European Junior Chess Championship

The first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971–2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the 1971/72 edition was the first official European Junior Championship. Effectively, they adopted the 'Niemeyer Tournament', held every year in Groningen since 1962, and re-packaged it. For completeness also the winners of this Niemeyer tournament are listed. The first competition for girls was held in 1977/1978.

List of winners

Year	Location	Boys winner	Location	Girls winner
Niemeyer Tournament
1962/1963	Groningen, Netherlands	Coenraad Zuidema
1963/1964	Groningen, Netherlands	Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch Jørn Sloth
1964/1965	Groningen, Netherlands	Hans Ree Robert Hübner
1965/1966	Groningen, Netherlands	Andrew John Whiteley Hans Ree
1966/1967	Groningen, Netherlands	Mikhail Steinberg
1967/1968	Groningen, Netherlands	Anatoly Karpov
1968/1969	Groningen, Netherlands	Karl-Heinz Siegfried Maeder Zoltán Ribli Rafael Vaganian
1969/1970	Groningen, Netherlands	András Adorján
1970/1971	Groningen, Netherlands	Zoltán Ribli
European Junior Championship
1971/1972	Groningen, Netherlands	Gyula Sax
1972/1973	Groningen, Netherlands	Oleg Romanishin
1973/1974	Groningen, Netherlands	Sergey Makarichev
1974/1975	Groningen, Netherlands	John Nunn
1975/1976	Groningen, Netherlands	Alexander Kochyev
1976/1977	Groningen, Netherlands	Ľubomír Ftáčnik
1977/1978	Groningen, Netherlands	Shaun Taulbut	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia	Bożena Sikora Rita Kas
1978/1979	Groningen, Netherlands	John van der Wiel	Kikinda, Yugoslavia	Nana Ioseliani
1979/1980	Groningen, Netherlands	Alexander Chernin	Kula, Turkey	Nana Ioseliani
1980/1981	Groningen, Netherlands	Ralf Åkesson	Senta, Yugoslavia	Agnieszka Brustman
1981/1982	Groningen, Netherlands	Curt Hansen	Panonia, Yugoslavia	Elena Stupina
1982/1983	Groningen, Netherlands	Jaan Ehlvest
1983/1984	Groningen, Netherlands	Valery Salov
1984/1985	Groningen, Netherlands	Ferdinand Hellers	Katowice, Poland	Ildikó Mádl
1985/1986	Groningen, Netherlands	Alexander Khalifman
1986/1987	Groningen, Netherlands	Vassily Ivanchuk	Băile Herculane, Romania	Ildikó Mádl
1987/1988	Arnhem, Netherlands	Boris Gelfand
1988/1989	Arnhem, Netherlands	Alexey Dreev Boris Gelfand	not played
1989/1990	Arnhem, Netherlands	Grigory Serper	Dębica, Poland	Svetlana Matveeva
1990/1991	Arnhem, Netherlands	Rune Djurhuus
1991/1992	Aalborg, Denmark	Aleksander Delchev
1992	Sas van Gent, Netherlands	Aleksej Aleksandrov	Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia	Nino Khurtsidze
1993	Vejen, Denmark	Vladislav Borovikov	Svitavy, Czech Republic	Ilaha Kadimova
1994	not played		Svitavy, Czech Republic	Silvia Aleksieva
1995	Holon, Israel	Yury Shulman	Zanka, Hungary	Maria Velcheva
1996	Siofok, Hungary	Andrey Shariyazdanov	Tapolca, Hungary	Maia Lomineishvili
1997	Tallinn, Estonia	Dimitri Tyomkin	Tallinn, Estonia	Sofiko Tkeshelashvili
1998	Yerevan, Armenia	Levon Aronian	Yerevan, Armenia	Sofiko Tkeshelashvili
1999	Niforeika, Greece	Dennis de Vreugt	Niforeika, Greece	Regina Pokorná
2000	Avilés, Spain	Ádám Horváth	Avilés, Spain	Jovanka Houska
2001	Rion, Greece	Zviad Izoria	Rion, Greece	Iweta Radziewicz
2002	Baku, Azerbaijan	Zviad Izoria	Baku, Azerbaijan	Zeinab Mamedyarova