First held in 1965 the European Cup was originally contested on a knock-out basis with preliminary rounds, semi-finals and a final. Initially only the winner of each preliminary round match qualified for the semi-final, however the number of qualifiers increased to 2 per match from 1970 and 3 per match from 1977. This compilation lists team scores and individual winners of the preliminary round matches from 1965 until 1981. After this date preliminary matches were no longer staged as the event adopted a divisional structure with promotion and relegation between the various divisions.
Venues-Men: 1965 Enschede (NED) & Vienna (AUT), 1967 Athens (GRE), Copenhagen (DEN) & Dublin (IRL), 1970 Barcelona (ESP), Reykjavík (ISL) & Vienna (AUT), 1973 Athens (GRE), Brussels (BEL) & Lisbon (POR), 1975 Athens (GRE) & Lisbon (POR), 1977 Copenhagen/Sřllerřd (DEN), 1979 Luxembourg (LUX), 1981 Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX)
Venues-Women: 1965-70 not required, 1973 Copenhagen/Lyngby (DEN) & Rijeka (YUG), 1975 Madrid (ESP) & Osijek (YUG), 1977 Copenhagen/Sřllerřd (DEN), 1979 not required, 1981 Barcelona (ESP)
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||||||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
NED SUI SUI NED BEL ESP FIN YUG ROM NOR SUI ROM ESP POR POR DEN |
60 62 65 59 55 64 81 68 42 105 68 94 114 74 74 71 |
ESP AUT ESP DEN IRL ROM BEL BUL BUL BEL YUG BUL SUI IRL DEN TUR |
58 61 54 56 38.5 50 69 59 38.5 90 63.5 92 110 65 65.5 69 |
DEN GRE GRE AUT ISL NED DEN AUT GRE NED POR GRE BEL DEN IRL IRL |
49 47 48 53 26.5 44 60 47 36.5 83 37.5 90 93 64 54 64 |
POR LUX POR TUR GRE IRL LUX DEN IRL NOR NED ISL LUX ISL |
33 27 33 31 41 53 23 64.5 29 59 88 54 53.5 58 |
ISL ISL AUT POR LUX ISL LUX |
37 42 47 65 43 51 37 |
LUX DEN ISL |
39.5 45 46 |
IRL |
43 |
100 Metres | 200 Metres | 400 Metres | ||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Rob Heemskerk NED Gert Nöster AUT Philippe Clerc SUI Wim Blom NED Paul Poels BEL José Luis Sánchez ESP Ossi Karttunen FIN Ivan Karasi YUG Mirolyub Doychev BUL Audun Garshol NOR Reto Diezi SUI Vassilios Papageorgopoulos GRE Javier Martínez ESP Roland Bombardella LUX Roland Bombardella LUX Oddur Sigurdsson ISL |
10.6 10.8 10.5 10.7 10.8 10.6 10.4 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.56 10.68 10.3w 10.71 10.93 |
Rob Heemskerk NED Gert Nöster AUT Philippe Clerc SUI Gert Nöster AUT Herman Van Coppenolle BEL José Luis Sarriá ESP Ossi Karttunen FIN Ivan Karasi YUG Mirolyub Doychev BUL Alfons Brydenbach BEL Miro Kocuvan YUG Günther Würfel AUT Peter Muster SUI Roland Bombardella LUX Roland Bombardella LUX Oddur Sigurdsson ISL |
21.2 21.8 21.3 22.1 21.3 21.2 21.6 21.5 21.4 21.2 21.3 21.69 21.12 21.11w 21.47 21.55 |
