The Soling European Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the International Soling Association under auspiciën of World Sailing. Over 50 Soling European Championship were held. The popularity grew during the Olympic period of the Soling. After that era the event continued and is still reasonable successful. The Soling European Championship is an "Open" event. This means that competitors from all over the world are eligible to enter.

During the Olympic era of the Soling (1969 - 2000) the European Championships were a primary selection event for the NOC's to determine their Olympic delegation in the class.

Editions # Year City Country Dates Boats Athletes Nations Note/Reference1 1968 Skovshoved 15–22 July 25 75 ? 2 1969 Sandhamn 46 138 11 3 1970 Hankø 15–22 July 4 1971 Travemünde 8–16 August 5 1972 Skovshoved 8–16 August 6 1973 Medemblik 14–22 July 7 1974 Helensburgh 1–8 September 53 159 8 1975 Alassio 17–25 May 62 168 9 1976 Geneva 28 April – 8 May 54 162 10 1977 Piraeus 26 August – 6 September 11 1978 Kiel 2–9 July 73 219 12 1979 La Rochelle 26 August – 2 September 43 129 14 13 1980 Helsinki 4–13 June 40 120 13 14 1981 Attersee 30 August – 6 September 43 129 13 15 1982 Dragør 11–19 September 51 153 13 16 1983 Medemblik 2–10 September 50 150 17 17 1984 Not held due to Olympic Games 18 1985 Balatonfüred 17–27 May 53 159 16 19 1986 Warnemünde 4–13 July 47 141 16 20 1987 Karlshamn 28 August – 6 September 51 153 18 21 1988 Alassio 8–14 May 63 189 20 22 1989 Oslo 1–9 September 48 144 17 23 1990 Prien am Chiemsee 30 April – 6 May 69 207 19 24 1991 La Baule 30 May – 9 June 83 249 20 25 1992 Lake Garda 17–26 September 45 235 14 26 1993 Portorož 5–12 June 39 117 13 27 1994 Vilamoura 17–23 September 32 96 16 28 1995 Marstrand 12–18 June 56 168 21 29 1996 Lake Balaton 19–27 September 31 93 12 30 1997 Troon 6–12 September 37 111 13 31 1998 Izola 4–11 July 1998 51 153 17 32 1999 Sandefjord 25–31 July 47 141 19 33 2000 La Rochelle 11–17 June 27 81 14 34 2001 Attersee 1–8 September 31 93 10 35 2002 Castiglione della Pescaia 27 May – 1 June 32 96 10 36 2003 Nago–Torbole 31 August - 4 September 24 72 10 37 2004 Tønsberg 2–8 August 20 60 9 38 2005 Medemblik 7–12 August 20 60 7 39 2006 Balatonfüred 13–19 May 25 75 12 40 2007 Arendal 28 July – 3 August 52 156 14 41 2008 Balatonfured 20–27 April 19 57 10 42 2009 Lovere 31 July – 8 August 36 108 10 43 2010 La Trinité-sur-Mer 28 August – 4 September 25 75 11 44 2011 Attersee 27 August – 4 September 32 96 10 45 2012 Aarhus 9–15 June 33 99 12 46 2013 Castiglione della Pescaia 28 March – 3 April 21 63 10 47 2014 Quiberon 14–19 June 16 48 12 48 2015 Berlin 13–19 September 27 84 6 49 2016 Ebensee 2–5 May 35 105 11 50 2017 Riva del Garda 13–16 June 37 111 11 51 2018 Alsóörs 1–5 May 22 66 09 52 2019 Torbole 25–29 June 32 96 11 53 2020 Warnemunde 16-21 JuneNot held due to COVID-19 54 2021 Santander, Spain  Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 2021 Mandello del Lario 30 September – 3 October 25 75 9,55 2022 Attersee (lake) 29 August - 3 September 31 93 10 56 2023 Warnemunde

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+ Country Host Visitor Competed 66 1010 43842 22 11 33 88 2323 22 33 11516 43337 1111 11718 52631 31518 22830 12930 1910 52833 44 102535 55 11 11 34043 52631 22 11 66 134 22 44 21719 11314 33 32225 1212 1313 3434 11

Race details For further detailed results see: Soling European Championship results (1968–1979) Soling European Championship results (1980–1984) Soling European Championship results (1985–1989) Soling European Championship results (1990–1994) Soling European Championship results (1995–1999) Soling European Championship results (2000–2004) Soling European Championship results (2005–2009) Soling European Championship results (2010–2014) Soling European Championship results (2015–2019) Soling European Championship results (2020–2024)

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