The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in Alnwick and the venue for the championships changes each year.

Unlike the World Championships for the sport, the European Cross Country Championships consists of six races in age categories, with separate senior, under-23, and junior races for both men and women. There are individual and national team medals awarded in each race. In the team competition, the top three from a team of up to six are scored.^[1]

The first edition of the competition featured only senior races and 180 athletes took part. Men's and women's junior (under-20) races were introduced at the third edition in 1996 and under-23 races were added to the programme in 2006.^[2]

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#	Year	Host	Dates	Venue	Races Events	Countries	Athletes[nb]	Events
Senior
1	1994	Alnwick,  United Kingdom	10 December		2/4	23	180	4
2	1995	Alnwick,  United Kingdom	2 December		2/4	23	186	4
3	1996	Charleroi,  Belgium	15 December		2/4	25	175	4
Senior + U20
4	1997	Oeiras,  Portugal	14 December		4/8	26	138	8
5	1998	Ferrara,  Italy	13 December		4/8	26	139	8
6	1999	Velenje,  Slovenia	12 December		4/8	27	141	8
7	2000	Malmö,  Sweden	10 December		4/8	31	150	8
8	2001	Thun,   Switzerland	9 December		4/8	27	155	8
9	2002	Medulin,  Croatia	8 December		4/8	27	157	8
10	2003	Edinburgh,  United Kingdom	14 December		4/8	27	135	8
11	2004	Heringsdorf,  Germany	12 December		4/8	27	165	8
12	2005	Tilburg,  Netherlands	11 December		4/8	27	164	8
Senior + U23 + U20
13	2006	San Giorgio su Legnano,  Italy	10 December		6/12	21	125	12
14	2007	Toro,  Spain	9 December		6/12	26	103	12
15	2008	Brussels,  Belgium	14 December	Laeken Park	6/12	33	142	12
16	2009	Dublin,  Ireland	13 December	Santry Demesne	6/12	30	116	12
17	2010	Albufeira,  Portugal	12 December	Açoteias Cross Country Course	6/12	34	123	12
18	2011	Velenje,  Slovenia	11 December		6/12	33	130	12
19	2012	Szentendre,  Hungary	9 December		6/12	35	146	12
20	2013	Belgrade,  Serbia	8 December		6/12	36	155	12
21	2014	Samokov,  Bulgaria	14 December	Borovets	6/12	35	137	12
22	2015	Hyères-Toulon,  France	13 December	Hippodrome de Hyères	6/12	32	147	12
23	2016	Chia,  Italy	11 December		6/12		153	12
Senior + U23 + U20 + Mixed Relay
24	2017	Šamorín,  Slovakia	10 December	Šamorín x-bionic® sphere	7/13	37	157	13
25	2018	Tilburg,  Netherlands	9 December		7/13	38	555	13
26	2019	Lisbon,  Portugal	8 December		7/13	40	606	13
	2020	Dublin,  Ireland	13 December	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
27	2021	Dublin,  Ireland	12 December	National Sports Campus	7/13	37	606	13
28	2022	Turin,  Italy	11 December	La Mandria Park	7/13	40	623	13
29	2023	Brussels,  Belgium	10 December	Laeken Park	7/13			13
30	2024	Antalya,  Turkey	8 December		7/13
31	2025	Lagoa,  Portugal	14 December		7/13
32	2026	TBA	13 December		7/13
33	2027	TBA	12 December		7/13

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• ^nb Country and athlete figures for senior races only

Source:^[5]

Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	83	58	48	189
2	France (FRA)	35	35	36	106
3	Spain (ESP)	23	34	27	84
4	Turkey (TUR)	22	11	15	48
5	Portugal (POR)	19	20	20	59
6	Russia (RUS)	17	24	16	57
7	Italy (ITA)	15	12	15	42
8	Norway (NOR)	14	9	9	32
9	Ukraine (UKR)	11	3	7	21
10	Germany (GER)	9	15	23	47
11	Netherlands (NED)	8	7	5	20
12	Belgium (BEL)	7	9	10	26
	Ireland (IRL)	7	9	10	26
14	Denmark (DEN)	5	2	2	9
15	Hungary (HUN)	5	1	1	7
16	Romania (ROU)	4	11	12	27
17	Poland (POL)	3	5	5	13
18	Sweden (SWE)	1	6	10	17
19	Serbia (SRB)	1	5	6	12
20	Switzerland (SUI)	1	4	1	6
21	Finland (FIN)	1	3	4	8
22	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	2	6	9
23	Slovenia (SLO)	1	2	1	4
24	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
25	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	3	0	3
26	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	1	3
27	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
28	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
29	Israel (ISR)	0	0	2	2
30	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		294	294	294	882

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