European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country Explained

ECCC Cross Country
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Sport:Cross country running
Inaugural:1962
Continent:Europe
Founder:European Athletics Association
Website:ECCC Cross Country

The European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition between the European running clubs that are the reigning national champions for their country. It is often abbreviated to the name ECCC Cross Country.[1] It is traditionally held on the first Sunday of February.

Organised by the European Athletics Association, it was first held in 1962,[2] making it the second oldest regional cross country event in the world (after the Balkan Cross Country Championships).[3] Only the International Cross Country Championships and World Military Cross Country Championships are older than these two events.[4] It also pre-dates the European Cross Country Championships (the international event) by over thirty years.[5]

The competition was initially launched as a senior men only event, with a senior women's race being added to the programme twenty years later in 1982. Junior races for both men and women were initiated in 2006.[6] Historically, the women's race was typically held at a separate location from the men's race. The two events have been held in conjunction since 2005 and each edition now features all four races (senior and junior) at the same venue.[7] Reflecting the early roots of the tournament, until 2002 the United Kingdom sent four teams – one from each of its constituent countries.[6] The event garners wide participation: in 2015 a total of 287 athletes competed across four races and clubs from 21 nations were present. The men's race is the most contested, with the field typically reaching 100 runners.[8]

It is one of three annual athletics club competitions held by the European Athletics Association, alongside the European Champion Clubs Cup and European Champion Clubs Cup for Juniors in track and field.[9] [10]

The competition was staged in Belgium on all but one occasion up to 1980. Thereafter, it has been mostly held in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, reflecting the prominence of the region in hosting elite level cross country meetings.

Rules and format

The eligible clubs for each race differ as each needs to have qualified through the respective national level competition – for example, only national junior women's club champions compete in the junior women's race. The men's senior race is over 10abbr=offNaNabbr=off, the senior women's and junior men's races are over 6abbr=offNaNabbr=off, and the junior women's race is 4abbr=offNaNabbr=off.[11] Each team race is scored by combining the finishing positions of a team's top four athletes. The team with the lowest cumulative score is the winner. Teams with fewer than four finishers are declared non-finishers. Medals are awarded for both the individual and team element of the competition. Non-point-scoring members of winning teams are recognised in the team ceremonies.

As a club-level competition, athletes of any nationality may compete in the competition as long as they are registered with an eligible European running club. However, athletes whose nationality is different from that of the country that their club is based in must be entered as a "Declared Foreign Athlete" in order to compete. This applies equally to non-European athletes and European athletes competing for a club of a different European nation.[12] [13] [14]

The host venue for the event is decided by a host bidding process. The tournament has been held as a one-off sporting event for the host venue and also as an element to be incorporated into a long-standing cross country meeting – the annual Almond Blossom Cross Country race in Portugal has been host to the clubs cup competition on numerous occasions.[15] [16]

Editions

Men

Ed.YearCityCountryDateTeam winnerIndividual winner
1st1962ArlonBelgium7 January
2nd1963ArlonBelgium13 January
3rd1964ArlonBelgium12 January
4th1965ArlonBelgium24 January
5th1966ArlonBelgium23 January
6th1967ArlonBelgium22 January
7th1968ArlonBelgium19 January
8th1969ArlonBelgium28 December
9th1970ArlonBelgium22 November
—1971Not held
10th1972ArlonBelgium16 January
11th1973ArlonBelgium14 January
12th1974ArlonBelgium6 January
13th1975ArlonBelgium19 January
14th1976MessancyBelgium25 January
15th1977PalenciaSpain6 February
—1978Not held
16th1979ArlonBelgium4 February
17th1980LiègeBelgium10 February
18th1981VareseItaly31 January
19th1982ClusoneItaly30 January
20th1983LyonFrance30 January
21st1984AlbufeiraPortugal5 February
22nd1985AlbufeiraPortugal3 February
23rd1986AlbufeiraPortugal2 February
24th1987ClusoneItaly1 February
25th1988ClusoneItaly6 February
26th1989AlbufeiraPortugal5 February
27th1990AlbufeiraPortugal4 February
28th1991MarignaneFrance10 February
29th1992AlicanteSpain2 February
30th1993AlbufeiraPortugal7 February
31st1994AmorebietaSpain6 February
32nd1995AlbufeiraPortugal12 February
33rd1996La FlècheFrance4 February
34th1997CáceresSpain2 February
35th1998VilamouraPortugal8 February
36th1999OeirasPortugal31 January
37th2000San SebastiánSpain30 February
38th2001VilamouraPortugal4 February
39th2002Saint-JunienFrance3 February
40th2003JaénSpain2 February
41st2004AlmeirimPortugal1 February

