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| Host city | Munich, Germany (Super League) |
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| Dates | 23–24 June 2007 |
| Main venue | Olympic Stadium (Super League) |
The 2007 Spar European Cup took place on 23 and 24 June 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany. This was the 27th time the European Cup has been held and the second time the event has been hosted in Munich. It was the penultimate staging of the Cup.
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Top six teams qualified for the 2008 European Indoor Cup.
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| 100 metres |  Craig Pickering (GBR) | 10.15 |  Martial Mbandjock (FRA) | 10.29 |  Christian Blum (GER) | 10.35 |
| 200 metres | Marlon Devonish (GBR) | 20.33 | David Alerte (FRA) | 20.34 |  Anastásios Goúsis (GRE) | 20.43 |
| 400 metres | Leslie Djhone (FRA) | 45.54 | Tim Benjamin (GBR) | 45.67 | Bastian Swillims (GER) | 45.95 |
| 800 metres |  Paweł Czapiewski (POL) | 1:49.00 | Michael Rimmer (GBR) | 1:49.06 | Robin Schembera (GER) | 1:49.06 |
| 1500 metres | Mehdi Baala (FRA) | 3:47.36 | Andy Baddeley (GBR) | 3:48.08 | Franek Haschke (GER) | 3:48.54 |
| 3000 metres | Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) | 7:51.32 |  Sergey Ivanov (RUS) | 8:02.47 | Bartosz Nowicki (POL) | 8:02.47 |
| 5000 metres |  Monder Rizki (BEL) | 14:15.46 | Arne Gabius (GER) | 14:16.09 | Aleksandr Orlov (RUS) | 14:16.57 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Filmon Ghirmai (GER) | 8:38.78 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) | 8:39.34 | Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) | 8:39.94 |
| 100 m hurdles | Ladji Doucouré (FRA) | 13.35 | Andy Turner (GBR) | 13.48 | Thomas Blaschek (GER) | 13.51 |
| 400 m hurdles | Periklís Iakovákis (GRE) | 48.35 | Marek Plawgo (POL) | 48.90 | Naman Keïta (FRA) | 48.90 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Tyrone Edgar Craig Pickering Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis | 38.30 | France (FRA) Aimé-Issa Nthépé David Alerte Eddy De Lépine Martial Mbandjock | 38.40 | Germany (GER) Christian Blum Till Helmke Alexander Kosenkow Julian Reus | 38.56 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Poland (POL) Kacper Kozłowski Marcin Marciniszyn Piotr Rysiukiewicz Daniel Dąbrowski | 3:01.70 | Germany (GER) Ingo Schultz Kamghe Gaba Matthias Bos Bastian Swillims | 3:01.77 | Great Britain (GBR) Andrew Steele Richard Strachan Martyn Rooney Daniel Caines | 3:01.92 |
| High jump | Eike Onnen (GER) | 2.30 m | Andrey Tereshin (RUS) | 2.30 m | Aleksander Waleriańczyk (POL) | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault | Tim Lobinger (GER) | 5.70 m | Romain Mesnil (FRA) | 5.65 m |  Denys Yurchenko (UKR) | 5.60 m |
| Long jump | Loúis Tsátoumas (GRE) | 8.16 m | Marcin Starzak (POL) | 7.82 m | Nils Winter (GER) | 7.70 m |
| Triple jump | Aleksandr Petrenko (RUS) | 17.29 m | Phillips Idowu (GBR) | 17.21 m | Mykola Savolaynen (UKR) | 17.09 m |
| Shot put | Peter Sack (GER) | 20.28 m | Carl Myerscough (GBR) | 19.96 m | Tomasz Majewski (POL) | 19.93 m |
| Discus throw | Piotr Małachowski (POL) | 66.09 m | Robert Harting (GER) | 63.90 m | Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) | 60.79 m |
| Hammer throw | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 77.99 m | Markus Esser (GER) | 74.68 m | Aléxandros Papadimitríou (GRE) | 73.83 m |
| Javelin throw | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) | 82.57 m | Vitolio Tipotio (FRA) | 79.69 m | Igor Janik (POL) | 78.70 m |
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| 100 metres | Yevgeniya Polyakova (RUS) | 11.20 | Verena Sailer (GER) | 11.35 |  Natallia Safronnikava (BLR) | 11.36 |
| 200 metres | Muriel Hurtis (FRA) | 22.83 | Natalya Rusakova (RUS) | 22.92 | Iryna Shtanhyeyeva (UKR) | 23.12 |
