History

[Javaness]

Early European Championship Systems

1957 to 1959 unclear

1960 7 player round robin
1961 6 player round robin
1962 8 player round robin (2 americans played)
1963 8 player round robin
1964 9 player round robin
1965 9 player round robin
1966 6 player double round robin
1967 8 player round robin
1968 10 player round robin
1969 10 player round robin

1970 7 player round robin
1971 7 player round robin
1972 8 player round robin
1973 5 player double round robin
1974 9 player round robin
1975 12 player 8 round Swiss
1976 9 player round robin
1977 11 player round robin
1978 10 player round robin
1979 20 player 9 round Swiss

1980 24 player 9 round Swiss
1981 24 player 9 round Swiss
1982 16 player 9 round Swiss
1983 some sort of 9 round Swiss in which Asian players played a few rounds
1984 Seems to be a McMahon, Asian players fully taking part

[RobertJasiek]

Thanks! On which sources does this rely? How have you derived it from the data? Were there any ambiguities in identifying the systems besides those you already mentioned?

[Javaness]

Do you also boycott the official EGF website incase there is a virus on it?