Preview of the 2023 European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics in Varna (BUL)

From Wednesday to Sunday, all eyes will be on Varna’s Palace of Culture and Sports where Europe’s finest Acrobatic gymnasts will compete in the 31^st edition of the European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics.

Varna will welcome 105 senior and 144 junior gymnasts from 21 countries. Come and support them, and witness the antics of our legendary mascot Luigi, at Varna’s Palace of Culture and Sports. Entry is free-of-charge!

Unfortunately, the Israeli delegation was forced to withdraw last minute due to the attacks in their country.

 

Who to watch?

Ones to watch in the senior category include the mixed pair winners of this year’s World Cup stages in Maia and Rzeszow Aghasif Rahimov and Raziya Seyidli (AZE). Belgium’s new women’s group Sofie Jaeken, Lauren Verbrugghe and Mirte Vercauteren won both in Rzeszow and Puurs. They will be challenged by Carolina Marques, Joana Pinto & Eduarda Portella (POR) and Elina Kozachanska, Karina Ostrovska & Alina Puhach (UKR). In Puurs, we witnessed the victory of women’s pair Monica Lima and Maria Marvao (POR). Germany’s European and World medallist Daniel Blintsov is on the roster too, now partnering with Diana Lust. In the men’s group competition, we expect a thrilling battle between Great Britain, Ukraine and Portugal.

Of course, all gymnasts are looking to excel in Varna! We wish every single gymnast loads of success, supporting them to achieve their goals.

 

Competition format

Competitors may enter Balance and/or Dynamic individual competitions. The score of both qualification routines determines the all-around qualification ranking. In the all-around final, all units perform their combined routine.

The top 8 proceed to the finals. If there are less than 12 units participating in a category, only 6 proceed. No more than 1 unit from each federation, in each category, is allowed to proceed to the individual or all-around final.

The competition starts from mark of zero, the units with the highest score (in accordance with tie-break rules) in each category are declared European Champions.

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Varna local time)

Wednesday 18 October

14:00 – 16:30    Juniors Qualifications 1^st exercise WP Balance, WG Dynamic

17:00 – 1755    Juniors Qualifications 1^st exercise MP / MG Balance, MxP Dynamic

19:00 – 19:50    Juniors FINALS 1^st exercise WP Balance, WG Dynamic

20:00 – 20:40    Juniors FINALS 1^st exercise MP / MG Balance, MxP Dynamic

Followed by award ceremonies

 

Thursday 19 October

14:30 – 15:45    Seniors Qualifications 1^st exercise WG Dynamic, WP / MG Balance

16:00 – 17:15    Seniors Qualifications 1^st exercise MxP Dynamic, MP Balance

18:15 – 19:10    Seniors FINALS 1^st exercise WG Dynamic, WP / MG Balance

19:30 – 20:10    Seniors FINALS 1^st exercise MxP Dynamic, MP Balance

Followed by award ceremonies

 

Friday 20 October

11:00 – 13:35    Juniors Qualifications 2^nd exercise WP Dynamic, WG Balance

15:00 – 16:00    Juniors Qualifications 2^nd exercise MP / MG Dynamic, MxP Balance

16:15 – 17:30    Seniors Qualifications 2^nd exercise WG Balance, WP / MG Dynamic

18:00 – 19:10  Seniors Qualifications 2^nd exercise MxP Balance, MP Dynamic

 

Saturday 21 October

13:00 – 14:45    Juniors All-Around FINALS WP & WG Combined

15:05 – 16:00    Juniors All-Around FINALS MP / MG & MxP Combined

Followed by award ceremonies

17:00 – 18:20    Seniors All-Around FINALS WG & WP / MG Combined   

18:45 – 19:55    Seniors All-Around FINALS MxP & MP Combined

Followed by award ceremonies

 

Sunday 22 October

14:00 – 14:50    Juniors FINALS 2^nd exercise WP Dynamic, WG Balance

15:10 – 15:50    Juniors FINALS 2^nd exercise MP / MG Dynamic, MxP Balance

Followed by award ceremonies

17:00 – 18:00    Seniors FINALS 2^nd exercise WG Balance, WP / MG Dynamic

18:15 – 19:00    Seniors FINALS 2^nd exercise MxP Balance, MP Dynamic

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

 

How to follow the competition?

We provide a livestream on gymtv.online, thank to our partner SmartScoring. This costs € 8 for the entire competition. You can follow the live scoring on www.smartscoring.com.

As usual European Gymnastics will provide start lists, results, photos, videos and competition reports on its website and social media. New this year will be live coverage on TikTok!

Results of past championships are available on our website.

Official hashtag of the event: #ACRO2023