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unusual facts about European Championship


Andina de Televisión

ATV had the Peruvian broadcasting rights to the FIFA World Cup 2010, as well as the last Olympic games and the European Championship.


1996 UEFA Futsal Championship

The 1996 UEFA Futsal Championship was the 1st official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams.

FIL European Luge Championships 2008

The tie for the bronze was the first in a Winter Olympic, world championship, or European championship event since they started timing luge in the 1/1000ths of a second following the tie between Italy and East Germany in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

Graham Barber

The first of his only two European Championship qualifying games, both in season 2002-03, was the encounter between Holland and Belarus on 7 September 2002 at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven.

Guy Thys

In 1980, Belgium narrowly lost the European Championship final from Germany in Rome.

Jordi Bes Ginesta

10th, European Championship team race (together with Manuel Pérez Brunicardi)

10th, European Championship team race (together with Manuel Pérez Brunicardi)

Julio Cardeñosa

He represented Spain in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Martin Anthamatten

1st, European Championship relay, together with Marcel Theux, Yannick Ecoeur and Alan Tissières

Miki Berkovich

In 1977 helped Maccabi to win its first European Championship, defeating Mobilgirgi Varese 78:77 in the final held in Pionir Hall, Belgrade and CSKA Moscow 91:79 in semifinal group game held in Virton, Belgium, an achievement that produced Tal Brody's famous sentence "We are on the map, not only in basketball".

Natalia Lipkovskaya

In 1996, Lipkovskaya won an international tournament in Portugal and a bronze in one event at the European championship, but missed the 1996 Summer Olympics in favor of higher-ranking teammates.

Nathalie Bourillon

4th, European Championship relay race (together with Véronique Lathuraz and Valentine Fabre)

Saaremaa official football team

They are not eligible to enter either the World Cup or European Championship.

Tom Boon

In 2009 he ended fifth with this team at the European Championship in Amstelveen and in 2011 they ended fourth at the European Championship in Mönchengladbach.

Wales national football team manager

Jimmy Murphy is the only manager to have taken the team to any FIFA World Cup or European Championship finals, he managed to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, they reached the quarter-finals before being knocked by Brazil.


see also

2004 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship

The 2004 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship was the 6th UEFS futsal European championship held in Baranovichi (Belarus), with 8 national teams.

2007 European Racquetball Championships

The XIV Racquetball European Championship was held in Brembate (Italy) from July 28 to August 4, 2007, with six men's national teams and four women's national teams in competition.

2010 Rink Hockey European Championship

The 2010 Rink Hockey European Championship or 2010 CERH European Championship was the 49th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, held between 5 and 11 September, in Wuppertal, Germany.

Alexey Volkonsky

In 2002 European Championship in Szeged he won two medals (500m silver and 200m bronze).

Alfa Romeo P3

Louis Chiron won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery, whilst the German Silver Arrows dominated the other four rounds of the European Championship.

Amaury Leveaux

After a couple of years far from his best form, Amaury Leveaux did a come back at the 2012 European championship in Debrecen (Hungary).

Angelique Seriese

Other medals include eight European championship victories, bronze at the 1987 World Championships in Essen and silver at the 1993 World Championships in Hamilton.

Anton Palzer

In 2012, during the European Championship in Pelvoux (France), he finished first in the juniors' individual and vertical race again.

Bekim Bala

Bala was part of the Albania U-19 squad for the qualifying stage of the 2009 European Championship, where he made his debut against England at Ballymena Showgrounds in Northern Ireland on 8 October 2008 in a 3–0 loss for Albania, replacing Guido Tepshi at half time.

Bent Christensen

Bent Christensen Arensøe, formerly known as Bent René Christensen, (born 1967), Danish football player who won the 1992 European Championship

Demetrio Albertini

Italians went to the European championship in England as vice-world champions and many saw Sacchi's team as the key contender for the title alongside with Germany.

Denmark national under-21 speedway team

Tommy Knudsen was won 1980 Individual U-21 European Championship open for riders from all continents.

Dermott Lennon

Lennon was part of the Irish team that won their first European Championship title at the European Show Jumping Championships in Aachen riding Liscalgot.

Erich Obermayer

He made his debut for Austria in an April 1975 European Championship qualification match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal in a match against the Netherlands, and 1982 FIFA World Cup where he skippered the team.

