FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014
FROM LONDON TO MUNICH Activity report | December 2014
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Dear Colleagues and Friends from the ISSF Family!
The time that passed since the previous ISSF General tees before they were officially established by the 2012 EOC Assembly in London was beneficial for the European General Assembly. A huge significance for realization of this Shooting Confederation. project has had the ISSF support. The European shooters were very successful at the There will be 330 participants in the shooting competi- Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, the II Youth Olym- tions of the 1st European Games who will dispute 19 sets pic Games in Nanjing and the 51st ISSF World Champion- of medals. 15 in traditional individual Olympic events and ship in Granada. All main ESC competitions of 2012–2014, 4 in experimental mixed team events — two in Pistol and including seven European Championships, were well Rifle and two in Trap and Skeet — with teams composed organized and gathered a lot of participants. They also of one man and one woman. In order to guarantee parti- attracted a lot of public and mass media attention. In or- cipation of the best shooters the approved Qualification der to reward the best shooters for their dedication to our system is based on the European ranking as of December 31, sport the practice of prize money for medal winners and 2014. It is to add that one Quota Place for the Games finalists of the European Championship was continued. of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio-de-Janeiro will be disputed in each of the 15 individual events. One of the ESC priorities has always been development of the youth sport. That is why in 2012–2014 we continued A lot has been done to make our competitions more to support the European Youth League — unique competi- spectacular and attractive, to turn the shooting range into tions for mixed teams of boys and girls aged from 14 to 18. “the theatre”. The Final halls or Final ranges are now a must Those competitions start with qualification all over the for the European Championships. The European Champion- continent in early spring and finish with finals in the be- ships have been broadcasted by TV and through Internet. ginning of October. According to the established tradition A special TV crew has been contracted in order to create in addition to medals and cups each year three best teams a model of qualitative TV production of the competitions in Pistol and three best teams in Rifle events get special both in Pistol/Rifle and Shotgun. We experiment with new prizes — 12 SIUS HS-10 Hybridescore systems. formats. The new ESC website that has a big technological potential is in full operation. We have also paid attention In May of 2013 the XXIV ESC General Assembly took to the fairness of the shooting competitions, to improving place in Moscow. Its delegates demonstrated support the refereeing system. to the direction of development that has been chosen by the ESC leaders. In particular, it revealed during elec- The ESC has a lot of other goals. Most of them are tions of the President, Vice-Presidents and Presidium in the realization process. But we need further changes. members as well as by approval of the new version of the And together with the ISSF we are on the path of evolving ESC Statutes and General Regulations. and developing our sport to meet the needs of the future. I am sure the majority within our shooting family and not Talking about the main achievements of the reporting only in Europe but also within other continents share this period, I’d like to mention preparations to the shooting point of view as well. competitions in the program of the 1st European Games that are to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 12–28, 2015. The ESC was among a small number of the European sports federations that had supported the idea of these Vladimir Lisin Games back in 2011 and had signed Memorandum ESC President of Understanding with the European Olympic Commit-
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GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD IN LONDON
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Games of the XXX Olympiad in London
The results of the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London proved the leadership of the European shooting sport at the international arena. The European countries won 212 quota places out of 390 which the ISSF dis- posed of. In the most intensive competition with representatives of other continents the European shooters won more than a half of all Olympic medals — 24 out of 45, including 6 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals. 22 shooters from 16 European countries became medal winners of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Olympic quota places distribution by nations, disciplines and events
MEN WOMEN
Country RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total Total 3P Pr 10 50 25 10 Tr DT Sk men 3P 10 25 10 Tr Sk women 1. RUSSIA 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 14 2 0 2 2 1 1 8 22 2. GERMANY 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 9 2 2 1 1 1 1 8 17 3. ITALY 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 11 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 15 4. FRANCE 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 1 6 14 5. GREAT BRITAIN 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 11 6. CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 10 7. BELARUS 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 8. SERBIA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 8 9. SPAIN 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 8 10. UKRAINE 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 8 11. SLOVAKIA 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 12. SWITZERLAND 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 13. NORWAY 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 14. CROATIA 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 15. DENMARK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 16. TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 17. AUSTRIA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 18. BULGARIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 19. FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 20. POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 4
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Olympic quota places distribution by nations, disciplines and events
MEN WOMEN
Country RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total RIFLE PISTOL SHOTGUN Total Total 3P Pr 10 50 25 10 Tr DT Sk men 3P 10 25 10 Tr Sk women 21. SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 22. CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 23. GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 24. HUNGARY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 25. SLOVENIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26. PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 27. ROUMANIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 28. ANDORRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29. ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30. AZERBAIJAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 31. BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32. BOSNIA/HERZEGOV. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33. ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 34. GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 35. IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36. ISLAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37. ISRAEL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38. LATVIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39. LITHUANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 40. LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 41. MALTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42. MOLDOVA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 43. MONTENEGRO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44. NETHERLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45. SAN MARINO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 46. ALBANIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 16 12 19 9 9 18 20 9 20 132 14 18 12 15 11 10 80 212
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Table of medals won by European countries
Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
ITALY 2 3 5
BELARUS 1 1
CROATIA 1 1
GREAT BRITAIN 1 1
ROUMANIA 1 1
FRANCE 1 1 2
SERBIA 1 1 2
SLOVAKIA 1 1 2
BELGIUM 1 1
DENMARK 1 1
POLAND 1 1
SWEDEN 1 1
UKRAINE 2 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1
RUSSIA 1 1
SLOVENIA 1 1
TOTAL 6 10 8 24
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OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS
Niccolo CAMPRIANI (Italy) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Sergei MARTYNOV (Belarus) 50m Rifle Prone Men
Alin George MOLDOVEANU (Roumania) 10m Air Rifle Men
Giovanni CERNOGORAZ (Croatia) Trap Men
Peter Robert Russell WILSON (Great Britain) Double Trap Men
Jessica ROSSI (Italy) Trap Women
SILVER MEDALISTS
Lionel COX (Belgium) 50m Rifle Prone Men
Niccolo CAMPRIANI (Italy) 10m Air Rifle Men
Luca TESCONI (Italy) 10m Air Pistol Men
Massimo FABBRIZI (Italy) Trap Men
Hakan DAHLBY (Sweden) Double Trap Men
Anders GOLDING (Denmark) Skeet Men
Ivana MAKSIMOVIC (Serbia) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Sylwia BOGACKA (Poland) 10m Air Rifle Women
Celine GOBERVILLE (France) 10m Air Pistol Women
Zyzana STEFECEKOVA (Slovakia) Trap Women
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BRONZE MEDALISTS
Rajmond DEBEVEC (Slovenia) 50m Rifle Prone Men
Andrija ZLATIC (Serbia) 10m Air Pistol Men
Vasily MOSIN (Russia) Double Trap Men
Adela SYKOROVA (Czech Republic) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Olena KOSTEVYCH (Ukraine) 25m Pistol Women
Olena KOSTEVYCH (Ukraine) 10m Pistol Women
Delphine REAU (France) Trap Women
Danka BARTEKOVA (Slovakia) Skeet Women
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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012–2014
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The 2012 European Championship Shotgun
It took place in Larnaca (Cyprus) on May 17–26 with 375 participating athletes making the same number of starts.
