The Europe Cup history started as early as 1952 when an international association for 30 square meter Skerry Cruisers was formed with representatives of Germany, Switzerland and Austria called Internationale Vereinigung der 30-m2 Schärenkreuzer-Klasse (IVS, later IV-30).

The following year, a trophy was set up for the Europe Cup and raced for the first time at Genfer See with participants from four countries, Germany, France, England and Switzerland.

It wasn’t until 1980 when Sweden got into the game and the Europe Cup was held in Sandhamn under the leadership of The Royal Swedish Yacht Club. This was a renaissance for the class in Sweden and internationally. It was decided that the Europe Cup was to be sailed every other year in Sweden and every other year in Germany, giving the event its current format.

Since 1980 there has been 19 winners of the Europe Cup in 44 years. The regatta was cancelled once in Germany and in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Year	Location	Sail No	Name of Yacht	Name of Skipper	Yacht Club
1980	Sandhamn	G 116	Bijou III	Fredi Winterhalter	JSR
1982	Bregenz	G 126	Bijou IV	E Rinkenburger/F Winterhalter	JSR
1984	Arkö/Arkösund	G 105	Mariposa	Peter Theile	YCRa
1986	Langenargen			Cancelled
1988	Oxelösund	G 115	Daydream	Michael Behrenbach	YCRa
1990	Bregenz	G 136	Rabalder II	Michael Behrenbach	YCRa
1992	Nynäshamn	S 225	Gryning	Staffan Holmlund	SSHj
1994	Bregenz	G 108	Ashanti II	Gerd Schuble	YCRa
1996	Oxelösund	GER 105	Mariposa	Peter Theile	YCRa
1998	Friedrichshafen	GER 139	Bijou VI	Rolf Winterhalter	JSR
2000	Västervik	GER 105	Mariposa	Peter Theile	YCRa
2002	Friedrichshafen	GER 124	Fairplay	Mike Rösch	YCRa
2004	Nynäshamn	SWE 225	Gryning	Stefan Linder	SSKä
2006	Bregenz	FRA 1	Pinchgut	Pierre-Eric Lys	RSYS
2008	Saltsjöbaden	SWE 219	Malin	Martin Klinga	TRASS
2010	Langenargen	GER 124	Fairplay	Mike Rösch	YCRa
2012	Nynäshamn	GER 153	Hunkes II	Reinhold Böhler	SVGA
2014	Bregenz	GER 139	Bijou VI	Rolf Winterhalter	JSR
2016	Uppsala	GER 153	Hunkes II	Reinhold Böhler	SVGA
2018	Bregenz	AUT 113	Elisabeth II	Kurt Huppenkothen	Bregenzer SC
2020	Nynäshamn			Cancelled due to pandemic
2022	Konstanz-Staad	GER 139	Bijou VI	Rolf Winterhalter	JSR
2024	Sandhamn