Erik Mohs

:1st, European Championship, Track, Madison, U23, Alkmaar

Horseball

The First European championship was held at Lamotte-Beuvron 2004 in France and there were 5 editions of the tournament.

Hungary women's national rugby union team

On 5 April 2010 they won the ENTC (Emerging Nations Training Camp) Test European Championship 7's which was held in the village of Zánka, Hungary.

Ice Hockey European Championship 1924

The Ice Hockey European Championship 1924 was the ninth edition of the ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation .

Igor Tešić

Igor Tešić and Stefan Basta won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

International Superstar Soccer 2000

Particularly, every nation affiliated to UEFA at the time is present, since one of the game modes consists of a European Championship on the same format as the UEFA Euro (which had an edition that year), including the qualifying round.

Joanne Eccles

She won the gold medals in the women's individual events at both the 2009 European Championship and the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Jozef Gabris

1971 he won the European Champion's title in Hungarian town Pécs, followed after 2-nd place on the European Championship in Genk (Belgium) 1969.

Klootschieten

In May 2004, the European Championship was shot in Westerstede, Germany.

Kosovo je Srbija

In March 2008, American-born Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the European championship in the 50m butterfly, setting the new European record, a result briefly quashed when the European Swimming Federation (LEN) disqualified the swimmer for wearing a T-shirt at the medals ceremony that read “Kosovo is Serbia” in Cyrillic.

La Trinité-sur-Mer

The 2010 European Championship Soling took place in La Trinité-sur-Mer from 28- AUG till 3 SEP.

Lorenzo Sebastiani

As a newcomer in the National U-18 squad in 2005, he took part to the FIRA youth European Championship getting the 3rd place, and then, with the Under-19 team, won the Division B World Championship category.

Matti Hagman

Matti Hagman's sister Riitta Salin won the European Championship (athletics) in 400 m in Rome in 1974.

Milko Kazanov

He has also won three European Championship medals, two silvers (K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m) in Zagreb in 1999 and bronze (K-4 1000 m) in Poznań in 2000.

Motosacoche

It was not until 1928 that they made a name in the Grand Prix, with the Motosacoche 350 M 35 ohc racing bike, built by Dougal Marchant, of England, ridden to two European championship titles, 350 and 500, by Wal Handley.

Nestea European Championship Tour

The tour was previously known as the European Championship Tour, before the European Volleyball Federation (CEV) in 2003 signed a sponsorship deal with Nestea.

Peny Karagkouni

In her first season in Beach Volleyball and despite being the new member of the team, she managed (with Vassiliki Arvaniti) to finish 5th in the Finals of the European Championship held in Klagenfurt, Austria hosted by CEV.

Postnationalism

Simon Kuper called the 2008 European soccer championship (UEFA Euro 2008) "the first postnational" European Championship.

Ryan Kurtzer

Kurtzer played in the European Championship Junior Qualifier held in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria.

Stefan Basta

Stefan Basta and Igor Tešić won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

Stephen Gleeson

Gleeson was called up to the Irish Under 19 squad for a friendly tournament in La Manga in February 2006, despite being a year younger than most of his colleagues, and was also named in the squad for the Under-19 European Championship qualifying rounds in May 2006.

Swamp football

The European Championship in swamp football is held in Ísafjörður in the north west part of Iceland.

Tim Brabants

Brabants won the K-1 1000 m European championship at Szeged, Hungary in 2002, the first time a British paddler had won the blue riband event.

Topcat

In the same year the first European championship was held in Brenzone, Lake Garda, with 44 boats from 5 countries.

Victoria Tereshchuk

Her first senior World Championship was the 2003 edition, held in Pesaro, Italy, where she finished 27th, and her first senior European Championship came the following month in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, where she came in 34th.

Wal Handley

In 1928 Motosacoche made a name in the Grand Prix, with the 350 M 35 OHC racing bike, built by Dougal Marchant, of England, ridden to two European championship titles, 350 and 500, by Walter Handley.

ŽKK Vršac

It is the Millennium Centre is held Eurobasket 2005, The Universiade 2009, The European Championship in the men's and women's handball 2012, World League in Volleyball 2006 and 2007 and many other international sports competitions.