Table of medals (men and women)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
Cyprus 2 2 2 0 2
Croatia 1 1 1 2 0 1
Russia 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sweden 1 1 0 0
Armenia 1 1 0 0
Czech Republic 1 1 1 0 2 1
Great Britain 1 1 0 2 0
Germany 1 1 0 1 1
Greece 1 0 1 0
Spain 1 0 1 0
Finland 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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Table of medals (men junior and women junior)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 1
Russia 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 4
Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cyprus 1 1 1 0 1
Spain 1 1 0 2 0
Malta 1 0 1 0
Great Britain 1 0 1 0
Slovakia 1 0 0 1
Ukraine 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5 5 5 5 5 4 10 10 9
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The 2012 European Championship Juniors
It was organized in Bologna (Italy) on July 10–15 with 230 participating athletes making 374 starts.
Table of medals
Country INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL
Russia 7 7 14
Germany 5 6 11
France 5 3 8
Norway 3 3 6
Switzerland 2 2 4
Austria 1 2 3
Ukraine 2 1 3
Finland 1 1
Croatia 1 1
Czech Republic 1 1
Bulgaria 1 1
Serbia 1 1
TOTAL 27 27 54
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The 2013 European Championship 10m
It was held in Odense (Denmark) on February 25 — March 3 with 556 participating athletes making 622 starts.
Table of medals (men and women, 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Russia 1 1 1 1 2 2 0
Italy 1 2 2 1 0
Serbia 1 1 1 1 0
Austria 1 1 1 0 1
Israel 1 1 0 0
France 1 1 0 0
Ukraine 1 1 0 1 1
Germany 1 1 0 1 1
Belarus 1 0 1 0
Croatia 1 0 1 0
Belarus 1 1 0 0 2
Finland 1 0 0 1
Spain 1 0 0 1
Slovenia 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
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Table of medals (men junior and women junior, 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 2 1 3 0 0
Poland 1 1 2 0 0
Russia 2 1 1 1 1 3 1
Germany 1 1 1 1 1 1
Austria 1 1 0 0
Ukraine 1 1 1 1 0 2 2
France 1 1 0 1 1
Czech Republic 1 0 1 0
Norway 1 1 0 0 2
Latvia 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
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Table of medals (running target)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Ukraine 4 2 2 3 1 2 7 3 4
Finland 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1
Russia 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 5
Hungary 1 1 1 1 0
Sweden 1 1 1 0 1
France 1 1 2 0 3 1
Poland 1 0 1 0
Germany 1 0 0 1
Armenia 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 8 8 8 6 6 6 14 14 14
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The 2013 European Championship 25/50/300m
It was held at the “Pampas” shooting range in Osijek (Croatia) on July 21 — August 3. 582 shooters from 39 nations have made 980 starts and during the 11 days of competitions we have seen excellent performance at the shooting ranges with high scores and exciting finals. In total there were 19 new or equaled World and European records.
Table of medals (men and women)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
France 2 3 1 4 1 6 4 1
Germany 1 4 3 2 2 3 6 3
Switzerland 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 1
Russia 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 2
Ukraine 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2
Turkey 2 1 1 2 3 2 1
Italy 1 1 2 0 0
Sweden 1 1 1 1 0
Austria 1 1 1 1 0 2
Denmark 1 2 1 0 2
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INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Estonia 1 1 1 0 1
Czech Republic 1 1 0 0
Poland 1 1 3 0 2 3
Belarus 2 1 1 0 1 3
Norway 1 2 0 1 2
Portugal 1 1 0 1 1
Croatia 1 0 1 0
Serbia 1 1 0 0 2
Hungary 1 0 0 1
Finland 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 14 14 14 14 14 14 28 28 28
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Table of medals (men junior and women junior)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Germany 2 1 2 4 1 1 6 2 3
Russia 1 2 2 3 1 3 4 3 5
Switzerland 1 1 1 2 0 1
Norway 1 1 3 1 4 0
France 1 2 1 1 2 1
Ukraine 1 1 3 1 1 3
Italy 1 1 1 1 1 1
Estonia 1 1 1 1 1 1
Poland 2 1 1 0 2
Hungary 2 0 2 0
Belarus 1 1 0 2 0
Austria 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 9 9 9 9 9 9 18 18 18
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The 2013 European Championship Shotgun/Running Target
It took place in Suhl (Germany) on July 28 — August 3. Athletes from 42 countries made a total of 483 starts. 12 World record were established and 2 equaled in Suhl.
Table of medals (men and women, shotgun)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 2 3 2 3 5 3 2
Croatia 1 1 2 0 0
Russia 1 2 1 2 0
Great Britain 1 1 1 1 0
Norway 1 1 0 0
Slovakia 1 1 1 2 0 2 3
Germany 1 1 0 1 1
Turkey 1 0 1 0
Cyprus 1 1 0 0 2
Ireland 1 0 0 1
France 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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Table of medals (men junior and women junior, shotgun)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 3 1 3 1 6 1 1
Russia 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1
Malta 1 1 0 0
Cyprus 1 1 0 2 0
Czech Republic 1 2 0 1 2
Ukraine 1 1 0 1 1
Slovakia 1 1 0 1 1
Germany 1 0 1 0
France 1 0 1 0
Serbia 1 1 0 0 2
Turkey 1 0 0 1
Great Britain 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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Table of medals (running target)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Ukraine 2 1 2 1 4 1 1
Russia 1 2 1 2 3 2 1
Sweden 1 1 0 0
Finland 1 1 2 0 3 1
France 1 1 0 1 1
Czech Republic 1 1 0 1 1
Poland 1 0 0 1
Hungary 1 0 0 1
Germany 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
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The 2014 European Championship 10m
It took place in Moscow (Russia) on February 26 — 06 March with 572 participants. This Championship served also as European qualification for the II Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. 185 young athletes took part in those competitions. The total number of starts was 757.
