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The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees (EOC), which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. [1]
The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. As of 2015, every sporting continent [2] has continental games. [3]
The European Games are not related to the European Championships, a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European sports federations, bringing together the individual European Championships of athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics, cycling, rowing, golf, and triathlon under a single 'brand' on a four-year cycle beginning in 2018, and broadcast by agreement with the EBU. [4]
The 2015 European Games, the first edition of the event, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2015, and further editions were planned to be held every four years thereafter. The 2019 edition was held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June. The 2023 edition was held in Kraków, Poland from 21 June to 2 July. The 2027 edition will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Opened by | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team | Ref. |
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| I | 2015 | Baku |  Azerbaijan | President Ilham Aliyev | 12 June | 28 June | 50 | 5,898 | 21 | 253 |  Russia (RUS) | [5] |
| II | 2019 | Minsk |  Belarus | President Alexander Lukashenko | 21 June | 30 June | 4,082 | 15 | 200 | Russia (RUS) | [6] | |
| III | 2023 | Kraków-Małopolska |  Poland | President Andrzej Duda | 21 June | 2 July | 48 | 6,857 | 29 | 254 |  Italy (ITA) | [7] |
| IV | 2027 | Istanbul |  Turkey | President of Turkey (expected) | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [8] |
As of the 2023 edition, 50 nations whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the European Olympic Committee have competed at the European Games. As of 2023, two of these, Russia and Belarus, are suspended. In addition, a Refugee EOC team has been created to take part. [9]
Albania 
Andorra 
Armenia 
Austria 
Azerbaijan 
Belarus (suspended)
Belgium 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Bulgaria 
Croatia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic 
Denmark 
Estonia 
Finland 
France 
Georgia 
Germany 
Great Britain 
Greece 
Hungary 
Iceland 
Ireland 
Israel Italy 
Kosovo 
Latvia 
Liechtenstein 
Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Malta 
Moldova 
Monaco 
Montenegro 
Netherlands 
North Macedonia 
Norway 
Poland 
Portugal 
Romania Russia (suspended)
San Marino 
Serbia 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Spain 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
EOC Refugee Team The 2019 Minsk European Games Sports Programme included 15 sports, 23 disciplines, 10 qualifying sports to Tokyo 2020, 4 Sports European Championship, for a total of 4082 competitors in 201 medal events.
The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games.
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 123 | 64 | 86 | 273 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 58 | 67 | 63 | 188 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 45 | 43 | 51 | 139 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 43 | 39 | 73 | 155 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 36 | 30 | 53 | 119 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 35 | 41 | 57 | 133 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 34 | 30 | 36 | 100 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 33 | 27 | 51 | 111 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 29 | 27 | 39 | 95 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 25 | 31 | 21 | 77 |
| 11–46 | Remaining | 246 | 307 | 425 | 978 |
| Totals (46 entries) | 707 | 706 | 955 | 2368 | |
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