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{{Short description|International cross country running competition}}
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The '''European Cross Country Championships''' is an annual international [[cross country running]] competition. Organised by the [[European Athletic Association]], it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships was inaugurated in 1994 in [[Alnwick]] and the venue for the championships changes each year.

Unlike the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Championships]] for the sport, the European Cross Country Championships consists of six races in age categories, with separate senior, under-23, and junior races for both men and women. There are individual and national team medals awarded in each race. In the team competition, the top three from a team of up to six are scored.<ref name=Event>[http://www.european-athletics.org/files/fanzone/spar_european_cross_country_champs.pdf Event - SPAR European Cross Country Championships]. European Athletics. Retrieved 2011-12-10.</ref>

==History==
The first edition of the competition featured only senior races and 180 athletes took part. Men's and women's junior (under-20) races were introduced at the third edition in 1996 and under-23 races were added to the programme in 2006.<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/18th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/10621-cross-country-vital-for-athlete-development-says-president-wirz.html Cross country vital for athlete development, says President Wirz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111223136/http://www.european-athletics.org/18th-spar-european-cross-country-championships/10621-cross-country-vital-for-athlete-development-says-president-wirz.html |date=2012-01-11 }}. European Athletics (2011-12-10). Retrieved 2011-12-10.</ref>

== Editions ==
Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/competitions/spar-european-cross-country-championships/overview|title=SPAR European Cross Country Championships &#124; Overview &#124; European Athletics|website=www.european-athletics.com}}</ref>

{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! Year !! Host !! Dates !! Venue !! Races<br />Events !! Countries !! Athletes{{ref label|nb|nb|nb}} !! Events
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#9acdff"align=center|'''Senior'''
|-
| 1
|[[1994 European Cross Country Championships|1994]]
|[[Alnwick]], {{flagu|United Kingdom}} || 10 December ||  || 2/4 || 23 || 180 || 4
|-
| 2
|[[1995 European Cross Country Championships|1995]]
|[[Alnwick]], {{flagu|United Kingdom}} || 2 December ||  || 2/4 || 23 || 186 || 4
|-
| 3
|[[1996 European Cross Country Championships|1996]]
|[[Charleroi]], {{flagu|Belgium}} || 15 December ||  || 2/4 || 25 || 175 || 4 
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#9acdff"align=center|'''Senior + U20'''
|-
| 4
|[[1997 European Cross Country Championships|1997]]
|[[Oeiras Municipality, Portugal|Oeiras]], {{flagu|Portugal}} || 14 December ||  || 4/8 || 26 || 138 || 8
|-
| 5
|[[1998 European Cross Country Championships|1998]]
|[[Ferrara]], {{flagu|Italy}} || 13 December ||  || 4/8 || 26 || 139 || 8
|-
| 6
|[[1999 European Cross Country Championships|1999]]
|[[Velenje]], {{flagu|Slovenia}} || 12 December ||  || 4/8 || 27 || 141 || 8
|-
| 7
|[[2000 European Cross Country Championships|2000]]
|[[Malmö]], {{flagu|Sweden}} || 10 December ||  || 4/8 || 31 || 150 || 8
|-
| 8
|[[2001 European Cross Country Championships|2001]]
|[[Thun]], {{flagu|Switzerland}} || 9 December ||  || 4/8 || 27 || 155 || 8
|-
| 9
|[[2002 European Cross Country Championships|2002]]
|[[Medulin]], {{flagu|Croatia}} || 8 December ||  || 4/8 || 27 || 157 || 8
|-
| 10
|[[2003 European Cross Country Championships|2003]]
|[[Edinburgh]], {{flagu|United Kingdom}} || 14 December ||  || 4/8 || 27 || 135 || 8
|-
| 11
|[[2004 European Cross Country Championships|2004]]
|[[Heringsdorf]], {{flagu|Germany}} || 12 December ||  || 4/8 || 27 || 165 || 8
|-
| 12
|[[2005 European Cross Country Championships|2005]]