Fred van Herpen NED Jean-Louis Descloux SUI Ramón Magarińos ESP Rijn van den Heuvel NED Noel Carroll IRL Ramón Magarińos ESP Fanahan McSweeney IRL Miro Kocuvan YUG Constantin Stan ROM Toine van de Goolberg NED Josip Alebic YUG Kyriakos Onisiforou GRE Gerold Curti SUI José Carvalho POR Jens Smedegĺrd DEN Jens Smedegĺrd DEN |
47.0 47.7 48.0 47.9 47.3 47.2 48.1 47.4 46.7 47.5 47.2 46.88 47.10 47.1 47.78 46.62 |
800 Metres | 1500 Metres | 5000 Metres | ||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Alberto Estebán ESP Rudolf Klaban AUT Hansueli Mumenthaler SUI Preben Glue DEN Noel Carroll IRL Gheorghe Ungureanu ROM Eric Reygaert BEL Jože Medjimurec YUG Stavros Mermingis GRE Herman Mignon BEL Rolf Gysin SUI Gheorghe Ghipu ROM Ivo Van Damme BEL Eamonn Coghlan IRL Ray Flynn IRL Sermet Timurlenk TUR |
1:49.0 1:50.6 1:50.0 1:51.5 1:48.4 1:48.4 1:53.0 1:58.2 1:53.9 1:48.2 1:48.7 1:50.50 1:46.91 1:47.78 1:49.6a 1:51.46 |
Gerd Larsen DEN Volker Tulzer AUT Hansruedi Knill SUI Preben Glue DEN Edgard Salvé BEL Alberto Estebán ESP Rudi Simon BEL Atanas Atanasov BUL Gheorghe Ghipu ROM Tom Birger Hansen DEN Werner Meier SUI Tom Birger Hansen DEN Werner Meier SUI Eamonn Coghlan IRL Eamonn Coghlan IRL David Taylor IRL |
3:54.8 3:46.7 3:52.9 3:48.4 3:49.0 3:47.6 3:51.8 3:48.0 3:39.0 3:46.09 3:39.2 3:40.7 3:51.74 3:48.1 3:41.9a 3:44.29 |
No Opdenoordt NED Georgios Mesimertsis GRE Javier Álvarez Salgado ESP No Opdenoordt NED Gaston Roelants BEL Javier Álvarez Salgado ESP André De Hertoghe BEL Dane Korica YUG Spylios Zacharopoulos GRE Arne Kvalheim NOR Dane Korica YUG Ilie Floroiu ROM Fernando Cerrada ESP Gerry Deegan IRL Fernando Mamede POR John Treacy IRL |
14:17.8 14:32.6 14:04.6 14:18.0 13:59.8 14:12.6 14:28.0 14:43.4 14:40.0 14:08.2 13:55.0 13:40.61 13:52.24 13:51.9 13:54.5a 14:09.77 |
10000 Metres | 3000 Metres Steeplechase | 110 Metres Hurdles | ||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Mariano Haro ESP Nikolaos Aviakotis GRE Carlos Pérez ESP Sükrü Saban TUR Gaston Roelants BEL Javier Álvarez Salgado ESP Karel Lismont BEL Dane Korica YUG Petko Yordanov BUL Emiel Puttemans BEL Peter Svet YUG Ilie Floroiu ROM Jos Hermens NED John Treacy IRL José Sena POR Allan Zachariasen DEN |
30:16.4 32:01.6 30:04.6 29:48.6 29:14.8 29:45.6 30:55.6* 30:34.4 30:18.4 28:28.6 29:16.6 28:49.2 28:28.8 29:27.6 29:17.6a 29:30.01 |
Javier Álvarez Salgado ESP Manfred Wicher AUT Hans Menet SUI Claus Břrsen DEN Eddy Van Butsele BEL Gheorghe Cefan ROM Paul Thijs BEL Georgi Tikhov BUL Spyridon Kontossoros GRE Jan Voje NOR Hanspeter Wehrli SUI Gheorghe Cefan ROM Antonio Campos ESP Tavares da Silva POR Karsten Hald Nielsen DEN Liam O'Brien IRL |
