Preview of the 2024 European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Budapest (HUN)

On Wednesday, the European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics kick off in the Hungarian capital Budapest! It’s the third time Budapest will organise this event, after successful editions in both 1999 and 2017.  

The Hungarian capital will welcome 40 countries. A total of 303 gymnasts will take to the stage: 203 seniors and 100 juniors. The participants field is nothing short of spectacular!

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Who to watch?

Bulgarian superstar Boryana Kaleyn is looking to defend her all-around title. She will face stiff competition from reigning World Champion Darja Varfolomeev (GER), former World Champion Sofia Raffaeli (ITA), 2022 European Champion Daria Atamanov (ISR), Ukraine’s leading lady Viktoriia Onopriienko, Bulgarian starlet Stiliana Nikolova, and the list goes on. The host nation Hungary will be represented by Fanni Pigniczki and Hanna Wiesner.

Special mention goes out to former junior stand-outs Liliana Lewinska (POL), Elvira Krasnobaeva (BUL) and Taisiia Onofriichuk (UKR) who will be making their first senior appearance at a European Championships.

In the group competition, we look forward to an exciting battle between an impressive line-up of 19 groups: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine.

And it’s not all about the reign over Europe. The last quota places for the Olympics are at stake: one for individuals and one for groups.

We wish every single gymnast loads of success, supporting them to achieve their goals.

 

Competition format

Senior Individuals 1 to 3 gymnasts can compete per National Federation, presenting  maximum 8 exercises. If a NF participates with only 1 gymnast, she must present an exercise with all 4 apparatus and does not qualify for the team ranking. The best 3 scores count towards the all-around ranking. The best 24 advance to the All-Around final, plus 1 gymnast from the host nation if not yet qualified.  In the final, the total of the 4 scores determine the ranking. The best 8 per apparatus compete in the Apparatus finals.

Senior Group Groups perform to routines in qualifications: 5 Hoops and 3 Ribbons & 2 Balls. The combined score determines the All-Around ranking. The best 8 groups per apparatus advance to the apparatus finals.  

Team ranking Senior The winner of the Team Competition is determined by combining the results of all 8 senior individual routines plus the 2 senior group routines.

Junior Individuals 1 - 4 gymnasts can compete per National federation, presenting a maximum of 4 routines. If a NF participates with only 1 gymnast, she has to present an exercise with all 4 apparatus and does not qualify for the team ranking. The result of all 4 scores determines the team ranking. The best 8 gymnasts per apparatus advance to the Apparatus Finals.

Olympic qualification The Olympic qualification for individual gymnasts will take place in the individual all-around qualification competition on May 23 + May 24, based on 4 scores. Gymnasts wanting to participate in the Olympic qualification must compete in all 4 routines. The Olympic qualification for groups will take place in the group all-around competition on May 25. For information regarding the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification System please refer to the document “Olympic Qualification System Paris 2024 RG” published on the FIG website.

Tie break rules In case of a tie at any position at the end of any competition, the tie breaking rules set out in the TR FIG will apply (TR FIG, Section 3, Article 7).

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Budapest local time)

Wednesday 22 May – Junior Qualifications & Team ranking

09:00 – 11:00    Set A

11:15 – 13:15    Set B

14:15 – 16:15    Set C

16:30 – 18:30    Set D

Followed by Award Ceremony Junior Team

 

Thursday 23 May – Senior Individual Qualifications & Junior Apparatus Finals

09:00 – 11:00    Senior Set A Hoop & Ball

11:15 – 13:15    Senior Set B Hoop & Ball

14:15 – 16:15    Senior Set C Hoop & Ball

16:30 – 18:30    Senior Set D Hoop & Ball

19:45 – 20:55    Junior Apparatus Finals Hoop & Ball

20:55 – 22:05    Junior Apparatus Finals Clubs & Ribbon

Followed by Award Ceremonies Junior Hoop, Ball, Clubs & Ribbon

 

Friday 24 May – Senior Individual Qualifications

09:00 – 11:00    Set C Clubs & Ribbon

11:15 – 13:15    Set D Clubs & Ribbon

14:15 – 16:15    Set A Clubs & Ribbon

16:15 – 16:45    Opening Ceremony

17:00 – 19:00    Set B Clubs & Ribbon

 

Saturday 25 May – Senior All-Around Finals

10:00 – 13:10    Senior Individual All-Around Final – Set B

14:10 – 17:20    Senior Individual All-Around Final – Set A

Followed by Award Ceremony Senior Individual All-Around

17:45 – 19:45    Senior Group All-Around Final – Set A

20:00 – 22:00    Senior Group All-Around Final – Set B

Followed by Award Ceremonies Senior Group All-Around and Senior Team

 

Sunday 26 May – Senior Apparatus Finals

10:00 – 11:10    Individual Apparatus Finals Hoop & Ball

11:10 – 12:20    Individual Apparatus Finals Clubs & Ribbon

Followed by Award Ceremonies Hoop, Ball, Clubs & Ribbon, plus 2023 Female Gymnast of the Year and 2023 Outstanding Performance awards

13:35 – 14:25    Group Apparatus Final 5 Hoops

14:25 – 15:15    Group Apparatus Final 3 Ribbons & 2 Balls

Followed by SmartScoring Shooting Star Award, Award Ceremonies 5 Hoops and 3 Ribbons / 2 Balls

16:00 – 16:45    Closing Ceremony and Gala

 

How to follow the competition?

European Gymnastics and its Global Partners EBU and SmartScoring are committed to bringing all the action to your living room.

The entire senior competition and the junior finals will be streamed on the EBU platform Eurovision - Sport (eurovisionsport.com) in addition to being shown on TV throughout Europe. Geo-blocking can occur if your national TV channels shows the event. A comprehensive list of TV rights holders and their planned coverage is available on our website.

The junior qualification day (Wednesday 22 May) will be streamed on SmartScoring’s Gymtv.online platform, for just € 3. Get your subscription here: European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Budapest - Europeangymnastics (gymtv.online).

You can follow the live scoring on Live Results - SmartScoring | Every second matters.

Results of past championships are available on our website.

Official hashtag of the event: #Budapest2024