2006 Espirito Santo Trophy
The team of the hosting nation South Africa won the Trophy for their first title. Silver medalist and defending champions, team Sweden, had the same total score, but South Africa was declared the winner. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal, but the second criteria, the third round non-counting score, was in the favor of South Africa. Team Colombia took the bronze on third place one stroke back.


2006 Espirito Santo Trophy
The individual title went to Caroline Westrup, Sweden, whose score of 8-under-par, 280, was two strokes ahead of Rikako Morita, Japan.


2006 Espirito Santo Trophy, Teams
42 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players, except the team representing Croatia, which had only two players.


2006 Espirito Santo Trophy, Results
*South Africa was awarded the tiebreak, since their third player, Ashleigh Simon, had a lower score than Sweden's third player, Sofie Andersson, in the third round, 73 against 77. The initial tiebreaker, the final round non-counting score of the respective teams, was equal. Source:


2006 Espirito Santo Trophy, Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.


2006 Estonian Figure Skating Championships
The 2006 Estonian Figure Skating Championships (Estonian: Eesti Meistrivõistlused) were held at the Premia Jäähall in Tallinn from December 9 through 11th, 2005. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating on the senior and junior levels.


2006 Estonian Figure Skating Championships
The senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka and the junior compulsory dance was the Quickstep.


2006 Estonian Figure Skating Championships
This was the last National Championships to use the 6.0 scoring system.


2006 Estonian presidential election
Estonian presidential elections, 2006 took place over four rounds, which were held on 28 and 29 August, and 23 September 2006. The first three rounds of the presidential election were held within the Riigikogu, which is Estonia's Parliament, as specified under electoral law. The two top candidates, Ene Ergma and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, were not elected because they did not obtain the required two-thirds of the votes in the Riigikogu.


2006 Estonian presidential election
As the Riigikogu was unable to make a decision within the first three rounds, it was required under Estonian electoral law to convene an Electoral Body to decide the presidency. It was convened on 23 September, and Toomas Hendrik Ilves emerged as the winner over the other candidate and incumbent president, Arnold Rüütel, after obtaining a majority of the votes in the Electoral Body.


2006 Estonian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of the Republic of Estonia is indirectly elected, and serves primarily to represent the country as the symbolic Head of State of the executive branch. The president is elected for a five-year term and cannot stand for more than two consecutive terms. Any Estonian citizen by birth over the age of forty can be nominated as a candidate, but must be supported by a minimum of one fifth of the Riigikogu, equivalent to 21 members.


2006 Estonian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of the Republic Election Act, which was passed on April 10, 1996, governs the election process. There are up to five rounds of elections. In the first round, members of the Riigikogu vote for the new president; a candidate receiving a two-thirds majority of votes is elected. If no candidate receives the required majority, a second round of voting is held the next day. If no candidate receives the required majority during the second round, a third round of voting is held on the same day in which the two candidates who earned the most votes in the second round compete for a two-thirds majority.


2006 Estonian presidential election, Electoral system
If neither candidate receives the required majority during the third round, the President of the Riigikogu convenes an electoral body composed of the members of the Riigikogu as well as representatives from local government councils to choose the new president. Each local government council elects their own representatives, and the number of representatives from each community depends on population. In the 2006 election, the electoral body contained 347 people: 101 Riigikogu members and 247 local representatives.


2006 Estonian presidential election, Electoral system
In the fourth round, candidates who participated in the third round of voting, or newly nominated candidates with the support of at least 21 members of the electoral body are entered on the ballot. The electoral body votes, and the candidate receiving a majority of votes is elected. If no candidate receives a majority, a fifth round of voting is held on the same day. The two candidates who received the most votes during the fourth round are entered into the fifth round, and the candidate receiving a majority of votes is elected.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The electoral campaign
In March 2006 five of the six political parties in the Riigikogu appointed twelve potential candidates for the Parliament's election of the President of the Republic. On 11 May Laine Jänes, Liina Tõnisson, Peeter Tulviste, Jaan Männik, and Toomas Varek were eliminated from the race. On 28 June Aadu Must, Paul-Eerik Rummo, and Enn Eesmaa were eliminated.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The electoral campaign
Finally, Jaak Aaviksoo was eliminated on 19 July, leaving two main candidates: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who is a member of the Social Democrat Party, a former Ambassador of the United States, and a Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ene Ergma, a former Minister and Deputy Parliamentary Speaker. Neither Ilves nor Ergma got the necessary two-thirds of the vote to become the president during the parliamentary rounds of voting on August 28 and 29.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The electoral campaign
On 18 May the present president of Estonia Arnold Rüütel declared that he would be a candidate for re-election if the vote was decided by the electoral college, which occurs when the Parliament fails to elect a president with a two-thirds majority. Though, according to analysts, Rüütel had high chances in the electoral college and was supported by the People's Union and the Centre Party, he was constantly criticized for not having participated in the Riigikogu round and not taking part in debates.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The electoral campaign
Rüütel held a poor command of the English language and was often criticised for his passive role in foreign affairs. He was mostly supported by the Russian-speaking population, older voters, the least educated and by those living in the country's rural zones. The end of his term was overshadowed by a scandalous story shown on the Estonian Television about Rüütel's teenage granddaughters running orgies in the presidential palace. Consequently, younger generations perceived their president as weak and incompetent and showed preference for Toomas Ilves, who was nominated as a candidate for the 2006 presidential election by the Reform Party, Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica, and his own Social Democratic party.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The electoral campaign
His victory in the 2006 presidential election, that was named "clash of the eras", was regarded partially as a protest against the parties that supported Rüüteland and as a rejection of the Soviet-era leader in favor of youthful and more liberal president. As Toomas Hendrik Ilves was the sole candidate in the third round of voting, he automatically qualified for a place in the fourth round of voting conducted with the Electoral Body. On the 21st of September, Arnold Rüütel was nominated by at least 21 members of the Electoral Body to participate in the fourth round of voting.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The electoral campaign
On the 23rd of September, 174 out of the 345 available votes were polled for Toomas Hendrik Ilves for the position of the President of the Republic of Estonia. As he obtained the majority (by a sliver; less 2 votes and it would have led to run-off) of the votes, he was elected as the President of Estonia.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The election
The first three rounds of the presidential election were held in the Estonian parliament between Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Ene Ergma. The first parliamentary round was held on August 26, 2006 with Ene Ergma receiving 65 of 101 votes. On August 29, 2006, Toomas Hendrik Ilves gained 64 votes in the second round held in the parliament. That same day, Ilves gained 64 votes again in the third round. The Centre Party, which would later support Rütel, and the People's Union party refused to vote in the third round.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The election
These first three rounds of voting were inconclusive, since neither candidate obtained the needed ⅔ of the 101 votes to secure the presidency. However, since Ilves was the only remaining candidate by the third round, he continued onward to the final round determined by the electoral body. At this point, Arnold Rütel, president at the time, stepped in to compete in the fourth round as well.


