News - Europe

As the results of the three participation surveys are processed, we take the opportunity to reflect on a season marked by record numbers across our European events.

The Federation of International Touch has confirmed that the 2026 European Youth Touch Championships will be hosted in England at a new location from Thursday 13th (registration and opening ceremony) to Sunday 16th August 2026. This follows an extensive search for suitable venues across mainland Europe and the United Kingdom.

In the first European Opens Touch Cup held at Rugby Calvisano this weekend, Touch France took the first gold in the mixed open, but England dominated the competition overall with gold, silver and bronze in the women’s, and gold and silver in the men’s.

The first European Seniors Touch Cup held at the University of Stirling last weekend was dominated by England Touch as they took away half of the 22 medals on offer across the eight categories of competition.

The second Atlantic Youth Touch Cup taking place at the University of Limerick last weekend surpassed expectations with some fantastic finals as England (six golds), France (two golds) and Ireland (one gold) took the titles across the nine categories of competition in the largest ever international youth touch event.