Table of medals (men and women, 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Ukraine 2 1 1 3 1 0
Germany 1 1 2 1 3 0
Belarus 2 1 1 1 1 2 2
Serbia 1 1 1 1 1 1
Russia 1 1 1 1 0 2
Hungary 1 1 0 0
Italy 1 1 0 1 1
Portugal 1 0 0 1
France 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
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Table of medals (men junior and women junior, 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Ukraine 1 1 1 2 1 0
Switzerland 1 1 1 2 0 1
Germany 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
France 1 1 1 0 1
Poland 1 1 0 0
Greece 1 1 0 0
Russia 1 1 3 0 4 1
Latvia 1 1 0 1 1
Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
Italy 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
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Table of medals (running target)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Finland 2 2 2 3 1 5 2 3
Hungary 2 1 1 1 3 0 2
Poland 2 2 0 0
Ukraine 4 1 2 0 6 1
Russia 2 1 0 2 1
Armenia 1 1 0 0 2
Sweden 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
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The 2014 European Championship Shotgun
It was organized in Sarlóspuszta (Hungary) on June 16–27 with 389 participating athletes making the same number of starts.
Table of medals (men and women)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Italy 3 1 2 4 1 7 2 2
Great Britain 1 1 2 1 1 2
Austria 1 1 0 0
Slovakia 2 1 1 0 2
Germany 1 1 2 0 2 2
Russia 1 0 1 0
France 1 0 1 0
Greece 1 0 1 0
Poland 1 0 1 0
Cyprus 1 0 1 0
Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
Croatia 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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Table of medals (men junior and women junior)
INDIVIDUAL TEAM TOTAL Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
Russia 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 2
Italy 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3
Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Cyprus 1 1 1 0 1
Portugal 1 1 0 0
Malta 1 1 0 0
Slovakia 1 1 0 2 0
Great Britain 1 1 0 2 0
Germany 1 1 0 1 1
Ukraine 1 0 1 0
Turkey 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
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PRIZE FUNDS
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2013
285 athletes from 37 countries received prize money at the European Championships 2013 including 102 ath- letes from 26 countries in Odense, 70 athletes from 19 countries in Suhl and 113 athletes from 24 countries in Osijek.
Country Odense Osijek Suhl TOTAL, €
Russia 14 850 9 900 9 825 34 575
Italy 6 350 5 300 16 000 27 650
Germany 6 200 14 300 2 050 22 550
Ukraine 10 150 6 950 2 200 19 300
France 6 825 10 550 1 750 19 125
Austria 5 600 2 450 8 050
Norway 1 300 2 090 4 000 7 390
Switzerland 6 715 6 715
Croatia 1 700 2 225 2 500 6 425
Belarus 2 650 3 100 5 750
Turkey 3 300 2 250 5 550
Sweden 2 350 1 500 1 500 5 350
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Country Odense Osijek Suhl TOTAL, €
Poland 2 500 2 250 500 5 250
Serbia 3 575 1 100 450 5 125
Slovakia 200 4 275 4 475
Hungary 1 400 2 500 3 900
Finland 2 400 175 1 200 3 775
Estonia 2 685 2 685
Israel 2 500 2 500
Cyprus 2 075 2 075
Portugal 2 050 2 050
Denmark 1 775 1 775
Czech Rep. 500 525 675 1 700
Spain 1 050 600 1 650
Malta 1 250 1 250
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Country Odense Osijek Suhl TOTAL, €
Ireland 900 900
Slovenia 900 900
Netherlands 300 150 450
San-Marino 450 450
Great Britain 50 235 285
Georgia 250 250
Latvia 150 150
Romania 125 125
Belgium 100 100
Iceland 100 100
Greece 75 75
Moldova 75 75
TOTAL, € 74 000 82 500 54 000 210 500
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2014
161 athletes from 31 countries received prize money at the European Championships 2014 including 81 athletes from 24 countries in Moscow and 60 athletes representing 17 countries in Sarlóspuszta.
Country Moscow Sarlóspuszta TOTAL, €
Russia 15 300 6 475 21 775
Italy 1 875 14 150 16 025
Ukraine 14 500 150 14 650
Germany 6 900 3875 10 775
France 3 575 1900 5 475
Belarus 5 200 5 200
Serbia 5 000 5 000
Hungary 4 625 4 625
Finland 3 750 3 750
Great Britain 3 750 3 750
Slovakia 3 400 3 400
Austria 500 2 500 3 000
Greece 1 400 1 600 3 000
Switzerland 2 700 2 700
Portugal 900 1 550 2 450
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Country Moscow Sarlóspuszta TOTAL, €
Poland 2 025 2 025
Norway 2 000 2 000
Czech Republic 1625 1 625
Latvia 1 450 1 450
Cyprus 1275 1 275
Malta 1250 1 250
Sweden 600 300 900
Croatia 350 450 800
Spain 400 400
Turkey 350 350
Armenia 325 325
Denmark 300 300
Romania 300 300
Bulgaria 200 200
Georgia 125 125
Slovenia 100 100
TOTAL, € 74 000 45 000 119 000
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XXIV ESC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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XXIV ESC General Assembly
The XXIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Euro- ing Federation, the European Championship Shot- pean Shooting Confederation took place in Moscow, gun in 2016 — to the Federazione Italiana Tiro a Volo Russia, on May 17–18, 2013. 51 out of 56 Member and the European Championship 10 m in 2017 — Federations participated in this General Assembly, to the Shooting Union of Slovenia. 8 of which by proxies, representing in total 45 The last part of the Agenda of the General As- countries. sembly was dedicated to elections. For the first time Among the guests of the General Assembly were in history of the ESC the electronic voting system the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña, the was introduced that proved to be very effective and Doyen of the IOC Vitaly Smirnov, the ISSF Secretary secure. General Franz Schreiber, the President of the Russian Mr. Vladimir Lisin (Russia) was re-elected Presi- Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov. dent of the ESC for the next four years term. On the first working day of the General Assembly Mrs. Kerstin Bodin (Sweden) and Mr. Pekka Kuusisto the delegates approved reports of the President, the (Finland) were also re-elected as Vice-Presidents Presidium, the Treasurer and the Auditors. They also of the Confederation. Mrs. Biserka Vrbek (Croa- approved proposals of the Presidium for changes tia), Mr. Ernfried Obrist (Italy), Mr. Petros Kyritsis of the ESC Statutes and General Regulations as well (Cyprus), Mr. Yair Davidovich (Israel), Mr. Tamaz as the Guidelines for the Athletes’ Committee. Imnaishvili (Georgia), Mr. Alexandros Dimakakos Mr. Vladimir Lisin, the ESC President, attracted (Greece), Mr. Wilhelm Grill (Germany) and Mr. Gyor- special attention in his report to two important gy Nagy (Hungary) were elected Members of the events: the success of the European shooters at the ESC Presidium. Mrs. Ghislaine Briez (France) was Games of the XXX Olympiad in London and the inclu- re-elected Chairwoman of the Technical Committee, sion of shooting into the program of the European Mr. Risto Aarrekivi (Finland) was re-elected Chair- Games, the first of which are to take place in Baku, man of the Press and Promotion Committee and Azerbaijan, in June of 2015. Mr. Siegfried Boeck (Austria) was re-elected Auditor of the ESC. The second working day began with presenta- tions of the Organizers of the European Champion- At the Presidium meeting that followed Mr. Ale- ships in 2013–2015. Those were done by the Organ- xander Ratner (Russia) was re-appointed Secretary izing Committees of European Championships 2013 General of the ESC and Mr. Pekka Kuusisto re-con- in Osijek, Croatia (25/50/300m) and Suhl, Germany firmed as Treasurer. The Presidium also determined (Shotgun, RT), the European Championship 10m composition of the different discipline groups 2014 in Moscow, Russia, European Championship of the Technical Committee, elected members Shotgun, 2014 in Sarlóspuszta, Hungary, the Europe- of the Press and Promotion Committee and Anti- an Championship 10m 2015 in Arnhem, Netherlands, Doping Officers. and the European Championship 2015 (25/50/300m, The General Assembly ended with a boat cruise Shotgun and RT) in Maribor (Slovenia). on the Moscow River offered by the ESC President. After that the voting took place to determine hosts of the European Championships in 2016–2017. The right to organize the European Championship 10m in 2016 was entrusted to the Hungarian Shoot-
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EUROPEAN YOUTH LEAGUE
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European Youth League
2012 2013 27 teams from 17 nations took part in qualification 29 teams took part in qualification for the Europe- for the European Youth League Final that took place an Youth League finals that were organized in Laško in Wroclaw (Poland) on October 5–7. 16 teams (8 in (Slovenia) on October 4–6. air pistol and 8 in air rifle) — mixed boys and girls 14 8 teams in Pistol — Czech Republic, France, Italy, to 18 years of age from 11 nations (Austria, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine, as well Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Italy, Poland, Rus- as 8 teams in Rifle — Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, sia, Serbia, Sweden and Ukraine) competed for the Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovenia and Sweden during desirable Challenge trophy, for the gold, silver and three days competed for the medals and special bronze medals and last but not least — for the ESC awards established by the ESC President. President’s awards. The spectator friendly medal matches were organized as a 20 shots, shot by shot, At the first stage of the Finals the teams were finals announcing the result after each shot. divided into two groups in both Pistol and Rifle. In Pistol Group 1 Ukraine won the first place and the In the pistol event Ukraine won the gold medals, right to dispute the overall victory. Poland was the the Challenge trophy and three SUIS HS10 Hybrid- second and proceeded to the Bronze Match. In Pistol score systems. The team of Russia came in second Group 2 the Czech Republic was placed first and and won two HS10 systems. The host team of Poland became the second finalist. Russia won a possibility placed third winning one HS10 system. The team to dispute the bronze medals with Poland. from Croatia ended in fourth place. In Rifle Group 1 the most successful team was The rifle competitions offered exactly the same Russia followed by Italy. Their rivals in the dispute awards and here the winning team came from Aus- of medals were determined In Rifle Group 2. Hunga- tria, followed by Italy winning silver medals, Croatia ry was to oppose Russia and Croatia — Italy. in third place and Ukraine placing fourth. The last day of the competitions started with The Polish Sport Shooting Federation and the a Bronze Medal Match in Pistol between Poland and Dolnoslaski Sport Shooting Federation offered Russia. The team of Poland won the duel with 64 excellently organized competitions and a warm points against 56. In the Bronze Medal match in Rifle atmosphere. the winner was determined only in the last serie of shots. Italy scored 62 points, Croatia — 58. The gold medals in Pistol were won by the team of Ukraine that beat the Czech Republic with 66 points against 54. Russia attributed victory in the Ri- fle event achieving 69 points, while Hungary got 51. The medals were presented to the winning teams by Mr. Vladimir Lisin, President of the European Shooting Confederation, and Mr. Janez Slapar, President of the Shooting Union of Slovenia. They also handed over special awards established by the ESC President — SIUS HS-10 Hybridscore systems. Ukraine and Russia got three of them each, the Czech Republic and Hungary — two, Poland and Italy — one each.
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2014 The Rifle and Pistol Teams of Russia both qualified for the Sunday matches and they both managed Since the beginning of the year young athletes to win the gold medals. The pistol athletes won all over Europe have been competing to enter the against Ukraine and the rifle match was won against prestigious EYL Finals. 31 girls and 27 boys represent- the team from Norway. ing 13 nations took part in the Finals on October 3–5 in Smederevo, Serbia — a city of 127 years of shooting In addition to the EYL Medals the teams enter- sport tradition. In the Air Rifle event the participants ing the podium also received a special trophy from came from Austria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Nor- the host federation to keep as a nice souvenir from way, Russia, Sweden and the host federation Serbia. Smederevo. The ESC challenge trophies awarded The Air Pistol competitors came from Czech Repub- to the teams of Russia will now stay in Moscow lic, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, for 1 year till the Final in 2015. The teams on the Ukraine and the host country Serbia. podium also received the special gifts from the ESC President — 12 SIUS HS-10 Hybridescore systems. After the first day of competition on October 4th with 3 matches for each team the 4 best teams qual- ified for the bronze and gold matches on October 5th. The team from Poland won the bronze medals in the Pistol competition ahead of the team from the Czech Republic. The bronze match in the Rifle event was won by Hungary ahead of the team from Croatia.
