Thursday, April 21, 2022

The 2022 ECA European Championships season kicks off next month



The European canoeing season is already in full swing with national and international competitions which serve as selection races for many as well as good training competitions for the upcoming international races of the highest level. The first ECA European Championships of the year 2022 will be held between 26th and 29th May in Liptovsky Mikulaš, Slovakia, where the best senior canoe slalom paddlers will fight for the European Champion titles.

The 2022 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships will head to Slovakia, more precisely to Liptovsky Mikulaš, for the third time in history of the ECA European Championships. This Slovak city, where legendary Michal Martikan was born, hosted the 2007 and 2016 editions of the championships. The first ECA Championships of the year will take place between 26th and 29th May.

While the season starts with canoe slalom European Championships, the peak will be in August when Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe will be a part of the multi-sport European Championships Munich 2022 for the first time in history. The athletes will fight for the medals in Munich at the 1972 Olympic venue between 18 and 21 August.

The 2022 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships is heading to Denmark, as Silkeborg will host this competition between 28 and 31 July. The 2022 ECA Ocean Racing European Championships will be held between 12 and 18 September in Cagliari, Italy, while the 2022 ECA ECA Canoe Polo Club Championships will be organised in Belfast, United Kingdom on 24th and 25th September.

The 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships will be organised in Belgrade, Serbia. The Ada Ciganlija venue has experience organising top level competitions, and in the past years they have organised senior and Junior/U23 European Championships. This championships is scheduled for 23 – 26 June. Young canoe slalom paddlers will compete in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, at the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships between 11 and 14 August. Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European Championships is scheduled between 25 and 28 August in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In addition to European Championships there have already been and will be organised also European Cups: European Open Canoe Slalom Cups, ECA Junior European Canoe Slalom Cups, ECA Canoe Polo Cup and ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cups.

Calendar: https://canoe-europe.org/calendar

 

PDF version of the calendar (updated 6 April 2022): https://canoe-europe.org/preview-file/eca-calendar-2021-2024-updated-6-april-2022-5017.pdf



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