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Tickets are now available for the Madrid 2025 European Athletics Team Championships 1st Division at a special discount price.
The biennial competition will be hosted at the 9000 capacity Vallehermoso Stadium on 27-29 June, with a uniquely green track, laid by European Athletics preferred supplier and CONICA.
The first 500 weekend passes come with a special discount. Those who act quickly to secure their attendance at this competition&mdash;celebrating its 60th anniversary after launching as the European Cup in 1965 - will enjoy discounted rates on official weekend pass prices.
With the motto &ldquo;One team, one dream&rdquo;, the European Athletics Team Championships will bring together the continent&rsquo;s top nations and, with them, some of the greatest global athletics stars.
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The event will see Italy attempt to retain the title they won two years ago in Silesia, Poland with strong opposition from Poland, Germany, hosts Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Czechia, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Ukraine and Lithuania.
Tickets for all three days of competition are now available at <a href="https://madridetch2025.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the official site</a> starting at &euro;80 for weekend passes, ensuring you won&rsquo;t miss a moment of the European Athletics Team Championships.
Special prices are also available for children under 14 and groups of over 25 people.

Discount weekend passes released for Madrid 2025 European Athletics Team Championships 

There is one year to go until the European Athletics Team Championships Division 1 takes place in Madrid (27-29 June 2025).
It will be the first time Spain has hosted the biennial event since the event was created in 2009. Although Madrid (1996) and Malaga (2006) both hosted the European Cup, the previous incarnation of Europe&rsquo;s biggest team competition for Member Federations.
<h2>Italy set for strong defence</h2>
Italy will be defending the title they won for the first time ever when the last event took place in Silesia, Poland in 2023.
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And with record-breaking results for the Italian team at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships on 7-12 June, where they won 24 medals including 11 gold, they will once again present a formidable challenge.
They will compete against teams from Poland, Germany, Spain, Great Britain &amp; NI, Netherlands, France. Portugal, Czechia, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Greece and the three promoted nations Hungary, Ukraine and Lithuania.
The event will take place at the Edstadio de Vallehermoso on a track laid by European Athletics' preferred suppliers Conica.&nbsp;
<h2>Rich Spanish heritage</h2>
Dobromir Karamarinov, President, European Athletics said: &ldquo;We look forward to a memorable Madrid 2025 European Athletics Team Championships with our trusted colleagues at the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
&ldquo;Spain has such a rich heritage in our sport, including hosting some of our most prestigious events, including the European Athletics Championships (Barcelona 2010), European Indoor Athletics Championships (Madrid 2005, Valencia 1998, Madrid 1986, San Sebastian 1977) and the European Cross Country Championship (Toro 2007).
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&ldquo;We are sure Madrid 2025 will be another historic occasion with the very best European athletes competing in one of Europe&rsquo;s great cities.&rdquo;
Ra&uacute;l Chapado, President of the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation said: &ldquo;I am thrilled to welcome all participants and fans to this prestigious event. Hosting this championship is an incredible honour for Madrid, a city and a region with a rich athletic heritage.&nbsp;
"Our team is dedicating immense effort to ensure a perfect event, celebrating both athletic excellence and European unity. We look forward to witnessing remarkable performances and creating unforgettable memories together. Thank you for your support and participation. See you in Madrid!"

