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ECA's Board of Directors confirmed the 2021 competition calendar

ECA's Board of Directors confirmed the 2021 competition calendar 18.1.2021

ECA's Board of Directors held their first meeting in the year 2021 this Saturday. Among other subjects on the table, they confirmed the 2021 competition calendar. There were also some changes in the European Championships programmes of Olympic disciplines.  


One of the main items ECA's Board of Directors discussed during their online meeting was the upcoming season 2021. As the pandemic doesn't seem to slow down at the moment, they have decided the deadlines will be set to finally confirm or cancel the ECA championships scheduled for 2021 depending on the health situation and safety in respective countries, like it was the case already last year. The deadlines will be set for European Championships, while the decision on organisation of the ECA Cups will be at organiser's discretion.  
 
 
Similarly, Board of Directors decided to give the final information on the 2021 ECA Congress in February. The Congress was supposed to be organised in March, but considering the current situation, the realisation of the congress in two months is highly unlikely, so it is expected the Congress in Bratislava will be delayed.
 
 
Board of Directors also discussed new competition programmes in Olympic disciplines, following the changes to the Olympic Programme. As Extreme Canoe Slalom will be a part of the 2024 Olympic Games, the discipline has now been added also to the programme of the European Championships and will already be a part of the 2021 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Ivrea and Solkan (Senior, Junior/U23). However, there will be minor changes in competition rules, such as advancement from time trials to the main phase as well as in setting of the course (eg. difference in number of the gates). In Canoe Sprint the men's C4 events will be scratched from the programme already this season.
 
 
ECA has been organising Talent Identification Programmes for young European canoe slalom paddlers for many years now in Skopje, North Macedonia. This year the training camp for young athletes will not be held in Spring as usual, but in August a week before the 2021 Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Solkan, Slovenia. Board of Directors unanimously supported the proposal to introduce the Talent Identification Programme also for young canoe sprint athletes, but will put the proposal to the open discussion at the next ECA congress to hear the feedback from National Federations.
 
 
In the years 2022 and 2023 canoeing will be a part of two major international sporting events. In the 2022 Multisport European Championships in Munich will include Canoe Sprint for the first time and the good news comes for paracanoe athletes as paracanoeing has now also been confirmed as part of the programme. In 2023 Krakow will host the European Games and canoeing was one of the first confirmed sports. This time it is Canoe Slalom that is confirmed, because Krakow already has a venue and with only a year before Paris Olympic Games there is a chance Extreme Canoe Slalom will also be included in the programme. At the moment Krakow does not have a regatta course, but there is a strong wish on organiser's side to build one in a length of 500 metres, so there is still hope Canoe Sprint will also be included in the third European Games.
 
 
 
The next online Board of Directors meeting will take place on February 6th.

 

 

 

2021 ECA COMPETITION CALENDAR

 

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

COMPETITION

DATE

VENUE

2021 ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships

3-6 June

Duisburg, Germany

2021 Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships

24-27 June

Poznan, Poland

2021 Canoe Slalom European Championships

7-9 May

Ivrea, Italy

2021 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships

19-22 August

Solkan, Slovenia

2021 ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships

12-15 August

Sabero, Spain

2021 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships

7-11 July

Moscow, Russia

2021 Canoe Polo European Championships

* awaiting confirmation from the organisers

Buriana, Spain

2021 ECA Canoe Freestyle European Championships

7-10 October

Vaires-Sur-Marne, France

2021 ECA Dragon Boat European Championships

TBD

Kiev, Ukraine

2021 ECA Ocean Racing European Championships

18-21 August

Cherbourg-en-Contentin, France

2021 ECA Clubs Canoe Polo European Championships

24-26 September

Duisburg, Germany

  

ECA EUROPEAN OPEN CANOE SLALOM CUP

DATE

VENUE

20-21 March

La Seu d'Urgell, Spain

27-28 March

Pau, France

10-11 April

Markkleeberg, Germany

17-18 April

Ljubljana-Tacen, Slovenia

22-23 May

Liptovsky Mikulaš, Slovakia

28-30 May

Merano, Italy

24-25 July

Česke Budejovice, Czech Republic

31 July - 1 August

Prague, Czech Republic

 

ECA JUNIOR CANOE SLALOM EUROPEAN CUP

DATE

VENUE

12-13 June

Valstagna, Italy

26-27 June

Solkan, Slovenia

3-4 July

Flattach, Austria

17-18 July

Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic

24-25 July

Krakow, Poland

 

ECA CANOE POLO EUROPEAN CUP

DATE

VENUE

25-27 June

Mechelen, Belgium

TBD

St. Omer, France

 

ECA WILDWATER SPRINT CANOEING EUROPEAN CUP

DATE

VENUE

20-21 March

Metz, France

3-4 July

Valtellina, Italy

23-24 July

Mezzana, Italy

21-22 August

Česke Budejovice, Czech Republic

8-9 October

Kolpa River, Slovenia
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