Over time, the competition grew in status and as it was not restricted to European countries, became regarded as the quasi-world championships.
The next European event was held in 1947, with subsequent years skipped due to Europe-based Olympics in 1948 (London) and 1952 (Helsinki).
[citation needed] On 27 May 2006 the FISA members voted to re-introduce a separate European Rowing Championships in its own right.
[citation needed] In 2007, when the European Rowing Championship was re-introduced, there were 14 Olympic boat classes racing over 2,000m.
Historically the leading European nations, notably Great Britain and Germany, had taken a haphazard approach to attending the championships.