|[[Tilburg]], {{flagu|Netherlands}} || 11 December ||  || 4/8 || 27 || 164 || 8
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#9acdff"align=center|'''Senior + U23 + U20'''
|-
| 13
|[[2006 European Cross Country Championships|2006]]
|[[San Giorgio su Legnano]], {{flagu|Italy}} || 10 December ||  || 6/12 || 21 || 125 || 12
|-
| 14
|[[2007 European Cross Country Championships|2007]]
|[[Toro, Zamora|Toro]], {{flagu|Spain}} || 9 December ||  || 6/12 || 26 || 103 || 12
|-
| 15
|[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|2008]]
|[[Brussels]], {{flagu|Belgium}} || 14 December || [[Laeken|Laeken Park]] || 6/12 || 33 || 142 || 12
|-
| 16
|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|2009]]
|[[Dublin]], {{flagu|Ireland}} || 13 December || [[Santry Demesne]] || 6/12 || 30 || 116 || 12
|-
| 17
|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|2010]]
|[[Albufeira]], {{flagu|Portugal}} || 12 December || [[Açoteias Cross Country Course]] || 6/12 || 34 || 123 || 12
|-
| 18
|[[2011 European Cross Country Championships|2011]]
|[[Velenje]], {{flagu|Slovenia}} || 11 December ||  || 6/12 || 33 || 130 || 12
|-
| 19
|[[2012 European Cross Country Championships|2012]]
|[[Szentendre]], {{flagu|Hungary}} || 9 December ||  || 6/12 || 35 || 146 || 12
|-
| 20
|[[2013 European Cross Country Championships|2013]]
|[[Belgrade]], {{flagu|Serbia}} || 8 December ||  || 6/12 || 36 || 155 || 12
|-
| 21
|[[2014 European Cross Country Championships|2014]]
|[[Samokov]], {{flagu|Bulgaria}} || 14 December || [[Borovets]] || 6/12 || 35 || 137 || 12
|-
| 22
|[[2015 European Cross Country Championships|2015]]
|[[Hyères]]-[[Toulon]], {{flagu|France}} || 13 December || [[Hippodrome de Hyères]] || 6/12 || 32 || 147 || 12
|-
| 23
|[[2016 European Cross Country Championships|2016]]
|[[Chia (Sardinia)|Chia]], {{flagu|Italy}} || 11 December ||  || 6/12 ||  || 153 || 12
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#9acdff"align=center|'''Senior + U23 + U20 + Mixed Relay'''
|-
| 24
|[[2017 European Cross Country Championships|2017]]
|[[Šamorín]], {{flagu|Slovakia}} || 10 December || Šamorín x-bionic® sphere || 7/13 || 37 || 157 || 13
|-
| 25
|[[2018 European Cross Country Championships|2018]]
|[[Tilburg]], {{flagu|Netherlands}} || 9 December ||  || 7/13 || 38 || 555 || 13 
|-
| 26
|[[2019 European Cross Country Championships|2019]]
| [[Lisbon]], {{flagu|Portugal}} || 8 December ||  || 7/13 || 40 || 606 || 13 
|-
|
|<s>2020</s>
|[[Dublin]], {{flagu|Ireland}} || 13 December
|colspan=5; align=center|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].''<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus causes cancellation of Dublin's hosting of European Cross-Country Championships |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/54075561 |access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 27
|[[2021 European Cross Country Championships|2021]]
|[[Dublin]], {{flagu|Ireland}} || 12 December || [[National Sports Campus]] || 7/13 || 37 || 606 || 13 
|-
| 28
|[[2022 European Cross Country Championships|2022]]
|[[Turin]], {{flagu|Italy}} || 11 December || [[La Mandria Regional Park|La Mandria Park]] || 7/13 || 40 || 623 || 13 
|-
| 29
|[[2023 European Cross Country Championships|2023]]
|[[Brussels]], {{flagu|Belgium}} || 10 December || [[Laeken|Laeken Park]] || 7/13 ||  ||  || 13 
|-
| 30
|''[[2024 European Cross Country Championships|2024]]''
|[[Antalya]], {{flagu|Turkey}} || 8 December ||  || 7/13 ||  || 
|-
| 31
|''[[2025 European Cross Country Championships|2025]]''
|[[Lagoa, Portugal|Lagoa]], {{flagu|Portugal}} || 14 December ||  || 7/13 ||  || 
|-
| 32
|''[[2026 European Cross Country Championships|2026]]''
|TBA || 13 December ||  || 7/13 ||  || 
|-
| 33
|''[[2027 European Cross Country Championships|2027]]''
|TBA || 12 December ||  || 7/13 ||  || 
|}
*{{note label|nb|nb|nb}} Country and athlete figures for senior races only

==Medals (1994-2024)==
Source:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.athleticspodium.com/champs/european-xc | title=Athletics Podium }}</ref>

Consist of all individual and team events in senior, U23 and U20.

