The 29th and final SPAREuropean Cup took place in June 2008. Track and field events were held on 21 and 22 June 2008 at the Parc des Sports Stadium in Annecy, France. Other event venues included Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Portugal and facilities in Istanbul, Turkey (for First League track and field events), Kadriorg Stadium in Estonia and SNP Stadium in Slovakia (for Second League track and field events), and facilities in Eindhoven, Netherlands (for diving and other water sports events). The Parc des Sports Annecy Stadium was also stadium for 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was the last edition of the European Cup which from 2009 has been replaced by European Team Championships combining the men and women competitions.
Belgium was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Austria & Norway are promoted into the 1st League from 2007 2nd League for 2008 European Cup.
Spain was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Belgium & Lithuania are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.
Ukraine was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Turkey & Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.
Greece was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and Turkey & Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup.
European Cup 2008, 1st League, Group A in Leiria – Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo website
European Cup 2008, 1st League, Group B in Istanbul[permanent dead link] – Official website
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The 29th and final SPAR European Cup took place in June 2008 Track and field events were held on 21 and 22 June 2008 at the Parc des Sports Stadium in Annecy France Other event venues included Estadio Dr Magalhaes Pessoa in Portugal and facilities in Istanbul Turkey for First League track and field events Kadriorg Stadium in Estonia and SNP Stadium in Slovakia for Second League track and field events and facilities in Eindhoven Netherlands for diving and other water sports events The Parc des Sports Annecy Stadium was also stadium for 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics It was the last edition of the European Cup which from 2009 has been replaced by European Team Championships combining the men and women competitions 2008 European CupLogo of the SuperleagueHost cityAnnecy France Super League Dates21 22 June 2008Main venueParc des Sports Super League 2007 Munich2009 Leiria Contents 1 Super League 1 1 Final standings 1 2 Day 1 standings 1 3 Men s results 1 4 Women s results 2 First League 2 1 Group A 2 2 Day 1 2 2 1 Events and winners 2 2 2 Standings 2 3 Group B 2 4 Day 1 2 4 1 Events and winners 2 4 2 Standings 3 Second League 3 1 Group A 3 2 Day 1 3 2 1 Events and winners 3 2 2 Standings 3 3 Group B 3 4 Day 1 3 4 1 Events and winners 3 4 2 Standings 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External linksSuper League editMain article 2008 European Cup Super League Final standings edit Men Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Great Britain 112 2 nbsp Poland 98 3 nbsp France 96 4 nbsp Germany 95 5 nbsp Russia 84 6 nbsp Italy 82 7 nbsp Spain 81 8 nbsp Greece 68 Women Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Russia 122 2 nbsp Ukraine 108 5 3 nbsp Great Britain 89 4 nbsp Poland 86 5 nbsp France 81 6 nbsp Italy 79 5 7 nbsp Belarus 78 8 nbsp Germany 74 Day 1 standings edit Men Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Great Britain 55 2 nbsp Poland 52 3 nbsp France 52 4 nbsp Italy 46 5 nbsp Germany 45 6 nbsp Russia 