European Para Table Tennis Championships are a biennial sport event for para table tennis players who represent a European country. It is one of the first regional para table tennis championships to be held. France have so far earned the most medals in these championships.
Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Competitors | Countries | Top medalists | Ref | Events |
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1 | 1985 | Delden | 8–13 October | 31 | 15 | West Germany (24) | [1] | |
2 | 1987 | Stoke Mandeville | 28–31 October | 64 | 18 | West Germany (31) | [2] | |
3 | 1989 | Vienna | 30 July – 5 August | 129 | 20 | West Germany (39) | [3] | |
4 | 1991 | Salou | 1–5 October | 126 | 23 | Germany (40) | [4] | |
5 | 1995 | Hillerod | 13–18 October | 200 | 23 | France (25) | [5] | |
6 | 1997 | Stockholm | 2–7 August | 224 | 26 | France (23) | [6] | |
7 | 1999 | Piešťany | 8–14 July | 341 | 32 | France (31) | [7] | |
8 | 2001 | Frankfurt | 14–21 July | 277 | 28 | France (28) | [8] | |
9 | 2003 | Zagreb | 19–29 June | 286 | 34 | France (23) | [9] | |
10 | 2005 | Jesolo | 15–26 September | 336 | 35 | France (25) | [10] | |
11 | 2007 | Kranjska Gora | 10–21 October | 322 | 35 | France (22) | [11] | |
12 | 2009 | Genoa | 3–14 June | 279 | 28 | France (20) | [12] | |
13 | 2011 | Split | 22–28 October | 292 | 31 | France (21) | [13] [14] | |
14 | 2013 | Lignano | 27 September – 4 October | 289 | 30 | France (18) | [15] [16] | |
15 | 2015 | Vejle | 12–18 October | 273 | 31 | France (18) | [17] [18] | |
16 | 2017 | Laško | 28 September – 4 October | 287 | 31 | Turkey (12) | [19] [20] | |
17 | 2019 | Helsingborg | 16–21 September | 313 | 31 | France (13) | [21] [22] | |
18 | 2023 | Sheffield | 4–9 September | 267 | 35 | Poland (10) | [23] [24] [25] | 35 |
19 | 2025 | Helsingborg | 20–25 November |
As of 2023.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France | 121 | 115 | 126 | 362 |
2 | Germany | 77 | 63 | 75 | 215 |
3 | West Germany | 52 | 17 | 25 | 94 |
4 | Poland | 49 | 40 | 53 | 142 |
5 | Austria | 37 | 37 | 49 | 123 |
6 | Ukraine | 28 | 15 | 29 | 72 |
7 | Sweden | 24 | 31 | 56 | 111 |
8 | Czech Republic | 24 | 25 | 36 | 85 |
9 | Belgium | 23 | 13 | 17 | 53 |
10 | Great Britain | 20 | 37 | 54 | 111 |
11 | Russia | 20 | 27 | 36 | 83 |
12 | Turkey | 20 | 21 | 26 | 67 |
13 | Spain | 19 | 14 | 42 | 75 |
14 | Slovakia | 18 | 23 | 26 | 67 |
15 | Norway | 16 | 11 | 12 | 39 |
16 | Netherlands | 13 | 29 | 29 | 71 |
17 | Hungary | 13 | 21 | 22 | 56 |
18 | Serbia | 13 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
19 | Italy | 9 | 21 | 31 | 61 |
20 | Denmark | 9 | 15 | 20 | 44 |
21 | Switzerland | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
22 | Finland | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 |
23 | Croatia | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
24 | Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
25 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
26 | Ireland | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
27 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
28 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
29 | Montenegro | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
30 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
31 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
32 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
34 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (34 entries) | 640 | 638 | 865 | 2,143 |
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