2006 Estonian presidential election, The election
This final round was a simple majority vote within the electoral college, which consists of 347 members from both parliament and local governments This round was held on September 23, 2006, and Ilves won with 174 votes to Rütel's 162. 173 votes were needed to win the presidency. Toomas Hendrik Ilves entered the presidential office on October 9, 2006.


2006 Estoril Open
The 2006 Estoril Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 17th edition of the Estoril Open for the men (the 10th for the women), included in the 2006 ATP Tour International Series and in the 2006 WTA Tour Tier IV Series. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Estoril Court Central, in Oeiras, Portugal, from 1 May through 7 May 2006.


2006 Estoril Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Lukáš Dlouhý /  Pavel Vízner defeated  Lucas Arnold /  Leoš Friedl, 6–3, 6–1


2006 Estoril Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Li Ting /  Sun Tiantian defeated  Gisela Dulko /  María Sánchez Lorenzo, 6–2, 6–2


2006 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles
In the finale of the 2006 Estoril Open's Men's Doubles, František Čermák and Leoš Friedl were defending champions from the previous year. Čermák did not participate. Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner won in the final 6–3, 6–1, against Lucas Arnold and Leoš Friedl.


2006 Estoril Open – Men's Singles
In the men's singles final, David Nalbandian defeated Nikolay Davydenko with a score of 6–3, 6–4.


2006 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, by defeating Gisela Dulko and María Sánchez Lorenzo 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2006 Estoril Open – Women's Doubles
It was the 9th title for Li and the 8th title for Sun in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 2nd title for the pair during the season, after their win in Pattaya City.


2006 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Lucie Šafářová was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


2006 Estoril Open – Women's Singles
Zheng Jie won the title with the score tied at 1 set all, after her opponent Li Na was forced to retire due to a heat illness. It was the first title  of the year for Zheng and the second title in her career.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the eighth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in May 2006, in Naples, Italy. Portugal won the championship for the sixth time, retaining their title after failing to win in 2005, with reigning world champions France finishing second. Italy beat 2005 champions Switzerland in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer Cup, Matches, Fifth to eighth place deciding matches
The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the ninth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998. The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between June 2 and August 27, 2006 in eight different nations across Europe.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League
This season saw the introduction of a number of changes. This included having Division B nations compete first, attempting to qualify to play in Division A later in the season. Division A also underwent organisational rearrangements – each stage was now played as a knockout tournament involving all eight nations.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League
Italy entered the tournament as defending champions but lost to Spain in the Superfinal semi-finals. The Spanish proceeded to win the title, beating Portugal in the final to claim their fifth and most recent European crown to date, having last won in 2003, and the last time they reach the final until 2014.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League
The league also doubled as the qualification process for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The nations finishing in first, second, third and fourth place qualified, along with the winners of the last chance bracket.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Format changes
The 2006 season featured many changes compared to the preceding years of 2002–2005.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B
The Division B season began and ended before Division A began.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B
The division consisted of five rounds of fixtures known as stages, with one stage hosted in Austria, Greece, Russia, Poland and the Netherlands. Four teams took part in each stage, with each team scheduled to take part in two of the five stages. In every round of fixtures the teams played each other in a round robin format. The nation that earned the most points at the end of the stage was crowned stage winners.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B
At the end of the five stages, an interim league table was drawn up with the top teams advancing to the final round of Division B.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Teams
Ten teams took part in Division B, aiming to claim one of the four qualification spots into Division A later in the year.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Stage 4
The fourth stage was due to take place in Anapa, Russia, between June 23 and 25, 2006, involving Russia, Ukraine, Austria and Germany, but was cancelled due to a dispute between the Russian national team and the Russian Football Union (RFU).


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Stage 4
The RFU claimed they had not given the Russian national team permission to play as official representatives of Russia during stage 3 in Athens. FIFA required that all teams participating in World Cup qualification tournaments must gain explicit permission of their nation's football association to represent their country in said competitions. Since the Russian national team did not gain permission from the RFU, the RFU filed the issue with FIFA in order to have the results of the games involving the Russian team in stage 3 annulled. Due to the ongoing dispute, BSWW were forced to cancel the fourth stage involving and to be hosted in Russia.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Stage 4
The complaints by the RFU to FIFA ultimately saw the results of the Russian team in stage 3 voided and the team was disqualified from competing any further in this year's EBSL.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Interim Division B standings
Following the completion of the stages, the Division B league table was drawn up. The top eight teams qualified for the final round of Division B.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Interim Division B standings
Due to the cancellation of one stage, and the results of another partially annulled, many of the nations played different numbers of total matches. Therefore, their final positions were based on average points per game instead of total points.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Final round
The final round of Division B directly determined the four teams that would qualify to Division A.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division B, Final round, Format explanation
The tournament took place in Sankt Pölten, Austria, staged as an unconventional double elimination tournament as explained below.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A
Division A consisted of four rounds of fixtures known as stages, with one stage hosted in each of the four nations which received automatic entry into the division. All eight teams took part in each stage.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A
Each stage was played as a straight knockout tournament. All eight teams contesting the stage title started in the quarter-finals, playing one match per round until the final when the winner of the stage was crowned. The losers of the quarter and semi-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final league placements.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Point distribution
Unlike in previous years, points earned by the participating teams for winning matches did not count towards league table. Instead, teams earned points for the league table based on their final placement in each stage from 12 points for winning the stage, down to 1 point for finishing last.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Point distribution
The breakdown of the distribution of points is shown in the table below:


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 1
The first stage of Division A took place in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 2
The second stage of Division A took place in Tignes, France.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 3
The third stage of Division A took place in Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Stage 4
The fourth and final stage of Division A took place in Portimão, Portugal.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Division A, Final Division A table
Following the completion of all four stages, the final Division A table was drawn up. The top six nations qualified for the Superfinal.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal
The Superfinal took place at the Plages du Prado, Marsielle, France.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal
For the first time, the Superfinal was not played as a knockout tournament. Instead, the Superfinal was organised as a multi-stage tournament; starting with a group stage, the six qualified nations were split into two groups of three, playing in a round robin format. The top two from each group advanced to the semi-finals from which point on the Superfinal was played as a knockout tournament until the winner of the 2006 EBSL was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Superfinal
The semifinalists secured qualification to the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League, Last chance bracket
European nations were granted five berths at the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. As Superfinal semifinalists, Portugal, Spain, Poland and Italy successfully claimed four of these spots. This meant one berth was yet to be filled. This berth was contested in a final round of the 2006 EBSL, independent from the normal proceedings of the league, known as the Last chance bracket. Played as a knockout tournament, parallel to the staging of the Superfinal, France won the event and claimed the final World Cup spot.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket
The 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, simply known as the Last chance bracket was an additional round of the 2006 Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) that was specially organised to determine the fifth and final European nation that would qualify for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket
The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), in parallel with the staging of the 2006 EBSL Superfinal, taking place during the same dates (24–27 August) and in the same location of Marsielle, France.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket
Five berths were allocated to European teams in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, four of which were filled when Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland reached the semi-finals of the Superfinal. This meant there was still one final berth at the World Cup to be filled. In order to decide which nation would get this fifth and final spot at the World Cup, BSWW decided the prospective nations would compete in a knockout tournament called the Last chance bracket, with the winner claiming the final World Cup ticket.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket
France won the event by beating Switzerland in the final and claimed the last remaining World Cup berth.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, Teams
This round of the 2006 EBSL was a distinctly separate and unique event from the regular structure of the league, but nevertheless related to the league since it involved inviting back all the teams previously knocked out of World Cup qualifying contention during this year's EBSL to compete in the event for a second chance at qualification, as well as four wild-card entries, as listed below.


