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1977 European Cup (athletics)

Field	Value
Name	1977 European Cup
Size
Host city	Helsinki, Finland
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	35
Previous	1975 Nice
Next	1979 Turin

The 1977 European Cup was the 6th edition of the European Cup of athletics.

It was the first edition to introduce "A" and "B" Finals. The three best non-qualifying teams in the Semifinals would now compete in the "B" Final, the winner of which would qualify for the "A" Final.

The "A" Finals were held in Helsinki, Finland. The first two teams in those qualified for the inaugural IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Main article: 1977 European Cup "A" Final

Held in Helsinki on 13 and 14 August for both men and women.

Team standings

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		125
2		113
3		100
4	Great Britain	95
5	Poland	93
6	France	70
7		66
8	Italy	54

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		106
2		94
3		68
	Great Britain	68
5	Poland	58
6	Romania	55
7	Bulgaria	53
8		36

Results summary

Men's events

Women's events

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final. Men

Held on 6 and 7 August in Gothenburg, Sweden

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	France	115
2	Sweden	108
3	Romania	94
4		92
5	Switzerland	88
6		87
7		78
8	Bulgaria	57

Women

Held on 6 August in Třinec, Czechoslovakia

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Bulgaria	98
2	Italy	83
3	France	79
4		76
5		75
6	Belgium	63
7	Netherlands	38
8		27

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 16 and 17 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Finland as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final. Semifinal 1

Held in Athens, Greece

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		132
2	Italy	117
3		109
4		98
5		86
6	Greece	77
7	Netherlands	59
8		38

Semifinal 2

Held in Warsaw, Poland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		142
2	Poland	133
3	Romania	99
4	Bulgaria	87
5	Sweden	77
6	Spain	70
7		65
8	Portugal	45

Semifinal 3

Held in London, United Kingdom

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		129
2	Great Britain	126
3	France	120
4	Switzerland	90
5		83
6	Belgium	78
7		54
8		39

Women

All semifinals were held on 16 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Finland as the host). Places 3–5 qualified for the "B" final. Semifinal 1

Held in Stuttgart, West Germany

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Poland	100
2		92
3		77
4		65
5	Belgium	63
6	Sweden	59
7		45
8	Spain	36

Semifinal 2

Held in Dublin, Ireland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		114
2	Great Britain	106
3	Bulgaria	91
4	Netherlands	63
5		55
6		48
7		46
8		21

Semifinal 3

Held in Bucharest, Romania

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		106
2	Romania	99
3	Italy	84
4	France	77
5		65
6		46
7	Switzerland	42
8	Portugal	17

Preliminaries

Preliminaries were held in Søllerød, Denmark, on 25 and 26 June for both men and women. First three teams advanced to the semifinals.

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Portugal	74
2		65
3		64
4		54
5		43

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		49
2	Portugal	35
3		34
4	Greece	31

References

"The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event". european-athletics.org.
[http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf 2010 Italian almanach] {{Webarchive. link. (2021-08-28 (p467))

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