European Games

European Games
Games
Sports
  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Canoeing
  • Cycling
  • Diving
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Judo
  • Karate
  • Sambo
  • Shooting
  • Swimming
  • Synchronised swimming
  • Table tennis
  • Taekwondo
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water polo
  • Wrestling
Organisations
Other EOC Games

The European Games is an international multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations. The Games were envisioned and are to be governed by the European Olympic Committees (EOC), which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012.[1] The 2015 European Games, the first edition of the event, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2015, and further editions are planned every four years thereafter. The 2019 edition is scheduled for Minsk, Belarus, having previously been awarded to the Netherlands, and Russia.

The European Games are the final continental Games to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. As of 2015, every continent[2] will have a continental games in the Olympic tradition.[3]

The European Games are not related to the European Championships, an event organised by individual European sports federations, bringing together the individual European Championships of Athletics, Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Cycling, Rowing, Golf and Triathlon under a single 'brand' on a four-yearly cycle beginning in 2018, and broadcast by agreement with the EBU.[4]

List of European Games

Host cities of the European Games
Edition Year Host City Host Nation Start Date End Date Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Placed Team
I 2015 Baku  Azerbaijan 12 June 28 June 50 5,898 20 253  Russia (RUS)
II 2019 Minsk  Belarus 21 June 30 June 16

Criticism

The Games have been criticised for being an unnecessary addition to the sporting calendar and for the lack of high quality in totem events such as athletics and swimming. The first edition of the Games has received criticism from organisations such as Sport for Rights calling for athletes to speak out against human rights violations in Azerbaijan. Many regime opponents were jailed in the run-up to the Games.[5]

Sports

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

Sport (Discipline) Body 2015 2019
World Europe
 
Diving FINA LEN 8
Swimming 42
Synchronized swimming 4
Water polo 2
 
Archery WA WAE 5 •
Athletics IAAF EAA 1 •
Badminton BWF BE 5 •
Basketball (3-on-3) FIBA FIBAE 2 •
Beach soccer FIFA UEFA 1 •
Boxing AIBA EBC 15 •
Canoe sprint ICF ECA 15 •
 
BMX racing UCI UEC 2
Mountain biking 2
Road cycling 4 •
Track cycling •
 
Fencing FIE EFC 12
 
Acrobatic gymnastics FIG UEG 6 •
Aerobic gymnastics 2
Artistic gymnastics 14 •
Rhythmic gymnastics 8 •
Trampoline 4 •
 
Judo IJF EJU 18 •
Karate WKF EKF 12 •
Sambo FIAS ESF 8 •
Shooting ISSF ESC 19 •
Table tennis ITTF ETTU 4 •
Taekwondo WTF ETU 8
Triathlon ITU ETU 2
 
Beach volleyball FIVB CEV 2 •
Volleyball 2
 
Wrestling UWW CELA 24 •
 
Total events 253 TBA

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EOC LAUNCHES EUROPEAN GAMES". eurolympic.org. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Baku 2015 at a glance". baku2015.org. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Scotland to host 2018 European Sports Championships
  5. ↑ "Baku reminds us our top athletes are overgrown infants". Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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