The 2006 Spar European Cup (the 27th) took place in Málaga, Spain and attracted over 2000 athletes from 49 countries. The mascot for the 2006 games was "Manolito" the Octopus, it was chosen from the drawings submitted in a contest aimed at Andalusian schoolchildren, the winner was Eva Simancas Rubio, aged 11 from ‘Julio Caro Baroja’. The top two teams for both men and women qualified for the 2006 IAAF World Cup.
Super League
Stadium The Athletics Stadium Ciudad de Málaga is located in the city's western area, and is easily accessible by road, not far from the airport and in front of the 'José María Martín Carpena' Sports Hall. It also has 9 lanes on the track which allows a 9th team to be able to compete.
Team standings
Men PosCountryPts11182116310941075103699.5793886.5965
Finland, Italy & Spain relegated, Germany saved as they were to host the 2007 competition. Belgium & Greece both promoted to the Superleague for 2007 from League 1.Women PosCountryPts11552115.5399498593690785881976.5
Great Britain & NI, Sweden & Romania all relegated to League 1. Belarus & Greece, both promoted from League 1 for the 2007 cup.
Relegation to 1st League
Results summary
Men's events 100 m(Wind: +2.6 m/s) Ronald Pognon10.13w Dwain Chambers10.19w Andrey Yepishin10.19w200 m(Wind: +1.8 m/s) Christian Malcolm20.29 Ronald Pognon20.37 Marcin Urbaś20.55400 m Marc Raquil45.89 Vladislav Frolov46.13 Daniel Dąbrowski46.37800 m Juan de Dios Jurado1:46.00 Ivan Heshko1:46.24 Florent Lacasse1:46.441500 m Ivan Heshko3:50.34 Juan Carlos Higuero3:50.85 Aleksandr Krivchonkov3:51.963000 m Sergio Gallardo8:27.78 Mo Farah8:27.91 Driss Maazouzi8:28.645000 m Sergey Lebid14:16.83 Juan Carlos de la Ossa14:17.65 Sergey Ivanov14:18.143000 m steeplechase Antonio Jiménez8:25.59 Vincent Le Dauphin8:28.77 Jukka Keskisalo8:30.45110 m hurdles(Wind: -1.5 m/s) Ladji Doucouré13.27 Andy Turner13.47 Igor Peremota13.50400 m hurdles Naman Keïta50.20 Aleksandr Derevyagin50.35 Gianni Carabelli50.454 × 100 m Dariusz KućŁukasz ChyłaMarcin JędrusińskiMarcin Urbaś39.07 Luca VerdecchiaStefano AnceschiMassimiliano DonatiFrancesco Scuderi39.14 Tim AbeyieMarlon DevonishChristian MalcolmHarry Aikines-Aryeetey39.314 × 400 m Leslie DjhoneBrice PanelNaman KeïtaMarc Raquil3:03.59 Rafał WieruszewskiPiotr KlimczakMarcin MarciniszynDaniel Dąbrowski3:03.86 Andrew HoweGianni CarabelliLuca GallettiAndrea Barberi3:04.27High jump Andrey Silnov2.31 Giulio Ciotti2.29 Germaine Mason2.27Pole vault Romain Mesnil5.70 Giuseppe Gibilisco5.65 Mikko Latvala5.45Long jump Andrew Howe8.29 Salim Sdiri8.15 Marcin Starzak8.09Triple jump Fabrizio Donato16.99 Viktor Yastrebov16.91 Julien Kapek16.80Shot put Pavel Sofin20.59 Manuel Martínez20.58 Ralf Bartels20.43Discus throw Piotr Małachowski66.21 Lars Riedel63.47 Mario Pestano62.35Hammer throw Szymon Ziółkowski79.31 Andrey Skvaruk78.71 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen77.08Javelin throw Tero Pitkämäki85.30 Sergey Makarov82.43 Igor Janik79.30