37 7 nbsp Spain 37 8 nbsp Greece 35 Women Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Russia 71 2 nbsp Ukraine 58 3 nbsp Great Britain 51 4 nbsp Poland 51 5 nbsp France 42 6 nbsp Italy 42 7 nbsp Belarus 40 8 nbsp Germany 39 Men s results edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres nbsp Tyrone Edgar GBR 10 20 nbsp Martial Mbandjock FRA 10 25 nbsp Tobias Unger GER 10 37 200 metres nbsp Marlon Devonish GBR 20 52 nbsp Anastasios Gousis GRE 20 57 nbsp Alexander Kosenkow GER 20 61 400 metres nbsp Martyn Rooney GBR 45 33 nbsp Claudio Licciardello ITA 45 57 nbsp Denis Alekseyev RUS 45 67 800 metres nbsp Manuel Olmedo ESP 1 49 98 nbsp Marcin Lewandowski POL 1 50 13 nbsp Yuriy Koldin RUS 1 50 17 1500 metres nbsp Mehdi Baala FRA 3 40 55 nbsp Arturo Casado ESP 3 40 70 nbsp Carsten Schlangen GER 3 41 75 3000 metres nbsp Andy Baddeley GBR 8 01 28 nbsp Jesus Espana ESP 8 01 62 nbsp Sergey Ivanov RUS 8 01 91 5000 metres nbsp Mohamed Farah GBR 13 44 07 nbsp Carles Castillejo ESP 13 57 37 nbsp Daniele Meucci ITA 14 03 04 3000 m steeplechase nbsp Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad FRA 8 33 10 nbsp Ildar Minshin RUS 8 34 89 nbsp Andrew Lemoncello GBR 8 36 33 100 m hurdles nbsp Jackson Quinonez ESP 13 40 nbsp Konstadinos Douvalidis GRE 13 59 nbsp Yevgeniy Borisov RUS 13 66 400 m hurdles nbsp Periklis Iakovakis GRE 49 15 nbsp Marek Plawgo POL 49 44 nbsp Salah Ghaidi FRA 49 64 4 100 m relay nbsp Great Britain GBR Christian MalcolmTyrone EdgarMarlon DevonishRikki Fifton 38 48 nbsp Poland POL Dariusz KucLukasz ChylaKamil MasztakMarcin Jedrusinski 38 61 nbsp Italy ITA Emanuele Di GregorioSimone CollioMassimiliano DonatiMaurizio Checcucci 38 73 4 400 m relay nbsp France FRA Leslie DjhoneTeddy VenelBrice PanelRichard Maunier 3 02 33 nbsp Great Britain GBR Robert TobinDale GarlandConrad WilliamsMartyn Rooney 3 02 66 nbsp Germany GER Simon KirchKamghe GabaFlorian SeitzBastian Swillims 3 03 04 High jump nbsp Andrey Silnov RUS 2 32 m nbsp Andrea Bettinelli ITA 2 30 m nbsp Javier Bermejo ESP 2 24 m Pole vault nbsp Danny Ecker GER 5 55 m nbsp Przemyslaw Czerwinski POL 5 55 m nbsp Steven Lewis GBR 5 40 m Long jump nbsp Louis Tsatoumas GRE 8 17 m nbsp Marcin Starzak POL 8 09 m nbsp Nils Winter GER 8 05 m Triple jump nbsp Phillips Idowu GBR 17 46 m nbsp Colomba Fofana FRA 17 21 m nbsp Fabrizio Schembri ITA 17 01 m Shot put nbsp Peter Sack GER 20 41 m nbsp Tomasz Majewski POL 20 32 m nbsp Yves Niare FRA 20 31 m Discus throw nbsp Mario Pestano ESP 68 34 m nbsp Robert Harting GER 65 25 m nbsp Piotr Malachowski POL 63 20 m Hammer throw nbsp Szymon Ziolkowski POL 79 26 m nbsp Nicola Vizzoni ITA 77 32 m nbsp Markus Esser GER 75 07 m Javelin throw nbsp Peter Esenwein GER 79 23 m nbsp Laurent Dorique FRA 75 97 m nbsp Igor Janik POL 75 65 m Women s results edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres nbsp Yulia Nestsiarenka BLR 11 17 nbsp Emma Ania GBR 11 22 nbsp Yevgeniya Polyakova RUS 11 26 200 metres nbsp Muriel Hurtis FRA 22 75 nbsp Christine Ohuruogu GBR 23 23 nbsp Natalya Rusakova RUS 23 29 400 metres nbsp Nicola Sanders GBR 51 17 nbsp Nataliya Pyhyda UKR 51 57 nbsp Tatyana Veshkurova RUS 52 00 800 metres nbsp Jenny Meadows GBR 2 01 20 nbsp Elodie Guegan FRA 2 01 65 nbsp Anna Rostkowska POL 2 01 82 1500 metres nbsp Sylwia Ejdys POL 4 19 17 nbsp Nataliya Tobias UKR 4 19 70 nbsp Susan Scott GBR 4 19 83 3000 metres nbsp Lidia Chojecka POL 9 03 49 nbsp Helen Clitheroe GBR 9 04 38 nbsp Olga Komyagina RUS 9 05 76 5000 metres nbsp Nataliya Berkut UKR 15 23 97 nbsp Kate Reed GBR 15 40 73 nbsp Regina Kashayeva RUS 15 50 