[1] The first meeting was held in 1988, two years after the construction of the Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin to host the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Due to technical problems and work delays, the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 editions were cancelled.

From 2020 onwards the meeting was one of the events of the World Athletics Indoor Tour.

[5] Until 1998, it was listed in the competition calendar as "Meeting Vittel du Pas-de-Calais".

[7] Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Meeting Pas de Calais.