| 400 metres | Faní Halkiá (GRE) | 51.85 | Zhanna Kashcheyeva (RUS) | 51.87 | Yulyana Yushchanka (BLR) | 52.09 |
| 800 metres |  Sviatlana Usovich (BLR) | 2:00.71 | Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) | 2:01.12 | Oksana Zbrozhek (RUS) | 2:01.14 |
| 1500 metres | Sylwia Ejdys (POL) | 4:17.05 | Maria Martins (FRA) | 4:17.23 |  Iris María Fuentes-Pila (ESP) | 4:17.75 |
| 3000 metres | Gulnara Galkina (RUS) | 8:47.92 | Lidia Chojecka (POL) | 8:54.72 | Dolores Checa (ESP) | 8:58.35 |
| 5000 metres | Volha Krautsova (BLR) | 15:20.35 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | 15:23.96 | Kalliópi Astropekáki (GRE) | 15:46.22 PB |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Katarzyna Kowalska (POL) | 9:45.35 | Sophie Duarte (FRA) | 9:50.02 | Iríni Kokkinaríou (GRE) | 9:53.83 |
| 100 m hurdles | Yevheniya Snihur (UKR) | 12.92 | Adrianna Lamalle (FRA) | 12.94 | Aleksandra Antonova (RUS) | 12.97 |
| 400 m hurdles | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 54.04 | Anna Jesień (POL) | 54.88 | Ulrike Urbansky (GER) | 55.74 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Russia (RUS) Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yevgeniya Polyakova | 42.78 | France (FRA) Carima Louami Muriel Hurtis Nelly Banco Christine Arron | 43.09 | Germany (GER) Katja Tengel Sina Schielke Cathleen Tschirch Verena Sailer | 43.33 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Belarus (BLR) Yulyana Yushchanka Iryna Khliustava Sviatlana Usovich Ilona Usovich | 3:23.67 NR | Poland (POL) Zuzanna Radecka-Pakaszewska Monika Bejnar Jolanta Kajtoch Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček | 3:26.36 | France (FRA) Phara Anacharsis Marie-Angélique Lacordelle Virginie Michanol Solen Désert-Mariller | 3:28.62 |
| High jump | Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) | 2.02 m | Ruth Beitia (ESP) | 1.98 m | Mélanie Melfort (FRA) | 1.95 m |
| Pole vault | Monika Pyrek (POL) | 4.65 m | Nataliya Mazuryk (UKR) | 4.38 m | Vanessa Boslak (FRA) | 4.38 m |
| Long jump | Eunice Barber (FRA) | 6.73 m | Concepción Montaner (ESP) | 6.72 m | Małgorzata Trybańska (POL) | 6.65 m |
| Triple jump | Teresa Nzola Meso Ba (FRA) | 14.69 m NR | Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) | 14.58 m | Victoria Valyukevich (RUS) | 14.46 m |
| Shot put | Anna Omarova (RUS) | 19.69 m PB | Petra Lammert (GER) | 19.47 m | Nadzeya Ostapchuk (BLR) | 18.52 m |
| Discus throw | Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 63.60 m | Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) | 62.54 m | Nataliya Semenova (UKR) | 62.32 m |
| Hammer throw | Betty Heidler (GER) | 73.55 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | 73.03 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 68.56 m |
| Javelin throw | Christina Obergföll (GER) | 70.20 m NR | Oksana Gromova (RUS) | 60.15 m | Barbara Madejczyk (POL) | 59.36 m |
At Vaasa, Finland, on 23 and 24 June 2007.
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| Relegation to 2nd League |
At Milan, Italy, on the same dates.
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The best team from each group also qualified for the 2008 European Indoor Cup.
At Odense, Denmark, on 23 & 24 June 2007.
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At Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the same dates.
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European Athletic Association cup competitions | |
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| European Cup | |
| Team Championships | |
| Indoor Cup | |
| Throwing Cup | |
| Marathon Cup | |
| Half Marathon Cup |
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| Race Walking Team Championships | |
| 10,000m Cup | |
| Combined Events | |
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