8:46.0 9:05.2 8:56.8 8:53.2 8:53.4 8:59.6 9:08.2 8:51.8 8:25.6 8:39.8 8:40.2 8:32.81 8:26.29 8:47.7 8:44.0a 8:49.63 |
Ole Kajberg DEN Fiorenzo Marchesi SUI Werner Kuhn SUI Peter Dellensen NED Wilfried Geeroms BEL Nicolae Pertea ROM Ari Salin FIN Dragan Stoicevic YUG Nicolae Pertea ROM Hĺkon Fimland NOR Beat Pfister SUI Efstratios Vassiliou GRE Juan Lloveras ESP José Carvalho POR Roger Mathekowitsch LUX Karl Anker Jřrgensen DEN |
15.0 14.6 14.5 14.7 14.5 14.4 14.1 14.3 13.9 14.3 14.1w 14.18 14.3 14.55 14.54 14.64 |
* - 10400 metres
400 Metres Hurdles | High Jump | Pole Vault | ||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Tiemen Veneboer NED Stelio Conconi SUI Hansjörg Wirz SUI Helmut Haid AUT Wilfried Geeroms BEL Ion Ratoi ROM Erik Jarlnćs DEN Gert Weinhandl AUT Stavros Tziortzis GRE Frank Nusse NED François Aumas SUI Yanko Bratanov BUL Frank Nusse NED José Carvalho POR Yves Kirpach LUX Mehmet Solmaz TUR |
53.6 53.5 53.5 52.7 52.7 51.5 53.6 52.0 50.9 50.7 51.3 51.45 49.82 50.9 51.61 52.59 |
Luis María Garriga ESP René Maurer SUI Ioannis Koussoulas GRE Svend Breum DEN Jón Thordur Ólafsson ISL Vassilios Papadimitriou GRE Reijo Vähälä FIN Petar Bogdanov BUL Csaba Dosa ROM Ruud Wielart NED Hanspeter Habegger SUI Dimitrios Patronis GRE Bruno Brokken BEL Jesper Třrring DEN Vítor Mendes POR Ekrem Özdamar TUR |
2.01 1.94 2.02 2.05 1.95 2.13 2.09 2.11 2.17 2.13 2.05 2.20 2.17 2.13 2.08 2.11 |
Ignacio Sola ESP Christos Papanikolaou GRE Christos Papanikolaou GRE Jřrgen Jensen DEN Paul Coppejans BEL Christos Papanikolaou GRE Auvo Pehkoranta FIN Dimitar Khlebarov BUL Christos Papanikolaou GRE Robert Jacqmain BEL Raposo Borges POR Dinu Pistalu ROM Efrén Alonso ESP Peter Jensen DEN Raposo Borges POR Peter Jensen DEN |
4.40 4.80 4.90 4.40 4.40 5.05 5.00 4.60 5.30 4.70 4.50 5.00 4.80 4.90 4.80 5.00 |
Long Jump | Triple Jump | Shot | ||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Luis Felipe Areta ESP Dimitrios Maglaras GRE Dimitrios Maglaras GRE Jens Pedersen DEN Jean Debroux BEL Rafael Blanquer ESP Heikki Mattila FIN Miljenko Rak YUG Apostolis Kathiniotis GRE Finn Bendixen NOR Rolf Bernhard SUI Stefan Lazarescu ROM Rolf Bernhard SUI Jesper Třrring DEN Adriano Rodrigues POR Jón Oddsson ISL |
7.47 7.17 7.43 7.21 6.97 7.69 7.50 7.30 7.62 7.74 7.69 7.71 7.48 7.48w 7.42 7.14 |
Luis Felipe Areta ESP Panayotis Katseris GRE Michalis Karagiannis GRE Askin Tuna TUR Roger Lespagnard BEL Carol Corbu ROM Ismo Salmi FIN Georgi Stoykovski BUL Serban Ciochina ROM Roy Sedoc NED Milan Spasojevic YUG Carol Corbu ROM Roy Sedoc NED Luís Azevedo POR Fridrik Thór Óskarsson ISL Temel Erbek TUR |
15.50 14.93 15.80 15.55 14.21 16.46 15.88w 15.60 16.43 15.45 16.12 16.62 16.03 16.30 15.29 15.11 |