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EUROPEAN GAMES
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European Games
The European Games were created at the General for Men and Women, 18 top-ranked in Trap — Skeet Assembly of the European Olympic Committees Women and Double Trap Men with a maximum (EOC) on December 9, 2012 in Rome. Another of 2 shooters per NOC in each event. decision of this General Assembly was to hold If a NOC has more than 2 athletes qualified the 1st European Games in 2015 in the city of Baku, in a single event, the NOC is to decide which Azerbaijan. of these athletes will receive the quota. If an athlete The ESC was among a small number of the is among the top-ranked in two or more individual European sports federations that had supported events, then the NOC will decide in which event the idea of these Games back in 2011 and had signed he/she is attributed the quota place. In case there Memorandum of Understanding with the European are more than 2 athletes from the same NOC among Olympic Committees before they were officially es- the top-ranked in an event, the exceeding quota tablished by the 2012 EOC General Assembly. A huge places will be included in the list of quota places significance for realization of this project has had which will be offered by the ESC to NOCs during real- the ISSF support. location of all unused quota places. The 1st European Games will take place on June On January 10, 2015 the Organizing Committee 12–28, 2015. The shooting competitions will be held (BEGOC) will notify NOCs/NFs of the allocated quota at the brand new Baku Shooting Centre. Its comple- places. By January 31, 2015 the NOCs with qualified tion is expected in early spring 2015. athletes must confirm the use of allocated quota There will be 330 participants in the shooting places to BEGOC and the ESC, NOCs without quali- competitions who will dispute 19 sets of medals. fied athletes may send applications for Universality 15 in traditional individual Olympic events and places. On February 15, 2015 the EOC has to confirm 4 in experimental mixed team events — two in Pistol in writing the allocation of Universality places and Rifle and two in Trap and Skeet — with teams to the NOCs. The ESC is to begin the reallocation composed of one man and one woman. Mixed of all unused quota places. May 1, 2015 is the deadline events participants will be comprised of men and for BEGOC to receive entry forms submitted women athletes qualified for the European Games by the NOCs. to compete in individual events. One Quota Place for the Games of the XXXI Olym- The Host NOC is guaranteed 9 quota places — piad in Rio-de-Janeiro will be disputed in each 4 in Shotgun, 3 in Pistol/Rifle Men and 2 in Pistol/ of the 15 individual events. Rifle Women. Each NOC that has no quota place may apply for a Universality place. In order to guarantee participation of the best shooters the approved Qualification system is based on the European ranking as of December 31, 2014. The quota places will be attributed to athletes who are among 30 top-ranked in Trap and Skeet Men, 28 top-ranked in all individual Pistol and Rifle events
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POPULARIZATION OF THE SHOOTING SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
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The shooting theatre
The ESC has been continuing its efforts in making the shooting sport competitions more spectacular with the goal to turn the shooting range into “the theatre”. The Final Halls and Final Ranges are now a must for the European Championships. The area between the shooters and the audience has been cleaned from personnel and objects. The shooting ranges are decorated accordingly.
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Broadcasting of the European Championships
Favorable conditions are being created for quali- tative TV broadcasting All 2013–2014 European Championships were broadcated by TV or through Internet. A special TV crew has been contracted in order to create a model of qualitative TV production of both Pistol/Rifle and Shotgun competitions. For the first time in history of the European Championships the finals of the Shotgun events were broadcasted live on the ESC website from Sarlóspuszta.
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New formats
The ESC has been continuing to experiment with new formats. AIR-50 — the Mixed Team event in Pistol and Rifle has been in the program of the European Champion- ships 10m since 2012. Shotgun-50 — the Mixed Team event for Shotgun was tested at the 2014 European Championship in Sarlóspuszta. The Mixed Team events are in the program of the 1st European Games in Baku.
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Competions rules of AIR-50 for the 2015 1st European Games
GENERAL INFORMATION
Disciplines Pistol & Rifle
Type of Event Team
Name of Event Air 50 Pistol, Air 50 Rifle
Number of participants in each team 2 Athletes from each nation (1 man & 1 women — European Games participants in the individual events). Each nation can enter only 1 (one) team in 1 (one) event.
BIB Number in Qualification Stage Athletes will retain the same BIB numbers, as those of the Games.
Number of the stages 3 stages: • Qualification stage • Semi Final stage • Medal Matches
Qualification stage The allocation of the athletes in qualification stage will be decided by draw. The members of the same team shoot from the neighbouring positions (the women at the left of the man position). The competing teams are positioned side by side.
Number of shots in qualification stage Preparation: 5min. Sighting time: 5min. 25 shots by each member of the team (total 50 shots) in 30 min.
Scoring in qualification • Pistol: full ring with inner tens • Rifle: decimal
Ranking in qualification The ranking in qualification stage will be the combined results of the 2 (two) members of the team of each nation (1man & 1 women)
Tie in qualification stage Tie for any position will be broken as per ISSF rules. Each team will appoint from among its 2 members the shooter who will shoot-off (either man or woman).
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Semi-final stage The top 8 teams will be divided by draw in 2 groups of 4 teams with new BIB numbers 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8. • The first semi-final will be composed of the teams with BIB numbers 1-2-3-4. • The second semi-final will be composed of the teams with BIB numbers 5-6-7-8. The semi-finals will take place at the final range.
Scoring in semi-final Decimal scoring. Scoring starts from zero (0) The ranking will be decided by the combined result of the 2 members of the team of each nation (1 man & 1 woman).
Number of shots in semi-final Preparation and sighting time: 3min. First elimination stage: • 2 series of 3 shots (6 shots) by each member of the team in 150 sec. • Followed by 2 shots in 100 sec. • The lowest ranking team is eliminated. • After another 2 shots in 100 sec. the next lowest ranking team is eliminated. Second stage: • After the elimination of 3rd ranked team, the remaining two teams will continue to shoot 2 shots to complete the semi-final (total 12 shots). The winner teams of the semi-finals will qualify for the Gold Medal match. The two teams in 2nd place of the semi-finals will qualify for the Bronze Medal match.