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | source         =
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 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GBR = 89 | silver_GBR = 61 | bronze_GBR = 51
 | gold_FRA = 35 | silver_FRA = 38 | bronze_FRA = 37
 | gold_ESP = 24 | silver_ESP = 35 | bronze_ESP = 28
 | gold_TUR = 22 | silver_TUR = 12 | bronze_TUR = 16
 | gold_POR = 19 | silver_POR = 20 | bronze_POR = 20
 | gold_ITA = 18 | silver_ITA = 13 | bronze_ITA = 16
 | gold_RUS = 17 | silver_RUS = 24 | bronze_RUS = 16
 | gold_NOR = 16 | silver_NOR = 9  | bronze_NOR = 10
 | gold_UKR = 11 | silver_UKR = 3  | bronze_UKR = 7
 | gold_GER = 9  | silver_GER = 16 | bronze_GER = 24
 | gold_NED = 9  | silver_NED = 8  | bronze_NED = 5
 | gold_BEL = 7  | silver_BEL = 10  | bronze_BEL = 11
 | gold_IRL = 7  | silver_IRL = 10  | bronze_IRL = 10
 | gold_DEN = 5  | silver_DEN = 2  | bronze_DEN = 4
 | gold_HUN = 5  | silver_HUN = 1  | bronze_HUN = 1
 | gold_ROU = 4  | silver_ROU = 11 | bronze_ROU = 12
 | gold_POL = 3  | silver_POL = 5  | bronze_POL = 5
 | gold_SWE = 1  | silver_SWE = 6  | bronze_SWE = 10
 | gold_SRB = 1  | silver_SRB = 5  | bronze_SRB = 6
 | gold_SUI = 1  | silver_SUI = 4  | bronze_SUI = 1
 | gold_FIN = 1  | silver_FIN = 3  | bronze_FIN = 5
 | gold_YUG = 1  | silver_YUG = 2  | bronze_YUG = 6
 | gold_SLO = 1  | silver_SLO = 2  | bronze_SLO = 1
 | gold_LAT = 1  | silver_LAT = 0  | bronze_LAT = 0
 | gold_BUL = 0  | silver_BUL = 3  | bronze_BUL = 0
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 1
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 1 | bronze_AUT = 1
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 0 | bronze_ISR = 2
 | gold_LUX = 0 | silver_LUX = 0 | bronze_LUX = 1
}}

==Senior==
===Individual===
[[File:Serhiy Lebid Bruxelles 2008.JPG|thumb|Multiple champion [[Serhiy Lebid]] winning in 2008]]
[[File:Hayley Yelling Dublin 2009.JPG|thumb|[[Hayley Yelling]] winning the 2009 women's race]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! style="width: 15em"|Men's senior race
! style="width: 15em"|Women's senior race
|-
|[[1994 European Cross Country Championships|1994]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Paulo Guerra]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Catherina McKiernan]]|IRL}}
|-
|[[1995 European Cross Country Championships|1995]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Paulo Guerra]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Annemari Sandell]]|FIN}}
|-
|[[1996 European Cross Country Championships|1996]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jon Brown (runner)|Jon Brown]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sara Wedlund]]|SWE}}
|-
|[[1997 European Cross Country Championships|1997]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Carsten Jørgensen]]|DEN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Joalsiae Llado]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[1998 European Cross Country Championships|1998]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[1999 European Cross Country Championships|1999]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Paulo Guerra]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Anita Weyermann]]|SUI}}
|-
|[[2000 European Cross Country Championships|2000]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Paulo Guerra]]|POR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Katalin Szentgyörgyi]]|HUN}}
|-
|[[2001 European Cross Country Championships|2001]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yamna Belkacem]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[2002 European Cross Country Championships|2002]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Helena Javornik]]|SLO}}
|-
