Preview of the 2022 European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Tel Aviv (ISR)

On Wednesday competition will begin at Tel Aviv’s Expo. It’s the second time Israel will host the Rhythmic Europeans, after a fantastic event in 2016 in Holon! The atmosphere promises to be electrifying, riding on the wave of success of Israeli star Linoy Ashram, the country’s first female Olympic Champion.

A grand total of 39 National Federations will be represented by 286 gymnasts: 91 juniors, 83 senior individuals and 112 senior groups gymnasts, for 19 groups.

 

Who to watch?

Many big names will make the trip to Tel Aviv: reigning Vice-European all-around Champion Boryana Kaleyn will be joined by her talented teammate Stiliana Nikolova, Azerbaijan is sending their dynamic duo Arzu Jalilova and Zohra Aghamirova, Italy counts on their stars Milena Baldassarri and Sofia Raffaeli and Ukraine will be represented by the amazing trio Melania Tur, Polina Karika and Viktoria Onoprienko. Furthermore, we’re excited to welcome Slovenian star Ekaterina Vedeneeva, German talents Margarita Kolosov, Melanie Dargel and Darja Varfolomeev, Romanians Andreea Verdes and Annaliese Dragan, Spain’s Alba Bautista and Polina Berezina, Hungary’s Fanni Pigniczki, Latvia’s Jelizaveta Polstjanaja and many many more!

The hopes of the home nation rest on Daria Atamanov, the 2020 junior European Champion with clubs, and Adi Asya Katz. Both girls have made a great start on the World Cup circuit this year.

In the group competition, hosts Israel will look to beat their nearest rivals Italy, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Azerbaijan. But can Greece, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal or Slovakia cause an upset?

Of course, all gymnasts are looking to excel in Tel Aviv and we wish every single gymnast loads of success.

 

Competition format

Senior teams consist of 2 or 3 individual gymnasts and the senior group. Each individual gymnast needs to perform at least once. The top three scores determine the all-around ranking with the top 24 gymnasts advancing to the final. The top 8 gymnasts (max. 2 per country) advance to the apparatus finals. The team result is calculated by adding all the 8 notes of the team’s individual gymnasts and both routines of the senior group.

Senior groups compete 2 routines: one with 5 hoops and 1 with 3 ribbons and 2 balls. The combined score determines the all-around ranking. The top 8 per exercise advance to the apparatus finals.

Junior teams consist of 1 to 4 gymnasts. Per country, 1 routine per apparatus needs to be performed. The total of these 4 routines determines the team ranking. The top 8 per exercise advance to the apparatus finals.

This competition also serves as the continental qualifier for the 2022 World Championships. The International Gymnastics Federation FIG will announce the official qualifiers on their website.

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Tel Aviv local time)

Wednesday 15 June

10:00 – 11:40 Junior individuals qualification & team ranking – SET A

12:00 – 13:40 Junior individuals qualification & team ranking – SET B

15:00 – 16:20 Junior individuals qualification & team ranking – SET C

16:40 – 18:10 Junior individuals qualification & team ranking – SET D

Followed by award ceremony junior team

 

Thursday 16 June

09:00 – 10:50 Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) – SET A

11:05 – 12:50 Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) – SET B

14:10 – 16:00 Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) – SET C

16:15 – 17:55 Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball) – SET D

19:30 – 20:30 Junior Individuals FINALS Hoop & Ball

20:30 – 21:30 Junior Individuals FINALS Clubs & Ribbon

Followed by award ceremonies junior hoop, ball, clubs & ribbon

 

Friday 17 June

10:00 – 11:50 Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) – SET C

12:05 – 13:55 Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) – SET D

15:10 – 17:00 Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) – SET A

17:00 – 17:30 Opening Ceremony

17:30 – 19:20 Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon) – SET B

 

Saturday 18 June

11:00 – 13:25 Senior Individuals All-Around FINAL (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon – SET B)

13:40 – 16:05 Senior Individuals AA FINAL (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon – SET A)

Followed by award ceremony

17:30 – 18:50 Senior Groups (5 hoops and 3 ribbons & 2 balls – SET A)

19:00 – 20:20 Senior Groups (5 hoops and 3 ribbons & 2 balls – SET B)

Followed by award ceremonies senior groups all-around and team

 

Sunday 19 June

10:00 – 11:00 Senior Individuals Apparatus FINALS (hoop & ball)

11:15 – 12:15 Senior Individuals Apparatus FINALS (clubs & ribbon)

Followed by award ceremonies

13:00 – 13:40 Senior Groups Apparatus FINAL (5 hoops)

13:55 – 14:35 Senior Groups Apparatus FINAL (3 ribbons & 2 balls)

Followed by SmartScoring Shooting Star award, award ceremonies and Closing Ceremony

 

How to follow the competition?

Audience will be back at full capacity for this event! A livestream of the entire competition is available free of charge around the globe.

Juniors will be streamed on gymtv.online thanks to our scoring partner SmartScoring. Seniors will be televised and distributed by our partner EBU around the world. Check your local TV listings for details. Livestream is available on https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/europeangymnastics/.

IMPORTANT: Our livestreams are free of charge! Many fake sites circulate on social media asking for your credit card details. Beware!

You can follow the live scoring on www.smartscoring.com.

As usual European Gymnastics will provide start lists, results, interviews, quotes, photos, videos and competition reports on its website and social media.

Results of past championships are available on our website.

Official hashtag of the event: #ECtlv2022