Europe World Championships are World sailing champinships in the Europe class that have been held annually since 1966 (open event).

Since 1978 the event is split into a female and a male event have been held in conjunction. The event is organized by the host club on behalf of the International Europe Class Union and also recognized by World Sailing.^[1]

Europe was an Olympic class from 1992 to 2004.

The class has had additional World Championships organized by World Sailing when the class was used in the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships and the IYRU Womens Sailing World Championships.

Editions

Event			Host			Participation				Ref.
Ed.	Dates	Year	Host club	Location	Country	Gender	Ath.	Nat.	Cont.
01		1966		Antibes	France	Open				[2]
02		1967		Ostend	Belgium	Open				[2]
03		1968		Madeira	Portugal	Open				[2]
04		1969		Toulon	France	Open				[2]
05		1970		Fluessen	Netherlands	Open				[2]
06		1971		Ratzeburger See	West Germany	Open				[2]
07		1972		Nyborg	Denmark	Open				[2]
08		1973		Bandol	France	Open				[2]
09		1974		Horten	Norway	Open				[2]
10		1975		Palma	Spain	Open				[2]
11		1976		Malmö	Sweden	Open				[3]
12		1977				Open				[4]
13		1978		Skovshoved	Denmark	Open				[5]
						Female
14		1979		La Rochelle	France	Open				[6]
						Female
15a		1980		Helsinki	Finland	Open				[2]
15b		1980		Grömitz	West Germany	Female				[7][8]
16	1–10 August	1981		Horn	Netherlands	Open				[9]
						Female
17		1982		Monfalcone	Italy	Open				[10]
						Female
18	1–6 August	1983		Fuengirola	Spain	Open				[11]
						Female
19	20–27 July	1984		Kiel	West Germany	Open				[12]
	15–19 July					Female				[13]
20	21–26 July	1985		Tønsberg	Norway	Male				[14]
	14–20 July					Female				[15]
21	26 July – 1 August	1986		Helsinki	Finland	Male				[16]
	21–25 July					Female				[17]
22	1–8 August	1987		Crozon-Morgat	France	Male				[18]
						Female
23	5–12 August	1988		Nieuwpoort	Belgium	Male				[19]
						Female
24		1989		Oxelösund	Sweden	Male				[20]
						Female
25	17–29 July	1990		Livorno	Italy	Male			[21]
						Female
26	19–28 January	1991		Búzios	Brazil	Male				[22]
						Female
27	4–12 July	1992		Izola	Yugoslavia	Male				[23]
						Female
28	31 July – 8 August	1993		Kaløvig	Denmark	Male				[24][25]
						Female
30	9–15 July	1994		La Rochelle	France	Male				[26]
