The European Combined Events Team Championships is a track and field competition for European combined track and field events specialists, with contests in men's decathlon event and women's heptathlon. It is organised by European Athletics. It was held annually in 1993–2011 and biennially in 1973–1993 and 2011–2019.
It was known as the European Cup Combined Events prior to 2017.
Format It is an international team event, where the points of each nation's top three performers are tallied to form an overall team score. The European Cup Combined Events takes place in three separate divisions – the Super, First, and Second Leagues – and nations gain promotion and relegation between the leagues depending upon their performance.European Cup Combined Events.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-05-04. Since 2013 there is a single overall competition winner determined by a combination of men's and women's performances, rather than as separate competitions for men and women. The three league contests take place over the same two-day period, but are held at different European locations.
The event provides multi-eventers with the opportunity to take part in national team events that is afforded to individual event athletes by the European Athletics Team Championships, the European Marathon Cup, the European Half Marathon Cup and the team events at the European Cross Country Championships.
History Organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA), the competition was first held in Bonn, West Germany in 1973 as a biennial event for the men's decathlon and women's pentathlon. The women's heptathlon superseded the pentathlon in 1981. For the first five editions (1973–1981), the competition featured semi-final and final stages, but a league format with A, B and C divisions was adopted at the 1983 event. The biennial schedule was changed to an annual one from the 1993 Cup onwards, at which point the league names took on their current titles. Since 2011 the competition does not take place in Olympic years.
The competition is one of a series of international team athletics competitions held by the EAA on a yearly basis, alongside the European Team Championships for individual track and field events, the European Cup 10000m, European Cup Race Walking and the European Cup Winter Throwing meet.European Athletics Events . European Athletics (2011). Retrieved on 2011-05-04.
Individual performances in the Super league section of the competition qualify for the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, which is an international series for athletes competing in combined events.Jackowski, Pawel (2009-06-29). Krauchanka and Melnychenko win European Cup Combined Events Super League titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-04.
Super league / A Finals / Finals
Editions EditionYearNameGenderCityCountryDate1st1973FinalMen/WomenBonnWest Germany22–23 September2nd1975FinalMen/WomenBydgoszczPoland6–7 September3rd1977FinalMen/WomenLilleFrance17–18 September4th1979FinalMen/WomenDresdenEast Germany1–2 September5th1981FinalMen/WomenBirminghamUnited Kingdom29–30 August6th1983A FinalMen/WomenSofiaBulgaria7–8 September7th1985A FinalMen/WomenKrefeld-UerdingenWest Germany7–8 September8th1987A FinalMenBaselSwitzerland4–5 JulyWomenArlesFrance4–5 July9th1989A FinalMenTønsbergNorway15–16 JulyWomenHelmondNetherlands15–16 July10th1991A FinalMen/WomenHelmondNetherlands6–7 July11th1993Super leagueMen/WomenOuluFinland10–11 July12th1994Super leagueMen/WomenLyonFrance2–3 July13th1995Super