A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
.svg)
In the plural, the European Championships also refers to a specific combined quadrennial multi-sport event featuring the continental championships for athletics, aquatics, artistic gymnastics, triathlon, rowing, cycling and team golf.
Since European championships are usually open for teams or individual athletes from countries which are members of European sports organisations and some member countries are only partly or not at all situated in the European continent, some non-Europeans also usually take part in these championships. Traditionally, sports teams from Armenia, Georgia, and Israel – all geographically outside Europe – are included in European competitions for cultural and political reasons, while trans-continental countries Azerbaijan, Russia, and Turkey (which straddle Europe and Asia), and technically Iceland (which sits on a continental fault line in the Atlantic ocean) and Malta (between Europe and Africa in the Mediterranean) also compete in Europe.
A number of countries maintain departments outside the European continent, but which are considered an integral part of their mother country, including France (e.g. Guadeloupe and New Caledonia), Denmark (Greenland), Spain (e.g. the Canaries) and the Netherlands (the former Netherlands Antilles). Athletes and club teams from these regions are typically eligible for European championships. The overseas territories of the United Kingdom, however, are usually not included unless an individual athlete has transferred allegiance completely to the UK.
In addition, in football, under UEFA, but not in other sports, the Asian country of Kazakhstan also competes in European competition for historical reasons, while South African clubs participate in the top-level club championship in European rugby union, The European Rugby Champions Cup.
Games
editChampionships
edit- Aquatics and water sports
- European Aquatics Championships
- European Short Course Swimming Championships
- European Water Polo Championship
- European Diving Championships
- European Masters Swimming Championships
- European Junior Swimming Championships
- World Para Swimming European Championships
- Athletics
- European Athletics Championships
- European Athletics Indoor Championships
- European Athletics U23 Championships
- European Athletics U20 Championships
- European Athletics U18 Championships
- European Mountain Running Championships
- World Para Athletics European Championships
- Australian rules football
- Auto racing
- AIACR European Championship (1931–1939)
- European Formula Two Championship (1967–1984)
- European Touring Car Championship (1963–1988; 2000–2004)
- European Rally Championship
- FIA European Rallycross Championship
- FIA GT3 European Championship
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Bandy
- Davos Cup
- European Cup (for club teams)
- Basketball
- Biathlon
- Boxing
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Canoeing
- Chess
- Cricket
- European Cricket Championship
- European Twenty20 Championship
- Women's European Cricket Championship
- European Affiliates Championship
- Curling
- Cycling
- BMX: European BMX Championships
- Cyclo-cross: European Cyclo-cross Championships
- Mountain bike: European Mountain Bike Championships
- Road cycling: European Road Championships
- Track cycling: UEC European Track Championships
- Darts
- Dragon Boat
European Dragon Boat Championships
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- World Fencing Championships, open only to European fencers from 1921 to 1937
- European Fencing Championships (1981–)
- Field hockey
- Figure skating
- Fistball
- Football and Beach Soccer
- Futsal
- UEFA Futsal Championship
- UEFA Women's Futsal Championship
- UEFS Futsal Championship
- UEFS Futsal Women's Championship
- Go
- Gymnastics
- Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships
- European Acrobatics Championships
- European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- European TeamGym Championships
- European Trampoline Championships
- European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Handball and Beach Handball
- European Men's Handball Championship
- European Women's Handball Championship
- European Beach Handball Championship
- European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament
- Ice hockey
- Ice sledge hockey
- Indoor hockey
- Judo
- Karate
- Kickboxing
- Korfball
- Long track speed skating
- Minifootball
- Multi-Sport
- Pétanque
- Pitch and putt
- Professional Wrestling
- Quidditch
- Racquetball
- Rink hockey
- Rowing
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Sailing
- Savate
- Shooting
- Snooker
- Squash
- Softball
- Speedway
- Individual Speedway European Championship
- European Pairs Speedway Championship
- European Speedway Club Champions' Cup
- Ski mountaineering
- Sumo
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Triathlon
- Volleyball and Beach Volleyball
- Men's European Volleyball Championship
- Women's European Volleyball Championship
- European Beach Volleyball Championships
- Weightlifting
- Wheelchair rugby
- Wrestling
Winter Sports
edit- European Figure Skating Championships
- European Speed Skating Championships
- European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- FIL European Luge Championships
- Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship
- Biathlon European Championships
- European Championships of Ski Mountaineering
- European Ski Orienteering Championships
- European Curling Championships
- Ice Hockey European Championships
- European Snowboard Championships
- European Freestyle Skiing Championships
- FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup
- European Ski Marathon Championships
- European Snow Volleyball Championships (CEV EuroSnowVolley)
- European Bandy Championships
- European Winter Triathlon Championships
- European Ice Climbing Championships
- European Snowshoe Championships
- European Grass Skiing Championship
- European Rollerski Championships
- European Snowcross Championship
- European Snowmobile Championship - Snowmobile Enduro European Cup
See also
edit- Championship
- Eurogames (disambiguation)
- European Games, a multi-sport event between competitors from all nations in Europe
- European Junior Championships (disambiguation)
- European Open (disambiguation)
- European Masters (disambiguation)
- World championship
If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.