						Female
31	27 January – 4 February	1995		Auckland	New Zealand	Male				[27]
						Female
32	6–13 July	1996		Mallorca	Spain	Male				[28]
						Female
33	2–10 August	1997		San Francisco	United States	Male				[29]
						Female
34	27 July – 2 August	1998		Travemünde	Germany	Male				[30][2]
						Female
35	10–17 January	1999	Mornington Yacht Club	Melbourne	Australia	Male				[31]
						Female
36	11–18 January	2000		Salvador	Brazil	Male			[32]
						Female
37	1–7 July	2001		Vilamoura	Portugal	Male	102	20	4	[33]
						Female	134	30	5
38	26 August – 3 September	2002		Hamilton	Canada	Male	48	13	3	[34]
						Female	108	27	5
39	4–10 September	2003		Cádiz	Spain	Male	63	14	4	[35]
	11–24 September	2003		Cádiz	Spain	Female	114	36	5
40	10–17 July	2004		Cagliari	Italy	Male				[36]
						Female	104	29	4
41	1–9 September	2005		Rizhao	China	Male				[37]
						Female
42	8–16 July	2006		Copenhagen	Denmark	Male				[38]
						Female	79	13	2
43	16–27 July	2007		Workum	Netherlands	Male				[39]
						Female
44	4–12 July	2008		Vila Real de Santo António	Portugal	Male				[40]
						Female
45	24 July – 2 August	2009		Brest	France	Male	93	12	1	[41]
						Female
46	23–31 July	2010		Arkösund	Sweden	Male	92	13	1	[42]
						Female	68	9	1
47	8–15 August	2011		Gravedona	Italy	Male				[43][44]
						Female	73	11	2
48	12–24 July	2012		L'Escala	Spain	Male				[45]
						Female	68	11	1
49	3–11 August	2013		Sønderborg	Denmark	Male				[45][46]
						Female
50		2014		La Rochelle	France	Male	73	8	2	[44]
						Female	61	8	1
51		2015		Arendal	Norway	Male	63	8	1	[44]
						Female	46	8	1
52	7–13 July	2016		Torbole	Italy	Male	48	9	2	[47][44]
						Female	76	10	2
53	1–12 July	2017	Club Vela Blanes	Blanes	Spain	Male	76	12	2	[48]
						Female	54	9	2
54	5–11 August	2018	Segelclub Kühlungsborn	Kühlungsborn	Germany	Male	76	10	2	[49]
						Female	48	9	2
55	29 July – 9 August	2019	CN El Balis	El Balis	Spain	Male	65			[49]
						Female	44
N/A		2020		Råå	Sweden	postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[50]
56	10 July – 16 August	2021	Råå Jolleklubb	Råå	Sweden	Male	81	8	1	[51][52]
						Female	48	7	1
57	1–12 July	2022	Société des Régates de Douarnenez	Douarnenez	France	Male	88	11	1	[53]
						Female	58	9	1	[54]
58	8–14 July	2023	Vallensbaek Sejlklub	Vallensbæk	Denmark	Male	78	11	1	[55]
						Female	61	11	2