Women

Ed.YearCityCountryDateTeam winnerIndividual winner
19th1982FormiaItaly31 January
20th1983ViterboItaly30 January
21st1984CassinoItaly4 January
22nd1985FuenlabradaSpain3 February
23rd1986AlbufeiraPortugal2 February
24th1987ClusoneItaly1 February
25th1988CardiffWales7 February
26th1989AlbufeiraPortugal5 February
27th1990BragaPortugal3 February
28th1991—San Marino9 February
29th1992CassinoItaly1 February
30th1993AlbufeiraPortugal7 February
31st1994CassinoItaly6 February
32nd1995MaiaPortugal5 February
33rd1996LancianoItaly3 February
34th1997NewportWales9 February
35th1998IstanbulTurkey8 February
36th1999LancianoItaly7 February
37th2000SalamancaSpain6 February
38th2001VilamouraPortugal4 February
39th2002OrtuellaSpain3 February
40th2003JaénSpain2 February
41st2004LancianoItaly31 February

Combined

Ed.YearCityCountryDateMen's team winnerMen's individual winnerWomen's team winnerWomen's individual winner
42nd2005MantuaItaly5 Feb
43rd2006CáceresSpain5 Feb
44th2007IstanbulTurkey4 Feb
45th2008AlbufeiraPortugal2 Feb
46th2009IstanbulTurkey1 Feb
47th2010BilbaoSpain7 Feb
48th2011San Vittore OlonaItaly6 Feb
49th2012CastellónSpain5 Feb
50th2013CastellónSpain3 Feb
51st2014AlbufeiraPortugal2 Feb
52nd2015GuadalajaraSpain1 Feb
53rd2016KastamonuTurkey7 Feb
54th2017AlbufeiraPortugal5 Feb
55th2018MiraPortugal4 Feb
56th2019AlbufeiraPortugal3 Feb
57th2022OeirasPortugal6 Feb
58th2023Oropesa del MarSpain5 Feb
59th2024AlbufeiraPortugal25 Feb

Junior winners

YearJunior men's teamJunior men's individualJunior women's teamJunior women's individual
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024

Statistics

Most successful clubs
Most successful athletes

References

List of venues and winners

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/eccc-cross-country/ ECCC Cross Country
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cxc.htm#EC European Clubs Cross Country
  3. https://www.arrs.run/HP_BlkChXC.htm Balkan Cross Country Championships
  4. https://www.arrs.run/HP_WorldMilitaryXC.htm World Military Crosscountry Championships
  5. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/fanzone/spar_european_cross_country_champs.pdf Event - SPAR European Cross Country Championships
  6. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/fanzone/european_champions_clubs_cup.pdf Event: EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CLUBS CROSS COUNTRY CUP
  7. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/26/75/00/ECCC_Cross_Country-venues_and_winners-update_English.pdf European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country: Venues & Winners
  8. http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/eurathresults.php?CID=12856527 European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country
  9. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/eccc-track-and-field-junior/ ECCC Track and Field Junior
  10. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/eccc-track-and-field-senior/ ECCC Track and Field Senior
  11. http://www.eccc-crosscountry-guadalajara2015.es/web/images/documents/ECCC_Cross_country_2015_-_Invitation_Letter.pdf OFFICIAL INVITATION To: Qualified clubs for Seniors and Juniors, Women & Men European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country, Guadalajara/ESP, 1 February 2015
  12. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/48/49/ECCCCrossCountry-ForeignAthletes_Neutral.pdf ECCC Cross Country, Guadalajara / ESP, 1 February 2015 Declared Foreign Athletes
  13. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/26/74/81/ECCC_Cross_Team_Manual-final_English.pdf European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country 3 February 2013 Castellón de la Plana, Spain
  14. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/47/39/ECCCCrossCountry2015-TeamManual_Neutral.pdf Team Manual 52nd European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country 1 February 2015 Guadalajara, Spain
  15. Fernandes, António Manuel (2014-02-02). Moustaoui and Ayalew take the honours at Almond Blossom Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-28.
  16. http://www.germanroadraces.de/24-1-4152-albufeira-plays-host-to-european-champion-clubs.html Albufeira plays host to European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

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