Soling European Championship Explained

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The Soling European Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the International Soling Association under auspiciën of World Sailing.Over 50 Soling European Championship were held. The popularity grew during the Olympic period of the Soling. After that era the event continued and is still reasonable successful.The Soling European Championship is an "Open" event. This means that competitors from all over the world are eligible to enter.

During the Olympic era of the Soling (1969 - 2000) the European Championships were a primary selection event for the NOC's to determine their Olympic delegation in the class.

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Dates	Boats	Athletes	Nations	Note/ Reference
1		Skovshoved		15–22 July	25	75	?
2		Sandhamn			46	138	11
3		Hankø		15–22 July
4		Travemünde		8–16 August
5		Skovshoved		8–16 August
6		Medemblik		14–22 July
7		Helensburgh		1–8 September	53	159
8		Alassio		17–25 May	62	168
9		Geneva		28 April – 8 May	54	162
10		Piraeus		26 August – 6 September
11		Kiel		2–9 July	73	219
12		La Rochelle		26 August – 2 September	43	129	14
13		Helsinki		4–13 June	40	120	13
14				30 August – 6 September	43	129	13
15		Dragør		11–19 September	51	153	13
16		Medemblik		2–10 September	50	150	17
17		Not held due to Olympic Games
18		Balatonfüred		17–27 May	53	159	16
19		Warnemünde		4–13 July	47	141	16
20		Karlshamn		28 August – 6 September	51	153	18
21		Alassio		8–14 May	63	189	20
22		Oslo		1–9 September	48	144	17
23	1990	Prien am Chiemsee		30 April – 6 May	69	207	19
24	1991			30 May – 9 June	83	249	20
25	1992	Lake Garda		17–26 September	45	235	14
26	1993	Portorož		5–12 June	39	117	13
27	1994	Vilamoura		17–23 September	32	96	16
28	1995	Marstrand		12–18 June	56	168	21
29	1996	Lake Balaton		19–27 September	31	93	12
30	1997	Troon		6–12 September	37	111	13
31	1998	Izola		4–11 July 1998	51	153	17
32	1999	Sandefjord		25–31 July	47	141	19
33	2000	La Rochelle		11–17 June	27	81	14
34	2001			1–8 September	31	93	10
35	2002			27 May – 1 June	32	96	10
36	2003	Nago–Torbole		31 August - 4 September	24	72	10
37	2004	Tønsberg		2–8 August	20	60	9
38	2005	Medemblik		7–12 August	20	60	7
39	2006	Balatonfüred		13–19 May	25	75	12
40	2007	Arendal		28 July – 3 August	52	156	14
41	2008	Balatonfured		20–27 April	19	57	10
42	2009	Lovere		31 July – 8 August	36	108	10
43	2010			28 August – 4 September	25	75	11
44	2011			27 August – 4 September	32	96	10
45	2012	Aarhus		9–15 June	33	99	12
46	2013			28 March – 3 April	21	63	10
47	2014	Quiberon		14–19 June	16	48	12
48	2015	Berlin		13–19 September	27	84	6
49	2016	Ebensee		2–5 May	35	105	11
50	2017	Riva del Garda		13–16 June	37	111	11
51	2018	Alsóörs		1–5 May	22	66	09
52	2019	Torbole		25–29 June	32	96	11
53	2020			16-21 June	Not held due to COVID-19
54	2021				Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19
	2021	Mandello del Lario		30 September – 3 October	25	75	9	,
55	2022	Attersee (lake)		29 August - 3 September	31	93	10
56	2023	Warnemunde

Other statistics

scope=col	Country	scope=col	Host	scope=col	Visitor	scope=col	Competed
		6	6
		10	10
	4	38	42
		2	2
		1	1
		3	3
		8	8
		23	23
		2	2
		3	3
	1	15	16
	4	33	37
		11	11
	1	17	18
	5	26	31
	3	15	18
	2	28	30
	1	29	30
	1	9	10
	5	28	33
		4	4
	10	25	35
		5	5
		1	1
		1	1
	3	40	43
	5	26	31
		2	2
		1	1
		6	6
	1	3	4
		2	2
		4	4
	2	17	19
	1	13	14
		3	3
	3	22	25
		12	12
		13	13
		34	34
		1	1

Race details

For further detailed results see:

• Soling European Championship results (1968–1979)
• Soling European Championship results (1980–1984)
• Soling European Championship results (1985–1989)
• Soling European Championship results (1990–1994)
• Soling European Championship results (1995–1999)
• Soling European Championship results (2000–2004)
• Soling European Championship results (2005–2009)
• Soling European Championship results (2010–2014)
• Soling European Championship results (2015–2019)
• Soling European Championship results (2020–2024)