2021_European_Athletics_Team_Championships

2021 European Athletics Team Championships

2021 European Athletics Team Championships

European athletics competition


The 2021 European Athletics Team Championships was held in four cities, on 29–30 May (Super League) and on 19–20 June 2021. For the very first time, the ETC was not held on the same weekend for all leagues.[1][2] At the European Athletics Team Championships medals are not awarded in individual events.

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Grouping and host cities

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It had been decided in 2018 that, starting in 2021, a new system would be introduced for grouping teams in the ETC. This would aim to have 8 teams in the Super League (plus the host country if it had not already qualified), 12 teams in the First and Second Leagues, and all the remaining teams in the Third League. The city of Minsk, Belarus, initially designated as the Super League venue, was replaced by Chorzów in November 2020 due to the political situation in Belarus.[4]

Super League

The 2021 Super League will consist of only 8 teams, instead of the previously 12 in all previous editions.

As Ukraine withdrew on 24 May because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EAA ruled that they will be relegated in 2023.[5]

The event will be attended by 7,600 spectators. The entry is free.

Participating countries

2 scheduled relegations in 2023: Portugal and Ukraine.[6]

Final entries

406 athletes (206 men, 200 women) from 7 (8 scheduled) countries.[7] 54 athletes from Ukraine (all team) did not enter the Championships. Many potential winners entered, like Marcell Jacobs, Gianmarco Tamberi, Marcin Lewandowski, Piotr Lisek or Jessie Knight, also late withdrew.

Men's events

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Final standings

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Before the last event on Sunday, the Men's 4x400 m relay, three teams could still win the Championship: Poland with 176.5 points, Great Britain with 174 points and Italy with 172 points.

The Italian team took an easy lead of the race after the first two legs, with Alessandro Sibilio passing the baton to Edoardo Scotti at third leg, with Great Britain just beside him. But the third leg British runner was then unable to give his baton to his teammate Rabah Yousif, and the Polish team finished strongly in the last leg to go from 5th to 3rd. As a result, Poland obtained enough points to win over Italy, which set the EL time, winning the last race, as during 2019 European Team Championships with the same EL result.[9][10]

Score table

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Broken records

Medal table

At the European Athletics Team Championships medals are only awarded to teams, but with gold, silver and bronze conventionally refers to the top three finishes.[11]

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First League

Participating countries

The two first teams of the First League 2021 shall be promoted to the Super League 2023. The lowest three teams of the First League 2021 (including Ireland as a penalty for its withdrawal) shall be relegated to the Second League 2023.[12]

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NOTES:

  • Ireland, who withdrew citing Covid reasons, was relegated to the Second League 2023.
  • As the city of Minsk, Belarus, had initially been chosen to host the 2021 Super League by European Athletics, their team should have been automatically promoted to that division following this competition.[14]
  • Katsiaryna Karneyenka of Belarus, finishing 7th in the women's 5000 metres, and Kyriakos Zotos of Greece, finishing 5th in the men's shot put, have both been disqualified after the competition for previous doping violations. The scores have been changed accordingly.[15]

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Second League

Participating countries

The three first classified teams of the Second League 2021 shall be promoted to the First League 2023. The lowest three teams of the Second League 2021, Russia, Austria and Israel, did not participate and were automatically relegated to Third League 2023.

Austria and Israel withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Russia were disqualified as the team was still banned from competing internationally at the time entries closed.

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Third League

3 promotion spots for 2023.[16]

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References

  1. "Competitions | European Athletics".
  2. "European Athletics Team Championships Silesia 2021 – Statisctics Handbook". european-athletics.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. "European Athletics Team Championships 2021 grouping". european-athletics.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. Finally, with a 2023 European Athletics Team Championships' First Division of 16 teams, only Ukraine will be relegated to Second Division in 2023.
  5. "Europei di salto in alto, Tamberi dà forfait" (in Italian). corrieredellosport.it. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Silesia 2021 full results". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. "Cluj 2021". Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  9. Initially relegated, but hosts of the 2021 First League.
  10. "Minsk to host 2021 European Athletics Team Championships". belarus.by. Minsk. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  11. "European Athletics Team Championships First League". European Athletics. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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