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, Teams
These nations finished in 5th through 9th in Division B, failing to qualify for Division A


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, Teams
These nations finished in 7th and 8th place in Division A, failing to qualify for the Superfinal


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, Teams
These nations finished in 5th and 6th in the Superfinal


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, Teams
These nations had not yet competed in this year's EBSL until this point (bar Russia)


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, Results
The success of teams in this season's EBSL also affected what round the nations began their last chance bracket campaign's in as follows:


2006 Euro Beach Soccer League – Last chance bracket, World Cup qualifiers
The following table shows the five nations qualified to the 2006 World Cup and their qualification route.


2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
The 2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the sixteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 29 April and finished at the Barcelona on 29 October, after fourteen rounds.


2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Motopark Academy's Filipe Albuquerque who took a pair of double wins at Nürburgring and Barcelona clinched the championship title in the final round at Barcelona by eight points ahead of JD Motorsport's Chris van der Drift, who won two races during the season at Misano and Donington Park. Van der Drift also finished as top rookie. Carlo van Dam finished in third for SG Formula, after win at Le Mans and another four podiums. Another driver who won on Bugatti Circuit was Bertrand Baguette who finished two points behind van Dam for Epsilon Euskadi.


2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Kasper Andersen completed the top five without scoring a win. Laurent Groppi won two races of the opening round at Zolder, but contested just six races, as well as Donington winner Sébastien Buemi. Dani Clos won at Istanbul Park and Misano, but due to disqualification in the second race at Misano he managed only seventh place in the series' standings.


2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Championship standings, Drivers
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy
The 2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the second season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault.. The season began at Circuit Zolder on 29 April and finished at the Circuit de Catalunya on 29 October, after seven rounds and fourteen races. Jaap van Lagen won the title, having battled Matthieu Lahaye for the entire campaign.


2006 Euroleague Final Four
The 2006 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2005–06 Euroleague season. The event was held on April 28 and on April 30, 2006 at the O2 Arena in Prague. CSKA Moscow won its fifth EuroLeague championship, after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Final.


2006 Euroleague Final Four, Final
Maccabi came to the game looking for their third consecutive title. however, CSKA snatched a narrow 4-point victory to win its fifth title.


2006 European 10 m Events Championships
The 2006 European 10 m Events Championships were held in Moscow, Russia.


2006 European 10,000m Cup
The 2006 European 10,000m Cup, was the 10th edition of the European 10,000m Cup took place on 15 April in Antalya, Turkey.


2006 European 10,000m Cup, Team
In italic the participants whose result did not go into the team's total time, but awarded with medals.


2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.


2006 European Aquatics Championships
The 2006 European Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 July – 6 August 2006. Disciplines include swimming, diving, synchronised swimming (synchro) and open water swimming. European Water Polo Championships for 2006 were also organized by LEN, but held separately.


2006 European Aquatics Championships, Swimming, Schedule
Competition dates for Swimming were: 31 July – 6 August. All swimming events contested in a long-course (50m) pool; with morning sessions (preliminary heats) beginning at 09:30, and evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 17:00. Event format was:


2006 European Aquatics Championships, Swimming, Results, Women's Events
WR= World Record (and by default also new European, Championships and National records for those involved); ER= European Record (and by default also new Championships and National records); CR= Championships Record


2006 European Athletics Championships
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, and Stockholm, Sweden's capital, hosted 1958 European Athletics Championships.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
After an attempted breakaway started by Swiss Christian Belz with one and a half laps to go, Martínez and de la Ossa caught up with him, with German Fitschen falling away but catching up again before the final curve. He then outsprinted the two Spaniards to take a "shock" gold.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Athens. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Round 2
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q)  advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 11 and August 12. The world champion Ladji Doucoure was knocked out in the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi stadium on August 7 and August 9, 2006.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
Baala successfully defended his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The Men's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10. Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens..