One year to go until Madrid 2025 European Athletics Team Championships

Olympic high jump champion Gianmarco Tamberi played a captain&rsquo;s part as Italy secured their first ever European Athletics Team Championships title they so narrowly missed in the Silesian Stadium two years ago on Sunday (25).&nbsp;
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Tamberi, whose late withdrawal because of injury in 2021 effectively allowed the hosts to retain their title as there was no replacement available, banished any lingering regrets by securing maximum points with a best of 2.29m.&nbsp;
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<li>Full results <a href="https://chorzow23results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/daily-schedule-date=2023-06-25.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</li>
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A second Italian victory on the day from European indoor shot put champion Zane Weir helped the team who missed out by 2.5 points last time round to finish 24 points clear on 426.50.&nbsp;
Poland, who had been seeking a third consecutive title, were second with 402.50, finishing rousingly in the concluding 4x400m mixed relay as European silver medallist Natalia Kaczmarek brought home the baton to rapturous applause from the most sizeable crowd of the championships.&nbsp;
An earlier maximum points total had been delivered in similar circumstances earlier by Alicja Konieczek in the women&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase.&nbsp;&nbsp;
After a string of disappointments on the first two days, France were the in-form team of the day with three victories thanks to Ryan Zeze in the men&rsquo;s 200m, Hilary Kpatcha in the women&rsquo;s long jump and Nawal Meniker in the women&rsquo;s high jump, which helped towards a total of 337.50 which placed them seventh.&nbsp;
Germany were third on 387.5 and two victories - from Esther Guerrero in the women&rsquo;s 1500m and debutant Thierry Ndikumwenayo in the men&rsquo;s 5000m - helped lift Spain into fourth place on 352 points ahead of a British team that performed consistently without winning any event.&nbsp;
Relegated to the 2nd Division were Norway on 223 points, T&uuml;rkiye on 245 and - for all the game efforts of shot putter Jolien Boumkwo - Belgium on 250, 6.50 points behind Greece.&nbsp;
They will be replaced in the 1st Division at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid by Hungary, Ukraine and Lithuania who finished first, second and third respectively in the 2nd Division which concluded on Thursday evening.&nbsp;
<h2>Olympic champion Tamberi contributes one of seven Italian victories&nbsp;</h2>
Tamberi was made to work for victory in his first competition in nine months, winning on countback after Belgium&rsquo;s Thomas Carmoy equalled his personal best.&nbsp;
With the high jump competition won Tamberi, who had had two unsuccessful attempts at 2.3m1, upped the ante to a world lead of 2.34m for his final jump before becoming a temporary MC as he bid the crowd absorb and engage.&nbsp;
He wasn&rsquo;t particularly close. But the urge towards the edge abides and it is the instinct of a showman; and of a champion.&nbsp;
&ldquo;These championships are about team spirit, not individual achievements,&rdquo; Tamberi said. &ldquo;What we have to achieve here is to win the trophy for Italy. Being the captain of our Italian squad, I would like to see every single athlete and every single coach on the tribune to support each other.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I have never seen our team as strong as here and I'm incredibly happy to be the captain of the strongest Italian athletics team ever.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Weir&rsquo;s winning effort of 21.59m frustrated the ambition of home thrower Michal Haratyk, the 2018 European champion, of completing a hat-trick of victory.&nbsp;
Haratyk was eventually displaced to third position as Great Britain&rsquo;s Scott Lincoln produced a timely season&rsquo;s best of 21.10m.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I have been struggling a bit since the opening of the outdoor season,&rdquo; said Weir. &ldquo;I'm in great physical shape, but I&rsquo;m still trying to work things out technically. The season is long and the World Championships are still two months away.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I'm trying hard to enjoy competing. There's a lot of pressure and expectation but I want it to be a celebration of the hard work I've done. It's always good to get top points, but I'm a little bit disappointed with my distance today.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Konieczek&rsquo;s victory in 9:38.72 completed a family contribution to the cause following the ninth place claimed by her sister Aneta, with a personal best of 15:43.35, in Friday&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s 5000m.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I didn't charm the stadium today, I am the one who was charmed,&rdquo; said Konieczek, who also won the 3000m steeplechase two years ago. &ldquo;The pace was slow today but supporters helped me with the finish.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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The crowd were also fully energised in the last individual track race of the championships as home athlete Martyna Galant made a final effort that lived up to her name in the women&rsquo;s 1500m but missed victory by just 0.01 as Guerrero held on for maximum points in 4:11.77.&nbsp;
Italy&rsquo;s European 10,000m champion Yemaneberhan Crippa, who set a 5000m championship record of 13:17.23 here two years ago, had to settle for third in a race won by Thierry Ndikumwenayo.&nbsp;
The 26-year-old Burundi-born runner, who announced his current form by running 12:58.60 to finish sixth in Oslo earlier this month, moved ahead of Andreas Almgren on the final back straight, although the Swede tracked him closely all the way to the line as both men sprinted home.&nbsp;
Ndikumwenayo finished in 13:25.48, with Almgren clocking 13:25.70 and Crippa coming home in 13:34.29.&nbsp;
<h2>A trio of victories aids the French cause on day three</h2>
That result kept Italy on course, as did the women&rsquo;s long jump in which Larissa Iapichino, who set an outright personal best of 6.97m in Istanbul to take European indoor silver, finished second on 6.66m behind the 6.75m achieved by Kpatcha.&nbsp;
This was a significant and notable win for Kpatcha whose last visit to the Silesian Stadium ended in disaster.
Two years ago, on the very same track for the very same competition, Kpatcha suffered a serious injury in warm-up consisting of ACL rupture, disinsertion of the biceps femoris, lateral collateral ligament and popliteus muscle.
"It was very important for me to come here and win, focus on the future," she said.&nbsp;
An exuberant Ryan Zeze earned France&rsquo;s first win of the competition in a season&rsquo;s best of 20.29.&nbsp;
The noise rose to mark home sprinter Albert Komanski&rsquo;s late charge to second place in 20.50 ahead of the Italian who ran the anchor leg to earn Olympic men&rsquo;s 4x100m gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Filippo Tortu, third in 20.61.&nbsp;
Nawal Meniker won a close contest with Belgian teenager Merel Maes, who equalled her personal best of 1.92m but lost on countback.&nbsp;
Lieke Klaver, tall and powerful, dominated the women&rsquo;s 200m, holding off the lingering challenge of Great Britain&rsquo;s Bianca Williams to win in a personal best of 22.46 - just 0.01 off the championship record her Dutch compatriot Dafne Schippers, the 2015 and 2017 world champion, ran in 2015.&nbsp;
Williams clocked 22.75 ahead of Polyniki Emmanouilidou of Greece, who set a personal best of 22.85 in third.&nbsp;
&ldquo;To set a personal best of 22.46 is really good but on the other hand, I missed just 0.01 to repeat the Championship record,&rdquo; Klaver said. &nbsp;
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Germany&rsquo;s European men&rsquo;s javelin champion Julian Weber, earned full honours with a best of 86.26m.&nbsp;
And Czech Republic&rsquo;s Nikola Ogrodnikova won the women&rsquo;s javelin with a best of 61.75m, holding off the challenge of the German who beat her to the European title in Berlin five years ago, Christin Hussong, with Great Britain&rsquo;s Bekah Walton earning third place with 59.76m, a huge improvement on her personal best of 57.65m.&nbsp;
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Team champions for the first time! Italy dominates in Silesia 2023

