European Shooting Championships

European Shooting Championships
European Shooting Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	mid-year
Frequency	biennial
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1955

The European Shooting Championships are the global sport shooting European championships as regards the disciplines of the sport shooting of the rifle (25, 50 and 300 m) and the pistol (25 and 50 m). Sometimes the competition also includes trap shooting, skeet and running target shooting events, usually organized in special special championships.^[1]

The championships are by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) in collaboration with the European Shooting Confederation (ESC).^[2]

The first edition of the championships took place in 1955 in Bucharest. It takes place biennially, but every year 2-4 special championships held for European countries in separate shooting disciplines.^[3]

Summary of Championships[]

Shooting championships

10 m events championships

300 m rifle championships

Running target championships

Shotgun championships

1955-1990[]

Championships	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90
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1990-2020[]

Championships	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
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Global Shooting Championships[]

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1955	Bucharest	Rifle, Pistol, Trap, Skeet, Running deer	21 (17 men + 5 women)	15 (11 men + 4 women)	11 - 18 September
2	1957	Belgrade	Rifle	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	8 - 10 October
3		Brescia / Milan	Rifle, Pistol, Running target	14 (12 men + 2 women)		30 August - 6 September
4		Budapest	Rifle, Pistol	5 (3 men + 2 women)		18 - 24 September
5		Oslo Stockholm	Rifle, Pistol	13 (men)		12 August and 18–24 August
6		Bucharest Cairo	Rifle, Pistol, Running deer	18 (16 men + 2 women)		19 September and 23–30 September
7		Plzeň	Rifle, Pistol	16 (men)		16 - 24 August
8		Suhl	Rifle, Pistol, Trap, Skeet, Running target	14 (9 men + 5 women)		20 - 29 August
9		Bucharest Madrid	Rifle, Pistol	8 (men)		19 - 22 June and 26–30 September
10		Bucharest	Rifle, Pistol	8 (men)		30 August - 4 September
11		Lviv Frankfurt	Rifle, Pistol, Running target	9 (6 men + 3 women)		3 - 12 September and 27–30 September
12		Madrid	Rifle, Pistol	3 (women)		24 - 27 September
13		Titograd	Rifle, Pistol	11 (8 men + 3 women)		14 - 22 September
14		Bucharest	Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun, Running target	13 (8 men + 5 women)
15		Osijek	Rifle, Pistol	14 (11 men + 3 women)
16		Lahti	Rifle, Pistol, RT, 300 m rifle, Trap (women), Skeet (men)	14 (15 men + 4 women)
17		Zagreb	Rifle, Pistol, Running target, Trap, Skeet (men)	19 (15 men + 4 women)
18		Bologna
19		Brno
20		Zürich
21		Kouvola
22		Bordeaux
23		Zagreb
24		Plzeň
25		Belgrade
26		Granada
27		Osijek
28	2011	Belgrade	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	21 (14 men + 7 women)	21 (14 men + 7 women)	31 July - 14 August
29	2013	Osijek	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle	14 (9 men + 5 women)	14 (9 men + 5 women)	21 July - 4 August
30	2015	Maribor	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	21 (14 men + 7 women)	21 (14 men + 7 women)	19 -31 July
31	2017	Baku	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	22 (14 men + 8 women)	25 (14 m + 8 w + 3 mixed)	21 July - 4 August
32	2019	Bologna / Tolmezzo	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun	13 (10 men + 5 women)	18 (10 m + 5 w + 3 mixed)	12–27 September
32	2021	Osijek	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun	13 (10 men + 5 women)	18 (10 m + 5 w + 3 mixed)	20 May – 6 June
32		Moscow	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun	13 (10 men + 5 women)	18 (10 m + 5 w + 3 mixed)	15 – 30 August

Special Shotgun Championships[]

European Shotgun Championships were first held in 1956. The 2020 edition was deleted for COVID-19.^[4]

Cancelled for COVID-19

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1956	San Sebastián	Trap, Skeet	2 (men)	2 (men)
2	1957	Paris	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
3	1958	Geneva	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
4		Turin	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)	5 - 6 September
5		Barcelona Paris	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
6		Berne	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
7		Beirut	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
8		Brno	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
9		Bologna	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
10		Lisbon	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
11		Lahti	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
12		Brno	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
13		Namur	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
14		Paris	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
15		Bucharest	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
16		Madrid	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)	5 - 15 May
17		Turin	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	23 - 30 September
18		Antibes	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	21 - 30 June
19		Vienna	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	21 July - 3 August
20		Brno	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	23 - 30 May
21		Dorset	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	13 - 25 June
22		Suhl	Trap, Skeet, Running target	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	12 - 23 July
23		Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
24		Zaragoza	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
25		Moscow	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
26		Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
27		Zaragoza	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
28		Antibes	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
29		Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
30	1988	Istanbul	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
31	1990	Uddevalla	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
32	1992	Istanbul^[5]	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
33	1994	Lisbon	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
34		Lahti^[6]	Trap, Skeet, Running target	8 (5 men + 3 women)	8 (5 men + 3 women)
35	1996	Tallinn	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
36		Sipoo^[6]	Trap, Skeet, Running target	8 (5 men + 3 women)	8 (5 men + 3 women)
37	1998	Nicosia	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
38		Poussan	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
39	2000	Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
40	2002	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
41		Brno	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
42	2004	Nicosia	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
43		Maribor	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
44		Nicosia	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
45		Kazan^[7]	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)
46	2012	Larnaca	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	19–25 May
47	2013	Suhl^[6]	Trap, Skeet, Running target	7 (5 men + 2 women)	7 (5 men + 2 women)	28 July - 8 August
48	2014	Sarlóspuszta	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	16–27 June
49	2016	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	4–12 July
50	2018	Leobersdorf^[8]	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)	30 July - 13 August
51	2019	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)	3–17 September
52		Châteauroux	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6–20 May

