European Canoe Sprint Championships facts for kids

The Canoe Sprint European Championships is an international canoeing and kayaking event organized by the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was first held in 1933 in Prague under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. In 1997, the European Championships were resumed, and now take place annually.

Summary

Edition	Year	Host	Events
1	1933	Prague, Czechoslovakia	7
2	1934	Copenhagen, Denmark	8
3	1936	Duisburg, Germany	2
4	1957	Ghent, Belgium	15
5	1959	Duisburg, West Germany	15
6	1961	Poznań, Poland	16
7	1963	Jajce, Yugoslavia	15
8	1965	Bucharest, Romania	16
9	1967	Duisburg, West Germany	16
10	1969	Moscow, Soviet Union	16
Not organised between 1970 and 1996
11	1997	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	26
12	1999	Zagreb, Croatia	26
13	2000	Poznań, Poland	26
14	2001	Milan, Italy	27
15	2002	Szeged, Hungary	27
16	2004	Poznań, Poland	27
17	2005	Poznań, Poland	27
18	2006	Račice, Czech Republic	27
19	2007	Pontevedra, Spain	27
20	2008	Milan, Italy	27
21	2009	Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany	27
22	2010	Trasona, Spain	24
23	2011	Belgrade, Serbia	25
24	2012	Zagreb, Croatia	26
25	2013	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal	26 + 9
26	2014	Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany	26 + 8
27	2015	Račice, Czech Republic	27 + 8
28	2016	Moscow, Russia	27 + 8
29	2017	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	27 + 8
30	2018	Belgrade, Serbia	30 + 10
–	2019	Poznań, Poland	12

Source:

• The ECA chose not to organise that year's Canoe Sprint European Championships because of the European Games, so a separate Paracanoe European Championships were held as a result.
• Paracanoe add to race from 2013, also one event in 2010 - http://www.europecanoeevents.com/events/results
• Results from 1933 to 1969 : https://web.archive.org/web/20171001114105/http://www.canoeresults.eu/view-results/sprint