|[[2003 European Cross Country Championships|2003]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Paula Radcliffe]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2004 European Cross Country Championships|2004]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hayley Yelling]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2005 European Cross Country Championships|2005]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lornah Kiplagat]]|NED}}
|-
|[[2006 European Cross Country Championships|2006]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Mo Farah]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tetyana Holovchenko]]|UKR}}
|-
|[[2007 European Cross Country Championships|2007]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Marta Domínguez]]|ESP}}
|-
|[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|2008]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hilda Kibet]]|NED}}
|-
|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|2009]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alemayehu Bezabeh]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Hayley Yelling]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|2010]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Serhiy Lebid]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Jessica Augusto]]|POR}}
|-
|[[2011 European Cross Country Championships|2011]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Atelaw Yeshetela]]|BEL}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fionnuala Britton]]|IRL}}
|-
|[[2012 European Cross Country Championships|2012]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Lalli]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Fionnuala Britton]]|IRL}}
|-
|[[2013 European Cross Country Championships|2013]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Alemayehu Bezabeh]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sophie Duarte]]|FRA}}
|-
|[[2014 European Cross Country Championships|2014]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Polat Kemboi Arikan]]|TUR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Gemma Steel]]|GBR}}
|-
|[[2015 European Cross Country Championships|2015]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Ali Kaya (athlete)|Ali Kaya]]|TUR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|-
|[[2016 European Cross Country Championships|2016]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Aras Kaya]]|TUR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yasemin Can]]|TUR}}
|-
|[[2017 European Cross Country Championships|2017]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaan Kigen Özbilen]]|TUR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yasemin Can]]|TUR}}
|-
|[[2018 European Cross Country Championships|2018]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Filip Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yasemin Can]]|TUR}}
|-
|[[2019 European Cross Country Championships|2019]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Robel Fsiha]]|SWE}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Yasemin Can]]|TUR}}
|-
|[[2021 European Cross Country Championships|2021]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karoline Grøvdal]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[2022 European Cross Country Championships|2022]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karoline Grøvdal]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[2023 European Cross Country Championships|2023]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Yann Schrub]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Karoline Grøvdal]]|NOR}}
|-
|[[2024 European Cross Country Championships|2024]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]]|NOR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nadia Battocletti]]|ITA}}
|}

===Medal table===
Updated after 2019, including the team rankings for each category and the mixed relay.

{| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:100%"
! scope="col"|#
! scope="col"|Country
! scope="col"|{{gold1}}
! scope="col"|{{silver2}}
! scope="col"|{{bronze3}}
! scope="col"|Total
|-
|'''1''' || {{GBR2}} || align=right|19 || align=right|21 || align=right|15 || align=right|55
|-
|'''2''' || {{POR}} || align=right|16 || align=right|16 || align=right|16 || align=right|48
|-
|'''3''' || {{ESP}} || align=right|14 || align=right|19 || align=right|18 || align=right|51
|-
|'''4''' || {{FRA}} || align=right|13 || align=right|15 || align=right|14 || align=right|42
|-
|'''5''' || {{TUR}} || align=right|13 || align=right|{{0}}7 || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|24
|-
|'''6''' || {{UKR}} || align=right|10 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}3 || align=right|14
|-
|'''7''' || {{IRL}} || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|{{0}}2 || align=right|{{0}}3 || align=right|{{0}}9
|-
|'''8''' || {{NED}} || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}2 || align=right|{{0}}7
|-
|'''9''' || {{RUS}} || align=right|{{0}}3 || align=right|{{0}}3 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}7
|-
|'''10''' || {{ITA}} || align=right|{{0}}2 || align=right|{{0}}2 || align=right|{{0}}7 || align=right|{{0}}11
|-
|'''11''' || {{SWE}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|9
|-
|'''12''' || {{ROU}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}6 || align=right|{{0}}3 || align=right|10
|-
|'''13''' || {{BEL}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|{{0}}2 || align=right|{{0}}7
|-
|'''14''' || {{NOR}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}4 || align=right|{{0}}6
|-
|'''15''' || {{FIN}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}3
|-
|'''16''' || {{SUI}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}2
|-
|'''17''' || {{HUN}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}2
|-
|rowspan=2|'''18''' || {{DEN}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1
|-
| {{SLO}} || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1
|-
|'''20''' || {{GER}} || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}3 || align=right|{{0}}4
|-
|rowspan=2|'''21''' || {{BLR}} || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}2
|-
| {{POL}} || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}2
|-
|'''23''' || {{CZE}} || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}1
|-
|'''24''' || {{SRB}} || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}0 || align=right|{{0}}5 || align=right|{{0}}5
|-
| align=center colspan=2|'''Total (24 nations)''' || align=right|'''107''' || align=right|'''107''' || align=right|'''107''' || align=right|'''321'''
|}

==Under 23==
===Medal table===
{{Medals table
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 | remaining_text = 
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 | event          = 
 | source         = [[:it:Campionati europei di corsa campestre#Under 23]]
 | gold_GBR = 17 | silver_GBR = 11 | bronze_GBR = 12
 | gold_FRA = 11 | silver_FRA = 5 | bronze_FRA = 7
 | gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 9 | bronze_RUS = 5
 | gold_TUR = 4 | silver_TUR = 0 | bronze_TUR = 4
 | gold_BEL = 3 | silver_BEL = 3 | bronze_BEL = 2
 | gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 7 | bronze_GER = 5
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 6
 | gold_NOR = 2 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_DEN = 2 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 5 | bronze_ESP = 3
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 2 | bronze_POL = 4
 | gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 2 | bronze_IRL = 1
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_ROU = 1 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 0
 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 3 | bronze_SRB = 2
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 2 | bronze_BUL = 0
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
}}

==Under 20==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable" width=90% style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Edition !!colspan=3|Individual !!colspan=3|Team 
|-
!{{gold1}}!!{{silver2}}!!{{bronze3}}
!{{gold1}}!!{{silver2}}!!{{bronze3}}
|-
|align=center|[[1997 European Cross Country Championships|1997]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Gert-Jan Liefers]] ||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Günther Weidlinger]]||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mustafa Mohamed]]
|{{ESP}} || {{POR}} || {{ROU}}
|-
|align=center|[[1998 European Cross Country Championships|1998]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Yousef El Nasri]] ||{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ovidiu Tat]] ||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Gareth Turnbull]]
|{{ESP}} ||{{GBR}} ||{{ROM}}
|-
|align=center|[[1999 European Cross Country Championships|1999]]
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Hans Janssens]] ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Eraud]] ||{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turo Inkiläinen]]
|{{GBR}} ||{{FRA}} ||{{IRL}}
|-