Following the conclusion of the European Athletics Team Championships on Sunday, a key component of the ongoing European Games Krakow-Malopolska 2023, leaders of the main organisations involved have hailed the event&rsquo;s successes and impact.
&ldquo;In just three editions, the European Games have advanced to the point where many of the competitions here are either European Championships, offer Olympic qualification places, or another very high-level competition,&rdquo; said European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Spyros Capralos. &ldquo;The EOC is very pleased that athletics is among the sports whose best competitors, including Olympic champions, could join us to be part of Krakow-Malopolska 2023."
Combining the European Athletics Team Championships with the European Games created a competition format that led to some innovative situations; while competing for team honours with their respective nations, the top finishers in each event have also been rewarded with European Games medals.
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&ldquo;European Athletics is very pleased that we and the EOC have been able to honour both the winning teams and also those individual athletes who shone on to the occasion during our time together here in Poland,&rdquo; commented European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov.
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&ldquo;I think having the European Athletics Team Championships being held as part of the European Games as a win-win situation. European Athletics and the athletes themselves benefitted being part of this very important continental event and I believe that the EOC benefitted from our sport being a hugely committed contributor to these European Games with 47 of our Member Federations taking part.
&ldquo;The level of performances on the track was outstanding, with European Athletics Team Championship records being set in all three divisions. In addition, although we do not have the full figures as yet, I expect the audience figures &ndash; whether through national rights holders, our live streaming and our extensive efforts on digital and social media platforms, to be very strong,&rdquo; underlined the European Athletics President. &ldquo;It was definitely worth being part of the European Games and I am very glad European Athletics have extended their involvement this time compared to the previous two editions. We very much look forward to being involved in the European Games again in four years&rsquo; time and are grateful to all who contributed to the event&rsquo;s success.
&ldquo;In addition, it should be noted that the 2028 European Athletics Championships will be held in the very same venue, Silesian stadium. I think this shows our love for this region,&rdquo; added Karamarinov.
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An enhanced outside broadcast operation enabled footage of the highest quality to be provided to European fans throughout the competitions. Extensive highlights video clips also enabled extraordinary social media content, enabling viral coverage of special moments like Belgian shot-putter Jolien Boumkwo&rsquo;s performance in the 100m hurdles, as she took the place of an injured teammate. Images of her race quickly earned tens of millions of video views.
&ldquo;It is true we had hoped for bigger numbers of spectators in the stadium itself but having the European Athletics Team Championships as part of the European Games in this format for the first time was still a very important innovation&rdquo; said the President of the Organising Committee for Krakow Malopolska 2023 Marcin Nowak. &ldquo;But we have been very happy to have the opportunity to welcome thousands of athletes from all over Europe to compete, and to share with them this special place we call home.&rdquo;
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European Athletics Team Championships praised as a major success

The European Athletics Council has today (8) awarded Madrid, Spain as host for the European Athletics Team Championships Super League in 2023.
The Council also decided to award the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships to Espoo, Finland and the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships to Cluj-Napoca, Romania. All of the bidders made their final presentations to the Council online while the meeting itself was held at the Palace Hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, the first such in-person meeting of the European Athletics Council since Istanbul, Türkiye in 2019 due to the pandemic.
The awarding of the 2023 European Team Championships Super League to Madrid, Spain is with the caveat that European Athletics is still in discussions with the European Olympic Committee on the possibility of athletics being showcased at the 2023 European Games via the inclusion of all leagues of the European Team Championships. These talks are ongoing and should they prove successful Madrid will be offered the opportunity to host the European Team Championships Super League in 2025.
Commenting on the Council decisions European Athletics Interim President Dobromir Karamarinov said: &ldquo;I am very pleased that the Council could finally meet in person here in Lausanne, the home of the IOC and of European Athletics, after nearly 18 months of online meetings. I am very happy that the Council decided unanimously to award the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Super League to Madrid, the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships to Espoo, and the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships to Cluj-Napoca. 
"I offer my congratulations to the three member federations of Spain, Finland and Romania. We look forward to visiting you in what will be a busy year for European athletics in 2023.&rdquo;
Commenting on the discussions surrounding the European Games 2023, European Athletics CEO Christian Milz said: &ldquo;Today the Council took very clear decisions on the three bids for 2023 but the awarding of the European Athletics Team Championships Super League to Madrid was taken in the full and transparent knowledge that should our discussions with the European Olympic Committee conclude successfully concerning the European Games 2023, Madrid will be offered the opportunity to host the European Athletics Team Championships Super League in 2025 instead of 2023.&rdquo;

Madrid awarded 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Super League

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