Special 10 m Events Championships[]

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1971	Meziboří	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women	2 men + 2 women	16 - 20 March
2		Belgrade	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
3		Linz	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
4		Enschede	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
5		London	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
6		Paris	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
7		Andorra La Vella	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
8		Copenhagen	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
9		Graz	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
10		Oslo	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
11		Athens	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
12		The Hague	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
13			Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
14		Budapest	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
15		Varna	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
16		Espoo	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
17		Bratislava	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
18		Stavanger	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
19		Copenhagen	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
20		Arnhem	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
21		Manchester	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
22		Budapest	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
23		Strasbourg	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women		28 February - 6 March
24		Vantaa	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
25		Budapest	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
26		Warsaw	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women		28 February - 1 March
27		Tallinn	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
28		Arnhem	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
29		Munich	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women
30	2001	Pontevedra	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women
31	2002	Thessaloniki	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		22–24 March
32	2003	Gothenburg	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		3–9 November
33	2004	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		22–28 March
34	2005	Tallinn	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		28 February - 2 March
35	2006	Moscow	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		27 February - 2 March
36	2007	Deauville	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		12–18 March
37	2008	Winterthur	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		24 February - 2 March
38	2009	Prague	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		19–23 February
39		Meråker	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 2 women		7–14 March
40	2011	Brescia	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		3–6 March
41	2012	Vierumäki	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		16–19 February
42	2013	Odense	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		25 February - 3 March
43	2014	Moscow	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		26 February - 3 March
44	2015	Arnhem	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		2–8 March
45	2016	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		22–28 February
46	2017	Maribor	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		6–12 March
47	2018	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		16–26 February
48	2019	Osijek	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		16–25 March
49	2020	Wrocław	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		23 February - 1 March
50	2021	Osijek	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		23 May - 7 June
51		Hamar	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		18–27 March
52		Tallinn	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		5–15 March

Special 300 m Rifle Championships[]

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1959	Winterthur	300 m rifle	5 (men)	1 (men)	25 - 26 August
2	1977	Winterthur	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	9 - 11 September
3		Oulu	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	15 - 20 June
4		Oslo	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	15 - 19 June
5		Zürich	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	6 - 10 September
6		Lahti	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	29 July - 2 August
7	1991	Winterthur	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)
8	1993	Thun	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)
9	1995	Boden	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)
10	1997	Copenhagen	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)
11	1999	Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)

Special Running Target Championships[]

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1963	Sandviken	Running target, Running deer	3 (men)	3 (men)
2	1969	Sandviken	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
3	1973	Munich	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
4		Miskolc	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
5		Lahti	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
6		Sipoo	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
7		Suhl	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
8	2019	Gyenesdiás	Runnung target, running target mixed	2 men + 2 women	2 men + 2 women	8 - 15 July

Unofficial Championships[]

From 1929 to 1954 the European Championships was disputed only in clay pigeon shooting.^[9]

Year	Venue	Host country
1929	Stockholm	Sweden
1930	Rome	Italy
1931	Lvov	Poland
1933	Vienna	Austria
1934	Budapest	Hungary
1935	Brussels	Belgium
1936	Berlin	Germany
1937	Helsinki	Finland
1938	Luhačovice	Czechoslovakia
1939	Berlin	Germany
1940	Rome	Italy
1949	Bordighera	Italy
1950	Vichy	France
1952	Rome	Italy
1953	Barcelona	Spain
1954	Paris	France

References and notes[]

^ "Schießen - Europameisterschaften 1929-1959". sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Historical Results - European Championships". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
^ "Continental Championships - Europe". issf-sports.org. 9 June 2020.
^ "Tiro a Volo, le novità: per il Trap carte olimpiche dagli Europei di Osijek o dal ranking ad aprile 2021" (in Italian). coni.it. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020. Nel dettaglio, per il Tiro a Volo le Carte Olimpiche in palio nell’Europeo 2020 di Chateauroux (FRA) verranno assegnate durante la rassegna continentale 2021 in programma ad Osijek (CRO)
^ First edition with double trap events at the special shotgun championships (the discipline was introduced the year before at the global shooting championships).
^ ^a ^b ^c In this edition also disputed two men running target events (individual and team) normal and mixed.
^ From this edition women double trap events did not be disputed.
^ In this edition back women double trap events.
^ "Schießen Europameisterschaften - Austragungsorte" (in German). sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

External links[]

ISSF Results Overview
European Championships in all Shooting disciplines and events
European Championships complete archive results (2010-2020) at European Shooting Confederation

[1] "Schießen - Europameisterschaften 1929-1959". sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[2] "Historical Results - European Championships". issf-sports.org. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

[3] "Continental Championships - Europe". issf-sports.org. 9 June 2020.

[4] "Tiro a Volo, le novità: per il Trap carte olimpiche dagli Europei di Osijek o dal ranking ad aprile 2021" (in Italian). coni.it. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020. Nel dettaglio, per il Tiro a Volo le Carte Olimpiche in palio nell’Europeo 2020 di Chateauroux (FRA) verranno assegnate durante la rassegna continentale 2021 in programma ad Osijek (CRO)

[5] First edition with double trap events at the special shotgun championships (the discipline was introduced the year before at the global shooting championships).

[RUNNING-6] In this edition also disputed two men running target events (individual and team) normal and mixed.

[7] From this edition women double trap events did not be disputed.

[8] In this edition back women double trap events.

[9] "Schießen Europameisterschaften - Austragungsorte" (in German). sport-komplett.de. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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