Continental events in aquatics, cycling, golf, gymnastics, rowing and triathlon are all due to take place in August 2018 in Glasgow at the same time as a similar athletics event is held in Berlin. 

Around 1,500 athletes are expected to compete in the German capital along with over 3,000 in the Scottish city.

There is already "great interest" from cities, regions and countries in hosting the 2022 European Championships, the Board's co-chair Svein Arne Hansen has claimed.

“This shows the value of our innovative concept - for the sports and the future bidding cities,” said Hansen, also President of the European Athletics Association.

“It is obvious why all the participating sports want to carry on in 2022 as the European Championships is a sustainable event that brings together our existing championships without adding to a crowded calendar, and this is very attractive and affordable to a wide range of host cities."

It is not yet clear which cities are interested, or if additional sports could be considered.

This comes as the European Championships battles with the European Olympic Committee (EOC)-organised European Games to be the premier continental multi-sports event.

An inaugural edition of the latter event was held in Baku in 2015 but no host has been found for the second edition in 2019.

A Dutch bid was withdrawn last year and Russia was named as the "preferred choice".

But this has not been confirmed, and Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has suggested they are not interested in hosting the event as they are "absolutely busy" until 2020.

The EOC has criticised the European Sports Championship Management (ESCM), who are organisers in conjunction with the Board, for an alleged contractual clause limiting the participating federations from competing at other multi-sports events.

This was only a preliminary proposal and has now been removed from the contract, the Board have insisted.

But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have set-up a new panel to investigate the threat of private companies organising major events poses to sport's sovereignty.

"The inaugural edition in 2018 will deliver to the participating sports huge benefits in terms of aggregation, through a higher profile and reach through our media agreements with the European Broadcasting Union," added the Board's co-chair Paolo Barelli, President of the European Swimming Federation.

"This will ensure our long-term financial security as we are confident the championships will go from strength-to-strength through 2022 and beyond."

Coverage has already been confirmed in five major European markets for the 2018 event: the BBC in Britain, ARD/ZDF in Germany, France Televisions in France, RAI in Italy and TVE in Spain. 

This is part of a partnership with the European Broadcasting Union.