Ranking after semi-final stage The two eliminated teams of the two semi-finals will be ranked in 5th to 8th places according their semi-final results.
Tie in semi-final stage Tie for elimination will be broken by shoot-off as per ISSF rules. Each team will appoint from among its 2 members the shooter who will shoot-off (either man or woman). In case of a tie, for the 5th to 8th places, the tied teams will be ranked according to their qualification ranking.
Medal matches The Bronze Medal Match will be shot first, followed by the Gold Medal Match.
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Scoring in Medal Matches Decimal scoring. The ranking of each shot will be decided by the combined result of the 2 members of the team of each nation (1 man & 1 woman). The winning team of each shot receives 1 point. The winner team has to get 5 points with at least a one-point advantage.
Tie in Medal Matches In case of the tie after a shot no point is awarded and the next shot must be called.
Bronze Medal Match After 4min. change over time, the 2 teams from the 2nd place at the semi-finals will take part in the Bronze Medal Match (positions C and D for the team from the 1st semi-final and positions E and F for the team from the 2nd semi-final): • 1min. Preparation time (no sighting shots) • 50sec. for each shot • Duel between the 2 teams. • After 5 points, the winner team will be the bronze medallist.
Gold Medal Match After 4min. change over time, the 2 teams from the 1st place at the semi-finals will take part in Gold Medal Match (positions C and D for the team from the 1st semi-final and positions E and F for the team from the 2nd semi-final): • 1min. Preparation time (no sighting shots) • 50sec. for each shot. • Duel between the 2 teams. • After 5 points, the winner team will be the gold medallist.
Type of Targets Electronic Targets for Qualification, Semi-Finals and Medal Matches.
Malfunction The ISSF rule will be followed.
Athlete’s clothing It is strongly advised that the athletes from each nation wear the same type and colour of clothing.
Music & noise During the semi-finals and the Medal Matches music and noise will be allowed.
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Competition rules of Shotgun-50 for the 2015 1st European Games
GENERAL INFORMATION
Disciplines Trap & Skeet
Type of event Team
Name of Event Trap 50, Skeet 50
Number of participants in each team 2 athletes from each nation (1 man & 1 woman — European Games participants in the individual events). Each nation can enter only 1 team.
BIB numbers in Qualification Stage Athletes will retain the same BIB numbers, as those of the Games.
Number of stages 3 stages • Qualification stage • Semi Final stage • Medal Matches
Squads in Qualification Stage The allocation of athletes in the squads will be decided by draw. Only one athlete (either man or a woman) from each nation must be drawn in each squad. Whenever possible, each squad must contain 3 men and 3 women drawn in sequence — man, woman, man, woman, man, woman.
Number of targets Qualification stage 50 targets each athlete (2 rounds of 25 targets each)
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Semi Final stage Ranking After the end of the qualification stage, the ranking of the teams will be decided by the combined result of the 2 members of the team of each nation (1 man & 1 woman). Ties (for any position 1 to 6 only), will be decided by “shoot off” as per ISSF rules. Each team will appoint from among its 2 members, the shooter who will shoot-off (either man or woman). Any ties for 7th place and below will be decided by the “Count Back” method (as per ISSF rules) of the combined results of the 2 members of each team. The top 6 teams (after the qualification ranking is established) will be divided by DRAW into 2 groups of 3 teams each (they will be allocated new BIB numbers as section 11 below) and will compete in two separate Semi Finals. The first Semi Final will be composed of the teams drawn with BIB numbers 1, 2 & 3. The second Semi Final will be composed of the teams drawn with BIB numbers 4, 5 & 6.
Number of targets
TRAP 15 targets each athlete from positions 1 to 5, in 2 stages:
First Elimination stage After the first 10 targets the team with the lowest result is eliminated. In case of a tie the elimination will be decided by the Qualification ranking of each team. The team with the lowest qualification ranking is eliminated.
Second stage After elimination of the 3rd team, the remaining 2 teams will continue to shoot the remaining 5 targets to complete the Semi Final. After the Semi Final, in case of a tie, this will be broken by shoot-off as per ISSF rules. Each team will appoint from among its 2 members, the shooter who will shoot-off (either man or woman).
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SKEET 16 targets each athlete (8 doubles) from positions 3,4,5,4 in that sequence, as per ISSF rules for Semi Finals, in 2 stages.
First Elimination stage After the first 12 targets (stations 3, 4 & 5) the team with the lowest result is eliminated. In case of a tie the elimination will be decided by the Qualification ranking of each team. The team with the lowest qualification ranking is eliminated.
Second stage After elimination of the 3rd team, the remaining 2 teams will continue to shoot the remaining 4 targets (station 4) to complete the Semi Final. After the Semi Final, in case of a tie, this will be broken by shoot-off as per ISSF rules. Each team will appoint from among its 2 members, the shooter who will shoot-off (either man or woman). The winning teams of the Semi Finals will qualify for the Gold Medal Match. The two teams in 2nd place, of the Semi Finals, will qualify for the Bronze Medal Match. The two eliminated teams of the two Semi Finals will be ranked in 5th and 6th place according to their Semi Final results (the combined result of the two members of each team). In case of a tie the team with the lowest ranking after qualification will take the 6th place.
Medal Matches The Bronze Medal Match will be shot first, followed by the Gold Medal match.
TRAP 15 targets each athlete from positions 2, 3 & 4.
SKEET 16 targets each athlete (8 doubles) from positions 3,4,5,4 in that sequence, as per ISSF rules for Medal matches.
In case of a tie, this will be broken by shoot-off as per ISSF rules. Each team will appoint from among its 2 members, the shooter who will shoot-off (either man or woman).
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Allocation of New BIB numbers for Semi After the Qualification stage the 6 teams which will qualify for the Final Stage & Medal Matches Semi Final stage (12 shooters — 2 shooters each team — 1 man/ 1 woman) will be allocated new BIB numbers, decided by DRAW. The athletes of the team drawn in position 1 will each receive BIB number 1, team 2 will receive BIB numbers 2 & 2, team 3 will receive 3 & 3 …and so on.
Order of shooting in Semi Finals, Medal During Semi Finals, Medal Matches or in any eventual shoot offs the matches or shoot offs team (or the team athlete) with the lowest BIB number will always shoot first.
Type of Clay Targets Normal for qualification and flash for the Semi Finals and Medal Matches.
