The 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was the 42nd edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. The competition took place on 27-31 May 2026 at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria.
The European Championships served as qualification for the 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Frankfurt later the year.
Participation Dutch team absence The team from the Netherlands did not participate in the European Championships. On 31 March it was announced that due to an error by the (KNGU), the Dutch team had not been registered, and they could no longer be entered after the registration deadline had passed.
Russia and Belarus For the first time since their disqualification due to the aggressive war against Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to compete using their national flags and anthems. Ukraine protested against the decision.
On two occasions (ball and ribbon in junior individual finals), an athlete from Russia or Belarus won the event, with an athlete from Ukraine winning a medal. When the anthem was played, the Ukrainian athletes expressed their protest by covering their eyes with their hands and putting on headphones to show they did not listen to the anthem.
Participating countries
Updated on May 25, 2026.
Competition schedule Wednesday, May 27 09:00 – 10:50 Set A – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon) 11:00 – 12:50 Set B – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon) 13:30 – 14:00 Opening Ceremony 14:00 – 15:50 Set C – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon) 16:00 – 17:50 Set D – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon) 18:00 – 18:20 Award ceremony Junior individuals Team Thursday, May 28 09:00 – 10:00 Set A - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 10:00 – 11:00 Set B - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 11:15 – 12:15 Set C - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 12:15 – 13:15 Set D - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 14:15 – 15:15 Set E - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 15:15 – 16:15 Set F - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 16:30 – 17:30 Set G - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 17:30 – 18:30 Set H - Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) 19:30 – 20:35 Junior Individual Apparatus Final (Hoop & Ball) 20:45 – 21:50 Junior Individual Apparatus Final (Clubs & Ribbon) 21:50 – 22:10 Award Ceremony for Junior Individual Apparatus Finals Friday, May 29 09:00 – 10:00 Set E - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 10:00 – 11:00 Set F - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 11:15 – 12:15 Set G - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 12:15 – 13:15 Set H - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 14:30 – 15:30 Set A - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 15:30 – 16:30 Set B - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 16:45 – 17:45 Set C - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) 17:45 – 18:45 Set D - Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) Saturday, May 30 10:00 – 12:15 All-Around Final – Senior Individuals (Hoop, Ball) – All Finalists 12:25 – 13:45 All-Around Final – Senior Individuals (Clubs, Ribbon) – Top 10 after 2nd rotation 13:45 – 14:05 Award Ceremony All-Around Senior Individuals 15:00 – 17:00 Qualification Senior Groups (5 balls and 3 hoops & 2 pairs of clubs – Set A) 17:15 – 20:15 Qualification Senior Groups (5 balls and 3 hoops & 2 pairs of clubs – Set B) 20:15 – 20:30 Award Ceremony Senior Groups AA & Team ranking (Senior Individuals & Groups) Sunday, May 31 12:00 – 13:10 Senior Individuals Hoop & Ball Finals 13:20 – 14:30 Senior Individuals Clubs & Ribbon Finals 14:30 – 14:55 Award Ceremony Senior Individuals Apparatus finals 16:00 – 16:40 Senior Groups 5 Balls Final 16:50 – 17:30 Senior Groups 3 Hoops & 2 Pairs of Clubs Final 17:30 – 17:45 SmartScoring Shooting Star Award 17:45 – 18:00 Award Ceremony Senior Groups Apparatus finals Source:
