2006 European Cup (athletics)

none 2006 European Cup Malaga2006logo.png Málaga, Spain (Super League) Logo of the 2006 Superleague 28–29 June 2006 Estadio Ciudad de Málaga (Super League) 2005 Florence 2007 Munich The 2006 Spar European Cup (the 27th) took place in Málaga, Spain and attracted over 2000 athletes from 49 countries. The mascot for the 2006 games was "Manolito" the Octopus, it was chosen from the drawings submitted in a contest aimed at Andalusian schoolchildren, the winner was Eva Simancas Rubio, aged 11 from ‘Julio Caro Baroja’. The top two teams for both men and women qualified for the 2006 IAAF World Cup. Super League 2006 European Cup Super League Stadium The Athletics Stadium Ciudad de Málaga is located in the city's western area, and is easily accessible by road, not far from the airport and in front of the 'José María Martín Carpena' Sports Hall. It also has 9 lanes on the track which allows a 9th team to be able to compete. Team standings Men PosCountryPts1France1182Russia11631094Poland10751036Spain99.57Italy938Germany86.5965 Finland, Italy & Spain relegated, Germany saved as they were to host the 2007 competition. Belgium & Greece both promoted to the Superleague for 2007 from League 1.Women PosCountryPts1Russia1552Poland115.53994France985Germany936Spain907858Sweden81976.5 Great Britain & NI, Sweden & Romania all relegated to League 1. Belarus & Greece, both promoted from League 1 for the 2007 cup. Relegation to 1st League Results summary Men's events 100 m(Wind: +2.6 m/s) Ronald PognonFrance10.13w Dwain ChambersGreat Britain10.19w Andrey YepishinRussia10.19w200 m(Wind: +1.8 m/s) Christian MalcolmGreat Britain20.29 Ronald PognonFrance20.37 Marcin UrbaśPOL20.55400 m Marc RaquilFrance45.89 Vladislav FrolovRussia46.13 Daniel DąbrowskiPOL46.37800 m Juan de Dios JuradoESP1:46.00 Ivan HeshkoUKR1:46.24 Florent LacasseFrance1:46.441500 m Ivan HeshkoUKR3:50.34 Juan Carlos HigueroESP3:50.85 Aleksandr KrivchonkovRussia3:51.963000 m Sergio GallardoESP8:27.78 Mo FarahGreat Britain8:27.91 Driss MaazouziFrance8:28.645000 m Sergey LebidUKR14:16.83 Juan Carlos de la OssaESP14:17.65 Sergey IvanovRussia14:18.143000 m steeplechase Antonio JiménezESP8:25.59 Vincent Le DauphinFrance8:28.77 Jukka KeskisaloFIN8:30.45110 m hurdles(Wind: -1.5 m/s) Ladji DoucouréFrance13.27 Andy TurnerGreat Britain13.47 Igor PeremotaRussia13.50400 m hurdles Naman KeïtaFrance50.20 Aleksandr DerevyaginRussia50.35 Gianni CarabelliItaly50.454 × 100 m POLDariusz KućŁukasz ChyłaMarcin JędrusińskiMarcin Urbaś39.07 ItalyLuca VerdecchiaStefano AnceschiMassimiliano DonatiFrancesco Scuderi39.14 Great BritainTim AbeyieMarlon DevonishChristian MalcolmHarry Aikines-Aryeetey39.314 × 400 m FranceLeslie DjhoneBrice PanelNaman KeïtaMarc Raquil3:03.59 POLRafał WieruszewskiPiotr KlimczakMarcin MarciniszynDaniel Dąbrowski3:03.86 ItalyAndrew HoweGianni CarabelliLuca GallettiAndrea Barberi3:04.27High jump Andrey SilnovRussia2.31 Giulio CiottiItaly2.29 Germaine MasonGreat Britain2.27Pole vault Romain MesnilFrance5.70 Giuseppe GibiliscoItaly5.65 Mikko LatvalaFIN5.45Long jump Andrew HoweItaly8.29 Salim SdiriFrance8.15 Marcin StarzakPOL8.09Triple jump Fabrizio DonatoItaly16.99 Viktor YastrebovUKR16.91 Julien KapekFrance16.80Shot put Pavel SofinRussia20.59 Manuel MartínezESP20.58 Ralf BartelsGermany20.43Discus throw Piotr MałachowskiPOL66.21 Lars RiedelGermany63.47 Mario PestanoESP62.35Hammer throw Szymon ZiółkowskiPOL79.31 Andrey SkvarukUKR78.71 Olli-Pekka KarjalainenFIN77.08Javelin throw Tero PitkämäkiFIN85.30 Sergey MakarovRussia82.43 Igor JanikPOL79.30 Women's events 100 m(Wind: +2.4 m/s) Yuliya GushchinaRussia11.13w Joice MaduakaGreat Britain11.29w Fabienne Beret-MartinelFrance11.35w200 m(Wind: +0.6 m/s) Olga ZaytsevaRussia22.73 