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European Games

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Not to be confused with European Championships (multi-sport event), Eurogames, European Masters Games, or 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 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.[1]

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 continent[a] has continental games in the Olympic tradition.[2]

The European Games are not related to the European Championships, which was a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European sports federations.[3]

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 States 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 2026, there are no EOC endorsed European Winter Games.

List of European Games

Edition Year Host city Host nation Opened by Start date End date Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Placed Team Ref.
I 2015 Baku File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev 12 June 28 June 50 5,898 21 253 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS) [4]
II 2019 Minsk File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko 21 June 30 June 4,082 15 200 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS) [5]
III 2023 Kraków
Małopolska 		File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland President Andrzej Duda 21 June 2 July 48 6,857 29 254 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA) [6]
IV 2027 Istanbul File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey TBD 16 June 27 June TBD 26 TBD [7]
V 2031 TBD

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. In addition, a Refugee EOC team has been created to take part.[8]

Sports

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

Sport (Discipline) Body 2015 2019 2023 2027 NG[b]
World Europe
 
Artistic swimming WAquatics LEN 4 8 X 3
Diving 8 13 2
Swimming 42 X 2
Water polo 2 1
 
Archery WArchery WAE 5 8 8 X 4
Athletics WAthletics EAA 1 10 38 X 4
Badminton BWF BE 5 5 5 X 4
Basketball (3x3) FIBA FIBAE 2 2 2 X 4
Beach handball IHF EHF 2 1
Beach soccer FIFA UEFA 1 1 2 3
Boxing WB EBC 15 15 13 X 4
Breaking WDSF 2 1
 
Canoe slalom PW ECA 10 1
Canoe sprint 15 16 16 X 4
 
BMX freestyle UCI UEC 2 2 2
Mountain biking 2 2 2
Road cycling 4 4 2
Track cycling 20 1
 
Fencing FIE EFC 12 12 X 3
 
Acrobatic gymnastics WG UEG 6 6 X 3
Aerobic gymnastics 2 2 X 3
Artistic gymnastics 14 12 X 3
Rhythmic gymnastics 8 8 X 3
Trampoline 4 4 X 3
Parkour X 1
 
Judo IJF EJU 18 15 1 X 4
Karate WKF EKF 12 12 12 X 4
Kickboxing WAKO 16 X 2
Modern pentathlon UIPM 5 X 2
Muaythai IFMA 10 X 2
Padel IPF 3 X 2
Beach sprint rowing WRowing ERB X 1
Rugby sevens WRugby RE 2 X 2
Sambo (martial art) FIAS ESF 8 18 2
Shooting ISSF ESC 19 19 30 X 4
Ski jumping FIS 5 1
Sport climbing WC 6 X 2
Squash WS ESF X 1
Table tennis ITTF ETTU 4 5 5 X 4
Taekwondo WTaekwondo ETU 8 16 X 3
Teqball FITEQ 5 1
Triathlon WTriathlon ETU 2 3 X 3
 
Beach volleyball FIVB CEV 2 1
Volleyball 2 X 2
 
Wrestling UWW CELA 24 18 X 3
Weightlifting IWF EWF X 1
 
Total events 253 200 254 ??? N/a

Medal table

Main article: All-time European Games medal table

All-time European Games medal table

See also

Global Games

Other EOC-organised events

Other pan-European Games

Community-based multi-sport events involving EOC members

Other continental games in the Olympic Tradition

Notes

  1. ↑ Although 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.
  2. ↑ Number of Games in which sport was included.

References

  1. ↑ "EOC LAUNCHES EUROPEAN GAMES". eurolympic.org. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Baku 2015 at a glance". baku2015.org. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Scotland to host 2018 European Sports Championships
  4. ↑ "1st EG Baku 2015". EOC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "2nd EG Minsk 2019". EOC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Malopolska region and the city of Krakow to host 3rd European Games in 2023". The European Games. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "EOC Executive Committee awards 2027 European Games to Istanbul". The European Olympic Committees. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  8. ↑ "National Olympic Committees". European Games. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

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