The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 6 to 9 March 2025 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The four-day competition features thirteen men's, thirteen women's and one mixed athletics events over three morning and four afternoon sessions.
It is the 38th edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships and the third time that the Netherlands has staged the continent's top indoor competition in athletics after Rotterdam 1973 and The Hague 1989. It is also the third time in a decade that the country has hosted a major European Athletics event after the outdoor 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam and 2018 European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg.
On 6 May 2022, the European Athletic Association (EAA) chose Apeldoorn at its 164th Council Meeting held in Munich. The organization of the event is a partnership of local athletics clubs, the municipality of Apeldoorn, the Province of Gelderland, TIG Sports and the Royal Dutch Athletics Federation (Atletiekunie). In March 2024, former athlete Dafne Schippers was appointed tournament director.
All times are local (UTC+1).
In all individual events athletes can qualify in one of two ways: by achieving the Entry Standard within the qualification period in accordance with the criteria detailed below, or by virtue of the World Rankings Position achieved at the end of the qualification period according to the respective Event Ranking Rules (and ranking period). In case of ties, athletes with the next best Performance Score will prevail. Each European Athletics Member Federation may enter up to four qualified athletes in each individual event of whom up to three may participate.
In the relays, host country the Netherlands will be allocated one place in each relay. Three places will be allocated in accordance with the order of ranking of European Athletics Member Federation official teams in 4 ÃÂ 400 m combined outdoor lists 2024. The other two places (or three if the Netherlands does not take its allocated place) shall be allocated in accordance with the accumulated 400 m times of individual athletes from 2024 indoor season as at 10 days prior to the first day of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (24 February 2025).
Member Federations who have no male and/or no female athletes who have achieved the Entry Standards or considered as having achieved the Entry Standard or no male and/or no female athletes who are potentially qualified by World Rankings, may enter one unqualified male athlete and/or one unqualified female athlete in one individual event of the Championships. Two unqualified athletes of the same gender are not allowed.
The qualification period for the Combined Events is from 20 August 2023 to midnight 23 February 2025 (regardless of the time zone). For all other events, the qualification period is from 25 February 2024 to midnight 23 February 2025 (regardless of the time zone).
All athletes born before and including 2009 (aged at least 16 years on 31 December 2025) are eligible to compete, except for the men's shot put where the limit is 2007 (athletes aged at least 18 years on 31 December 2025).
626 athletes from 46 member federations were entered in the Championships of which 570 competed. In brackets the number of athletes participating.