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Round 2
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q)  advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 11.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 12 and August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 12 and August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
France and Great Britain both overtook the Polish team in the home straight to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 9. Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The Men's 50 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on Thursday August 10, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 09:40h.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
Farah took the lead with 1000 m to go and stretched the field. A sprint to line resulted in España over taking Farah metres from the line. A quick finish by Higuero moved him into third over Turkey's Halil Akkaş.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10, 11 and August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
Originally, the Latvian delegation, representing Dmitrijs Milkevics (4th), issued a complaint because Bram Som stepped out of the track twice. Som and Ellis both also complained that Milkevics had blocked their way and pushed them. However, after long considerations by the jury, the result stood.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. The competition started on 10 August and ended a day later, on 11 August, in the main stadium during the 19th edition of the championships, the Stadium Ullevi.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 63.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged three days earlier, on Wednesday August 9, with the mark set in 77.50 metres.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
Ivan Tsikhan had originally won the gold medal but later tested for doping and all his results between 22 August 2004 and 21 August 2006 were annulled.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 9.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 24 participating athletes. The final was held on Wednesday August 9, 2006, and the qualifying round on Monday August 7, 2006 with the mark set at 81.00 metres.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The final of the Men's Long Jump event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Monday August 7, with the mark set in 7.95 metres.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden (at the Ullevi Stadium) on August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 13. Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.65 (Q) or at least 18 best performers (q) advance to the final. Competition was abandoned due to heavy rain. 20 athletes advanced to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
Ralf Bartels was outside the podium before the final attempt, having managed 20.57 in his first five, whereas Andrei Mikhnevich and Joachim Olsen had achieved their best attempts in round two. However, Bartels put the shot two centimetres further than Mikhnevich, and despite Olsen coming up with a second 21-metre put with 21.04 in his final attempt, it was not enough to better his previous attempts.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
In 2013 it was revealed that Mikhnevich tested positive for prohibited substances at the 2005 World Championships. Since this was his second offense, he was given a lifetime ban and all his results from August 2005 on were annulled. In addition, the results of finalists Ville Tiisanoja and Yuriy Bilonoh were also voided for doping offences as indicated in the official results at the European Athletics website.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.20 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The Men's triple jump event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 16.95 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
All three medallists set personal bests, with Norway's Wigene bettering her time by more than two minutes. Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands finished fifth after leading for most of the race, while Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, world season best holder, did not finish.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
These are the results of the Women's 100 metres event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The final was held on Wednesday August 9, 2006. Gevaert lead from the start, and was an obvious winner, with a few other athletes in contention however Grigoryeva and the 40-year-old Khabarova claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 11.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 11 and August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
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2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The Women's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on August 9, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
These are the results of the women's 200 metres event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
First women's steeplechase event in European Athletics Championships. Alesia Turava takes the win three days after her sister had won 20 km walking competition.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Semifinals
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 12 and 13 August.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
First three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 12 and 13 August.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on 8, 9 and 10 August.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, August 8 and August 9.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keïta by a hundredth.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 12.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 10.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
Klyuka was ahead with another athlete already in a medal position, but on the final bend Kotlyarova found herself boxed in. Lyne had already made a dash for home, and Kotlyarova had to push her out the way to start her sprint. Kotlyarova made a great dash and went in front of the other two Russians and an athlete from Ukraine. Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8 and August 10.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 40 participating athletes. The final was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006, and the qualifying round on Monday August 7, 2006 with the mark set at 70.00 metres.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon
Biggest drama occurred on the first day as Eunice Barber, who was leading after high jump, had to stop because of injury. After that no one could challenge Klüft, who took first gold medal for hosts. Battle for silver was exciting to the end. Schwarzkopf was better than Ruckstuhl in 800 metres, but not enough.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump
The final of the Women's High Jump event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenborg, Sweden was held on August 11, 2006. Belgium's Tia Hellebaut won the competition setting a new championship and a national record (2.03 metres). By winning Hellebaut gave Belgium its second gold medal at these championships after Kim Gevaert had already won the women's 100 metres event. Ten minutes after the high jump competition ended, Gevaert ran the final of the women's 200 metres and won a third gold medal for Belgium.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.92 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 27 participating athletes. The final was held on Sunday August 13, 2006, and the qualifying round on Saturday August 12, 2006 with the mark set at 61.00 metres.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 11 and August 13.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was held at the Ullevi on August 12.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 12. Isinbayeva tried three times to set the new world record (5.02) but failed..


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 4.40 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 11 and August 12.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put
Nadzeya Astapchuk had originally won the silver medal but later tested for doping and all her results between 13 August 2005 and 12 August 2007 were annulled.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8 and August 9.


2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 14.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup
The 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 5 March 2006 at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. It was the third edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2005 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain's women's team withdrew due to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, while the Italian women also withdrew as the dates coincided with their indoor national championships. The event was held a week prior to the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.


2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup
The competition featured nineteen athletics events ten for men and nine for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times. The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score. The Russian women won the competition for a third consecutive time, holding a sixteen-point margin over runners-up Poland. The French men's team also repeated as champions, having won in 2004. Germany were the men's second placed team, while Spain just edged Poland into the third place spot.


2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup
The competition venue is also the annual host of the Meeting Pas de Calais.


2006 European Badminton Championships
The 20th European Badminton Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands, between 12 and 16 April 2006.


2006 European Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2006 European Canoe Slalom Championships took place in L'Argentière-la-Bessée, France between June 30 and July 2, 2006 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA). It was the 7th edition.


2006 European Cross Country Championships
The 13th European Cross Country Championships were held at San Giorgio su Legnano in Italy on 10 December 2006. Mo Farah took the title in the men's competition, while Tetyana Holovchenko won the women's race.


2006 European Cross Country Championships, Results, Men individual 9.95 km
Fernando Silva (originally second place in 28:03) was disqualified for doping according to IAAF Rule 32.2.a. Total 64 competitors


2006 European Cup (athletics)
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’.


2006 European Cup (athletics), 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.


2006 European Cup Winter Throwing
The 2006 European Cup Winter Throwing was held on 18 and 19 March at Hadar Yosef Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the sixth edition of the athletics competition for throwing events organised by the European Athletics Association. A total of 168 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition.


2006 European Cup Winter Throwing
The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.


2006 European Cup Winter Throwing
Polish and Russian athletes dominated the proceedings. Poland won five of the eight contests while Russia provided the silver medallist in six events. Russia was the winner in the men's and women's team points competition.


2006 European Cup Winter Throwing
Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus was the original winner of the shot put (and a frequent world medallist during the period). In 2013 all his results from August 2005 onwards were annulled after a retest of his doping sample from the 2005 World Championships in Athletics proved to be positive, resulting in a lifetime ban for the athlete. Romania's Gheorghe Guşet was promoted to first place in the European Cup field.


2006 European Curling Championships
The 2006 European Curling Championships were held December 9–16, 2006 at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Lars Vilandt Second: Bo Jensen Lead: Kenneth Hertsdahl Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Kalle Kiiskinen Second: Jani Sullanmaa Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Jari Rouvinen


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Tony Angiboust Second: Jan Ducroz Lead: Richard Ducroz Alternate: Raphael Mathieu


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Daniel Herberg Second: Markus Messenzehl Lead: Patrick Hoffman Alternate: Bernhard Mayr


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: John Kenny Second: Neil Fyfe Lead: Peter Wilson Alternate: Tony Tierney


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Torger Nergaard Second: Thomas Due Lead: Jan Thoresen Alternate: Petter Moe


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Ewan MacDonald Second: Peter Smith Lead: Euan Byers Alternate: David Hay


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Mickael Norberg Second: Rickard Hallström Lead: Fredrik Hallström Alternate: Nils Carlsen


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Ralph Stöckli Second: Thomas Lips Lead: Damian Grichting Alternate: Raphael Brütsch


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division A, Teams
Third: Jamie Meikle Second: Stuart Hills Lead: Andrew Tanner Alternate: Colin Morrison


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Andreas Schlögel Second: Peter Mondl Lead: Markus Schlögel Alternate: Hubert Hierner


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Marc Suter Second: Thomas Suter Lead: Samie Witzig Alternate: Dirk Heylen


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Tihomir Todorov Second: Stoil Georgiev Lead: Svetlin Rangelov Alternate: Ilian Kirilov


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Dalibor Golec Second: Drazen Gutic Lead: Ognjen Golubic Alternate: Davor Palcec


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Martin Snitil Second: Jindrich Kitzberger Lead: Marek Vydra Alternate: Marek David


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Alessandro Zisa Second: Marco Mariani Lead: Adriano Lorenzi Alternate: Giorgio da Rin