|align=center|[[2000 European Cross Country Championships|2000]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Wolfram Müller]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chris Thompson (runner)|Christopher Thompson]] || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Martin Pröll]]
|{{POR}} ||{{GBR}} ||{{FRA}}
|-
|align=center|[[2001 European Cross Country Championships|2001]]
|{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Vasyl Matviychuk]] ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Mo Farah]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Scaini]]
|{{GBR}} ||{{POR}} ||{{FRA}}
|-
|align=center|[[2002 European Cross Country Championships|2002]]
|{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeniy Rybakov]] || {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Anatoliy Rybakov (athlete)|Anatoliy Rybakov]] ||{{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Halil Akkaş]] 
|{{RUS}} ||{{FRA}} || {{ITA}}
|-
|align=center|[[2003 European Cross Country Championships|2003]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeniy Rybakov]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anatoliy Rybakov (athlete)|Anatoliy Rybakov]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksey Reunkov]]
|{{RUS}} |||{{ROU}} ||{{ESP}}
|-
|align=center|[[2004 European Cross Country Championships|2004]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Barnabás Bene]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeniy Rybakov]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anatoliy Rybakov (athlete)|Anatoliy Rybakov]]
|{{RUS}}||{{IRL}} ||{{GBR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2005 European Cross Country Championships|2005]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Barnabás Bene]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andrew Vernon]] ||{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Dušan Markešević]]
|{{POL}} ||{{GBR}} || {{ROM}} 
|-
|align=center|[[2006 European Cross Country Championships|2006]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Lalli]] ||{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Siarhei Chebiarak]] ||{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ciprian Suhanea]]
|{{ITA}}||{{ESP}}|| {{FRA}}
|-
|align=center|[[2007 European Cross Country Championships|2007]]
|{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Mourad Amdouni]] ||{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Florian Carvalho]] ||{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Dmytro Lashyn]] 
|{{FRA}}||{{GBR}}||{{GER}}
|-
|align=center|[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|2008]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Florian Carvalho]] ||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sondre Nordstad Moen]] ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hassan Chahdi]]
|{{FRA}}||{{NOR}}||{{GBR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|2009]]
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jeroen D'Hoedt]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nick Goolab]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Wilkinson (athlete)|James Wilkinson]]
|{{GBR}}||{{FRA}}||{{NOR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|2010]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Abdelaziz Merzougui]] ||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Cerovac]] ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Rui Pinto]]
|{{GBR}}||{{POR}}||{{RUS}}
|-
|align=center|[[2011 European Cross Country Championships|2011]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilgizar Safiullin]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Goodman (runner)|Richard Goodman]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Nikitin (runner)|Vladimir Nikitin]]
|{{GBR}}||{{RUS}}||{{FRA}}
|-
|align=center|[[2012 European Cross Country Championships|2012]]
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Szymon Kulka]] ||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Mitko Tsenov]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kieran Clements]]
|{{RUS}}||{{FRA}}||{{GBR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2013 European Cross Country Championships|2013]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ali Kaya (athlete)|Ali Kaya]] ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Isaac Kimeli]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Strelkov]]
|{{FRA}}||{{RUS}}||{{ITA}}
|-
|align=center|[[2014 European Cross Country Championships|2014]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Yemaneberhan Crippa]] ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Mayo]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Said Ettaqy]]
|{{ITA}}||{{ESP}}||{{TUR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2015 European Cross Country Championships|2015]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Yemaneberhan Crippa]] ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabien Palcau]] ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[El Madhi Lahoufi]]
|{{FRA}}||{{ITA}}||{{GBR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2016 European Cross Country Championships|2016]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] ||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Yohanes Chiappinelli]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mahamed Mahamed]]
