Preview of the 2026 European Championships in TeamGym – Espoo (FIN)

From Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October, Espoo, Finland, will welcome 608 gymnasts for the 16th European TeamGym Championships! It is a particularly special return to Finland, where the very first European TeamGym competition, then known as Euroteam, took place 30 years ago. Athletes from 16 countries will be represented: Austria, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Sweden.

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Who to watch?

Among the names on the nominative list are seven members of the 2024 All Stars Team. Sweden’s shooting star Agnes Arvidsson will be back in action, alongside her compatriots Josefine Marksell and Nicole Hosseini. Iceland’s Laufey Ingadottir will also return to the TeamGym stage. In the Men’s category, Kevin Dannefalk (SWE), Sondre Løkka Thorstein (NOR) and Christian Jensen (DEN) are also set to compete in Espoo.

Competition format

These European Championships feature competitions for Men’s, Women’s and Mixed teams, both in the junior and the senior age categories. Each team must consist of between 8 and 10 gymnasts, plus up to 2 reserves. Mixed team must be 50/50 split in each apparatus/round.

Each team performs on Floor, Tumble and Trampet. All gymnasts participating in the competition must perform the Floor program. The combined score of these three events determines the final ranking. The final standing of the qualification rounds determine which 8 teams advance to the finals, where scoring starts from zero. The winning team for each of the section in the Final shall receive the title of European TeamGym Champions.

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Espoo local time)

Wednesday, 14 October – Junior Qualifications

15:15 – 15:45 Opening Ceremony

16:00 – 17:25 Junior Men’s Teams Qualifications (SWE, GBR, NOR, AZE, ICE, DEN)

17:40 – 19:05 Junior Mixed Teams Qualifications (CZE, DEN, ICE, GBR, NOR, SWE)

19:15 – 22:05 Junior Women’s Teams Qualifications (Subdivision 1: GBR, POR, AUS, FIN, GER, ICE – Subdivision 2: LUX, SWE, NOR, CZE, ITA, FRA)
 

Thursday, 15 October – Senior Qualifications

13:00 – 15:45 Senior Mixed Teams Qualifications (Subdivision 1: NET, ICE, GBR, ITA, SWE – Subdivision 2: CZE, FIN, GER, DEN, NOR, FRA)     

16:00 – 17:55 Senior Women’s Teams Qualifications (AUS, GBR, LUX, DEN, SWE, FIN, NOR, ICE, POR)

18:15 – 19:40 Senior Men’s Teams Qualifications (GBR, EST, SWE, NOR, POR, DEN)

Friday 16 October – Junior Finals

14:20 – 16:05 Junior Men’s Teams Final

Followed by award ceremony

16:20 – 18:05 Junior Mixed Teams Final

Followed by award ceremony   

18:20 – 20:30 Junior Women’s Teams Final

Followed by award ceremony

Saturday 17 October – Senior Finals

13:00 – 14:45 Senior Mixed Teams Final

Followed by award ceremony

15:00 – 16:45 Senior Women’s Teams Final

Followed by award ceremony   

17:00 – 18:45 Senior Men’s Teams Final

Followed by award ceremony

 

How to follow the competition?

We’re producing the entire competition and streaming it on our gymtv.online platform for just € 25, with expert commentary by Olly Hogben and Liam Gallagher. Buy your package on Subscribe. The Finnish national broadcaster YLE will show both the junior and senior finals on its channels while the senior finals will be broadcast live in Iceland on RUV and in Denmark on DR.

All event information is available on our website 2026 TeamGym European Championships - Espoo (FIN) | European Gymnastics.

Live scoring will be available on Live Results - SmartScoring | Every second matters

Results of past championships are available on our website.

Official hashtag of the event: #TeamGym2026

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Press contact: Tina Gerets, tgerets@europeangymnastics.com, +32 471 212684