Multiple World champions

Compiled from the medallists tables below up to and including 2023.

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries
1	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	11	1	2	14	16	[56]
2	Sören Johnsen (DEN)	4	1	0	5	7	[57]
3	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	3	3	2	8	12	[58]
4	Kristine Roug (DEN)	3	1	1	5	6	[59]
5	Marit Söderström (SWE)	3	0	0	3	3	[60]
6	Pau Schilt Catafal (ESP)	2	2	0	4	6	[61]
7	Margriet Matthijsse (NED)	2	1	1	4	5	[62]
8	Siren Sundby (NOR)	2	1	0	3	6	[63]
8	Karin Andersson (NOR)	2	1	0	3	3	[64]
8	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	2	1	0	3	9	[65]
8	Sven Stadel Seiler (ESP)	2	1	0	3	5	[66]
12	Fabian Kirchhoff (GER)	2	0	1	3	5	[67]
13	Chiara Calligaris (ITA)	2	0	0	2	5	[68]
13	Serge Kats (NED)	2	0	0	2	2	[69]
13	Claude Jeandot (FRA)	2	0	0	2	2	[70]
13	Mattias Rham (SWE)	2	0	0	2	2	[71]

Medalists

Open

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1966 Antibes	Paul Maes (BEL)	P. Van Genabeek (BEL)	Bartoli (FRA)	[72]
1967 Ostende	M. Lambot (FRA)	Paul Maes (BEL)	Van Godtsenhoeven (BEL)	[72]
1968 Madeira	Paul Maes (BEL)	Stafler (FRA)	Cospen (FRA)	[72]
1969 Toulon	Stafler (FRA)	J. Demoulin (FRA)	Devillers (FRA)	[72]
1970 Fluessen	Paul Maes (BEL)	Hervey (FRA)	C. Maes (BEL)	[72]
1971 Ratzeburger See	Klaus-Dieter Schultz (FRG)	François de Harlez (BEL)	J.-P. Bernard (BEL)	[72]
1972 Nyborg	Christian Hervet (FRA)	Rolland Chutin (FRA)	Jørgen Holm Nilsen (DEN)	[72]
1973 Bandol	Frederic Russo (FRA)	Yves Silvestro (FRA)	Claude Jeandot (FRA)	[72]
1974 Horten	Yves Silvestro (FRA)	Klaus-Dieter Schultz (FRG)	Pierre Saint-Jean (FRA)	[72]
1975 C'an Pastilla	Pierre Saint-Jean (FRA)	Christian Lunde (SWE)	Dan Persson (SWE)	[72]
1976 Malmö	Claude Jeandot (FRA)	Kim Christensen (DEN)	Pierre Saint-Jean (FRA)	[72]
1977	Christian Lunde (SWE)	Kim Christensen (DEN)	Luc Van Keirsbilk (BEL)	[72]

