 Complete the following phrase:  During four decades, vast majority of the European Championships ended with very predictable results - Soviet Union took gold medals while silver and bronze medals went to other Eastern European teams. However, in early 1990s situation totally changed after dissolution of Soviet Union, SFR Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. It opened way for the success of other national teams and made European Championships much less predictable. At the 1993 European Championships which was held in Italy, Slovakia took bronze medals and became only newly-formed national team who managed to reach podium. For the first time, two Western European teams played in the final match  Spain took their maiden European title by beating France 6353. Its remarkable that not one of medalists reached the podium at the next 