European Cup (athletics)

European Athletics Cup
Statusdefunct
Genresports event
Frequencyannual / biannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1965
Most recent2008
Organised byEuropean Athletic Association
Websitewww.european-athletics.com
European Athletics Members

The European Cup is a former athletics competition for European teams that was replaced by the European Team Championships starting in 2009 and was organized by European Athletics Association. The European Cup saw most of the major nations of Europe compete. Originally known as the Bruno Zauli Cup, it first took place in 1965 in Stuttgart (men) and Kassel (women), Germany. Initially, the competition was a bi-annual event (tri-annual once); however, from 1993, it took place once every year.