Medal winners Team Siyana AlekovaDea EmilovaAleksandra Petrova Varvara ChubarovaSofiia KrainskaSofiia Kulikova Mariia MiachinaRebekka MillerAlice Rozenberg Senior IndividualEva BrezalievaStiliana NikolovaSenior GroupRaya BozhilovaSofia IvanovaMagdalina MinevskaEmilia ObretenovaMagdalena ValkovaMargarita Vasileva Senior IndividualDaniela MunitsAlona Tal FrancoSenior GroupAgam GevArina GvozdetskaiaSofia PrezhynAvigail ShvedKeren SobolTaisiia Sokolenko Senior IndividualMaria BorisovaSofia IlteriakovaEva KononovaSenior GroupNikol AndronchikArina LysenkoDaria MelnikAlina ProshchalykinaNelli ReutskaiaAlena Seliverstova Senior Individual Finals Darja Varfolomeev Stiliana Nikolova Taisiia Onofriichuk Sofia Ilteriakova Alina Harnasko Sofia Raffaeli Darja Varfolomeev Stiliana Nikolova Sofia Ilteriakova Stiliana Nikolova Maria Borisova Daniela Munits Darja Varfolomeev Stiliana Nikolova Maria Borisova Senior Group Finals Ines BerguaAndrea CorralMarina CortellesAndrea FernándezLucía MuñozSalma Solaun Nikol AndronchikArina LysenkoDaria MelnikAlina ProshchalykinaNelli ReutskaiaAlena Seliverstova Agam GevArina GvozdetskaiaSofia Prezhyn Avigail ShvedKeren SobolTaisiia Sokolenko Ines BerguaAndrea CorralMarina Cortelles*Andrea FernándezLucía MuñozSalma Solaun Palina AliaksandravaSofya BarysevichValeryia MalkovichHanna ShakunKiriana Shevtsova*Taisia Yerchak Agam GevArina GvozdetskaiaSofia PrezhynAvigail ShvedKeren Sobol*Taisiia Sokolenko Ines BerguaAndrea CorralMarina CortellesAndrea Fernández*Lucía MuñozSalma Solaun Nikol AndronchikArina LysenkoDaria Melnik*Alina ProshchalykinaNelli ReutskaiaAlena Seliverstova Agam GevArina Gvozdetskaia*Sofia Prezhyn Avigail ShvedKeren SobolTaisiia Sokolenko Junior Individual Finals Siyana Alekova Kseniia Savinova Flavia Cassano Kira Babkevich Melissa Diete Varvara Chubarova Nita Jamagidze Dea Emilova Mariia Miachina Iana Zaikina Sofiia Krainska Melissa Diete * reserve gymnast
Results
Seniors Qualification Individual all-around and apparatus finals: Hoop: Ball: Clubs: Ribbon:
Group apparatus finals: 5 Balls: 3 Hoops and 2 Pairs of Clubs:
Team RankNationTotal277.600274.650274.6504274.6005269.6006269.1507268.8508264.6009264.00010258.50011256.20012246.95013245.40014241.65015239.35016236.40017236.05018227.10019225.95020223.80021221.60022221.30023219.50024219.25025216.750 Source results:
Individual All-Around RankGymnastNationTotalDarja Varfolomeev30.150 (2)29.450 (1)31.000 (1)29.550 (1)120.150Stiliana Nikolova30.550 (1)29.100 (2)30.050 (2)29.050 (4)118.750Taisiia Onofriichuk29.550 (4)28.550 (4)29.850 (3)29.200 (2)117.1504Alina Harnasko29.750 (3)28.000 (6)29.550 (5)29.100 (3)116.4005Sofia Ilteriakova27.40029.050 (3)29.700 (4)28.900 (5)115.0506Maria Borisova28.850 (6)27.900 (7)28.850 (6)28.850 (6)114.4507Tara Dragas28.550 (9)28.200 (5)28.700 (7)28.300 (8)113.7508Sofia Raffaeli28.850 (6)27.000 (10)28.500 (8)28.800 (7)113.1509Vera Tugolukova29.050 (5)27.600 (8)28.200 (9)27.550 (9)112.40010Daniela Munits28.10027.300 (9)27.850 (10)23.700 (10)106.95011Liliana Lewińska28.15026.550 colspan="2" rowspan="10" 54.70012Alona Tal Franco28.550 (9)25.95054.50013Alba Bautista28.600 (8)25.65054.25014Andreea Verdeș28.05026.05054.10015Emilia Heichel28.00025.85053.85016Darya Viarenich27.70025.00052.70017Daniela Picó27.85024.65052.50018Amalia Lică26.90025.40052.30019Eva Brezalieva24.30026.90051.20020Polina Karika26.70023.65050.350 Source results: Hoop Rank Gymnast Nation TotalSofia Ilteriakova 13.900 8.100 7.900 29.900Alina Harnasko 13.500 8.100 8.200 29.800Sofia Raffaeli 13.500 8.000 8.050 -0.05 29.5004Darja Varfolomeev 13.100 8.200 8.000 29.3005Daniela Munits 13.300 8.000 7.900 -0.05 29.1506Alba Bautista 12.600 7.700 7.950 28.2507Eva Brezalieva 12.000 7.450 7.450 -0.35 