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Artis Zentelis Second: Roberts Krusts Lead: Jānis Laizāns Alternate: Jānis Klīve


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Paulius Kamarauskas Second: Irtmantas Jakutis Lead: Martynas Norkus Alternate: Vygantas Zalieckas


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Milan Kajan Second: Boris Kutka Lead: Rene Petko Alternate: Karel Pospichal


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 1
Third: Hector Manero Vicente Second: Jesus Manero Casas Lead: Javier Fernandez Dominguez Alternate: Juan Pablo Percides Pla


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Ihar Mishaniou Second: Yauheni Mamadaliyeu Lead: Barys Rutman Alternate: Dmitry Kirillov


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Jamie Malton Second: Andrew Woolston Lead: Kenneth Malton Alternate: John Brown


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Andres Jakobson Second: Sven Petermann Lead: Juri Rouk Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Nikolaos Zacharias Second: Dimitrios Kolonas Lead: Nicholas Sarris Alternate: Efstratios Kokkinellis


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Balazs Nemeth Second: Zoltan Jakab Lead: Krisztian Barna Alternate: Zsombor Rokusfalvy


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Vladislav Kogay Second: Zhanibek Ukubayev Lead: Bashir Chimirov Alternate: Arman Kassenov


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Reg Wiebe Second: Mark Neeleman Lead: Christiaan Offringa Alternate: Greg Dunn


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Piotr Podgórski Second: Krzysztof Beck Lead: Tomasz Sapiński Alternate: Maciej Cesarz


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Petr Dron Second: Dmitriy Abanin Lead: Aleksey Kamnev Alternate: Vadim Shkolnikov


2006 European Curling Championships, Men Division B, Teams Group 2
Third: Darko Sovran Second: Bojan Mijatovic Lead: Vuk Krajacic Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Lenka Danielisova Second: Lenka Kucerova Lead: Karolina Pilarova Alternate: Michala Souhradová


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Camilla Jensen Second: Denise Dupont Skip: Angelina Jensen Alternate: Charlotte Hedegaard


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Monika Wagner Second: Anna Hartelt Lead: Marie-Therese Rotter Alternate: Martina Tichatschke


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Giorgia Apollonio Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Elettra de Col


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Margrietha Voskuilen Second: Idske de Jong Lead: Marlijn Muller Alternate: Ester Romijn


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Marianne Rørvik Second: Charlotte Hovring Lead: Camilla Holth Alternate: Kristin Skaslien


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Olga Jarkova Second: Nkeirouka Ezekh Lead: Ekaterina Galkina Alternate: Margarita Fomina


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Debbie Knox Second: Claire Milne Lead: Lynn Cameron Alternate: Jacqui Byers


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Mio Hasselborg Lead: Elisabeth Persson Alternate: Linda Ohlson


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division A, Teams
Third: Binia Feltscher-Beeli Second: Valeria Spälty Lead: Janine Greiner Alternate: Manuela Kormann


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Karina Toth Second: Constanze Hummelt Lead: Alexandra Bruckmiller Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Nikolina Petric Second: Zrinka Muhek Lead: Marta Muzdalo Alternate: Slavica Roso


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Lorna Rettig Second: Claire Grimwood Lead: Kirsty Balfour Alternate: Sarah McVey


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Marge Vaher Second: Anne-Liis Leht Lead: Margit Peebo Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Mimmi Koivula Second: Sari Auvinen Lead: Katri Maatta Alternate: Tuire Autio


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Karine Baechelen Second: Delphine Charlet Lead: Brigitte Mathieu Alternate: Alexandra Seimbille


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Alexandra Béres Second: Gyoengyi Nagy Lead: Boglarka Adam Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Dace Regza Second: Anete Regza Lead: Solvita Gulbe Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Evelina Alekseijenko Second: Ruta Norkiene Lead: Rasa Smaliukiene Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Katarzyna Wicik Second: Agnieszka Ogrodniczek Lead: Marianna Das Alternate: Justyna Zalewska


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Gabriela Kajanova Second: Veronika Kvasnovska Lead: Zuzana Axamitova Alternate: none


2006 European Curling Championships, Women Division B, Teams
Third: Ana Arce Second: Leti Hino Josa Lead: Merce Pascual Alternate: Martina Zurlohe


2006 European Fencing Championships
The 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship was held in İzmir, Turkey, between 4 July and 9 July 2006. The event, sanctioned by the European Fencing Confederation (EFC), was organized by the Turkish Fencing Federation (TEF). 382 senior fencers from 37 European countries competed in the championship's foil, épée, and sabre events. Russia was the most successful nation, followed by Hungary and Romania. This was the first time that the championship was hosted by Turkey.


2006 European Fencing Championships, Venue
İzmir is the third largest city of Turkey. The competitions took place in İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, a multi-purpose hall with a capacity of around 9,000 persons, completed in 2005.


2006 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2006 European Figure Skating Championships were a senior international figure skating competition in the 2005–06 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France from January 17 to 22, 2006.


2006 European Figure Skating Championships, Qualifying
The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2006 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2005 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.


2006 European Figure Skating Championships, Overview
In men's singles, Russia's Evgeni Plushenko won his fifth European title. Switzerland's Stéphane Lambiel and France's Brian Joubert won silver and bronze respectively.


2006 European Figure Skating Championships, Overview
Russia's Irina Slutskaya won a record seventh European ladies' title, which put her ahead of Katarina Witt and Sonja Henie. Teammate Elena Sokolova took silver and Italy's Carolina Kostner the bronze.


2006 European Figure Skating Championships, Overview
In the pairs' event, Russia's Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin won their fifth consecutive European title. Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took silver and Russia's Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov the bronze. The Czech Republic's Olga Prokuronova / Karel Štefl, who were 10th in the short program, suffered a fall on a lift in the free skate. Prokuronova lay on the ice for several seconds before Štefl helped her to her feet and she exited the ice. They withdrew from the event. An ISU doctor said Prokuronova had not sustained a serious injury but was taken to the hospital for further examination.


2006 European Figure Skating Championships, Overview
In ice dancing, Russia's Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov trailed in the compulsory dance but rebounded in the original and free dances to take their third consecutive European title, while Ukraine's Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov won silver and Lithuania's Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas the bronze.


2006 European GP2 Series round
The 2006 European GP2 Series round were a pair of motor races held on 6 and 7 May 2006 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg as part of the GP2 Series. It was the third round of the 2006 GP2 season.


2006 European Grand Prix
The 2006 European Grand Prix (formally the 2006 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe)  was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany on 7 May 2006. The 60-lap race was the fifth round of the 2006 Formula One season. It was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher who took his second victory of the season. Polesitter Fernando Alonso finished in second position for the Renault team, whilst the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa achieved his first podium finish of the season with third place.