Competition Rules As per ISSF Rules
PROMOTIONAL ASPECT
Shooter’s clothing It is strongly advised that the shooters of each nation wear the same type and color of clothing, hats and shooting vests.
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European Cups
Lapua European Cup 300m All in all, 24 shooters from 9 countries took part in the Men competitions and 17 shooters from 2012 8 countries in Women events. In 2012 the qualification competitions took place 2014 in Thun (Switzerland), Eskilstuna (Sweden) and Plzen (Czech Republic) with a Final in Zagreb (Croatia). The 2014 Lapua European Cup has culminated with number of total starts increased slightly from the the Final in Winterthur, Switzerland, on October previous year to 331. 9–12. During the season there were three qualifi- cation rounds organized in Zagreb (Croatia), Lahti 2013 (Finland) and Aarhus (Denmark) with a total of 286 In 2013 the qualification rounds were organized in starts. There were another 92 starts in the Final that Zagreb (Croatia), Aarhus (Denmark) and Thun (Swit- gathered 46 participants (17 women and 29 men) zerland) with a total of 277 starts. from 11 countries: Austria, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Great Britain, Slove- During the Final that took place in St-Jean-de- nia, Sweden and Switzerland. Marsacq (France) on September 26–29 for the first time in the XXI century a shooter managed to obtain In 300m Rifle Prone Men the best result — 597 — a 100 percent result in 300m Rifle Prone Men and was achieved by Claude-Alain Delley from Switzer- to equal the European Record established in 1990 land. Second was Stefan Raser from Austria, third — by Harol Stenwag from Norway. Cyrill Graff from Valerian Sauveplane from France. The 300m Rifle France won the competitions with a new Equal Eu- 3 Position Men was won by Cyrill Graff from France ropean Record — 600 points! The runner-up in this (1179) who equaled the European record in this event. event was Anders Brollund from Sweden (598), the Graff was followed by Peter Sidi from Hungary and third — Rajmond Debevec from Slovenia (597). Robert Markoja from Slovenia. Cyrill Graff was also winner of the 300 Standard Rifle Men event (588). In 300m Rifle 3 Positions Men the best result — Second was Marcel Buerge from Switzerland, third — 596 — was achieved by Marcel Buerge from Switzer- Michal Podolak from Austria. land. Second was Ciryll Graff (595), third — Rajmond Debevec (594). The 300m Standard Rifle event was In competitions among women Charlotte Jakob- won by Michael Podolak from Austria (584). He was sen from Denmark placed first in 300m Rifle Prone followed by Ciryll Graff and Steffen Olsen from Den- (598). Eva Roesken from Germany had the second mark (both — 582). result, Catherine Houlmont from France — the third. In 300m Rifle 3 Position Eva Roesken established the In competitions among women Anzela Voronova new European record (589) to win the event. Char- from Estonia placed first in 300m Rifle Prone with lotte Jakobsen finished second, Marina Schnider — a score of 596 points. Gudrun Wittman from Germa- third. ny had the second result (595), Olivia Goberville from France — the third (594). In 300m Rifle 3 Positions The last event of the Final was unofficial Super the victory belonged to Elin Ahlin from Sweden Cup with 6 men and 4 women competing for the vic- (585). Eva Fridel from Germany was second (584), tory. It could be expected that like in 2013 Ciryll Graff Marina Schnider from Switzerland — third (581). would finish on top of the ranking. But he was only third. It was Marcel Buerge who claimed the overall As it could be expected Ciryll Graff won the Super success. In the shoot-off he was a little more precise Final. His gold result was 1071 points. Rajmond De- than Claude-Alain Delley. bevec was second with 1050 points, Eva Fridel was third with 949 points.
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European Cup 25m 2014 2012 2014 Lapua European Cup 25m finished with the Final in Bordeaux, France, on October 10–12 In 2012 the host cities for qualification rounds with participation of 19 shooters from 8 countries were Hannover (Germany), Orland (Norway), Aarhus (Azerbaijan, Finland, Germany, Norway, Portugal, (Denmark) and Hamina (Finland). The Final took Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden). place in Uppsala (Sweden). The total number of starts was 236. Paal Hembre from Norway became the absolute winner of the competitions. He won both events — 2013 the Center Fire Pistol with 585 points and the Stand- In 2013 the qualification rounds were organized ard Pistol with 569 points. In the Center Fire Pistol in Hannover (Germany), Aarhus (Denmark), Thun he was followed by Patrick Meyer from Germany and (Switzerland) and Högsbo (Sweden). The Final in Steve Demierre from Switzerland. In Standard Pistol Saint-Jean-Jean-de-Marsacq (France) took place the silver medal went to Joao Costa from Portugal parallel to the 300m LAPUA European Cup Final with and the bronze — to Stephan Trippel from Germany. participation of 25 shooters from 9 countries. There were 31 starts in the Final. The qualification Boris Artaud from France won the 25m Center rounds took place in Hannover (Germany), Aarhus Fire Pistol event with 585 points. The same result (Denmark), Lahti (Finland) and Uppsala (Sweden). was obtained by the runner-up Pierre Michel from And there were 223 starts altogether. Germany. The third place went to Paal Hembre from Norway (583). Joao Costa from Portugal was the best in 25m Standard Pistol with 576 points. Pierre Michel was second (568) and Hakan Landebring from Sweden — third (567).
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Rules and Regulations Promotion
The ESC has been activety involved in moderni- The new ESC website has been created and put zation of the procedures that would guarantee that in full operation. our Olympic sport is transparent and honest, that More than 80 news published on the ESC website only the best shooters ascend the podium. in 2014. The ESC addressed to the manufactures A CD with records of the TV coverage of the 2014 of Shotgun cartridges with a demand to ensure that all cartridges that can be used by participants in the European Championship Finals in 10m Air Pistol ISSF and ESC supervised competitions conform Men and Woman as well as 10m Air Rifle Men and to the rules. Women was produced. The ESC attracted attention to the necessi- A CD with a “model” TV production of the Shot- ty of creating the new technologically updated gun competitions was produced. equipment that allow to very quickly and precisely ESC official facebook page re-launch, sharing determine if cartridges correspond to the allowed actual news, videos, photos and other interesting parameters. information with shooting sport social network community.
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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY AND PROMOTION OF OLYMPISM
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International Activity And Promotion of Olympism
◉ Permanent contacts of the ESC President with the eighth IOC President Dr. Jacques Rogge and the ninth IOC President Dr. Thomas Bach.