98 3000 m steeplechase nbsp Gulnara Galkina RUS 9 35 32 nbsp Valentyna Zhudina UKR 9 35 42 nbsp Wioletta Frankiewicz POL 9 39 60 100 m hurdles nbsp Yevheniya Snihur UKR 12 81 PB nbsp Aurelia Trywianska Kollasch POL 12 82 nbsp Yuliya Kondakova RUS 12 83 400 m hurdles nbsp Anastasiya Rabchenyuk UKR 54 64 nbsp Anna Jesien POL 54 81 nbsp Jonna Tilgner GER 56 15 4 100 m relay nbsp Russia RUS Yevgeniya PolyakovaNatalya RusakovaYuliya GushchinaYuliya Chermoshanskaya 42 80 nbsp Great Britain GBR Anyika OnuoraMontell DouglasJeanette KwakyeEmma Ania 42 95 nbsp Italy ITA Anita PistoneVincenza CaliGiulia ArcioniAudrey Alloh 43 04 NR 4 400 m relay nbsp Russia RUS Yuliya GushchinaOlesya KrasnomovetsTatyana VeshkurovaLyudmila Litvinova 3 23 77 nbsp France FRA Phara AnacharsisThelia SigereSolen Desert MarillerVirginie Michanol 3 26 63 nbsp Belarus BLR Katsiaryna BobrykIryna KhliustavaAnna KozakYulianna Yuschanka 3 27 13 High jump nbsp Ariane Friedrich GER 2 03 m nbsp Viktoriya Styopina UKR nbsp Antonietta Di Martino ITA 1 95 m Not awarded Pole vault nbsp Yuliya Golubchikova RUS 4 73 m nbsp Anna Rogowska POL 4 66 m nbsp Silke Spiegelburg GER 4 59 m Long jump nbsp Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 7 04 m nbsp Jade Johnson GBR 6 81 m PB nbsp Bianca Kappler GER 6 63 m Triple jump nbsp Olha Saladukha UKR 14 73 m nbsp Teresa Nzola Meso Ba FRA 14 51 m nbsp Magdelin Martinez ITA 14 28 m Shot put nbsp Christina Schwanitz GER 18 55 m nbsp Anna Omarova RUS 18 30 m nbsp Chiara Rosa ITA 18 03 m Discus throw nbsp Svetlana Saykina RUS 62 56 m nbsp Nataliya Semenova UKR 62 25 m nbsp Joanna Wisniewska POL 59 01 m Hammer throw nbsp Aksana Menkova BLR 75 97 m nbsp Manuela Montebrun FRA 72 18 m nbsp Iryna Novozhylova UKR 71 12 m Javelin throw nbsp Natallia Shymchuk BLR 63 24 m NR nbsp Mariya Abakumova RUS 61 78 m nbsp Zahra Bani ITA 58 13 m Abakumova later disqualified for dopingFirst League editNations of 1st League 16 teams men and women in two groups of equal level Group A edit at Estadio Dr Magalhaes Pessoa Leiria Portugal on 21 amp 22 June 2008 Men s nbsp Austria nbsp Belgium nbsp Belarus nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Finland nbsp Netherlands nbsp Norway nbsp Portugal nbsp Belgium was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and nbsp Austria amp nbsp Norway are promoted into the 1st League from 2007 2nd League for 2008 European Cup Women s nbsp Belgium nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Finland nbsp Ireland nbsp Lithuania nbsp Netherlands nbsp Portugal nbsp Spain nbsp Spain was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and nbsp Belgium amp nbsp Lithuania are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Day 1 edit Events and winners edit Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Aleksandr Vashchyla nbsp Belarus High jump Tomas Janku nbsp Czech Republic 400m hurdles Ondrej Danek nbsp Czech Republic 100m Francis Obikwelu nbsp Portugal 1500m Michal Sneberger nbsp Czech Republic Shot put Rutger Smith nbsp Netherlands Long jump Nelson Evora nbsp Portugal 400m Kevin Borlee nbsp Belgium 5000m Gunther Weidlinger nbsp Austria 4 100 m relay Portugal nbsp Portugal Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Naroa Agirre nbsp Spain Triple jump Carlota Castrejana nbsp Spain 400m hurdles Zuzana Hejnova nbsp Czech Republic Discus throw Vera Cechlova nbsp Czech Republic 100m Kim Gevaert nbsp Belgium 800m Yvonne Hak nbsp Netherlands 3000m Dolores Checa nbsp Spain 400m Annemarie Schulte nbsp Netherlands Javelin throw Barbora Spotakova nbsp Czech Republic 3000m Steeplechase