2006 European Grand Prix
Franck Montagny made his Formula One début, becoming the first French F1 driver since Olivier Panis at the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix.


2006 European Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers
The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.


2006 European Grand Prix, Report, Friday drivers
Franck Montagny was originally scheduled to act as the third driver for Super Aguri, but was promoted to a race seat after team driver Yuji Ide had his FIA Super License revoked for erratic driving in prior races that season. Ide was set to act as Super Aguri's third driver for this race, according to the team, until the revocation came down. The license revocation meant Ide could not participate in Formula One.


2006 European Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The qualifying session was affected by a red flag situation appearing on the timing monitors with 3½ minutes left. Unfortunately, this was due to a software glitch in the timing system, and the session was quickly restarted. Christian Klien felt that he lost out through it, having abandoned a lap thinking it would not count. Initially Jacques Villeneuve was outside the top 16, however the time for his lap (which he continued on during the red flag) was later recalled and placed him 7th in the session.


2006 European Judo Championships
The 2006 European Judo Championships were the 17th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland between 25–28 May 2006.


2006 European Judo Open Championships
The 2006 European Judo Open Championships were the 3rd edition of the European Judo Open Championships, and were held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 9 December 2006.


2006 European Judo Open Championships
The European Judo Open Championships was staged because the open class event had been dropped from the European Judo Championships program from 2004. Unlike the regular European Judo Championships, several competitors from each country are allowed to enter.


2006 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 2006 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 6 to July 9, 2006, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The age groups for this event were girls born in 1990 or 1991 and boys born in 1988 or 1989.


2006 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2006 European Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 24 to 27 August 2006 under the auspices of the European Canoe Association (ECA) at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre. It was the 8th edition of the competition for Juniors (U18) and the 4th edition for the Under 23 category. A total of 15 medal events took place. No medals were awarded for the U23 men's C2 team event due to low number of participating countries.


2006 European Juveniles Baseball Championship
The 2006 European Juveniles Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic from July 16 to 22, 2006. It featured teams from Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Israel, Poland, Russia and Slovakia.


2006 European Juveniles Baseball Championship
In the end the team from Czech Republic won the tournament.


2006 European Karate Championships
The 2006 European Karate Championships, the 41st edition, were held in Stavanger, Norway from 5 to 7 May 2006.


2006 European Korfball Championship
The 2006 European Korfball Championship was held in Budapest (Hungary) with 8 national teams in competition, from April 16 to 22.


2006 European Marathon Cup
The 2006 European Marathon Cup was the 8th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, inside of the 2006 European Championships.


2006 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 27th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 4 May to 7 May 2006 in Volos, Greece.