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1978 Skovshoved	Hans Wallén (SWE)	Jonas Häggblom (SWE)	Peter Nerenst (DEN)	[73]
1979 La Rochelle	Claude Jeandot (FRA)	Christian Hervet (FRA)	Jonas Häggblom (SWE)	[73]
1980 Helsinki	Lars Christensen (NOR)	Erik Noret (FRA)	Hans Wallén (SWE)	[73]
1981 Hoorn[73]	Tom Jungell (FIN)	Henrik Eklund (FIN)	Christian Lunde (SWE)
1982 Monfalcone[73]	Marco Pirinoli (FRA)	Peter Dykes (SWE)	Lennart L. Junggren (SWE)
1983 Fuengirola[73]	no champion decided
1984 Kiel[73]	Joachim Helmich (FRG)	Bo Petersen (DEN)	Hans Riber (DEN)
1985 Tønsberg[73]	Ole Petter Pollen (NOR)	José Carlos Frau (ESP)	Johan Petterson (SWE)
1986 Helsinki[73]	Niklas Bechvid (SWE)	Niels Schjøth (DEN)	Kim Christensen (DEN)
1987 Crozon-Morgat[73]	Thomas Johansson (SWE)	Kim Christensen (DEN)	Søren Eselrup (DEN)
1988 Nieuwpoort[73]	Serge Kats (NED)	Kim Christensen (DEN)	Raimo Selen (FIN)
1989 Oxelösund[73]	Serge Kats (NED)	Stefan Rahm (SWE)	Jan Christiansen (DEN)
1990 Livorno[73]	Jyrki Taiminen (FIN)	Matteo Binetti (ITA)	Ricardo Zabell (ESP)
1991 Buzios[73]	Stefan Rahm (SWE)	Henrik Wallén (SWE)	Kim Christensen (DEN)
1992 Izola[73]	Petri Karto (FIN)	Potohar Samo (SLO)	Peer Moberg (NOR)
1993 Kaløvig[73]	Olivier Baches (FRA)	Peder Rønholt (DEN)	Johan Molund (SWE)
1994 La Rochelle[73]	Mattias Rahm (SWE)	Xavier Revil (FRA)	Johan Molund (SWE)
1995 North Shore City[73]	Mattias Rahm (SWE)	Johan Molund (SWE)	Carl Johan Åkeson (SWE)
1996 Palma de Mallorca[73]	Johan Molund (SWE)	Christoffer Sundby (NOR)	Rasmus Terp (DEN)
1997 San Francisco[73]	Christoffer Sundby (NOR)	Laurent Guillemette (FRA)	Jesper Melling (DEN)
1998 Travemünde[73]	Søren Johnsen (DEN)	Jacek Zbierski (POL)	Wouter van Catz (NED)
1999 Mornington[73]	Søren Johnsen (DEN)	Peter Santén (SWE)	Dennis Dengsø (DEN)
2000 Salvador da Bahia[73]	Mats Wang Hansen (NOR)	Søren Johnsen (DEN)	Axel Netterlid (SWE)
2001 Vilamoura[73]	Søren Johnsen (DEN)	Valérian Lebrun (FRA)	Jo Richard Aasvang (NOR)
2002 Hamilton[73]	Søren Johnsen (DEN)	Gerard Marín (ESP)	Pablo Arandia (ESP)
2003 Cádiz[73]	Fredrik Svensson (SWE)	Oscar Claeson (SWE)	Christopher Gundersen (NOR)
2004 Cagliari[73]	Christopher Gundersen (NOR)	Arvid Claeson (SWE)	Michael Risør (DEN)
2005 Rizhao[73]	Jesús Rogel (ESP)	Jiang Linuhua (CHN)	Sven Stadel (GER)
2006 Skovshoved[73]	Sven Stadel (GER)	Victor Bergström (SWE)	Jakob Ege Friis (DEN)
2007 Workum[73]	Mathias Mollat (NOR)	Jean-Christophe Gache (FRA)	Sven Stadel (ESP)
2008 Santo Antonio[73]	Teemu Rantanen (FIN)	Kristian Skarseth (NOR)	Charlie Ekberg (SWE)
2009 Brest[73]	Thomas Ribeaud (FRA)	Sven Stadel (ESP)	Anders Carlson (SWE)
2010 Arkösund[73]	Sven Stadel (ESP)	Tobias Hemdorff (DEN)	Kaarle Tapper (FIN)
2011 Gravedona[73]	Tobias Hemdorff (DEN)	Gerard Marín (ESP)	Magnus Andersen (NOR)
2012 L'Escala[73]	Gerard Marín (ESP)	Sylvain Notonier (FRA)	Nicholas Fadler Martinsen (NOR)
2013 Sønderborg[73]	Mathias Livbjerg (DEN)	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Pau Schilt (ESP)
2014 La Rochelle[73]	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Pau Schilt (ESP)	Sylvain Notonier (FRA)
2015 Arendal[73]	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Emil Munch (DEN)	Oscar Bengtson (SWE)
2016 Torbole[73]	Valérian Lebrun (FRA)	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Kristian Præst (DEN)
2017 Blanes[73]	Sven Stadel (ESP)	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Fabian Kirchhoff (GER)
2018 Kühlungsborn[73]	Fabian Kirchhoff (GER)	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Kristian Præst (DEN)
2019 El Balis[73]	Pau Schilt (ESP)	Alejandro Pareja (ESP)	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)
2020 Råå[73]	postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Råå[74]	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)	Pau Schilt (ESP)	Albin Johnsson (SWE)
2022 Douarnenez[73]	Pau Schilt (ESP)	Daniel Cabré (ESP)	Lars Johan Brodtkorb (NOR)
2023	Andreas Svensson (DEN)

