European Canoe Polo Championships is the main canoe polo championships in Europe.
Canoe polo, also known as Kayak polo, is one of the competitive disciplines of kayaking, known simply as "polo" by its aficionados. Polo combines boating and ball handling skills with a contact team game, where tactics and positional play are as important as the speed and fitness of the individual athletes.
| Number | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes | Men's Winners | Women's Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995 | Rome |  |  | | |||
| 2 | 1997 | Essen |  |  | | |||
| 3 | 1999 | Mechelen |  | | | |||
| 4 | 2001 | Bydgoszcz |  | | | |||
| 5 | 2003 | Kilcock |  |  | | |||
| 6 | 2005 | Madrid |  | | | |||
| 7 | 2007 | Thury-Harcourt | | | | |||
| 8 | 2009 | Essen | | | | |||
| 9 | 2011 | Madrid | | 5-11 September | | | ||
| 10 | 2013 | Poznań | | 22-25 August | | | ||
| 11 | 2015 | Essen | | 27–30 August | | | ||
| 12 | 2017 | Saint-Omer | | 23–27 August | | |
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