Angela MoroșanuROM22.91 Monika BejnarPOL22.97400 m Svetlana PospelovaRussia50.77 Nicola SandersGreat Britain51.92 Claudia HoffmannGermany52.81800 m Svetlana KlyukaRussia2:01.99 Monika GradzkiGermany2:04.13 Mayte MartínezESP2:04.161500 m Yuliya ChizhenkoRussia4:14.39 Latifa EssarokhFrance4:14.76 Natalya TobiasUKR4:15.363000 m Joanne PaveyGreat Britain8:52.54 Olesya SyrevaRussia8:58.27 Justyna LesmanPOL9:02.645000 m Liliya ShobukhovaRussia16:18.23 Marta DomínguezESP16:25.21 Natalya BerkutUKR16:26.123000 m steeplechase Yelena SidorchenkovaRussia9:45.73 Rosa María MoratóESP9:49.81 Katarzyna KowalskaPOL9:56.10100 m hurdles(Wind: +0.8 m/s) Susanna KallurSWE12.69 Kirsten BolmGermany12.74 Adrianna LamalleFrance12.90400 m hurdles Natasha Danvers-SmithGreat Britain55.65 Yevgeniya IsakovaRussia55.82 Tatyana TereshchukUKR55.874 × 100 m RussiaNatalya RusakovaYuliya GushchinaYekaterina KondratyevaLarisa Kruglova43.71 FranceAdrianna LamalleFabienne Beret-MartinelCéline DistelCarima Louami43.75 UKROlena ChebanuOlena SinyavinaIryna ShtanhyeyevaOksana Shcherbak43.864 × 400 m RussiaYelena MigunovaOlga ZaytsevaTatyana VeshkurovaNatalya Antyukh3:23.51 POLZuzanna RadeckaMonika BejnarMałgorzata PskitGrażyna Prokopek3:26.60 Great BritainHelen KaragounisNicola SandersMelanie PurkissLee McConnell3:26.98High jump Kajsa BergqvistSWE1.97 Ruth BeitiaESP1.95 Anna ChicherovaRussia1.92Pole vault Monika PyrekPOL4.75CR Vanessa BoslakFrance4.70 Nastja RyshichGermany4.55Long jump Tatyana KotovaRussia6.67 Eunice BarberFrance6.61 Daniela Lincoln-SaavedraSWE6.55Triple jump Olga SaladukhaUKR14.10 Viktoriya GurovaRussia14.06 Adelina GavrilăROM14.00Shot put Petra LammertGermany19.36 Irina KhudoroshkinaRussia18.29 Krystyna ZabawskaPOL17.78Discus throw Franka DietzschGermany65.54 Darya PishchalnikovaRussia64.24 Nicoleta GrasuROM61.91Hammer throw Tatyana LysenkoRussia76.50CR Kamila SkolimowskaPOL68.16 Irina SekachovaUKR67.96Javelin throw Barbara MadejczykPOL64.08 Felicia MoldovanROM60.49 Mercedes ChillaESP60.22 First League The First League was held on 17 and 18 June Men Group A Held in Prague, Czech Republic Pos. Nation Points 1 Belgium 120 2 Sweden 115 3 104 4 Belarus 1995 88 5 Switzerland 79 6 78 7 72 8 63 Group B Held in Thessaloniki, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1 122 2 Netherlands 108 3 102 4 102 5 83 6 80 7 62 8 56 Women Group A Held in Prague, Czech Republic Pos. Nation Points 1 Belarus 1995 126.5 2 Italy 107 3 91 4 84 5 80 6 Belgium 79 7 Switzerland 77 8 76 Group B Held in Thessaloniki, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1 136 2 109 3 Netherlands 100 4 98.5 5 85 6 81 7 67.5 8 42 Second League The Second League was held on 17 and 18 June Men Group A Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Pos. Nation Points 1 129.5 2 109 3 108 4 108 5 80 6 75.5 7 67 8 40 Group B Held in Novi Sad, Serbia Pos. Nation Points 1 scg Dissolved on 3 June 2006 with Montenegro's independence, but still competed together at this event. For 2007, Serbia took Serbia and Montenegro's spot from the First League, while Montenegro was placed in the Second League. 199 2 190 3 183 4 177 5 141 6 130 4 128 5 98 6 91 7 87 8 Macedonia 47 9 border|22px|AASSE AASSE 43 Women Group A Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Pos. Nation Points 1 124 2 120 3 117 4 88 5 87 6 86.5 7 68.5 8 26 Group B Held in Novi Sad, Serbia Pos. Nation Points 1 186.5 2 scg 179 3 176.5 4 174 5 108.5 6 border|22px|AASSE AASSE 106 7 80.5 8 80 9 79 10 72 11 Macedonia 49 Notes External links Final Standings European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics Category:Sport in Málaga Category:Organised events in Málaga European Cup Category:European Cup (athletics) Category:June 2006 sports events in Europe