leagueMenValladolidSpainWomenHelmondNetherlands6–7 July14th1996Super leagueMen/WomenLageGermany15–16 July15th1997Super leagueMenTallinnEstonia28–29 JuneWomenOuluFinland28–29 June16th1998Super leagueMen/WomenTallinnEstonia4–5 July17th1999Super leagueMen/WomenPragueCzech Republic3–4 July18th2000Super leagueMen/WomenOuluFinland1–2 July19th2001Super leagueMen/WomenArlesFrance30 June – 1 July20th2002Super leagueMen/WomenBydgoszczPoland29–30 June21st2003Super leagueMen/WomenBrixenItaly5–6 July22nd2004Super leagueMenTallinnEstonia3–4 JulyWomenHengeloNetherlands3–4 July23rd2005Super leagueMen/WomenBydgoszczPoland2–3 July24th2006Super leagueMen/WomenArlesFrance1–2 July25th2007Super leagueMenTallinnEstonia7–8 JulyWomenSzczecinPoland7–8 July26th2008Super leagueMen/WomenHengeloNetherlands28–29 June27th2009Super leagueMen/WomenSzczecinPoland27–28 June28th2010Super leagueMen/WomenTallinnEstonia26–27 June29th2011Super leagueMen/WomenToruńPoland2–3 July30th2013Super leagueMen/WomenTallinnEstonia29–30 June31st2014Super leagueMen/WomenToruńPoland6–7 July32nd2015Super leagueMen/WomenAubagneFrance4–5 July33rd2017Super leagueMen/WomenTallinnEstonia1–2 July34th2019Super LeagueMen/WomenLutskUkraine6–7 July
Medallists
Individual men (decathlon)
1973Lennart Hedmark 8120Yves Le Roy 7942Ryszard Skowronek 79361975Leonid Lytvynenko 8030Mykola Avilov 7973Ryszard Katus 79501977Aleksandr Grebenyuk 8252Rainer Pottel 8096Guido Kratschmer 80861979Siegfried Stark 8287Guido Kratschmer 8053Aleksandr Nevskiy 79491981Rainer Pottel 8311Jürgen Hingsen 8138Uwe Freimuth 81361983Uwe Freimuth 8501Stephan Niklaus 8312Siegfried Wentz 82461985Torsten Voss 8352Aleksandr Nevskiy 8321Grigoriy Degtyaryov 82061987Torsten Voss 8445Uwe Freimuth 8220Thomas Fahner 81871989Christian Plaziat 8290Christian Schenk 8250Norbert Demmel 81521991Christian Plaziat 8518Christian Schenk 8402Alain Blondel 82111993Paul Meier 8366Christian Plaziat 8277Alain Blondel 82041994Christian Plaziat 8505Henrik Dagård 8347Tomáš Dvořák 83131995Tomáš Dvořák 8347Alex Kruger 8131Henrik Dagård 81141996Frank Busemann 8522Kamil Damašek 8256Dirk-Achim Pajonk 81611997Roman Šebrle 8322Erki Nool 8289Kamil Damašek 81721998Erki Nool 8628Roman Šebrle 8589Jack Rosendaal 8269w1999Tomáš Dvořák 8994Roman Šebrle 8527Sébastien Levicq 83452000Aleksandr Yurkov 8118Laurent Hernu 7943Zsolt Kürtösi 79012001Aleksandr Yurkov 8380Attila Zsivoczky 8218Laurent Hernu 81122002Mike Maczey 8104Jaakko Ojaniemi 7924Stefan Schmid 78252003Romain Barras 8008Aleksandr Pogorelov 7896Sergey Nikitin 78502004William Frullani 7927Laurent Hernu 7921Indrek Turi 78882005Mikk Pahapill 8149Nikolay Tishchenko 7767David Gómez 76982006Romain Barras 8416 wAttila Zsivoczky 8390 wAleksandr Pogorelov 81022007Aliaksandr Parkhomenka 8101 SBMikalai Shubianok 8020Julien Choffart 7916 SB2008Andrei Krauchanka 8585 SBRomain Barras 7974Andres Raja 79642009Andrei Krauchanka 8336 SBAleksandr Pogorelov 8313Oleksiy Kasyanov 82452010Romain Barras 8313Mikk Pahapill 8198Andres Raja 80232011Andres Raja 8114 SBVasiliy Kharlamov 7935Gaël Quérin 77992013Kevin Mayer 8390Eduard Mikhan 8125 SBMikk Pahapill 80992014Eelco Sintnicolaas 8156Eduard Mikhan 8004Ingmar Vos 79592015Ilya Shkurenyov 8378Oleksiy Kasyanov 8105Romain Barras 80072017Janek Õiglane 8170 PBOleksiy Kasyanov 7958Karl Robert Saluri 78372019Vital Zhuk 8237 SBMaicel Uibo 8181Jorge Ureña 8073
Individual women
Pentathlon 1973Burglinde Pollak 4932Nadiya Tkachenko 4695Margit Olfert 45171975Burglinde Pollak 4672Christine Laser 4574Siegrun Thon 45081977Nadiya Tkachenko 4839Zoya Spasovkhodskaya 4477Valentina Dimitrova 44231979Yekaterina Smirnova 4717Kristine Nitzsche 4686Ramona Neubert 4602
