ECA's Board of Directors held a second online meeting in 2021 and again discussed the current situation and the 2021 calendar. They have also agreed on postponement of the 2021 ECA Congress.
This
year's ECA Congress was supposed to be organised on 27th March 2021 in
Bratislava, Slovakia, but in the current situation the Board members agreed to
postpone the congress and elections to later date. The new proposed date is 12th
June 2021 and the location stays the same - Bratislava.
The
Board agreed to set the deadline for the final confirmation or cancellation of
the 2021 European Championships based on the current health situation in
respective countries 60 days before the start of the championships, the same as
it was last year. This will apply for European Championships, while the
realisation of the ECA Cup races will be upon organiser’s discretion. So far, a
couple of planned ECA competitions have already been cancelled: the 2021 ECA
Canoe Polo European Championships that was supposed to be held in Spain, ECA
Open Canoe Slalom European Cup in Markkleeberg and the ECA Wildwater Sprint
Canoeing European Cup in Metz.
Another
important matter to discuss was the new organiser of the 2022 ECA Junior and
U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships. The event was previously awarded to
Zagreb, but the Croatian capital city had to withdraw from the organisation
following the damaging earthquake and loss of funding. It was decided that the
2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships will be organised
in Belgrade, Serbia.
In the
season 2023 Canoe Slalom is already confirmed as a part of the third European
Games in Krakow, while everyone still eagerly awaits whether the organisers
will be able to build a canoe sprint venue too. If the realisation of the
project is successful and canoe sprint gets into the sports programme of the
European Games for the third consecutive time, in 2023 there will be no Senior
Canoe Sprint European Championships.
Next
ECA' Board of Directors meeting will be held on 20th March 2021. During the
meeting, the Board members will allocate the European Championships for the
season 2024 from the received bids.
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