◉ Permanent contacts of the ESC President with the IOC Executive Board member, the EOC President Patrick Hickey, the Doyen of the IOC Vitaly Smirnov, IOC Member, the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña and other leaders of the world of sports.
◉ Collaboration between the ESC and the ISSF, the EOC, European Union, FITASC and other international sports organizations.
◉ Participation of the ESC President in the 126th IOC Session in Sochi (February, 2014).
◉ Participation of the ESC President in the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education meetings in Lausanne (June, 2012 and September, 2014) and Amsterdam (November, 2013).
◉ Participation of the ESC President in the EOC General Assemblies in Rome (2012, 2013) and in Baku (2014).
◉ Publication of the unique edition — “Olympic Winter Games. Illustrated History”.
◉ The ESC President attended all seven European Championships held in 2012–2014 as well as the European Youth League Finals in Wroclaw and Laško.
◉ The ESC President visited all major shooting competitions celebrated in 2012–2014: • The Games of the XXX Olympiad in London • The II Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China • The 2013 ISSF World Shotgun Championship in Lima, Peru • The 51st ISSF World Championship in Granada, Spain.
◉ The ESC President also visited: • The 2013 ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea, • The 2014 ISSF World Cup Finals in Gabala, Azerbaijan.
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ROAD TO RIO
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Road To Rio
Seven European shooters lead the world ranking in Olympic events. Four men and three women will be on top of the respective ranking lists by the end of 2014. In Men events there are three shooters from Russia who managed to finish the season with the highest num- ber of points: Sergey Kamenskiy — in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions, Nazar Louginets — in 10m Air Pistol and Alexan- der Zemlin — in Skeet. Besides, Erik Varga from Slovakia is the current “number one” in Trap. In the Women events Snjezana Pejcic from Croatia, Olena Kostevych from Ukraine and Zuzana Rehak Ste- fecekova from Slovakia will meet the year 2015 as leaders of the World Ranking in 50m Rifle 3 Positions, 10m Air Pistol and Trap respectively. The Olympic qualification has begun at the 51st ISSF World Championship in Granada. 18 European countries have secured in Granada participation in the Shooting competitions at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio-de-Janeiro. 40 out of 64 Olympic Quota Places disputed at the 51st ISSF World Championship were won by the European athletes. Germany, Italy and Russia have got 5 Olympic Quota Places each, France and Slovakia — 3 each, Belarus, Great Britain, Norway, Spain, Serbia and Ukraine — 2 each, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Den- mark, Hungary, Slovenia and Turkey — 1 each. No doubt that among participants of the 2016 Olympic Games there will be all the best European shooters. Those who are well known in the world of sports for a long time and those who have only started their interna- tional career in 2013–2014.
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II Youth Olympic Games
11 young shooters from 10 European countries returned from Nanjing, China, with medals of the II Youth Olympic Games. Five of them managed to obtain the title of the Champion.
GOLD MEDALISTS
Agata NOWAK (Poland) 10m AP Women
Pavlo KOROSTYLOV (Ukraine) 10m AP Men
Sarah HORNUNG (Switzerland) 10m AR Women
Lidia NENCHEVA (Bulgaria) 10m AP Mixed International Teams
Istvan PENI (Hungary) 10m AR Mixed International Teams
SIVER MEDALISTS
Margarita LOMOVA (Russia) 10m AP Women
Hrachik BABAYAN (Armenia) 10m AR Men
BRONZE MEDALISTS
Edouard DORTOMB (France) 10m AP Men
Julia BUDDE (Germany) 10m AR Women
Istvan PENI (Hungary) 10m AR Men
Agate RASMANE (Latvia) 10m AP Mixed International Teams
Victoriya SUKHORUKOVA (Ukraine) 10m AR Mixed International Teams
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51st ISSF World Championship
In 15 Olympic events that were in the program of the 51st ISSF World Championship the European shooters won five gold medals, 12 silver and 10 bronze.
GOLD MEDALISTS
Erik VARGA (Slovakia) Trap Men
Alexander ZEMLIN (Russia) Skeet Men
Beate GAUSS (Germany) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Petra ZUBLASING (Italy) 10m Air Rifle Women
Katrin QUOOSS (Germany) Trap Women
SIVER MEDALISTS
Sergey KAMENSKIY (Russia) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Daniel BRODMEIER (Germany) 50m Rifle Prone Men
Nazar LOUGINETS (Russia) 10m Air Rifle Men
Oliver GEIS (Germany) 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men
Yusuf DIKEC (Turkey) 10m Air Pistol Men
Edward LING (Great Britain) Trap Men
Antonino BARILLA (Italy) Double Trap Men
Anthony TERRAS (France) Skeet Men
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SIVER MEDALISTS
Snejana PEJCIC (Croatia) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Olena KOSTEVYCH (Ukraine) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
Fatima GALVEZ (Spain) 50m Rifle Prone Men
Elena ALLEN (Great Britain) 10m Air Rifle Men
BRONZE MEDALISTS
Vitali BUBNOVICH (Belarus) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men, 10m Air Rifle Men
Yury SHCHERBATSEVICH (Belarus) 50m Rifle Prone Men
Vladimir GONTCHAROV (Russia) 10m Air Pistol Men
Giovanni PELLIELO (Italy) Trap Men
Steven SCOTT (Great Britain) Double Trap Men
Malin WESTERHEIM (Norway) 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Sonia PFEILSCHIFTER (Germany) 10m Air Rifle Women
Renata TOBAI SIKE (Hungary) 25m Pistol Women
Danka BARTEKOVA (Slovakia) Skeet Women
A huge success was achieved by the European Juniors. In 15 Olympic events they won 12 gold, 11 silver and 12 bronze medals. 9 gold medals, 6 silver and 6 bronze were won by Men Junior and 3 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals — by Women Junior.
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Upcoming ESC Championships
2015 European Championship 10m
Arnhem, the Netherlands February 28 — March 8
2015 1st European Games
Baku, Azerbaijan June 12–28
2015 European Championship
Maribor, Slovenia July 19 — August 2
2016 European Championship 10m
Györ, Hungary February 22–28
2016 European Championship Juniors
Tallinn, Estonia June 13–19
2016 European Championship Shotgun
Lonato del Garda, Italy July 1–15
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