmerer	Germany	Velden
1956	Dennis Udell & Joyce Brampton	England	Westerland, Germany
1957	Peter Eggleton & Diana Gradwell	England	Westerland, Germany
1958	Peter Eggleton & Diana Gradwell	England	Westerland, Germany
1959	Michael Houseman & Valerie Waite	England	Copenhagen, Denmark
1960	Helge & Inge Timmermann	Denmark	Berlin, Germany
1961	no European championship held
1962	Len Armstrong & Elain Welsh	England	Vienna, Austria
1963	John & Betty Westley	England	Knokke, Belgium
1964	John & Betty Westley	England	Vienna, Austria
1965	George Coad & Patricia Thompson	England	Bremen, Germany
1966	no European championship held
1967	Jürgen & Helga Bernhold	Germany	Karlsruhe, Germany
1968	Ernie & Myra Chatt	England	Edinburgh, Scotland
1969	Richard Gleave & Janet Wade	England	Stuttgart, Germany
1970	Richard Gleave & Janet Wade	England	Vienna, Austria
1971	Michael Barr & Vicky Green	England	Stuttgart, Germany
1972	Michael Barr & Vicky Green	England	Vienna, Austria
1973	Michael Barr & Vicky Green	England	Randers, Denmark
1974	Frank Venables & Linda Horwood	England	Linz, Austria
1975	Frank Venables & Linda Horwood	England	Vienna, Austria
1976	Glenn & Lynette Boyce	England	Brussels, Belgium
1977	Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate	England	The Hague, Belgium
1978	Stephen Hillier & Lindsey Tate	England	Vienna, Austria
1979	Hans & Anne Laxholm	Denmark	Aarhus, Denmark
1980	Kenny Walsh & Kathy Gilmartin	England	Vienna, Austria
1981	Max Ulrich Busch & Renate Hilgert	Germany	Aarhus, Denmark
1982	Erling Langset & Anita Nagren	Norway	Vienna, Austria
1983	John Wood & Heather Stuart	England	Oslo, Norway
1984	Glenn Weiss & Gillian Thickett	Denmark	Copenhagen, Denmark
1985	Glenn Weiss & Gillian Thickett	Denmark	Vienna, Austria
1986	Oliver & Martina Wessel-Therhorn	Germany	Oslo, Norway
1987	Oliver & Martina Wessel-Therhorn	Germany	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1988	Andrew Sinkinson & Lorraine Barry	England	Odense, Denmark
1989	Let Ødegaard & Laila Kragebøl	Norway	Vienna, Austria
1990	Let Ødegaard & Laila Kragebøl	Norway	Aarhus, Denmark
1991	Kim Rygel & Cecilie Brinck	Norway	Copenhagen, Denmark
1992	Kim Rygel & Cecilie Brinck	Norway	Waxjo, Sweden
1993	Jens Werner & Charlotte Jörgensen	Denmark	Paris, France
1994	Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton	England	Koblenz, Germany
1995	Timothy Howson & Joanne Bolton	England	Braunschweig, Germany
1996	Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry	England	Bratislava, Slovakia
1997	Christopher Hawkins & Hazel Newberry	England	Aarhus, Denmark
1998	William Pino & Alessandra Bucciarelli	Italy	Tallinn, Estonia
1999	William Pino & Alessandra Bucciarelli	Italy	Copenhagen, Denmark
2000	Roberto Villa & Michelle Barry	England	Vilnius, Lithuania
2001	Jonathan Crossley & Kylie Jones	England	Espoo, Finland
2002	Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti	Italy	Aarhus, Denmark
2003	Mirko Gozzoli & Alessia Betti	Italy	Malgart de Mar, Spain
2004	Domenico Soale & Gioia Cerasoli	Italy	Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005	Domenico Soale & Gioia Cerasoli	Italy	St. Petersburg, Russia
2006	Domenico Soale & Gioia Cerasoli	Italy	Calviá, Spain
2007	Arunas Bizokas & Edita Daniute	Lithuania	Madrid, Spain
2008	Paolo Bosco & Silvia Pitton	Italy	Moscow, Russia
2009	Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler	Germany	Megeve, France
2010	Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler	Germany	Moscow, Russia
2011	Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler	Germany	Kalisz, Poland
2012	Benedetto Ferruggia & Claudia Köhler	Germany	Koblenz, Germany
2013	Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet	Denmark	Aarhus, Denmark
2014	Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet	Denmark	Moscow, Russia
2015	Simone Segatori & Annette Sudol	Germany	Cambrils, Spain
2016	Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova	Russia	Wroclaw, Poland
2017	Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova	Russia	Olomouc , Czech Republic
2018	Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova	Russia	Copenhagen , Denmark

See also