2006 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Junior Results, Team Competition
The junior team competition also served as the individual all-around and qualification to the individual event finals.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2006 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the seventh tournamentof the tournament and held in Switzerland from 26 January to 5 February 2006, in the cities of Basel, Berne, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. France won the tournament, going through unbeaten after an early defeat to Spain. France's defence conceded the fewest goals per game in the entire tournament, with 192 conceded goals in eight matches. The hosts Switzerland were knocked out at the first group stage, while Denmark finished third and Croatia fourth to qualify directly for the 2007 World Championship, along with France.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Qualification
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Group A
This group was played in the Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen (capacity: 4,500). Poland qualified first, winning the first match and then drawing the second against Switzerland despite an equaliser with 15 seconds to go from Pascal Jenny, and two hours later they were joined by Slovenia, who came back from a two-goal deficit in the last ten minutes to beat Ukraine by 33–31. Switzerland and Ukraine thus played off for the last place in the main round, and the Swiss got behind from the start, trailing by 21–14 at half time. Ten minutes into the second half, Ukraine were 28–16 up, before allowing Switzerland somewhat back into it near the end. They still won 37–30, however, qualifying for the second round with zero points. Slovenia beat Poland 33–29 to carry forward four points, while Poland got two.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Group B
The matches in this group were played in St. Jakobshalle, Basel (capacity 8,500). Germany became the first team to qualify, drawing their first match with Spain before overcoming Slovakia (who ended up by conceding 100 goals, the most in the group stage) in their second game. Spain followed soon after, beating France by 29–26 after a 17–9 lead at half time, but the French were also through as they would be ahead of Slovakia on head-to-head if the two were to end on two points each. Thus, their last match with Germany only determined how many points they would carry forward to the main round; France risked going through with nil, but after prevailing 27–25 they finished the group in second place and took two points.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Group C
The matches in this group were held in the Sursee Stadthalle in Sursee/Lucerne. Denmark and Iceland opened with wins, and with a draw in the second round both teams qualified for the main round. Serbia and Montenegro joined them due to the head-to-head encounter rule; despite finishing level on points with Hungary after losing to Denmark in the last match, Serbia and Montenegro had beaten Hungary and thus finished ahead. Iceland lost their last match, but nevertheless carried through three points to the main round, as did Denmark.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Preliminary round, Group D
This group was played out in the Wankdorfhalle, Berne. Russia became the first team to qualify for the main round when they beat Portugal on 27 January. Croatia joined them later that day with a 32–28 win over Norway, and Norway and Portugal played off for the last main round spot on Sunday 29 January. Norway won that match by ten goals, thus proceeding to the main round with zero points; Russia got a full score with four points, despite nearly throwing away a five-goal lead in the last five minutes against Croatia.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round
Results from the first group stage were carried forward into the main round. The first and second placed teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The third placed team of each group advance to play for the fifth place in the tournament.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group I
The matches in this group were played in St. Jakobshalle, Basel. Slovenia had gone through their group with four points from their two matches, but lost initially to France, who were second after two matches. Indeed, Group B teams dominated this group; all nine matches in the second round were won by teams from Group B, and Germany's 36–22 win over Ukraine in the first round of main round play was the largest all tournament. Ukraine were thus knocked out of the semis with two games to play.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group I
Germany continued on the winning path the following day, taking a four-goal lead at half-time against Slovenia in a rerun of the 2004 final, before Slovenia pegged them back to 27–27 midway through the second half. The following nine minutes gave the Germans a five-goal advantage, with keeper Henning Fritz conceding one goal in those nine minutes, and with five minutes to spare Slovenia could only come back to a three-goal deficit. Nevertheless, Germany were still third in the group, as France beat Poland by ten goals and Spain were eventually pegged back to 31–29 by Ukraine after conceding five goals without reply in the last seven minutes. However, Ukraine missed a penalty shot from Konstantyyn Tkhorevskyy and Spain prevailed.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group I
The final round of matches opened with Germany beating Poland by eight goals, winning the first half by 16–7 and controlling from there, as their keeper Johannes Bitter saved 21 shots. By contrast, the two Polish keepers had an aggregate of six saves. However, Germany needed either France or Spain to lose their matches, and France would not oblige; they beat Ukraine by 30–20 to qualify for the semi-finals. Spain needed a draw against Slovenia to qualify, and the teams were within two goals of each other for most of the first half.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group I
The Spanish goalkeeper made four saves in the final five minutes of the first half, allowing Spain to get a 19–16 lead, and Slovenia never came closer than two goals after that. Spain thus qualified for the semi-finals in first place, ahead of France, while Germany played off for fifth place and a spot at the 2008 European Championship.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group II
This group's matches took place in the Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group II
Iceland took an early lead in this group after beating Russia 34–32 in the first match, which sent Russia down from first to third place. Croatia went second in the group after beating Denmark, left winger Goran Šprem settling the match when he scored two seconds before the end, while Norway were the only team without a point in this group after losing their match with Serbia and Montenegro. With 25 seconds remaining, Kristian Kjelling scored a penalty to equalise, but Milorad Krivokapić scored his only goal of the match just as the buzzer sounded to give Serbia and Montenegro the victory.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group II
Russia quickly recovered from the loss against Iceland, with their keeper Alexei Kostygov saving 14 of 34 shots as Serbia/Montenegro were beaten 29–21, and went top of the table ahead of Croatia – who beat Iceland by one goal, though Iceland's last two goals came in the very last minute. In the last match on 1 February, Denmark kept their semi-final hopes alive with a 35–31 win over Norway, to stay within one point of the leaders.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group II
The following day saw Croatia become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals when they beat Serbia and Montenegro by 34–30; the teams followed each other till 20–20 ten minutes into the second half, when wingers Goran Šprem and Mirza Džomba scored five of six successive Croatian goals. Goalkeeper Vlado Šola saved 19 of 43 shots from Serbian players.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group II
Iceland needed a win against Norway, who had failed to win a match thus far in the tournament, and led 16–14 at half time after Norway threw away the ball on their last attack of the half and Iceland countered in a last goal. Norway came back, equalising eight minutes into the second half, and with ten minutes to go they took a three-goal lead which they never relinquished, eventually winning 36–33 to knock Iceland out of the championship. Norwegian back player Kjetil Strand scored 19 goals in the match, eight more than any other player had done in a match thus far in the tournament, and more than half of Norway's goals.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Main round, Group II
The final match between Russia and Denmark was now a virtual quarter-final. Russia gained a 6–3 lead after ten minutes, but were pegged back, and by the end of the half it was 13–13. In the second half, Russia suffered three two-minute suspensions within a minute, and during the three-minute period of Danish numerical superiority they went from 19–17 to 22–17. The lead never shrunk below five goals again, Denmark eventually scoring 22 goals in the second half to win 35–28 and qualify for the semi-finals in second place.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Final round
These took place in the largest stadium to be used in the tournament, the Hallenstadion in Zürich (capacity 11,500). The first match was the fifth-place play-off, determining the final direct qualifying spot for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship; the other semi-finalists had already qualified directly. Russia took a two-goal lead through Oleg Frolov when he gave them 6–4 in the ninth minute, and Germany failed to catch up before half-time, though they won the last eight minutes 5–3.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Final round
Russia went into the break with an 18–16 lead, but failed to score for eight minutes midway through the second half, while Christian Zeitz scored four successive goals for Germany to take them into a three-goal lead, which they kept for the remainder of the match despite Eduard Kokcharov scoring two penalties with five minutes to go. Zeitz ended up with 12 goals, eight of which came in the second half.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Final round
In the first of the two semi-finals, France faced Croatia, and after Croatia won the first 20 minutes by 10–8 the French goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer shut the goal. Nine saves were recorded before half-time, as France went into a 12–10 lead, and a further two in the first five minutes of the second half allowed France to build a four-goal lead. They never gave it away again, as Michael Guigou netted six times in the second half to ensure a 29–23 victory.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Final round
Spain became the second team from preliminary group B to qualify for the final, coming back from a 15–16 deficit at half time when Iker Romero scored four successive goals for Spain to bring them from 20–19 to 24–20. Denmark came within one goal, when Lars Rasmussen netted on a fast break, but three Spanish goals and two saves followed, and the Danes never came back in the match.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Final round
Denmark won the third place play-off, however, coming back from 2–5 down to lead 16–9 at half time against Croatia and eventually winning by five goals, before France went into the final against the defending World Champions Spain. France had lost the group stage match by three goals, and Spain took a 4–1 lead after five minutes, before a four-minute rally from France brought them back in the lead. Spain were catching up for the most part of the first half, equalising four times but not taking the lead until Iker Romero scored a penalty shot in the 21st minute. France then won the last nine minutes of the half by 6–1, and went into the break with a four-goal lead.


2006 European Men's Handball Championship, Final round
Coming out of the break, Spain came within two goals, trailing by 20–22 when ten minutes had passed. However, they then went nearly fifteen minutes without a goal, which included a period of playing with six men against four. When Rolando Urios finally scored, France still led by 28–21 with six minutes to go, and France eventually won the match by 31–23 to win their first European Championship.


2006 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships
The 2006 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Alexandreio Melathron in Thessaloniki, Greece, from February 14 to February 19, 2006. This tournament also serves as European qualification for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup.


2006 European Mixed Curling Championship
The 2006 European Mixed Curling Championship was held from October 17 to 21, 2006 in Claut, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


2006 European Mixed Curling Championship
Scotland, skipped by Tom Brewster, won its first title, defeating Italy in the final.


2006 European Mountain Running Championships
The 2006 European Mountain Running Championships were held in north-eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic, between 8 July and 9 July 2006. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association.


2006 European Mountain Running Championships
Teams arrived in Trutnov, at the Hotel Patria on 7 July and the competition officially began on 8 July in Malé Svatoňovice at the bottom of the Jestřebí Mountains (16 km from Trutnov, 5 km from Úpice).


2006 European Open Water Swimming Championships
The 2006 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the 10th edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (was part of the 2006 European Aquatics Championships) and took part from 26-30 July 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.


2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship
The 2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the third edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Lendava, Slovenia on 5 August. Poland won their second title.


2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Semifinal 1
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship, Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


2006 European Promotion Cup for Women
The 2006 European Promotion Cup for Women was the ninth edition of the basketball European Promotion Cup for Women, today known as FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries. The tournament took place in Ta' Qali, Malta, from 18 to 23 July 2006. Luxembourg women's national basketball team won the tournament for the first time.


2006 European Promotion Cup for Women, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, the other teams will play in the 5th–7th place classification.


2006 European Rally Championship
The 2006 European Rally Championship season was the 54th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. Italian driver Giandomenico Basso won his first European rally championship after winning 4 rallies.


2006 European Rally Championship, Calendar and winners
The calendar of the 2007 European rally championship season consisted of 10 events.


