Europe Triathlon has announced its season calendar for 2024, with the Europe Triathlon Championships set to be held in Germany, Lithuania, Turkey, Spain and the Netherlands.
The Europe Triathlon Cup circuit, which will resume in March, will feature 13 events and an event in Ireland, with Cork hosting a sprint distance competition in July.
Its junior series, the Europe Triathlon Junior Cup, will start in March and will feature 18 events, whilst two Europe Triathlon Regional Championships will take place in Malta and Romania.
Europe Triathlon championship races
Starting in May, the first European title of the season up for grabs will be in Germany, when Alsdorf hosts the Europe Triathlon Middle Distance Duathlon Championships on May 5.
From there, athletes will have to wait until a double header in August, where the Youth age group will race in the Europe Triathlon Youth Championships Festival in Lithuania from August 1-4, with the Europe Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships back in Turkey between August 9-11.
Finishing up in September with another set of back-to-back races, the Europe Triathlon Mixed Relay Club Championships will be in Spain on September 8, before the Europe Triathlon Challenge Long Distance Championships once again returns to Almere, the Netherlands on September 14.
Europe Triathlon Cup schedule
Taking place in nine countries and running between March and October, the Europe Triathlon Cup series will start in Quarteira, Portugal on March 23 and finish in Alanya, Turkey on October 26.
- 23 March – Quarteira, POR – Standard
- 14 April – Melilla, ESP – Sprint
- 11 May – Caorle, ITA – Sprint
- 25 May – Olsztyn, POL – Sprint
- 2 June – Kielce, POL – Supersprint semi-final and final
- 8 June – Rzeszów, POL – Sprint
- 14-15 June – Kitzbühel, AUT – Supersprint semi-final and final
- 22 June – Wels, AUT – Sprint
- 29 June – Holten, NED – Sprint Premium Cup
- 14 July – Cork, IRL – Sprint
- 17 August – Moss, NOR – Sprint
- 6 October – Ceuta, ESP – Sprint
- 26 October – Alanya, TUR – Sprint
Europe Triathlon Junior Cup Schedule
For the junior series, racing will also kick off in Quarteira, before finishing in Malta from September 28-29. With racing across eighteen countries, there will be plenty of locations to choose from for the rising stars of tomorrow.
- 24 March – Quarteira, POR – Sprint
- 14 April – Melilla, ESP – Sprint
- 20 April – Yenisehir, TUR – Sprint
- 10-12 May – Caorle, ITA – Super-sprint semi-final and final format Mixed team relay
- 25 May – Olsztyn, POL – Sprint
- 31 May-2 June – Silver Lake, SRB – Super-sprint semi-final and final format Mixed team relay
- 15-16 June – Izvorani, ROU – Super-sprint semi-final and final format Mixed team relay
- 23 June – Wels, AUT – Sprint
- 29 June – Holten, NED – Sprint
- 6-7 July – Tiszaujvaros, HUN – Super-sprint semi-final and final format
- 13 July – Cork, IRL – Sprint
- 20-21 July – Chisinau, MDA – Super-sprint Mixed team relay
- 28 July – Tabor, CZE – Sprint
- 18 August – Moss, NOR – Sprint
- 24 August – Riga, LAT – Sprint
- 7 September – Bled, SLO – Super-sprint
- 15 September – Zagreb, CRO – Sprint
- 28-29 September – Salini, MLT – Super-sprint Mixed team relay
Finally, the two regional championships are the Europe Triathlon Balkan Championships which will take place in Constanta-Mamaia, Romania on September 28 and the Europe Triathlon Mediterranean Championships which will take place in Salini, Malta on September 29.
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