The 22nd men's European Club Cup was staged in Fuegen, Austra from 8th until 14th October drawing 56 teams. The event was dominated by Russian teams which took all three podium positions. Tomsk-400, the defending champions, grabbed another gold edging Ladya Kazan and Ural Sverdlovsk region by game point count. The winners were led by Alexander Morozevich and rising star Dmitry Yakovenko. Best individual results were achieved by Nybäck (Werder Bremen) - 6.5/7 and Morozevich - 5/6 (Elo performed 2916).

Mika Yerevan of Armenia, with two Georgian and two Armenian players, took stylish win in a 11th women's Cup with 5 wins and 2 draws. Silver went to Energy-Investi of Georgia and bronze went to AVS Krasnoturinsk of Russia. As usual there were just a little over ten teams participating.

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