2006 European Road Championships
The 2006 European Road Championships were held in Valkenburg and Heerlen, Netherlands, between July 13 and July 16, 2006. Regulated by the European Cycling Union. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under 23 and juniors.


2006 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race
The Women's U23 road race at the 2006 European Road Championships took place on July 15. The Championships were hosted by the Dutch city of Valkenburg. The course was 110 km long and started in the morning.


2006 European Seniors Tour
The 2006 European Seniors Tour was the 15th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour. Scotland's Sam Torrance retained his Order of Merit title, despite a late charge by the 2003 and 2004 Order of Merit winner Carl Mason.


2006 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


2006 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
For the tour schedule on the European Seniors Tour's website, including links to full results, click .


2006 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners
There is a complete list on the official site .


2006 European Sevens Championship
The 2006 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Moscow, Russia. It was the fifth edition of the European Sevens championship. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER). Final:


2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2006 were held in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, from Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 December. The venue of the event was the aquatic center of Mäkelänrinteen uintikeskus, which last hosted a major event at the pre-Olympic 2000 European Aquatics Championships.


2006 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Three world records (two in relays) and eight European records were broken during the event.


2006 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2006 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 20 and 22 January 2006 in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.


2006 European Speed Skating Championships
The 2006 European Speed Skating Championships were held at the Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway, on 14 and 15 January 2006.


2006 European Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DNS = Did not startDQ = Disqualified


2006 European Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = DisqualifiedDNS = Did not start


2006 European Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2006 European Tour
The 2006 European Tour was the 35th golf season since the European Tour officially began in 1972.


2006 European Tour
The Order of Merit race came down to the last few shots of the final tournament, and was won by Pádraig Harrington for the first time. He was the first Irishman to top the Order of Merit since the official beginning of the tour. The Player of the Year award was given to Order of Merit runner up Paul Casey of England and the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Marc Warren of Scotland.


2006 European Tour, Major tournaments
For a summary of the major tournaments and events of 2006, including the major championships and the World Golf Championships, see 2006 in golf.


2006 European Tour, Schedule
The 2006 season began with five events in late 2005 and consisted of 47 official money events, equalling the record set the previous year. This included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 27 events took place in Europe, 12 in Asia, five in the United States, two in South Africa and one in Australia. Total prize money exceeded €117 million, including nearly €40 million in the major championships and WGC events.


2006 European Tour, Schedule
Changes from the 2005 season included four new tournaments, the HSBC Champions in China, the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, the Austrian Open, which returned to the European Tour schedule for the first time since 1996, and the Royal Trophy, a team event contested between teams from Europe and Asia. In addition, there were two editions of the Volvo China Open and the Russian Open became a full European Tour event having previously been a dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour. The German Masters, the Heineken Classic, and the Abama Open de Canarias were lost from the tour schedule, as was the New Zealand Open which was held later in the year as part of the 2007 season.


2006 European Tour, Order of Merit
In 2006, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2006 were:


2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 35 players who earned their 2007 European Tour card through Q School in 2006.


2006 European Tour Qualifying School graduates, 2007 results
* European Tour rookie in 2007T = Tied   The player retained his European Tour card for 2008 (finished inside the top 117, or won). The player did not retain his European Tour Tour card for 2008, but retained conditional status (finished between 118-149). The player did not retain his European Tour card for 2008 (finished outside the top 149).


2006 European Touring Car Cup
The 2006 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the second running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 22 October 2006 at the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva near Estoril in Portugal.


2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship
The 2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in the Friuli region of Italy from July 9 to 16, 2006. It featured teams from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and Ukraine.


2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship
In the end the team from Russia won the tournament.


2006 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2006 European Union Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pécs, Hungary from May 23 to May 27. The 4th edition of the annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 85 fighters from across Europe competed at these championships.


2006 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2006 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Władysławowo, Poland from 29 April to 7 May 2006. It was the 85th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.


2006 European Women Sevens Championship
The 2006 European Women Sevens Championship was the fourth edition of the European Women's Sevens Championship.


2006 European Women Sevens Championship, Emerging (European) Nations 2006
Played in Hungary. See 2007 tournament for likely participants. (Source Austria Union)


2006 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 26th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 27 April to 30 April 2006 in Volos, Greece.


2006 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Led by new senior Vanessa Ferrari, Italy became the first team besides Romania, Russia, and the Soviet Union to win the senior team title. Ferrari went on to win the All-Around gold medal for Italy at that year's world championships. Katja Abel's bronze medal on vault was the first medal for unified Germany at the European Championships.


2006 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7 to 17 December. It was won by Norway after beating Russia 27–24 in the final match.


2006 European Women's Handball Championship
This championship was also the European qualifying event for 2008 Olympics, and Norway earned a spot at the 2008 Games for being the European champion. If Norway also becomes the 2007 World champion, the 2nd place team will qualify for the Olympics. In addition, the 1 or 2 (if Europe finishes in the top 2 continents at the world championship) best ranked teams in this championship, which are outside top 7 at the world championship, will participate at the Olympic qualifying tournament.


2006 European Women's Handball Championship, Venues
The European Championships will be held in the following cities:


2006 European Women's Handball Championship, Qualification
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2006 European Women's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 6 July 2006 in Göteborg, Sweden.


2006 European Women's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final ranking
Marit Malm Frafjord, Terese Pedersen, Gro Hammerseng, Kristine Lunde,Marianne Rokne, Katrine Lunde, Else-Marthe Sørlie, Gøril Snorroeggen,Anette Hovind Johansen, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Kari Aalvik Grimsbø,Ragnhild Aamodt, Anne Kjersti Suvdal, Kari Mette Johansen,Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, Katja Nyberg and Tonje NøstvoldHead Coach: Marit Breivik


2006 European Women's Handball Championship squads
The following squads and players competed in the European Women's Handball Championship in 2006 in Sweden.


2006 European Wrestling Championships
The 2006 European Wrestling Championships was held from 25 April to 30 April 2006 in Moscow, Russia.


2006 European Wrestling Championships, Medal summary, Women's freestyle
* In women 48 kg the Ukrainian Mariya Stadnik won gold medal, but later she was disqualified because she use Furosemide.


2006 European Youth Baseball Championship
The 2006 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Gijon, Spain from July 4 to July 9, 2006. It featured teams from Austria, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Spain.


2006 European Youth Baseball Championship
In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament.


2006 European blackout
Coordinates: The 2006 European blackout was a major blackout which occurred on Saturday, November 4, 2006. More than 15 million clients of the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE) did not have access to electricity during about two hours on this date. It resulted in dozens of people trapped in elevators, numerous trains were halted, and the emergency services were receiving an overwhelming number of calls. The immediate action taken by the Transmission System Operators (TSO) prevented the disturbance from turning into a Europe-wide blackout.