European Chess Club Cup

The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with each team fielding six and four players respectively at every match.

39th European Chess Club Cup for Men and 28th European Club Cup for Women was held in 2024.^[1][2]

History

The tournament origins are from the former Yugoslavia, where chess club competitions were quite popular. In 1996, the women's competition was added.

Winners

Men's event

Year	Location	Winner
1956	Belgrade	Partizan Belgrade
1976	Solingen	Burevestnik Moscow & Solingen SG
1979	Bad Lauterberg im Harz	Burevestnik Moscow[3][4]
1982	Budapest	Spartacus Budapest
1984	Moscow	Trud Moscow
1986	Moscow	CSKA Moscow
1988	Rotterdam	CSKA Moscow[5]
1990	Solingen	CSKA Moscow & Solingen SG
1992	Solingen	Bayern Munich
1993	Hilversum	Lyon Oyonnax
1994	Lyon	Bosna & Lyon Oyonnax
1995	Ljubljana	Yerevan city
1996	Budapest	Sberbank Tatarstan Kazan
1997	Kazan	Ladia Azov
1998	Belgrade	Panfox Breda
1999	Bugojno	Bosna
2000	Neum	Bosna
2001	Panormos	Nikel Norilsk
2002	Kallithea	Bosna
2003	Rethymno	NAO Paris
2004	Çeşme	NAO Paris[6]
2005	Saint-Vincent	Tomsk-400
2006	Fügen	Tomsk-400
2007	Kemer	Linex Magic-Mérida
2008	Kallithea	Ural Sverdlovskaya oblast[7]
2009	Ohrid	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov
2010	Plovdiv	Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov
2011	Rogaška Slatina	Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation
2012	Eilat	SOCAR Azerbaijan
2013	Rhodes	1. Nový Bor Chess Club
2014	Bilbao	SOCAR Azerbaijan
2015	Skopje	Siberia Novosibirsk
2016	Novi Sad	Alkaloid Skopje
2017	Antalya	Globus Russia[8]
2018	Porto Carras	Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg
2019	Ulcinj	Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova
2021	Struga	Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg
2022	Mayrhofen im Zillertal	1. Nový Bor Chess Club[9]
2023	Durres[10]	Offerspill Chess Club
2024	Vrnjačka Banja	1. Nový Bor Chess Club

Women's event

Year	Location	Winner
1996	Smederevska Palanka	Agrouniverzal Zemun & Merani Tbilisi
1997	Rijeka	Goša Smederevska Palanka
1998	Wuppertal	AEM-Luxten Timişoara
1999	Nova Gorica	Rudenko School Kherson
2000	Halle	Agrouniverzal Zemun
2001	Belgrade	Agrouniverzal Zemun
2002	Antalya	BAS Belgrade
2003	Rethymno	Internet CG Podgorica
2004	Izmir	NTN Tbilisi
2005	Saint-Vincent	NTN Tbilisi
2006	Fügen	Mika Yerevan
2007	Kemer	CE Monte Carlo
2008	Kallithea	CE Monte Carlo
2009	Ohrid	Spartak Vidnoe
2010	Plovdiv	CE Monte Carlo
2011	Rogaška Slatina	AVS
2012	Eilat	CE Monte Carlo
2013	Rhodes	CE Monte Carlo
2014	Bilbao	Batumi Nona
2015	Skopje	Batumi Nona
2016	Novi Sad	CE Monte Carlo
2017	Antalya	Batumi Nona
2018	Porto Carras	CE Monte Carlo
2019	Ulcinj	Batumi Nona
2021	Struga	South Ural
2022	Mayrhofen im Zillertal	ASVOe Pamhagen
2023	Durres	Superchess
2024	Vrnjačka Banja	TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana

Results

• https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114819/http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei/&link=22_European_Club_Cup.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220816221554/http://www.torneionline.com/loto.php?path=albi/02_Campionati_Europei/&link=23_European_Club_Cup_Femminile.htm

See also

• Chess portal

• Chess Olympiad
• European Team Chess Championship
• Russia (USSR) vs Rest of the World
• Women's Chess Olympiad
• World Team Chess Championship
• World Chess Championship
• World Mind Sports Games
• Mind Sports Organisation
• Correspondence Chess Olympiad