The European Renju Championship is an official Renju championship organized by the Renju International Federation (RIF). It was started in 1994.
History The first European Championship was held in 1994 in Tallinn, Estonia. In 1995, it was decided by the General Assembly of the Renju International Federation (RIF) that the European Championships would be held regularly. In the same year, the 2nd European Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Since 1996, the European Championship was changed to happen once every two years.
Tournament system Over the years, the tournament was held in different ways. In 1994 and 1995, the Swiss system was used. In 1996, there were two groups, after which the winner was determined by the semifinal and final matches. A similar regulation with only one group was applied until 2002. From then, the Swiss system was used in a long time. In 2016, a round-robin system with final matches was applied.
Places and winners No.YearHosting cityWinnerRunner-upThird11994 Tallinn, Estonia Arnis Veidemanis Stepan Peskov Igor Sinyov21995 Saint Petersburg, Russia Alexandr Klimashin Mikhail Kozhin Vladimir Semyonov31996 Stockholm, Sweden Ando Meritee Aldis Reims Igor Sinyov41998 Tallinn, Estonia Ando Meritee Vladimir Sushkov Ants Soosõrv52000 Zhovti Vody, Ukraine Alexandr Klimashin Ants Soosõrv Stefan Karlsson62002 Karepa, Estonia Igor Sinyov Tunnet Taimla Pavel Makarov72004 Podyuga, Russia Alexandr Kadulin Johann Lents Pavel Vershinin82006 Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic Ando Meritee Alexandr Kadulin Ants Soosõrv92008 Saint Petersburg, Russia Aivo Oll Sergey Artemyev Tunnet Taimla102010 Karepa, Estonia Maxim Karasyov Tunnet Taimla Mikhail Kozhin112012 Suzdal, Russia Oleg Fedorkin Ants Soosõrv Yuriy Tarannikov122014 Tallinn, Estonia Ants Soosõrv Martin Hõbemägi Pavel Makarov132016 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Dmitry Epifanov Johann Lents Tunnet Taimla 142018 Tallinn, Estonia Denis Fedotov Aivo Oll Martin Hõbemägi 152022 Çanakkale, Turkey Vladimir Sushkov Dmitry Epifanov Aivo Oll162024 Yerevan, Armenia Ivan Danilin Villem Mesila Pavel Makarov
References
External links Official web / List of winners