Women's events 100 m(Wind: +2.4 m/s) Yuliya Gushchina11.13w Joice Maduaka11.29w Fabienne Beret-Martinel11.35w200 m(Wind: +0.6 m/s) Olga Zaytseva22.73 Angela Moroșanu22.91 Monika Bejnar22.97400 m Svetlana Pospelova50.77 Nicola Sanders51.92 Claudia Hoffmann52.81800 m Svetlana Klyuka2:01.99 Monika Gradzki2:04.13 Mayte Martínez2:04.161500 m Yuliya Chizhenko4:14.39 Latifa Essarokh4:14.76 Natalya Tobias4:15.363000 m Joanne Pavey8:52.54 Olesya Syreva8:58.27 Justyna Lesman9:02.645000 m Liliya Shobukhova16:18.23 Marta Domínguez16:25.21 Natalya Berkut16:26.123000 m steeplechase Yelena Sidorchenkova9:45.73 Rosa María Morató9:49.81 Katarzyna Kowalska9:56.10100 m hurdles(Wind: +0.8 m/s) Susanna Kallur12.69 Kirsten Bolm12.74 Adrianna Lamalle12.90400 m hurdles Natasha Danvers-Smith55.65 Yevgeniya Isakova55.82 Tatyana Tereshchuk55.874 × 100 m Natalya RusakovaYuliya GushchinaYekaterina KondratyevaLarisa Kruglova43.71 Adrianna LamalleFabienne Beret-MartinelCéline DistelCarima Louami43.75 Olena ChebanuOlena SinyavinaIryna ShtanhyeyevaOksana Shcherbak43.864 × 400 m Yelena MigunovaOlga ZaytsevaTatyana VeshkurovaNatalya Antyukh3:23.51 Zuzanna RadeckaMonika BejnarMałgorzata PskitGrażyna Prokopek3:26.60 Helen KaragounisNicola SandersMelanie PurkissLee McConnell3:26.98High jump Kajsa Bergqvist1.97 Ruth Beitia1.95 Anna Chicherova1.92Pole vault Monika Pyrek4.75CR Vanessa Boslak4.70 Nastja Ryshich4.55Long jump Tatyana Kotova6.67 Eunice Barber6.61 Daniela Lincoln-Saavedra6.55Triple jump Olga Saladukha14.10 Viktoriya Gurova14.06 Adelina Gavrilă14.00Shot put Petra Lammert19.36 Irina Khudoroshkina18.29 Krystyna Zabawska17.78Discus throw Franka Dietzsch65.54 Darya Pishchalnikova64.24 Nicoleta Grasu61.91Hammer throw Tatyana Lysenko76.50CR Kamila Skolimowska68.16 Irina Sekachova67.96Javelin throw Barbara Madejczyk64.08 Felicia Moldovan60.49 Mercedes Chilla60.22
First League The First League was held on 17 and 18 June
Men
Group A Held in Prague, Czech Republic Pos. Nation Points 1 120 2 115 3 104 4 88 5 79 6 78 7 72 8 63
Group B Held in Thessaloniki, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1 122 2 108 3 102 4 102 5 83 6 80 7 62 8 56
Women
Group A Held in Prague, Czech Republic Pos. Nation Points 1 126.5 2 107 3 91 4 84 5 80 6 79 7 77 8 76
Group B Held in Thessaloniki, Greece Pos. Nation Points 1 136 2 109 3 100 4 98.5 5 85 6 81 7 67.5 8 42
Second League The Second League was held on 17 and 18 June
Men
Group A Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Pos. Nation Points 1 129.5 2 109 3 108 4 108 5 80 6 75.5 7 67 8 40
Group B Held in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Pos. Nation Points 1 199 2 190 3 183 4 177 5 141 6 130 4 128 5 98 6 91 7 87 8 47 9 AASSE 43
Women
Group A Held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Pos. Nation Points 1 124 2 120 3 117 4 88 5 87 6 86.5 7 68.5 8 26
Group B Held in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Pos. Nation Points 1 186.5 2 179 3 176.5 4 174 5 108.5 6 AASSE 106 7 80.5 8 80 9 79 10 72 11 49
External links Final Standings European Cup results (Men) from GBR Athletics European Cup results (Women) from GBR Athletics