The European Half Marathon Cup is a quadrennial team marathon competition between European countries held for the first time in 2016, incorporated in the half marathon events of the European Athletics Championships.[1] The event alternates biennially with the European Marathon Cup which is held under similar rules when the European Athletics Championships are held in non-Olympic years.
^"European Athletics Championships 2016 - Team manual"(PDF). european-athletics.org. p. 30. Retrieved 6 September 2018. 10.2.3 EUROPEAN HALF MARATHON CUP - The European Half Marathon Cups are competitions for national men's and women's teams and are incorporated in the Half Marathon events of the European Athletics Championships.