|{{FRA}}||{{ESP}}||{{GBR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2017 European Cross Country Championships|2017]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] ||{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ramazan Barbaros]] ||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Louis Gilavert]]
|{{ESP}}||{{FRA}}||{{TUR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2018 European Cross Country Championships|2018]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ouassim Oumaiz]] ||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Elzan Bibić]]
|{{NOR}}||{{GBR}}||{{GER}}
|-
|align=center|[[2019 European Cross Country Championships|2019]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Jakob Ingebrigtsen]] ||{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ayetullah Aslanhan]] ||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Efrem Gidey]]
|{{GBR}}||{{NOR}}||{{POR}}
|-
|align=center|2020
|align=center colspan=6 bgcolor=lightgrey|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable" width=90% style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Edition !!colspan=3|Individual !!colspan=3|Team 
|-
!{{gold1}}!!{{silver2}}!!{{bronze3}}
!{{gold1}}!!{{silver2}}!!{{bronze3}}
|-
|align=center|[[1997 European Cross Country Championships|1997]]
|{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Sonja Stolić]] ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Monica Rosa]] ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Judith Heise]]
|{{GER}} || {{nowrap|{{SCG}}}} || {{nowrap|{{GBR}}}}
|-
|align=center|[[1998 European Cross Country Championships|1998]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Katalin Szentgyörgyi]] ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Inês Monteiro]] ||{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Sonja Stolić]]
|{{TUR}} ||{{BEL}} ||{{ROM}}
|-
|align=center|[[1999 European Cross Country Championships|1999]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Inês Monteiro]] ||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Nicola Spirig]] || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ane Marie Moutsinga]]}}
|{{TUR}} ||{{POR}} ||{{BEL}}
|-
|align=center|[[2000 European Cross Country Championships|2000]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Jessica Augusto]] || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Nicola Spirig]] ||{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Elvan Can]]
|{{nowrap|{{GBR}}}} ||{{TUR}} ||{{SWE}}
|-
|align=center|[[2001 European Cross Country Championships|2001]]
|{{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Elvan Abeylegesse]] ||{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatyana Chulakh]] ||{{Flagicon|SCG}} [[Snezana Kostić]]
| {{RUS}}||{{GBR}} ||{{TUR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2002 European Cross Country Championships|2002]]
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Dale]] || {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Elina Lindgren]] ||{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Galina Yegorova-Saykina|Galina Yegorova]]
|{{GBR}}|| {{RUS}} || {{BEL}}
|-
|align=center|[[2003 European Cross Country Championships|2003]]
|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Inna Poluškina]] ||{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Snežana Kostić]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Dale]] 
|{{GBR}} ||{{RUS}} ||{{DEU}}
|-
|align=center|[[2004 European Cross Country Championships|2004]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Binnaz Uslu]] ||{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ancuţa Bobocel]] ||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marta Romo]]
|{{ROM}} ||{{GBR}} ||{{RUS}}
|-
|align=center|[[2005 European Cross Country Championships|2005]]
|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ancuţa Bobocel]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emily Pidgeon]] ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Susan Kuijken]]
|{{GBR}} ||{{ROM}} ||{{RUS}}
|-
|align=center|[[2006 European Cross Country Championships|2006]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Stephanie Twell]] ||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal]]}} ||{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ancuţa Bobocel]]
|{{GBR}}|| {{RUS}}||{{ROM}}
|-
|align=center|[[2007 European Cross Country Championships|2007]]
|{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Stephanie Twell]] ||{{Flagicon|POL}} [[Danuta Urbanik]] ||{{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Purdue]]
|{{GBR}}||{{RUS}}||{{UKR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2008 European Cross Country Championships|2008]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Stephanie Twell]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Purdue]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lauren Howarth]]
|{{GBR}}||{{UKR}}||{{RUS}}
|-
|align=center|[[2009 European Cross Country Championships|2009]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal|Karoline Grøvdal]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Gulshat Fazlitdinova]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kate Avery]]
|{{RUS}}||{{GBR}}||{{GER}}