Heptathlon 1981Ramona Neubert 6391Heidrun Geissler 6223Sabine Everts 61871983Ramona Neubert 6722Yekaterina Smirnova 6486Valentina Dimitrova 64161985Sabine Paetz 6595Natalya Gracheva 6427Sibylle Thiele 64601987Svetlana Buraga 6585Marion Reichelt 6442Marianna Maslennikova 6434 w1989Larisa Nikitina 6875Remigija Nazaroviené 6600Natalya Shubenkova 63451991Peggy Beer 6383Heike Tischler 6366Anke Behmer 62721993Tatyana Zhuravlyova 6330Larisa Nikitina 6256Urszula Włodarczyk 61211994Svetlana Moskalets 6507Nathalie Teppe 6396Peggy Beer 63621995Denise Lewis 6299Sharon Jaklofsky 6197Anzhela Atroshchenko 61861996Natalya Sazanovich 6466Mona Steigauf 6380Rita Ináncsi 63121997Irina Vostrikova 6298Urszula Włodarczyk 6236Svetlana Moskalets 62191998Marie Collonvillé 6215Natalya Roshchupkina 6145Urszula Włodarczyk 61441999Eunice Barber 6505Irina Belova 6291Irina Vostrikova 62782000Natalya Roshchupkina 6377Tatyana Gordeyeva 6154Yelena Chernyavskaya 61062001Svetlana Sokolova 6270 wSonja Kesselschläger 6064 wTatyana Gordeyeva 6064 w2002Karin Ertl 6017Sabine Krieger 5973Sonja Kesselschläger 59502003Yelena Prokhorova 6313Irina Butor 6264Argyro Strataki 60642004Yuliya Ignatkina 6120Magdalena Szczepańska 6115Argyro Strataki 59262005Tatyana Alisevich 6173Yvonne Wisse 6026Diana Koritskaya 59812006Carolina Klüft 6665Karolina Tymińska 6402 SBKsenja Balta 6180 PB2007Jessica Ennis 6399Kelly Sotherton 6229Hanna Melnychenko 6143 SB2008Hanna Melnychenko 6306 SBAntoinette Nana Djimou 6204 SBJolanda Keizer 61052009Hanna Melnychenko 6380Kamila Chudzik 6378Karolina Tymińska 6191 SB2010Hanna Melnychenko 6098 SBMarisa De Aniceto 6010 SBAleksandra Butvina 59902011Anna Bogdanova 6225Lyudmyla Yosypenko 5984Remona Fransen 59652013Karolina Tymińska 6347Hanna Melnychenko 6260Grit Šadeiko 6221 PB2014Nadine Broersen 6539Antoinette Nana Djimou 6212Yana Maksimava 61732015Alina Fyodorova 6278Grit Šadeiko 6196Anna Blank 60372017Alina Shukh 6208Geraldine Ruckstuhl 6134Grit Sadeiko 59582019Daryna Sloboda 6165 PBKatie Stainton 6029 PBMarijke Esselink 5905 PB
Men's team 1973 23578 23434 227231975 23631 22824 227631977 24303 24049 239281979 24070 23755 235101981 24363 24190 228801983 24609 24359 242081985 24639 24550 225641987 24852 24307 235371989 24081 23693 235721991 24350 24048 236871993 24163 24025 230871994 24864 23836 237231995 23826 23462 234081996 24832 24106 240961997 24416 23859 237801998 23974 23879 236691999 25375 23467 232342000 23496 23165 231442001 23933 23779 236482002 23750 22798 226212003 23538 23357 226782004 23282 23234 231202005 23139 22711 224822006 24185 23764 229682007 23749 23246 230222008 24160 23367 232682009 24507 24077 236212010 23746 22742 225562011 23305 23095 22956
Women's team 1973 13924 13351 128821975 13754 13186 127511977 13708 12835 122771979 13836 13620 133251981 18682 17817 174801983 19242 18698 186661985 19108 18841 186621987 19289 18477 178791989 19820 18532 178491991 19023 18434 181771993 18595 17708 172871994 18876 18487 184741995 18150 17755 177051996 18659 18244 178381997 18651 18250 180581998 18331 18117 179231999 18625 18285 181192000 18637 17759 177102001 18350 18009 174732002 17940 17449 173812003 17983 17982 174332004 17872 17704 170242005 17626 17506 174872006 18149 18078 175032007 18329 17289 172432008 18187 17980 174822009 18007 17949 178142010 17654 17402 173012011 17816 17600 16992
Overall Team 2013 41421 41032 410272014 41159 41048 407612015 41700 40724 398752017 40085 39779 397712019 39959 39560 39433
First league / B Finals / Semi-Finals
Editions