2010 European Team Championships
The second track team championship (English / sponsor name: 2nd SPAR European Team Championships ), also briefly Team Championships, was held on 19 and 20 June 2010. Of the four leagues the Superliga occurred in Fana Stadion in Bergen ( Norway) and parallel to the first league in Budapest (Hungary ), the 2nd League in Belgrade ( Serbia) and the 3rd Liga in Marsa (Malta).
Super League: Russia, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Belarus, Finland, Poland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Ukraine, Greece, Norway
First League: Sweden, Czech Republic, Portugal, Slovenia, Romania, Ireland, Turkey, Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania
Second League: Moldova, Israel, Switzerland, Croatia, Latvia, Slovakia, Austria, Serbia
Second Division: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Montenegro, Armenia, AASSE, Malta, Albania, Andorra, Macedonia
German team
The German Athletics Federation ( DLV) had nominated 47 athletes (22 women and 25 men). The German team started in the Super League, finishing in third place.
Rule changes from 2010
Some of the new rules introduced in 2009, were re- amended or canceled in 2010. Hoch-/Stabhochsprung: After the fourth overall personal mistrial in competition differs from an athlete. If a jumper as the winner determined, he may jump further until he kills three jumps in a row. Drei-/Weitsprung and throwing events: Each diver receives three attempts, the four top finishers after another. Legs: There is no elimination race like last year, all runners must finish the competition. About 800 meters is restarted in sheets and not on the involute. Sprint / hurdle sprints: There are two time runs were conducted, which are counted together. The cast is made on the basis of best times, Saisonbestzeiten and winning medals at international championships, so take the strongest possible athletes against each other.