title: European Hot Air Balloon Championships
text: # European Hot Air Balloon Championships
  
  The European Hot Air Balloon Championships are the FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship and the FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship. These biennial events for hot air ballooning are conducted under the direction of the FAI Ballooning Commission (CIA or Comité International d'Aérostation).
  
  ## FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship
  
  | Year | City | Country | Date | Winners | No. of Athletes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1976 | Skövde | Sweden | 14 - 18 April | Simon Faithful (NED) Wilf Woollett (IRE) Axel Madsen (SWE) | 32 |
  | 1980 | Arc-et-Senans | France | 10 - 13 October | Josef Starkbaum (AUT) Patrice Terrin (FRA) Mathijs de Bruijn (NED) | 25 |
  | 1982 | Ettelbruck | Luxembourg | | Josef Starkbaum (AUT) Mathijs de Bruijn (NED) Henning Sørensen (DEN) | 41 |
  | 1984 | Castle Howard | Great Britain | 27 - 31 August | Victor Trimble (GBR) Tomás Feliú (ESP) David Bareford (GBR) | 38 |
  | 1986 | Stubenberg | Austria | 14 - 19 September | Martin Messner (SUI) Ian Bridge (GBR) Mathijs de Bruijn (NED) | 53 |
  | 1988 | Leszno | Poland | 4 - 9 September | David Bareford (GBR) Mathijs de Bruijn (NED) Uwe Schneider (FRG) | 60 |
  | 1990 | Lleida | Spain | 8 - 15 September | Csaba Molnar (HUN) Uwe Schneider (FRG) Bengt Gunnarsson (SWE) | 54 |
  | 1992 | Belfort | France | | Uwe Schneider (GER) Benedikt Haggeney (GER) Hans Kordel (GER) | 70 |
  | 1994 | Murska Sobota | Slovenia | 12 - 17 September | Jean-Marie Huttois (FRA) Uwe Schneider (GER) Claude Sauber (LUX) | 56 |
  | 1996 | Schielleiten | Austria | | David Bareford (GBR) Claude Sauber (LUX) Miklos Kardos (HUN) | 80 |
  | 1998 | Katrineholm | Sweden | 20 - 27 June | Stéphane Bolze (FRA) Peter Blaser (SUI) Uwe Schneider (GER) | 77 |
  | 2000 | Larochette | Luxembourg | 5 - 13 August | David Bareford (GBR) François Messines (FRA) Josf Scherzer (AUT) | 79 |
  | 2003 | Vilnius | Lithuania | | Uwe Schneider (GER) Sándor Vegh (HUN) Jan Timmers (BEL) | 68 |
  | 2005 | Debrecen | Hungary | 23 - 28 May | Uwe Schneider (GER) Zoltán Nemeth (HUN) Josep María Llado (ESP) | 81 |
  | 2007 | Magdeburg | Germany | 17 – 26 August | François Messines (FRA) Uwe Schneider (GER) Markus Pieper (GER) | 79 |
  | 2009 | Brissac | France | 21 – 29 August | Stefan Zeberli (SUI) François Messines (FRA) Richard Parry (GBR) | 83 |
  | 2011 | Lleida | Spain | 15 – 23 September | Stefan Zeberli (SUI) Iván Ayala (ESP) David Bareford (GBR) | 77 |
  | 2013 | Włocławek | Poland | 6 – 14 September | Rokas Kostiuškevičius (LTU) Rimas Kostiuškevičius (LTU) Iván Ayala (ESP) | 81 |
  | 2015 | Debrecen | Hungary | 11 – 18 August | Stefan Zeberli (SUI) Sven Goehler (GER) Vito Rome (SLO) | 96 |
  | 2017 | Brissac | France | 21 – 27 August | Stefan Zeberli (SUI) Sergey Latypov (RUS) Roman Hugi (SUI) | 82 |
  | 2019 | Mallorca | Spain | 22 - 27 October | Stefan Zeberli (SUI) Laurynas Komža (LTU) Nicolas Schwartz (FRA) | 83 |
  | 2021 | Szeged | Hungary | 13 - 17 September | Roman Hugi (SUI) Stefan Zeberli (SUI) David Spildooren (BEL) | 84 |
  
  ## FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship
  
  | Year | City | Country | Date | Winners | No. of Athletes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Alytus | Lithuania | 15–20 June | Gabriela Slavec (SLO) Lindsay Muir (GBR) Jolanta Matejczuk (POL) | 27 |
  | 2012 | Frankenthal | Germany | 18–22 September | Lindsay Muir (GBR) Daiva Rakauskaitė (LTU) Ann Herdewyn (BEL) | 25 |
  | 2015 | Orvelte/Drenthe | Netherlands | 14–19 September | Ewa Prawicka-Linke (POL) Daiva Rakauskaitė (LTU) Elisabeth Kindermann (AUT) | 30 |
  | 2017 | Leszno | Poland | 5–9 September | Beata Choma (POL) Agnė Simonavičiūtė (LTU) Elisabeth Kindermann (AUT) | 28 |
  