Under the auspices of European Canoe Association eight European Championships in canoe sprint and paracanoe, canoe slalom, wildwater canoeing, canoe marathon, ocean racing and canoe freestyle will be organised.
The first European Championships of the year will be held on 2012 Olympic Course in London – Lee Valley where the best European canoe slalom paddlers will fight for senior European Champion titles as well as for the last available European Olympic canoe slalom quotas. The championships in Great Britain will be organised between 15th and 17th May 2020.
The 2020 ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships will follow two weeks later in Romania. In Bascov near the town of Pitesti seniors will compete for the medals between 4th and 7th June 2020.
A month later junior and U23 Canoe Sprint paddlers will show their skills at European Championships in Moscow. The competition will be held between 2nd and 5th July 2020. Two more Junior and U23 European Championships will be organised this year. Young canoe slalom paddlers will compete in Krakow, Poland, between 13th and 16th August and their wildwater canoeing colleagues will fight for the medals a week later between 19th and 22nd August 2020 in Solkan, Slovenia.
The best canoe marathon paddlers will travel to Hungary, the strongest canoe marathon nation. This year’s European Championships will be organised in Budapest, between 23rd and 26th July 2020.
The last two European Championships of the year will be held in France. First ocean racing competitors will gather in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin at the Ocean Racing European Championships between 17th and 19th September 2020, while canoe freestyle paddlers will fight for European Champion titles in Vaires Sur Marne where the 2024 Olympic canoeing competitions will take place. The ECA Canoe Freestyle European Championships will be organised between 5th and 11th October 2020.
2020 ECA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS CALENDAR
15 - 17 May | 2020 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships | London – Lee Valley (GBR)
4 – 7 June | 2020 ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships | Bascov (ROU)
2 – 5 July | 2020 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships | Moscow (RUS)
23 – 26 July | 2020 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships | Budapest (HUN)
13 – 16 August | 2020 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships | Krakow (POL)
19 – 22 August | 2020 ECA Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European Championships | Solkan (SLO)
17 – 19 September | 2020 ECA Ocean Racing European Championships | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (FRA)
5 – 11 October | 2020 ECA Canoe Freestyle European Championships | Vaires Sur Marne (FRA)
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