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The 25th European Team championships took place in Batumi, Georgia 5th to 14th October 2025. Leading players such as Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Richard Rapport competed, the field had 56 players over 2600. In the women's event the leading players were Nana Dzagnidze, Nino Batsiashvili, Alexandra Kosteniuk etc.

Ukraine won the event by beating England 2.5-1.5 in the final round. Azerbaijan finished second in spite of losing to Serbia in the last round whose win earned them a third place finish. In the women's event Poland beat Azerbaijan in the final round to take first place, Ukraine drew with Armenia to take second place and Germany finished third in spite of losing to Bulgaria in the final round.

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25th European Teams Batumi GEO Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Tue 14th Oct 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9	Ukraine	9	7	1	1	15	220.5	21.5
2	4	Azerbaijan	9	5	1	3	13	195	20.5
3	7	Serbia	9	6	2	1	13	181.5	19.5
4	1	Germany	9	5	2	2	12	195	21.5
5	15	Romania	9	5	2	2	12	177.5	20.5
6	29	Georgia 2	9	5	2	2	12	168	22.5
7	2	Netherlands	9	4	2	3	11	220	20.5
8	8	Spain	9	3	1	5	11	182.5	19.5
9	5	England	9	5	3	1	11	181	20
10	18	Turkiye	9	4	2	3	11	170.5	21
11	3	Hungary	9	4	2	3	11	162	21
12	21	Denmark	9	2	1	6	10	166	19
13	13	Poland	9	3	2	4	10	156.5	20
14	23	Georgia 1	9	4	3	2	10	154.5	18
15	20	Italy	9	4	3	2	10	153.5	20
16	22	Bulgaria	9	4	3	2	10	148	19
17	16	Croatia	9	3	2	4	10	147	19
18	26	Lithuania	9	3	2	4	10	135.5	18.5
19	6	Armenia	9	2	2	5	9	182	19
20	14	Czech Republic	9	1	1	7	9	171	18.5
21	27	Montenegro	9	3	3	3	9	142	18
22	17	Austria	9	4	4	1	9	138.5	19.5
23	34	Portugal	9	4	4	1	9	86	18.5
24	11	France	9	4	5	0	8	160.5	17
25	10	Greece	9	3	4	2	8	159.5	18
26	12	Slovenia	9	3	4	2	8	140.5	17.5
27	24	Slovakia	9	3	4	2	8	133	17
28	19	Israel	9	2	3	4	8	127.5	20
29	33	Iceland	9	3	4	2	8	121	18
30	30	Moldova	9	2	3	4	8	121	16.5
31	31	Belgium	9	4	5	0	8	118	19.5
32	35	Georgia 3	9	4	5	0	8	79.5	18
33	25	Sweden	9	3	5	1	7	128.5	17
34	28	Switzerland	9	2	4	3	7	121.5	17
35	32	Finland	9	2	4	3	7	80.5	15.5
36	38	Georgia 4	9	2	4	3	7	66.5	13.5
37	37	Kosovo	9	1	5	3	5	76	13.5
38	36	Faroe Islands	9	1	7	1	3	73	12.5
39	40	Ireland	9	1	7	1	3	22	6.5
40	39	Scotland	9	0	7	2	2	36	8
40 teams

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25th European Teams Women Batumi GEO Sun 5th Oct 2025 - Tue 14th Oct 2025 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Team	Gms	+	-	=	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	Poland	9	8	1	0	16	240.5	23.5
2	3	Ukraine	9	5	0	4	14	216	22.5
3	6	Germany	9	6	2	1	13	205	21.5
4	5	Bulgaria	9	6	3	0	12	197.5	20.5
5	8	Armenia	9	5	2	2	12	183.5	19
6	1	Georgia 1	9	5	3	1	11	206	21
7	7	Spain	9	3	1	5	11	172.5	20.5
8	17	Romania	9	5	3	1	11	172.5	20
9	9	France	9	4	2	3	11	167.5	18.5
10	4	Azerbaijan	9	4	3	2	10	188.5	20.5
11	10	Switzerland	9	4	3	2	10	179	21.5
12	13	Hungary	9	5	4	0	10	158.5	19.5
13	26	Estonia	9	3	2	4	10	155.5	19.5
14	20	Italy	9	4	3	2	10	155	20.5
15	19	Georgia 2	9	4	3	2	10	137	19.5
16	16	Turkiye	9	4	4	1	9	159	20
17	14	Greece	9	3	3	3	9	159	18
18	11	Serbia	9	2	2	5	9	151.5	19
19	15	Netherlands	9	3	3	3	9	147.5	20
20	21	Austria	9	3	3	3	9	137	17
21	23	Czech Republic	9	3	3	3	9	125	18
22	12	England	9	2	3	4	8	153	18.5
23	27	Belgium	9	4	5	0	8	122.5	18
24	24	Georgia 3	9	3	4	2	8	119.5	18.5
25	22	Slovenia	9	2	3	4	8	118	16
26	25	Slovakia	9	3	4	2	8	116	16
27	29	Lithuania	9	4	5	0	8	107.5	15.5
28	32	Iceland	9	3	4	2	8	93.5	17
29	28	Montenegro	9	4	5	0	8	88	17.5
30	35	Finland	9	2	3	4	8	75.5	14
31	18	Israel	9	3	5	1	7	134	18.5
32	30	Croatia	9	3	6	0	6	61.5	13.5
33	31	Portugal	9	2	6	1	5	71.5	13.5
34	33	Monaco	9	1	6	2	4	61	11.5
35	34	Sweden	9	2	7	0	4	41.5	9.5
36	36	Scotland	9	0	8	1	1	61.5	10.5
36 teams

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