Cees van Wees NED Georgios Tsakanikas GRE Edy Hubacher SUI Hans Pötsch AUT Gudmundur Hermansson ISL Georgios Lemonis GRE Matti Yrjölä FIN Ivan Ivancic YUG Loucas Louca GRE Bjřrn Bang Andersen NOR Ivan Ivancic YUG Nikolai Khristov BUL Hreinn Halldórsson ISL Hreinn Halldórsson ISL Hreinn Halldórsson ISL Hreinn Halldórsson ISL |
16.26 16.85 17.33 17.27 17.77 17.41 19.02 18.40 18.19 18.61 19.22 19.57 18.73 20.54 19.44 19.69 |
Discus | Hammer | Javelin | ||||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Cees Koch NED Heimo Reinitzer AUT Josef Bächli SUI Hans Köppl AUT Robert Van Schoor BEL Harry Zitsen NED Jorma Rinne FIN Todor Artarski BUL Velko Velev BUL Tormod Lislerud NOR Mico Mijac YUG Velko Velev BUL Georges Schroeder BEL Erlendur Valdimarsson ISL Óskar Jakobsson ISL Óskar Jakobsson ISL |
50.02 53.11 51.56 51.70 49.02 53.90 58.78 55.68 59.08 58.14 54.32 62.38 54.42 57.34 58.54 60.66 |
José Otero ESP Klaus Winter AUT Ernst Ammann SUI Klaus Winter AUT Paul Healion IRL Georgios Babaniotis GRE Kauko Harlos FIN Hans Pötsch AUT Todor Manolov BUL Arne Lothe NOR Srecko Štiglic YUG Todor Manolov BUL Peter Stiefenhofer SUI Bernie Hartigan IRL Sean Egan IRL Sean Egan IRL |
58.26 61.71 64.16 61.15 54.00 61.80 63.39 65.96 70.08 62.90 64.18 69.48 65.00 59.94 66.46 66.28 |
Claus Gad DEN Urs von Wartburg SUI Urs von Wartburg SUI Walter Pektor AUT Guy Van Zeune BEL Fernando Tallón ESP Jorma Kinnunen FIN Nedjo Djurovic YUG Dezideriu Silaghi ROM Lode Wijns BEL Urs von Wartburg SUI Terje Thorslund NOR Urs von Wartburg SUI Óskar Jakobsson ISL Óskar Jakobsson ISL Einar Vilhjálmsson ISL |
73.40 81.39 74.82 75.08 64.65 74.52 82.72 75.43 77.54 76.34 82.30 80.78 77.80 74.74 72.36 70.68 |
4 x 100 Metres Relay | 4 x 400 Metres Relay | |||
1965E 1965V 1967A 1967C 1967D 1970B 1970R 1970V 1973A 1973B 1973L 1975A 1975L 1977 1979 1981 |
Netherlands Switzerland Switzerland Netherlands Belgium Spain Irish Republic Yugoslavia Bulgaria Norway Switzerland Bulgaria Spain Portugal Luxembourg Luxembourg |
40.1 41.6 40.8 40.9 41.5 40.7 41.8 40.4 40.3 40.7 40.2 40.65 40.15 40.4 41.29 41.76 |
Netherlands Switzerland Switzerland Netherlands Belgium Netherlands Irish Republic Yugoslavia Romania Netherlands Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Portugal Denmark Denmark |
3:13.8 3:14.3 3:11.9 3:13.8 3:14.4 3:08.4 3:13.3 3:11.6 3:09.4 3:09.2 3:06.2 3:10.35 3:11.43 3:12.95 3:12.5a 3:11.41 |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |||||||
1973C 1973R 1975M 1975O 1977 1981 |
FIN YUG TCH YUG NOR ESP |
66 67 63 50 49 44 |
TCH SUI BEL AUT POR GRE |
62 57.5 57 45 35 44 |
NOR AUT SWE DEN ISL POR |
45 47.5 52 41 34 34 |
DEN BEL SUI IRL GRE ISL |
