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1981 European Cup (athletics)

Field	Value
Name	1981 European Cup
Size
Host city	Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
Events	33
Previous	1979 Turin
Next	1983 London

The 1981 European Cup was the 8th edition of the European Cup of athletics. It was the last edition to feature multiple stages of competition before being replaced by the promotion/relegation system since 1983.

The "A" Finals were held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The first two teams qualified for the 1981 IAAF World Cup.

"A" Final

Main article: 1981 European Cup "A" Final

Held in Zagreb on 15 and 16 August.

Team standings

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		128
2		124.5
3	Great Britain	106.5
4		97
5	Italy	75
6	Poland	74
7	France	71
8		41

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		108.5
2		97
3		74
	Great Britain	74
5	Bulgaria	72
6	Poland	53.5
7		41
8		20

Results summary

Men's events

Women's events

"B" Final

The winners qualified for the "A" final. Men

Held on 1 and 2 August in Athens, Greece

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	France	85
2		78.5
3		73.5
4		70
5	Spain	62
6		48

Women

Held on 2 August in Pescara, Italy

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Poland	64.5
2		60
3	Italy	57
4	Romania	55
5	Netherlands	46
6		32.5

Semifinals

Men

All semifinals were held on 4 and 5 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 (plus Greece as the host) qualified for the "B" final. Semifinal 1

Held in Lille, France

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		143
2	Italy	125
3	France	109
4		95.5
5	Belgium	80.5
6	Netherlands	63
7		57
8		44

Semifinal 2

Held in Helsinki, Finland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Great Britain	134
2		128
3		115
4		88
5	Bulgaria	83
6	Sweden	75
7		64
8		20

Semifinal 3

Held in Warsaw, Poland

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Poland	128
2		127
3		126
4	Spain	102
5	Switzerland	84
6		64
7	Portugal	51
8		40

Women

All semifinals were held on 5 July. First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 qualified for the "B" final. Semifinal 1

Held in Bodø, Norway

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		107
2		86
3	Italy	80
4	Romania	77
5		60
6	Belgium	55.5
7	Switzerland	49.5
8		27

Semifinal 2

Held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Great Britain	111
2	Bulgaria	83
3	Netherlands	82.5
4		66.5
5	France	66.5
6		51
7	Spain	41
8		38.5

Semifinal 3

Held in Frankfurt, West Germany

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		112
2		97
3		81
4	Poland	79
5	Sweden	66
6		43
7		38
8	Portugal	24

Preliminaries

First three teams advanced to the semifinals. Held on 20 and 21 June in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Pos.	Nation	Points
1		71
2		69
3		64
4		58
5		37

Held on 20 June in Barcelona, Spain

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Spain	44
2		44
3	Portugal	34
4		28

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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