Rosa Maria Morato nbsp Spain 4 100 m relay Belgium nbsp Belgium Standings edit Men Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Czech Republic 106 2 nbsp Netherlands 106 3 nbsp Portugal 105 4 nbsp Belgium 96 5 nbsp Finland 92 6 nbsp Belarus 82 7 nbsp Austria 67 5 8 nbsp Norway 63 5 Women Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Spain 125 2 nbsp Czech Republic 107 3 nbsp Belgium 91 4 nbsp Portugal 84 5 nbsp Lithuania 80 6 nbsp Ireland 79 7 nbsp Netherlands 77 8 nbsp Finland 76 Group B edit at Enka Sadi Gulcelik Stadium Istanbul Turkey on 21 amp 22 June 2008 Men s nbsp Croatia nbsp Hungary nbsp Romania nbsp Slovenia nbsp Switzerland nbsp Sweden nbsp Turkey nbsp Ukraine nbsp Ukraine was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and nbsp Turkey amp nbsp Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Women s nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Croatia nbsp Greece nbsp Hungary nbsp Romania nbsp Serbia nbsp Sweden nbsp Turkey nbsp Greece was relegated into League 1 from Superleague 2007 and nbsp Turkey amp nbsp Croatia are promoted into the 1st League from 2nd League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Day 1 edit Events and winners edit Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Krisztian Pars nbsp Hungary High jump Stefan Holm nbsp Sweden 400m hurdles Stanislav Melnykov nbsp Ukraine 100m Matic Osovnikar nbsp Slovenia 1500m Peter Szemeti nbsp Hungary Shot put Lajos Kurthy nbsp Hungary Long jump Julien Fivaz nbsp Switzerland 400m Johan Wissman nbsp Sweden 5000m Selim Bayrak nbsp Turkey 4 100 m relay Ukraine nbsp Ukraine Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Afroditi Skafida nbsp Greece Triple jump Hrisopiyi Devetzi nbsp Greece 400m hurdles Tsvetelina Kirilova nbsp Bulgaria Discus throw Nicoleta Grasu nbsp Romania 100m Inna Eftimova nbsp Bulgaria 800m Liliana Popescu nbsp Romania 3000m Alemitu Bekele nbsp Turkey 400m Barbara Petrahn nbsp Hungary Javelin throw Nikolett Szabo nbsp Hungary 3000m Steeplechase Irini Kokkinariou nbsp Greece 4 100 m relay Bulgaria nbsp Bulgaria Standings edit Men Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Sweden 117 2 nbsp Ukraine 106 5 3 nbsp Slovenia 96 4 nbsp Hungary 93 5 5 nbsp Switzerland 86 6 nbsp Romania 81 5 7 nbsp Turkey 79 8 nbsp Croatia 58 5 Women Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Greece 122 2 nbsp Romania 117 5 3 nbsp Turkey 90 5 4 nbsp Bulgaria 85 5 nbsp Sweden 84 6 nbsp Hungary 77 7 nbsp Serbia 74 8 nbsp Croatia 70Second League editGroup A edit at Kadrioru Stadium Tallinn Estonia on 21 amp 22 June 2008 Men s nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp Ireland nbsp Iceland nbsp Latvia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Bulgaria amp nbsp Ireland are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Women s nbsp Austria nbsp Denmark nbsp Estonia nbsp Iceland nbsp Latvia nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Norway nbsp Switzerland nbsp Serbia amp nbsp Norway are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Day 1 edit Events and winners edit Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Bergur Ingi Petursson nbsp Iceland High jump Angel Kararadev nbsp Bulgaria 400m hurdles Gatis Spunde nbsp Latvia 100m Paul Hession nbsp Ireland 1500m Girts Azis nbsp Latvia Shot put Taavi Peetre nbsp Estonia Long jump Morten Jensen nbsp Denmark 400m Paul McKee nbsp Ireland 5000m Tiidrek Nurme nbsp Estonia 4 100 m relay Latvia nbsp Latvia Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Thorey Edda Elisdottir nbsp Iceland Triple jump Veera Baranova