43 42 52 31 31 28 |
IRL ESP ESP GRE |
40 35 28 27 |
ISL POR POR |
16 24 20 |
100 Metres | 200 Metres | 400 Metres | ||||
1973C 1973R 1975M 1975O 1977 1981 |
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN Jelica Pavlicic YUG Linda Haglund SWE Jelica Pavlicic YUG Connie Sřltoft DEN Maria Joăo Lopes POR |
11.3 11.7 11.68 11.8 11.6w 11.93 |
Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN Jelica Pavlicic YUG Linda Haglund SWE Jelica Pavlicic YUG Mona Evjen NOR Alexandra Siouli GRE |
23.1 23.5 23.51 23.7 24.44 23.71w |
Aideen Morrison IRL Maria Sykora AUT Rosine Wallez BEL Christiane Casapicola AUT Ingunn Einarsdóttir ISL Melina Menelaou GRE |
54.1 53.7 52.95 54.7 55.3 56.00 |
800 Metres | 1500 Metres | 3000 Metres | ||||
1973C 1973R 1975M 1975O 1977 1981 |
Mary Tracey IRL Vera Nikolic YUG Anne-Marie Van Nuffel BEL Mary Purcell (Tracey) IRL Lilja Gudmundsdóttir ISL Georgia Troumbouki GRE |
2:02.9 2:04.9 2:05.08 2:06.5 2:06.2 2:08.38 |
Pirjo Vihonen FIN Carmen Valero ESP Božena Sudická TCH Dorthe S. Rasmussen DEN Grete Waitz NOR Mercedes Calleja ESP |
4:16.1 4:21.2 4:27.66 4:23.4 4:16.8 4:26.99 |
- - - - Ingrid Christensen NOR Asunción Sinovas ESP |
- - - - 9:24.6 9:19.34 |
100 Metres Hurdles | 400 Metres Hurdles | High Jump | ||||
1973C 1973R 1975M 1975O 1977 1981 |
Ulla Lempiänen FIN Meta Antenen SUI Anne-Marie Pira BEL Margit Hansen DEN Ingunn Einarsdóttir ISL Helga Halldórsdóttir ISL |
14.2 13.7 14.26 13.9 14.38 14.14w |
- - - - Manuela Alves POR Montserrat Pujol ESP |
- - - - 60.26 59.85 |
Milena Hübnerová TCH Snežana Hrepevnik YUG Vera Bradácová TCH Grith Ejstrup DEN Astrid Tveit NOR Isabel Mozún ESP |
1.80 1.76 1.83 1.76 1.82 1.79 |
Long Jump | Shot | Discus | ||||
1973C 1973R 1975M 1975O 1977 1981 |
Berit Berthelsen NOR Meta Antenen SUI Isabella Lusti SUI Djurdja Focic YUG Maria Lambrou GRE Conceiçăo Alves POR |
6.19 6.25 6.51w 6.20 6.20 6.19w |
Helena Fibingerová TCH Adília Silvério POR Dana Matoušková TCH Mirjana Tufegdžic YUG Adília Silvério POR Soultana Saroudi GRE |
19.41 14.05 16.41 15.00 15.24 15.44 |
Marie Novotná TCH Maggy Wauters BEL Helena Vyhnalová TCH Vassiliki Karafylli GRE Gunhild Hagen NOR Encarnación Gambús ESP |
49.19 50.62 57.50 50.60 49.24 46.68 |
Javelin | 4 x 100 Metres Relay | 4 x 400 Metres Relay | ||||
1973C 1973R 1975M 1975O 1977 1981 |
Pirjo Kumpulainen FIN Nataša Urbancic YUG Olga Kalousová TCH Eva Janko AUT Sofia Sakorafa GRE Anna Verouli GRE |
54.33 59.36 50.16 53.04 54.60 61.86 |
Finland Yugoslavia Belgium Yugoslavia Greece Spain |
46.7 46.3 45.70 45.6 46.8 46.24 |
Finland Switzerland Belgium Austia Denmark Spain |
3:36.8 3:40.2 3:40.87 3:40.5 3:46.2 3:45.06 |
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