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European Games

{{short description|European multi-sport event}}

{{Distinguish|European Championships (multi-sport event)|Eurogames (disambiguation){{!}}Eurogames|European Masters Games|European Games (quidditch)}}

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The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committees. The EOC represents European nations and several transcontinental countries. An EOC Refugee team is also included. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the EOC which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurolympic.org/en/news/589-eoc-launches-european-games.html |title=EOC LAUNCHES EUROPEAN GAMES |work=eurolympic.org |date=8 December 2012 |access-date=28 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612055200/http://www.eurolympic.org/en/news/589-eoc-launches-european-games.html |archive-date=12 June 2015 }}

The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. Therefore, as of 2015, every sporting continentAlthough the Pacific Games takes in all of Oceania/Australasia, the two largest countries in the region, Australia and New Zealand, did not participate because of the danger they would, though their wealth and size relative to other members, excessively dominate the event. They were however, provisionally admitted to the Games in 4 sports in which other nations were consistently competitive - rugby sevens, weightlifting, sailing and taekwondo - in 2014. has continental games in the Olympic tradition.{{cite web |url=http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/baku-2015-glance.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420215644/http://www.baku2015.com/news/article/baku-2015-glance.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 20, 2015 |title=Baku 2015 at a glance |work=baku2015.org |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=4 September 2015}}

The European Games are not related to the European Championships, a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European sports federations, bringing together the individual European Championships of sports such as athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics, cycling, rowing, golf, and triathlon under a single 'brand' on a four-year cycle beginning in 2018, and broadcast by agreement with the EBU.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/32057678 Scotland to host 2018 European Sports Championships]

The European Games are also the third event created and organised by the EOC. The European Youth Olympic Festivals, both winter and summer, and broadly mirroring the Youth Olympic Games are organised biennially, while the quadrennial Games of the Small State of Europe (not to be confused with the separate Island Games) provide competition opportunities for the handful of microstates in the European continent. As of 2024 there are no EOC endorsed European Winter Games.

List of European Games

The 2015 European Games, the first edition of the event, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2015, and further editions were planned to be held every four years thereafter. The 2019 edition was held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June on a reduced scale when the original host, the Netherlands, withdrew. The 2023 edition was held in Kraków, Poland from 21 June to 2 July. The 2027 edition will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Edition

! Year

! Host City

! Host Nation

! Opened by

! Start Date

! End Date

! Nations

! Competitors

! Sports

! Events

! Top Placed Team

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I

|2015

|align=left |Baku

|align=left| {{flag|Azerbaijan}}

|align=left| President Ilham Aliyev

|align=left| 12 June

|align=left| 28 June

| rowspan=2 |50

|5,898

|21

|253

|align=left|{{flagIOC2team|RUS|2015 European Games}}

|{{cite web|title=1st EG Baku 2015|url=http://www.european-games.org/baku-and-the-games|publisher=EOC|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026162439/https://www.european-games.org/baku-and-the-games/|url-status=dead}}

II

|2019

|align=left| Minsk

|align=left| {{flag|Belarus}}

|align=left| President Alexander Lukashenko

|align=left| 21 June

|align=left| 30 June

|4,082

|15

|200

|align=left|{{flagIOC2team|RUS|2019 European Games}}

|{{cite web|title=2nd EG Minsk 2019|url=http://www.european-games.org/2019-minsk|publisher=EOC|access-date=21 October 2016|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208174123/http://www.european-games.org/2019-minsk/|url-status=dead}}

III

|2023

|align=left| Kraków-Małopolska

|align=left| {{flag|Poland}}

|align=left| President Andrzej Duda

|align=left|21 June

|align=left|2 July

|48

|6,857

|29

|254

|align=left|{{flagIOC2team|ITA|2023 European Games}}

|{{cite web |title=Malopolska region and the city of Krakow to host 3rd European Games in 2023 |url=http://www.eurolympic.org/malopolska-region-and-the-city-of-krakow-to-host-3rd-european-games-in-2023/ |website=The European Games |date=22 June 2019 |access-date=22 June 2019}}

IV

|2027

|align=left| Istanbul

|align=left| {{flag|Turkey}}

|align=left|President of Turkey (expected)

|TBD

|TBD

|TBD

|TBD

|TBD

|TBD

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|{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=EOC Executive Committee awards 2027 European Games to Istanbul |url=https://www.eurolympic.org/eoc-executive-committee-awards-2027-european-games-to-istanbul/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=The European Olympic Committees |language=en-US}}

Participating nations

As of the 2023 edition, 50 nations whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the European Olympic Committee have competed at the European Games. As of 2023, two of these, Russia and Belarus, are suspended. In addition, a Refugee EOC team has been created to take part.{{cite web|title=National Olympic Committees|url=https://www.European-games.org/|publisher=European Games|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721211240/http://www.European-games.org/|url-status=dead}}

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  • {{flagEOC|BLR}} (suspended)
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Sports

The 2019 Minsk European Games Sports Programme included 15 sports, 23 disciplines, 10 qualifying sports to Tokyo 2020, 4 Sports European Championship, for a total of 4082 competitors in 201 medal events.

