European Cup in Athletics 2007

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The 2007 Spar European Cup took place on 23rd and 24th June 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany. This was the 27th time the European Cup has been held and the second time the event has been hosted in Munich. It was the penultimate staging of the Cup.

Contents 1 Superleague 1.1 Final Standings 1.2 Day 1 - Events/Results 1.2.1 Men's 1.2.2 Women's 1.3 Day 2 - Events/Results 1.3.1 Men's 1.3.2 Women's 2 First League 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Second League 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Superleague

[edit] Final Standings

Men's

1.  Germany 116
   
2.  France 112
   
3.  Poland 110
   
4.  Great Britain 102
   
5.  Russia 93
   
6.  Greece 70
   
7.  Ukraine 59.5
   
8.  Belgium 54.5
   

• Germany were awarded the title after the disqualification of the French hammer thrower, Nicolas Figère, after a positive doping test resulted in the loss of four points from the French total. France and Germany originally tied on 116 points with France awarded victory by virtue of most event victories.
• Belgium (after 1 year in the superleague) & Ukraine are relegated into League 1.
• Spain & Italy promoted into the Superleague from 1st League.

Women's

1.  Russia 127
   
2.  France 107
   
3.  Germany 94.5
   
4.  Poland 89
   
5.  Ukraine 81
   
6.  Belarus 80
   
7.  Greece 75
   
8.  Spain 64.5
   

• Greece & Spain are relegated.
• Great Britain & NI along with Italy are promoted from 1st League.

[edit] Day 1 - Events/Results

Main article: Full Results from Day 1

[edit] Men's

Event	Winner	Country
Hammer throw	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland
High jump	Eike Onnen	Germany
400m hurdles	Periklis Iakovakis	Greece
100m	Craig Pickering	Great Britain
1500m	Mehdi Baala	France
Shot put	Peter Sack	Germany
Long jump	Louis Tsatoumas	Greece
400m	Leslie Djhone	France
5000m	Monder Rizki	Belgium
4x100m relay	Great Britain & NI	Great Britain

[edit] Women's

Event	Winner	Country
Pole vault	Monika Pyrek	Poland
Triple jump	Theresa N'Zola	France
400m hurdles	Yuliya Pechenkina	Russia
Discus throw	Franka Dietzsch	Germany
100m	Yevgeniya Polyakrova	Russia
800m	Sviatlana Usovich	Belarus
3000m	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia
400m	Fani Halkia	Greece
Javelin throw	Christina Obergföll	Germany
3000m Steeplechase	Katarzyna Kowalska	Poland
4x100m relay	Russian Federation	Russia

Standings After Day 1

• Men's
  

Germany 64
France 59
Poland 55
Great Britain & NI 47
Russia 43
Greece 39
Ukraine 27.5
Belgium 24.5

• Women's
  

Russia 71
France 54
Germany 53.5
Poland 53
Ukraine 47
Greece 43
Belarus 40
Spain 33.5

[edit] Day 2 - Events/Results

[edit] Men's

Event	Winner	Country
Pole vault	Tim Lobinger	Germany
Triple jump	Aleksandr Petrenko	Russia
Discus throw	Piotr Malachowski	Poland
110m Hurdles	Ladji Doucouré	France
800m	Pawel Cziapewski	Poland
3000m Steeplechase	Filmon Ghirmai	Germany
200m	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain
Javelin throw	Aleksandr Ivanov	Russia
3000m	Bouabdellah Tahri	France
4x400m relay	Poland	Poland

[edit] Women's

Event	Winner	Country
Hammer throw	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia
Shot put	Anna Omarova	Russia
1500m	Sylwia Ejdys	Poland
High jump	Yelena Slesarenko	Russia
100m hurdles	Yevheniya Snihur	Ukraine
Long jump	Eunice Barber	France
200m	Muriel Hurtis	France
5000m	Volha Kraustova	Belarus
4x400m relay	Belarus	Belarus

[edit] First League

Results of 1st League (16 teams, men and women, in two groups of equal level).

[edit] Group A

at Vaasa (Finland), on 23rd & 24th June 2007.

• Men :

1.  Spain 111 (promoted)
2.  Sweden 107
3.  Netherlands 101.5
4.  Czech Republic 93.5
5.  Finland 88.5
6.  Switzerland 81
7.  Ireland 76 (relegated)
8.  Slovakia (relegated)

• Women:

1.  Great Britain 131 (promoted)
2.  Sweden 110
3.  Czech Republic 102
4.  Finland 98
5.  Netherlands 78
6.  Ireland76
7.  Norway 73 (relegated)
8.  Slovakia (relegated)

[edit] Group B

at Milan (Italy), on the same dates;

Men

1.  Italy 135 (promoted)
2.  Slovenia 105
3.  Portugal 102
4.  Romania 98
5.  Hungary 89
6.  Belarus 85
7.  Bulgaria 57 (relegated)
8.  Serbia 46 (relegated)

Women

1.  Italy 139 (promoted)
2.  Romania 123
3.  Portugal 95.5
4.  Bulgaria 84
5.  Hungary 82
6.  Slovenia 72.5
7.  Serbia 61.5 (relegated)
8.  Cyprus 58.5 (relegated)

[edit] Second League

at Odense, (Denmark) and Zenica, (Bosnia and Herzegovina), on 23rd & 24th June 2007.

Promoted into 1st League:

Men

 Austria,  Norway,  Turkey,  Croatia

Women

 Belgium,  Lithuania,  Turkey,  Croatia

[edit] See also

• 2007 in athletics (track and field)

[edit] External links

• Munich European Cup 2007 Website (english) - Official Website
• SPAR European Cup - event coverage a European-athletics.org

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