European Athletics Indoor Cup

The European Athletics Indoor Cup was a biennial (formerly annual) athletics sporting event that first took place in 2003 in Leipzig, Germany, where it was also organized the following year. The 3rd edition was held in 2006, in order to be held every two years to alternate with the European Indoor Championships in Athletics, but had its final edition in 2008.[2] The event was organized by the European Athletic Association (EAA).[2]

European Athletics Indoor Cup
SportAthletics
Founded2003
No. of teams11[1] (2008)
ContinentEurope

The purpose of the competition was to provide an international team competition at an indoor track and field event.[3]

List of competitions
Year City Country Date Venue Winner
Men Women
1st 2003 Leipzig  Germany 15 February 2003 Leipzig Arena[4]  Spain  Russia
2nd 2004 Leipzig  Germany 14 February 2004 Leipzig Arena[4]  France  Russia
3rd 2006 Liévin  France 5 March 2006 Stade Couvert Régional[5]  France  Russia
4th 2008 Moscow  Russia 16 February 2008 CSKA Arena[6]  Russia  Russia

References
  1. "European Athletics Indoor Cup teams". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  2. "European Athletics Indoor Cup statistics". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  3. Cup fever hits Liévin!. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-26.
  4. "European Athletics Indoor Cup history". Archived from the original on 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  5. "Host nation France win European Athletics Indoor Cup". Archived from the original on 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  6. "As Russians Sweep, Borisov and Friedrich impress – European Indoor Cup". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
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