The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games.

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto;font-size:90%;line-height:1.25;text-align:center"
colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="width:15em" | Sport (Discipline)

! colspan="2" |Body

! rowspan="2" style="width:1.80em" |2015

! rowspan="2" style="width:1.80em" |2019

! rowspan="2" style="width:1.80em" |2023

! rowspan="2" |NGNumber of Games in which sport was included

style="width:5.5em" |World

! style="width:5.5em" |Europe

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="7" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

|

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Artistic swimming

17px

| rowspan="4" |WA

| rowspan="4" |LEN

|4

8

| rowspan="4" |2

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Diving

17px

|8

13
bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Swimming

17px

|42

bgcolor="#F0F8FF"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Water polo

17px

|2

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Archery17px

|WA

|WAE

|5

88

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Athletics17px

|WA

|EAA

|1

1038

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Badminton17px

|BWF

|BE

|5

55

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Basketball (3x3)17px

|FIBA

|FIBAE

|2

22

|3

align="left"| Beach handball17px

| IHF

|EHF

|

2

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Beach soccer17px

|FIFA

|UEFA

|1

12

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Boxing17px

|IBA

|EBC

|15

1513

|3

align="left"| Breaking17px

|colspan=2|WDSF

|

2

|1

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

style="background:honeyDew;"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Canoe slalom

17px

|rowspan=2|ICF

|rowspan=2|ECA

|

10

| rowspan="2" |3

style="background:honeyDew;"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Canoe sprint

17px

|15

1616
bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

bgcolor="#F5F5DC"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |BMX Freestyle

17px

| rowspan="4" |UCI

| rowspan="4" |UEC

|2

2

| rowspan="4" |3

bgcolor="#F5F5DC"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Mountain biking

17px

|2

2
bgcolor="#F5F5DC"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Road cycling

17px

|4

4
bgcolor="#F5F5DC"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Track cycling

17px

|

20
bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Fencing17px

|FIE

|EFC

|12

12

|2

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

bgcolor="#FFF0F5"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Acrobatic gymnastics

17px

| rowspan="5" |FIG

| rowspan="5" |UEG

|6

6| rowspan="5" |2
bgcolor="#FFF0F5"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Aerobic gymnastics

17px

|2

2
bgcolor="#FFF0F5"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Artistic gymnastics

17px

|14

12
bgcolor="#FFF0F5"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Rhythmic gymnastics

17px

|8

8
bgcolor="#FFF0F5"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Trampoline

17px

|4

4
bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Judo17px

|IJF

|EJU

|18

151

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Karate17px

|WKF

|EKF

|12

1212

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Kickboxing17px

|colspan=2|WAKO

|

16

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Modern pentathlon17px

|colspan=2|UIPM

|

5

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Muaythai17px

|colspan=2|IFMA

|

10

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Padel17px

|colspan=2|IPF

|

3

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Rugby sevens17px

|WR

RE

|

2

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Sambo (martial art)17px

|FIAS

|ESF

|8

18|2
style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Shooting17px

|ISSF

|ESC

|19

1930

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Ski jumping17px

|colspan=2|FIS

|

5

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Sport climbing17px

|colspan=2|IFSC

|

6

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Table tennis17px

|ITTF

|ETTU

|4

55

|3

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Taekwondo17px

|WT

|ETU

|8

16

|2

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Teqball17px

|colspan=2|FITEQ

|

5

|1

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Triathlon17px

|WT

|ETU

|2

3

|2

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

bgcolor="#FFFFE0"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Beach volleyball

17px

| rowspan="2" |FIVB

| rowspan="2" |CEV

|2

| rowspan="2" |1
bgcolor="#FFFFE0"

| style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Volleyball

17px

| |2

bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

style="text-align:left;white-space:nowrap" |Wrestling17px

|UWW

|CELA

|24

18|2
bgcolor="#DDDDDD"

| colspan="29" style="font-size:0.2em;line-height:1" | 

colspan="4" | Total events

| 253

200254

|

Medal table

{{Main|All-time European Games medal table}}

{{:All-time European Games medal table}}

See also

{{Portal|Sport}}

= Global Games =

= Other EOC-organised events =

= Other pan-European Games =

= Community-based multisport events involving EOC members =

= Other continental games in the Olympic Tradition =

References

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External links

  • [https://sporteurope.org/eg/ Official website]

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{{EOC}}

{{Association of National Olympic Committees}}

{{International multi-sport events}}

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