|-
|align=center|[[2010 European Cross Country Championships|2010]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlotte Purdue]] ||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Amela Terzić]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emelia Gorecka]]
|{{GBR}}||{{GER}}||{{ROU}}
|-
|align=center|[[2011 European Cross Country Championships|2011]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emelia Gorecka]] ||{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioana Doaga]] ||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Amela Terzić]]
|{{GBR}}||{{RUS}}||{{GER}}
|-
|align=center|[[2012 European Cross Country Championships|2012]]
|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Amela Terzić]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emelia Gorecka]] ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Maya Rehberg]]
|{{GBR}}||{{GER}}||{{RUS}}
|-
|align=center|[[2013 European Cross Country Championships|2013]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emelia Gorecka]] ||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Sofia Ennaoui]] ||{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Maruša Mišmaš]]
|{{GBR}}||{{SWE}}||{{GER}}
|-
|align=center|[[2014 European Cross Country Championships|2014]]
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Emine Hatun Tuna]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jessica Judd]] ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Lydia Turner]]
|{{GBR}}||{{FRA}}||{{GER}}
|-
|align=center|[[2015 European Cross Country Championships|2015]]
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Konstanze Klosterhalfen]]}} ||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harriet Knowles-Jones]] ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Alina Reh]]
|{{GER}}||{{GBR}}||{{DEN}}
|-
|align=center|[[2016 European Cross Country Championships|2016]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Konstanze Klosterhalfen]] ||{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Anna Emilie Møller]] ||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harriet Knowles-Jones]]}}
|{{GBR}}||{{GER}}||{{NED}}
|-
|align=center|[[2017 European Cross Country Championships|2017]]
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harriet Knowles-Jones]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lili Tóth]] ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Miriam Dattke]]
|{{GBR}}||{{ITA}}||{{ESP}}
|-
|align=center|[[2018 European Cross Country Championships|2018]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nadia Battocletti]] ||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Delia Sclabas]] ||{{flagicon|TUR}} [[İnci Kalkan]]
|{{GBR}}||{{NED}}||{{TUR}}
|-
|align=center|[[2019 European Cross Country Championships|2019]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nadia Battocletti]] ||{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Klara Lukan]] ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mariana Machado]]
|{{GBR}}||{{ITA}}||{{FRA}}
|-
|align=center|2020
|align=center colspan=6 bgcolor=lightgrey|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
|}

===Medal table===
[[File:Nadia Battocletti at ECCC 2019.jpg|thumb|280 px|[[Nadia Battocletti]] (Italy, pictured in 2019) won the Under-20 female race twice.]]
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 | gold_GBR = 30 | silver_GBR = 18 | bronze_GBR = 16  
 | gold_ITA = 7 | silver_ITA = 4  | bronze_ITA = 4 
 | gold_NOR = 6 | silver_NOR = 4  | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_TUR = 6 | silver_TUR = 3  | bronze_TUR = 7
 | gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 3  | bronze_GER = 11
 | gold_RUS = 9 | silver_RUS = 12 | bronze_RUS = 10  
 | gold_HUN = 3 | silver_HUN = 1  | bronze_HUN = 0   
 | gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 9  | bronze_FRA = 7 
 | gold_POR = 3 | silver_POR = 6  | bronze_POR = 3
 | gold_ESP = 5 | silver_ESP = 5  | bronze_ESP = 4 
 | gold_BEL = 2 | silver_BEL = 2  | bronze_BEL = 2
 | gold_SRB = 2 | silver_SRB = 4  | bronze_SRB = 5
 | gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 2  | bronze_POL = 0 
 | gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 1  | bronze_NED = 2 
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1  | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_LAT = 1 | silver_LAT = 0  | bronze_LAT = 0
 | gold_ROU = 2 | silver_ROU = 5  | bronze_ROU = 9 
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 2  | bronze_AUT = 1 
 | gold_IRL = 0 | silver_IRL = 1  | bronze_IRL = 3 
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 2  | bronze_SWE = 2 
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1  | bronze_DEN = 1 
 | gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1  | bronze_FIN = 1 
 | gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 1  | bronze_SLO = 1 
 | gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1  | bronze_BLR = 0 
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 3  | bronze_SUI = 0 
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php|European Athletics official website}}
* [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cxc.htm#E Historical results] from GBR Athletics

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