European Shooting Championships

The European Shooting Championships are the continental championships for ISSF sport shooting disciplines in Europe, including 10m air rifle and air pistol, cartridge rifle (50m and 300m) and pistol (25m and 50m). Sometimes the competition also includes trap shooting, skeet and running target shooting events, usually organized in special championships.^[1]

European Shooting Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	mid-year
Frequency	biennial
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1955 (1955)

The championships are organised by the European Shooting Confederation (ESC) with the support of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).^[2]

The first edition of the championships took place in 1955 in Bucharest. It takes place biennially, but every year 2-4 special championships held for European countries in separate shooting disciplines.^[3]

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Shooting Confederation stripped Russia of its right to host the 2022 European Shooting Championships in the 25m, 50m, 300m, running target and shotgun.^[4]

medal table

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Shotgun

^[6] page 13 and 21

Airgun junior

^[7] page 212

Airgun Senior

^[8] page 195

2022-2023

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since 2024

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Summary of Championships

  Shooting championships

  10 m events championships

  300 m rifle championships

  Running target championships

  Shotgun championships

1955–1990

Championships	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90
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1990–2020

Championships	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
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Global Shooting Championships

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1955	Bucharest	Rifle, Pistol, Trap, Skeet, Running deer	21 (17 men + 5 women)	15 (11 men + 4 women)	11 - 18 September
2	1957	Belgrade	Rifle	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	8 - 10 October
3	1959	Brescia / Milan	Rifle, Pistol, Running target	14 (12 men + 2 women)		30 August - 6 September
4	1961	Budapest	Rifle, Pistol	5 (3 men + 2 women)		18 - 24 September
5	1963	Oslo Stockholm	Rifle, Pistol	13 (men)		12 August and 18–24 August
6	1965	Bucharest Cairo	Rifle, Pistol, Skeet, Running deer	20 (18 men + 2 women)		19 September and 23–30 September
7	1969	Plzeň	Rifle, Pistol	16 (men)		16 - 24 August
8	1971	Suhl	Rifle, Pistol, Trap, Skeet, Running target	14 (9 men + 5 women)		20 - 29 August
9	1975	Bucharest Madrid	Rifle, Pistol	8 (men)		19 - 22 June and 26–30 September
10	1977	Bucharest	Rifle, Pistol	8 (men)		30 August - 4 September
11	1979	Lviv Frankfurt	Rifle, Pistol, Running target	9 (6 men + 3 women)		3 - 12 September and 27–30 September
12	1980	Madrid	Rifle, Pistol	3 (women)		24 - 27 September
13	1981	Titograd	Rifle, Pistol	11 (8 men + 3 women)		14 - 22 September
14	1983	Bucharest	Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun, Running target	13 (8 men + 5 women)
15	1985	Osijek	Rifle, Pistol	14 (11 men + 3 women)
16	1987	Lahti	Rifle, Pistol, RT, 300 m rifle, Trap (women), Skeet (men)	14 (15 men + 4 women)
17	1989	Zagreb	Rifle, Pistol, Running target, Trap, Skeet (men)	19 (15 men + 4 women)
18	1991	Bologna
19	1993	Brno
20	1995	Zürich
21	1997	Kouvola
22	1999	Bordeaux
23	2001	Zagreb
24	2003	Plzeň
25	2005	Belgrade
26	2007	Granada
27	2009	Osijek	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	21 (14 men + 7 women)	20 (14 men + 6 women)	12–26 July
28	2011	Belgrade	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	21 (14 men + 7 women)	21 (14 men + 7 women)	31 July – 14 August
29	2013	Osijek	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle	14 (9 men + 5 women)	14 (9 men + 5 women)	21 July – 4 August
30	2015	Maribor	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	21 (14 men + 7 women)	21 (14 men + 7 women)	19–31 July
31	2017	Baku	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	22 (14 men + 8 women)	25 (14 m + 8 w + 3 mixed)	21 July – 4 August
32	2019	Bologna / Tolmezzo	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun	13 (10 men + 5 women)	18 (10 m + 5 w + 3 mixed)	12–27 September
32	2021	Osijek	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun	13 (10 men + 5 women)	18 (10 m + 5 w + 3 mixed)	22 May – 5 June
32	2025	Châteauroux	Rifle, Pistol, 300 m rifle, Shotgun, Running target	13 (10 men + 5 women)	18 (10 m + 5 w + 3 mixed)	25 July – 6 August

The European Championship Shotgun will take place in Larnaca, Cyprus, on August 24 — September 12, 2022.