26.5508Stiliana Nikolova 12.800 6.750 6.950 26.500 Source results: Ball Rank Gymnast Nation TotalDarja Varfolomeev 13.300 8.050 8.200 29.550Stiliana Nikolova 13.400 8.050 8.100 29.550Sofiia Ilteriakova 12.800 8.200 7.850 28.8504Tara Dragas 12.700 7.650 7.950 -0.05 28.2505Daniela Munits 12.500 7.550 7.500 27.5506Taisiia Onofriichuk 12.200 7.200 7.650 27.0507Alina Harnasko 10.600 6.850 7.350 -0.30 24.5008Eva Brezalieva 8.800 6.400 6.650 -0.60 21.250 Source results: Clubs Rank Gymnast Nation TotalStiliana Nikolova 13.400 8.200 8.200 -0.05 29.750Maria Borisova 13.100 8.200 7.900 29.200Daniela Munits 13.300 7.900 8.000 29.2004Alona Tal Franco 13.100 7.350 7.700 28.1505Amalia Lică 12.000 7.700 7.800 27.5006Liliana Lewińska 12.200 7.300 7.850 -0.05 27.3007Alba Bautista 12.000 7.250 7.950 -0.05 27.1508Sofia Raffaeli 11.100 7.600 8.000 -0.05 26.650 Source results: Ribbon Rank Gymnast Nation TotalDarja Varfolomeev 13.700 8.100 8.200 30.000Stiliana Nikolova 13.100 7.950 7.700 28.750Maria Borisova 12.500 7.900 8.050 -0.05 28.4004Sofiia Ilteriakova 12.700 7.850 7.850 28.4005Daniela Munits 12.400 7.800 8.150 28.3506Eva Brezalieva 11.500 7.700 7.800 27.0007Sofia Raffaeli 11.900 7.300 7.650 -0.05 26.8008Viktoria Steinfeld 11.500 7.150 7.600 26.250 Source results: Groups All-Around RankNation5 3 + 2 Total28.85028.80057.65026.95026.50053.45026.70026.65053.350427.45023.10050.550524.20026.15050.350626.65023.10049.750723.40026.20049.600825.40022.85048.250925.55022.70048.2501025.20022.75047.9501124.10022.55046.6501223.25023.00046.2501320.10024.70044.8001424.35020.15044.5001520.00024.00044.0001621.75021.45043.2001720.25022.80043.0501821.60021.15042.7501921.35021.25042.6002022.75018.65041.4002119.90021.25041.1502220.40018.90039.3002320.40018.55038.9502417.70020.55038.2502518.25018.75037.0002617.60019.15036.750 Source results: 5 Balls Rank Nation Total 14.000 7.150 8.000 29.150 13.100 6.900 7.550 27.550 13.100 6.750 7.750 -0.05 27.5504 12.800 6.450 7.400 26.6505 12.600 6.250 7.450 -0.05 26.2506 12.600 6.000 7.150 25.7507 11.800 5.950 7.350 -0.05 25.0508 8.800 4.450 6.200 -0.60 18.850 Source results: 3 Hoops + 2 Pairs of Clubs Rank Nation Total 13.600 6.550 7.950 28.100 13.200 6.250 7.550 27.000 12.700 6.000 7.600 26.3004 12.800 5.600 7.350 25.7505 12.700 5.450 6.850 -0.05 24.9506 11.300 5.050 7.200 23.5507 10.800 5.400 6.900 23.1008 11.500 4.600 6.400 -0.30 22.200 Source results: Junior Qualification Hoop: Ball: Clubs: Ribbon: Team RankNationTotal102.250100.55097.950497.900596.950696.550796.250895.650994.0501093.2001191.6001290.8001390.7501490.5001589.8001689.3001789.1001888.9001987.9002087.8502186.9002286.1502386.0502485.4002584.9502684.5502784.5002884.4502984.4503083.2003183.0503282.7503381.8003479.1503575.5003673.7003773.5003865.150 Source results: Hoop Rank Gymnast Nation TotalSiyana Alekova 11.200 7.950 7.950 27.100Kseniia Savinova 10.900 7.800 7.700 -0.05 26.350Flavia Cassano 10.600 7.700 7.500 25.8004Alessia Koch 10.700 7.750 7.250 25.7005Rebekka Miller 10.300 7.500 7.650 25.4506Laura Lewińska 10.300 7.500 7.500 -0.05 25.2507Mónica de Juana 9.400 7.400 7.550 24.3508Sofiia Kulikova 9.800 6.700 7.050 -0.30 23.250 Source results: Ball Rank Gymnast Nation TotalKira Babkevich 10.200 8.000 7.700 25.900Melissa Diete 10.300 7.750 7.750 25.800Varvara Chubarova 10.100 7.800 7.800 25.7004Eva Chevtaeva 9.900 8.000 7.750 25.6505Nita Jamagidze 9.700 7.800 8.000 25.5006Patricia Stanciu 9.500 7.300 7.550 24.3507Laura Lewińska 9.100 7.550 7.550 24.2008Algara Kochankova 8.300 6.350 7.500 -0.05 21.200 Source results: Clubs Rank Gymnast Nation TotalNita Jamagidze 10.900 8.100 7.900 26.900Dea Emilova 10.900 8.000 7.900 26.800Mariia Miachina 10.800 8.050 7.700 26.5504Kira Babkevich 10.800 8.000 7.600 26.4005Sofiia Krainska 10.200 7.850 7.700 25.7506Laura Lewińska 9.800 7.650 7.800 25.2507Ludovica Ajello 9.900 7.750 7.550 25.2008Claudia Mariño 9.500 7.700 7.400 24.600 Source results: Ribbon