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978 Skovshoved[75]	Marit Söderström (SWE)
1979 La Rochelle[75]	Marit Söderström (SWE)	Chaudun (FRA)	Lefort (FRA)
1980 Grömitz[75]	S. Krenninger (FRA)	A. Lefort (FRA)	M. Andersson (SWE)
1981 Hoorn	Marit Söderström (SWE)	S. Krenninger (FRA)	Lone Sørensen (DEN)
1982 Monfalcone[75]	Véronique Aulnette (FRA)	Susanne Erikson (SWE)	Ulrika Wallin (SWE)
1983 Fuengirola[75]	no champion decided
1984 Kiel[75]	Karin Andersson (SWE)	Frédérique Fèvre (FRA)	Lone Sørensen (DEN)
1985 Tønsberg[75]	Karin Andersson (SWE)	Mette Munch (DEN)	Malin Hulten (SWE)
1986 Helsinki[75]	Ida Andersen (NOR)	Mette Munch (DEN)	Tordis Lerøen (NOR)
1987 Crozon-Morgat[75]	Tonje Kristiansen (NOR)	Mette Munch (DEN)	Arianna Bogatec (ITA)
1988 Nieuwpoort[75]	Sabina De Martino (ITA)	Linda Andersen (NOR)	Laurence Nicolas (FRA)
1989 Oxelösund[75]	Chiara Calligaris (ITA)	Courtenay Becker (USA)	Tordis Lerøen (NOR)
1990 Livorno[75]	Chiara Calligaris (ITA)	Min Dezillie (BEL)	Sabrina Landi (ITA)
1991 Buzios[75]	Carole Reitzer (FRA)	Karin Andersson (SWE)	Dorte Jensen (DEN)
1992 Izola[75]	Malin Millbourn (SWE)	J. Bellemans (BEL)	C. Nordqvist (SWE)
1993 Kaløvig[75]	Dorte Jensen (DEN)	Shirley Robertson (GBR)	Zilla Fokke (NED)
1994 La Rochelle[75]	Kristine Roug (DEN)	Tine Moberg-Parker (CAN)	Margriet Matthijsse (NED)
1995 North Shore City[75]	Kristine Roug (DEN)	Margriet Matthijsse (NED)	Natalia Vía Dufresne (ESP)
1996 Palma de Mallorca[75]	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	Karianne Eikeland (NOR)	Carolina Toll (NOR)
1997 San Francisco[75]	Margriet Matthijsse (NED)	Kristine Roug (DEN)	Melanie Dennison (AUS)
1998 Travemünde[75]	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	Shirley Robertson (GBR)	Kristine Roug (DEN)
1999 Mornington[75]	Margriet Matthijsse (NED)	Melanie Dennison (AUS)	Shirley Robertson (GBR)
2000 Salvador da Bahia[75]	Kristine Roug (DEN)	Shirley Robertson (GBR)	Meg Galliard (USA)
2001 Vilamoura[75]	Sari Multala (FIN)	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	Lenka Šmídová (CZE)
2002 Hamilton[75]	Sarah Blanck (AUS)	Siren Sundby (NOR)	Petra Niemann (GER)
2003 Cádiz[75]	Siren Sundby (NOR)	Sari Multala (FIN)	Meg Galliard (USA)
2004 Cagliari[75]	Siren Sundby (NOR)	Sari Multala (FIN)	Petra Niemann (GER)
2005 Rizhao[75]	Shen Xiaoying (CHN)	Lu Lianhua (CHN)	Tania Elías Calles (MEX)
2006 Skovshoved[75]	Sandra Sandqvist (SWE)	Sarah Bregendahl (DEN)	Helen Montilla (ESP)
2007 Workum[75]	Svenja Puls (GER)	Josefine Boel (DEN)	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)
2008 Santo Antonio[75]	Josefin Olsson (SWE)	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)	Anette Viborg Andreasen (DEN)
2009 Brest[75]	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)	Anette Viborg Andreasen (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)
2010 Arkösund[75]	Elisabet Llargués (ESP)	Hanna Klinga (SWE)	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)
2011 Gravedona[75]	Silvia Zennaro (ITA)	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Janika Puls (GER)
2012 L'Escala[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Anna Mikkelsen (SWE)	Silvia Zennaro (ITA)
2013 Sønderborg[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)	Kristine Mauritzen (DEN)
2014 La Rochelle[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Kristine Mauritzen (DEN)	Mathilde Géron (FRA)
2015 Arendal[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Vilma Bobeck (SWE)	Anna Munch (DEN)
2016 Torbole[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Anna Munch (DEN)	Janika Puls (GER)
2017 Blanes[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Anna Munch (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)
2018 Kühlungsborn[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)	Stine Schreibe (GER)
2019 El Balis[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)	Elisabet Llargués (ESP)
2020 Råå[75]	postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Råå[76]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Trine Bentzen (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)
2022 Douarnenez[75]	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Julia Büsselberg (GER)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)
2023	Anna Livbjerg (DEN)	Ascensión Roca (ESP)	Sophie Menke (GER)	[77]

See also

• ISAF Sailing World Championships

References

External links

• Europe World Championships from site of the World Sailing
• Sailing World Championships – Men Europe from site Sports123.com (by Internet Archive)
• Sailing World Championships – Women Europe from site Sports123.com (by Internet Archive)