European Renju Championship

The European Renju Championship is an official Renju championship organized by the Renju International Federation (RIF). It was started in 1994.^[1]

History[edit]

The first European Championship was held in 1994 in Tallinn, Estonia. In 1995, it was decided by the General Assembly of the Renju International Federation (RIF) that the European Championships would be held regularly.^[2] In the same year, the 2nd European Championship was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Since 1996, the European Championship was changed to happen once every two years.^[1]

Tournament system[edit]

Over the years, the tournament was held in different ways. In 1994 and 1995, the Swiss system was used. In 1996, there were two groups, after which the winner was determined by the semifinal and final matches. A similar regulation with only one group was applied until 2002. From then, the Swiss system was used in a long time. In 2016, a round-robin system with final matches was applied.^[1]

Places and winners[edit]

No.	Year	Hosting city	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1	1994	Tallinn, Estonia	Arnis Veidemanis	Stepan Peskov	Igor Sinyov
2	1995	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Alexandr Klimashin	Mikhail Kozhin	Vladimir Semyonov
3	1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Ando Meritee	Aldis Reims	Igor Sinyov
4	1998	Tallinn, Estonia	Ando Meritee	Vladimir Sushkov	Ants Soosõrv
5	2000	Zhovti Vody, Ukraine	Alexandr Klimashin	Ants Soosõrv	Stefan Karlsson
6	2002	Karepa, Estonia	Igor Sinyov	Tunnet Taimla	Pavel Makarov
7	2004	Podyuga, Russia	Alexandr Kadulin	Johann Lents	Pavel Vershinin
8	2006	Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic	Ando Meritee	Alexandr Kadulin	Ants Soosõrv
9	2008	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Aivo Oll	Sergey Artemyev	Tunnet Taimla
10	2010	Karepa, Estonia	Maxim Karasyov	Tunnet Taimla	Mikhail Kozhin
11	2012	Suzdal, Russia	Oleg Fedorkin	Ants Soosõrv	Yuriy Tarannikov
12	2014	Tallinn, Estonia	Ants Soosõrv	Martin Hõbemägi	Pavel Makarov
13	2016	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Dmitry Epifanov	Johann Lents ^[a]	Tunnet Taimla ^[b]
14	2018	Tallinn, Estonia	Denis Fedotov	Aivo Oll	Martin Hõbemägi ^[c]
15	2022	Çanakkale, Turkey	Vladimir Sushkov ^[d]	Dmitry Epifanov ^[d]	Aivo Oll

^ With the actual 3rd place, as Wang Qingqing, the representative of China, took the 2nd place.
^ With the actual 4th place, as Wang Qingqing, the representative of China, took the 2nd place.
^ With the actual 4th place, as Wang Qingqing, the representative of China, took the 3nd place.
^ ^a ^b According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "European Championship - RenjuNet". renju.net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
^ "The Protocol of General Assembly 1995 - RenjuNet". renju.net. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

[3] With the actual 3rd place, as Wang Qingqing, the representative of China, took the 2nd place.

[4] With the actual 4th place, as Wang Qingqing, the representative of China, took the 2nd place.

[5] With the actual 4th place, as Wang Qingqing, the representative of China, took the 3nd place.

[rus2022-6] According to the protocol of the Renju International Federation in 2022, Russian players would play under the Russian Renju Association and would not be using Russian flags.

[:0-1] "European Championship - RenjuNet". renju.net. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

[2] "The Protocol of General Assembly 1995 - RenjuNet". renju.net. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-04-30.

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