nbsp Estonia 400m hurdles Martina Naf nbsp Switzerland Discus throw Eha Runne nbsp Estonia 100m Ezinne Okparaebo nbsp Norway 800m Egle Uljas nbsp Estonia 3000m Sabine Fischer nbsp Switzerland 400m Ieva Zunda nbsp Latvia Javelin throw Asdis Hjalmsdottir nbsp Iceland 3000m Steeplechase Andrea Mayr nbsp Austria 4 100 m relay Norway nbsp Norway Standings edit Men Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Estonia 126 2 nbsp Latvia 122 3 nbsp Ireland 100 4 nbsp Denmark 99 5 nbsp Bulgaria 91 6 nbsp Lithuania 79 7 nbsp Iceland 55 8 nbsp Luxembourg 45 Women Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Norway 124 2 nbsp Estonia 119 3 nbsp Switzerland 116 4 nbsp Latvia 98 5 nbsp Austria 89 6 nbsp Iceland 70 7 nbsp Denmark 66 8 nbsp Luxembourg 37 Group B edit at SNP Stadium Banska Bystrica Slovakia on 21 amp 22 June 2008 Men s AASSE nbsp Albania nbsp Andorra nbsp Armenia nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Cyprus nbsp Georgia nbsp Israel nbsp Macedonia nbsp Moldova nbsp Montenegro nbsp Serbia nbsp Slovakia nbsp Serbia amp nbsp Slovakia are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Women s AASSE nbsp Albania nbsp Andorra nbsp Armenia nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Cyprus nbsp Georgia nbsp Israel nbsp Macedonia nbsp Moldova nbsp Montenegro nbsp Slovakia nbsp Slovenia nbsp Cyprus amp nbsp Slovakia are relegated into 2nd League from 1st League 2007 for 2008 European Cup Day 1 edit Events and winners edit Men Event Winner Country Hammer throw Libor Charfreitag nbsp Slovakia High jump Dragutin Topic nbsp Serbia 400m hurdles Minas Alozides nbsp Cyprus 100m Ruslan Abbasov nbsp Azerbaijan 1500m Mirko Petrovic nbsp Serbia Shot put Milan Haborak nbsp Slovakia Long jump Admir Bregu nbsp Albania 400m Peter Znava nbsp Slovakia 5000m Gezachw Yossef nbsp Israel 4 100 m relay Azerbaijan nbsp Azerbaijan Women Event Winner Country Pole vault Tina Sutej nbsp Slovenia Triple jump Dana Veldakova nbsp Slovakia 400m hurdles Sara Oresnik nbsp Slovenia Discus throw Sivan Jean nbsp Israel 100m Alenka Bikar nbsp Slovenia 800m Lucia Klocova nbsp Slovakia 3000m Sonja Roman nbsp Slovenia 400m Sabina Veit nbsp Slovenia Javelin throw Martina Ratej nbsp Slovenia 3000m Steeplechase Oxana Juravel nbsp Moldova 4 100 m relay Slovenia nbsp Slovenia Standings edit Men Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Serbia 232 2 nbsp Slovakia 230 3 nbsp Cyprus 208 5 4 nbsp Israel 206 5 5 nbsp Moldova 185 6 nbsp Bosnia 167 7 nbsp Georgia 163 5 8 nbsp Azerbaijan 150 9 nbsp Montenegro 127 5 10 nbsp Armenia 119 11 AASSE 79 12 nbsp Andorra 68 13 nbsp Macedonia 65 14 nbsp Albania 55 Women Pos Country Pts 1 nbsp Slovenia 261 2 nbsp Slovakia 222 5 3 nbsp Israel 216 4 nbsp Cyprus 216 5 nbsp Moldova 210 6 nbsp Bosnia 177 7 AASSE 133 5 8 nbsp Montenegro 108 9 nbsp Armenia 106 10 nbsp Georgia 90 11 nbsp Andorra 88 5 12 nbsp Albania 67 5 13 nbsp Azerbaijan 62 14 nbsp Macedonia 59See also editEuropean Cup in Athletics 2007Notes editExternal links editAnnecy European Cup 2008 Website english Official website European Cup First amp Second League 2008 event coverage at European athletics org European Cup 2008 1st League Group A in Leiria Federacao Portuguesa de Atletismo website European Cup 2008 1st League Group B in Istanbul permanent dead link Official website European Cup 2008 2nd League Group A in Tallinn Official website European Cup 2008 2nd League Group B in Banska Bystrica Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 European Cup athletics amp oldid 1218760435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