The European Championship 25m/50m will take place in Wroclaw, Poland, on September 5-18, 2022.The competitions will include events for Men and Women as well as Men Junior and Women Junior.

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Special Shotgun Championships

European Shotgun Championships were first held in 1956. The 2020 edition was deleted for COVID-19.^[13]

  Cancelled for COVID-19

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1956	San Sebastián	Trap, Skeet	2 (men)	2 (men)
2	1957	Paris	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
3	1958	Geneva	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
4	1959	Turin	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)	5 - 6 September
5	1960	Barcelona Paris	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
6	1961	Bern	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
7	1962	Beirut	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
8	1963	Brno	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
9	1964	Bologna	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
10	1965	Lisbon	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
11	1966	Lahti	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
12	1967	Brno	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
13	1968	Namur	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
14	1969	Paris	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
15	1970	Bucharest	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)
16	1972	Madrid	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	2 (men)	5 - 15 May
17	1973	Turin	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	23 - 30 September
18	1974	Antibes	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	21 - 30 June
19	1975	Vienna	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	21 July - 3 August
20	1976	Brno	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	23 - 30 May
21	1977	Dorset	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)	13 - 25 June
22	1978	Suhl	Trap, Skeet, Running target	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	12 - 23 July
23	1979	Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
24	1980	Zaragoza	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
25	1981	Moscow	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
26	1982	Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
27	1984	Zaragoza	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
28	1985	Antibes	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
29	1986	Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
30	1988	Istanbul	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
31	1990	Uddevalla	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	4 (2 men + 2 women)
32	1992	Istanbul[14]	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
33	1994	Lisbon	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
34	1995	Lahti[15]	Trap, Skeet, Running target	8 (5 men + 3 women)	8 (5 men + 3 women)
35	1996	Tallinn	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
36	1997	Sipoo[15]	Trap, Skeet, Running target	8 (5 men + 3 women)	8 (5 men + 3 women)
37	1998	Nicosia	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
38	1999	Poussan	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
39	2000	Montecatini Terme	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
40	2002	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
41	2003	Brno	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
42	2004	Nicosia	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
43	2006	Maribor	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
44	2008	Nicosia	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	6 (3 men + 3 women)
45	2010	Kazan[16]	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)
46	2012	Larnaca	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	19–25 May
47	2013	Suhl[15]	Trap, Skeet, Running target	7 (5 men + 2 women)	7 (5 men + 2 women)	28 July - 8 August
48	2014	Sarlóspuszta	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	16–27 June
49	2016	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	5 (3 men + 2 women)	5 (3 men + 2 women)	4–12 July
50	2018	Leobersdorf[17]	Trap, Skeet	6 (3 men + 3 women)	8 (3 men + 2 women + 3 mixed)	30 July - 13 August
51	2019	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	4 (2 men + 2 women)	6 (3 men + 2 women + 2 mixed)	3–17 September
52	2022	Larnaca	Trap, Skeet	5 (2 men + 2 women + 1 open)	6 (2 men + 2 women + 2 mixed)	26 August - 11 September
53	2023	Osijek	Trap, Skeet	5 (2 men + 2 women + 1 open)	6 (2 men + 2 women + 2 mixed)	10–26 September
54	2024	Lonato del Garda	Trap, Skeet	5 (2 men + 2 women + 1 open)	6 (2 men + 2 women + 2 mixed)	17–26 May

Special 10 m Events Championships

Main article: European 10 m Events Championships

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1971	Meziboří	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women	2 men + 2 women	16 - 20 March
2	1972	Belgrade	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
3	1973	Linz	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
4	1974	Enschede	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
5	1975	London	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
6	1976	Paris	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
7	1977	Andorra La Vella	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
8	1978	Copenhagen	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women
9	1979	Graz	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
10	1980	Oslo	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
11	1981	Athens	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
12	1982	The Hague	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
13	1983	Dortmund	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
14	1984	Budapest	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
15	1985	Varna	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
16	1986	Espoo	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
17	1987	Bratislava	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
18	1988	Stavanger	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
19	1989	Copenhagen	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
20	1990	Arnhem	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
21	1991	Manchester	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
22	1992	Budapest	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
23	1994	Strasbourg	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women		28 February - 6 March
24	1995	Vantaa	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
25	1996	Budapest	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
26	1997	Warsaw	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women		28 February - 1 March
27	1998	Tallinn	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
28	1999	Arnhem	Air rifle, air pistol, running target	3 men + 2 women
29	2000	Munich	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women
30	2001	Pontevedra	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women
31	2002	Thessaloniki	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		22–24 March
32	2003	Gothenburg	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		3–9 November
33	2004	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		22–28 March
34	2005	Tallinn	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		28 February – 2 March
35	2006	Moscow	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		27 February – 2 March
36	2007	Deauville	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		12–18 March
37	2008	Winterthur	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		24 February – 2 March
38	2009	Prague	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		19–23 February
39	2010	Meråker	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 2 women		7–14 March
40	2011	Brescia	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		3–6 March
41	2012	Vierumäki	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		16–19 February
42	2013	Odense	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		25 February – 3 March
43	2014	Moscow	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		26 February – 3 March
44	2015	Arnhem	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		2–8 March
45	2016	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		22–28 February
46	2017	Maribor	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		6–12 March
47	2018	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		16–26 February
48	2019	Osijek	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women		16–25 March
49	2020	Wrocław	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		23 February – 1 March
50	2021	Osijek	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		23 May – 7 June
51	2022	Hamar	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		20–27 March
52	2023	Tallinn	Air rifle, air pistol, running target, running target mixed	4 men + 4 women + 2 mixed		7–12 March
53	2024	Győr	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women + 2 mixed		26 February – 2 March
54	2025	Osijek	Air rifle, air pistol	2 men + 2 women + 2 mixed		9–12 March

Special 300 m Rifle Championships

Main article: European 300 m Rifle Championships

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1959	Winterthur	300 m rifle	5 (men)	1 (men)	25 - 26 August
2	1977	Winterthur	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	9 - 11 September
3	1981	Oulu	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	15 - 20 June
4	1983	Oslo	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	15 - 19 June
5	1985	Zürich	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	6 - 10 September
6	1989	Lahti	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)	29 July - 2 August
7	1991	Winterthur	300 m rifle	5 (men)	5 (men)
8	1993	Thun	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)
9	1995	Boden	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)
10	1997	Copenhagen	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)
11	1999	Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq	300 m rifle	3 (men)	3 (men)

Special Running Target Championships

Main article: European Running Target Championships

#	Year	Venue	Disciplines	Individual events	Team events	Date
1	1963	Sandviken	Running target, Running deer	3 (men)	3 (men)
2	1969	Sandviken	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
3	1973	Munich	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
4	1981	Miskolc	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
5	1995	Lahti	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
6	1997	Sipoo	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
7	2013	Suhl	Running target	1 (men)	1 (men)
8	2019	Gyenesdiás	Running target, running target mixed	2 men + 2 women	2 men + 2 women	8 - 15 July
9	2021	Déols	Running target, running target mixed	2 men + 2 women	2 men + 2 women	28 Sep. - 6 Oct.
10	2024	Plzeň	Running target, running target mixed	2 men + 2 women	2 men + 2 women	28 Aug. - 3 Sep.

Unofficial Championships

From 1929 to 1954 the European Championships was disputed only in clay pigeon shooting.^[18]

Year	Venue	Host country
1929	Stockholm	Sweden
1930	Rome	Italy
1931	Lvov	Poland
1933	Vienna	Austria
1934	Budapest	Hungary
1935	Brussels	Belgium
1936	Berlin	Germany
1937	Helsinki	Finland
1938	Luhačovice	Czechoslovakia
1939	Berlin	Germany
1940	Rome	Italy
1949	Bordighera	Italy
1950	Vichy	France
1952	Rome	Italy
1953	Barcelona	Spain
1954	Paris	France

See also

• List of medalists at the European Shooting Championship
• European Junior Shooting Championships
• World Shooting Championships