The AIPS Sport Media Awards are proud to announce the continental rankings for Europe. To know more about the continental rankings, click here.

A huge appreciation to all our performers that provided their high quality works for the 2023 edition. And for those that couldn’t arrive in the final phase, remember that the 2024 edition will be launched soon.

AUDIO   

1    Adam Leventhal / Adonis Pratsides (United Kingdom), Football on Turkey's Fault Line - The Athletic Media Company

2    Ronny Blaschke (Germany), When Chile's national stadium was a prison camp - Deutschlandfunk Kultur

3    Sebastian Krause / Kilian Medele (Germany), Dr. Red Bull - ARD

4    Moritz Cassalette (Germany), Das Werder-Märchen 2004. Die Double-Saison reloaded. - Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Radio Bremen

5    Simon Hirt (Austria), Der Fall Kuru - Ein Torwart spricht über Spielmanipulationen + The Judgement - Ballesterer Podcast

5    Igor Tominec (Slovenia), Sepp Kuss: Vuelta's American darling with Slovenian roots - RTV Slovenija

7    Zsófia Somogyi (Hungary), Fábián Marozsán delivered the shock of the season - Hungarian National Public Service Radio

8    Zoltán Szép (Hungary), Transylvanian Five Rings Stories / Erdélyi ötkarikás történetek - Marosvásárhelyi Rádió

9    Sanny Rudravajhala, Katy Madgwick (United Kingdom), On Yer Bike Podcast - Can Primoz Roglic bounce back with Bora? - San Pod Productions

10  Ariana Azevedo (Portugal), A Vez Delas - Antena 1 - RTP

PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO 

1    Roman Vondrouš (Czech Republic), Canoe Slalom World Cup - Czech News Agency

2    Adam Warzawa (Poland), Athletics - Polish Press Agency

3    David Shopland (United Kingdom), Lionel Messi World Cup Final 2022 Doha - Shutterstock

4    Andrej Isakovic (Serbia), The Medalists at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest 2023 - Agence France-Presse

4    Tim Clayton (United Kingdom), Tim Clayton Portfolio - Getty Images

5    Christian Bruna (Austria), World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 - EPA

6    Patrick McCann (United Kingdom), The world of Horse Racing - Racing Post

7    Alexey Filippov (Russia), IBA Men's World Boxing Championships - RIA Novosti

8    Andy Couldridge (United Kingdom), Sports Portfolio - Reuters

9    Mika Volkmann (Germany), Salle D'armes Fencing Hall - getty images / Mika Volkmann

10  Dario Belingheri (Italy), Breathtaking moments: The beauty and the drama - Getty Images

PHOTOGRAPHY SPORT ACTION   

1    Luca Bettini (Italy), Bloody mask - Sprint Cycling Agency

2    Sam Barnes (United Kingdom), Falling Femke - Sportsfile

3    Erçin Ertürk (Turkey), Look and See - Anadolu Agency

4    Michał Zemanek (Poland), Lionel Messi celebrates his goal with Julian Alvarez - Shutterstock

5    David Ramos (Spain), Leo Messi - Getty Images

6    Adrian Dennis (United Kingdom), Wimbledon Dive - AFP

7    Mine Kasapoglu (Turkey), Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates 23rd Grand Slam - Anadolu Agency

8    Andrej Isakovic (Serbia), True Italian - Agence France-Presse

8    Joerg Oegerli (Switzerland), From Zero to Hero - Facebook

10  Giuseppe Fama (Italy), Celebrating - Gazzetta dello sport

10  Octavio Passos (Portugal), Nazare Canyon - Big Waves - Getty Images

10  Nikolaos Zagkas (Greece), Effort explosion - Instagram

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY      

1    Louis Myles, Ahmed Twaij (United Kingdom), Mighty Penguins - Meadow Lark

2    Volodymyr Mula (Ukraine), Football Must Go On - TeleProstir Studio / Paramount+

3    Jürgen Schmidt (Germany), Das teuflische Wunder vom Betzenberg - der 1. FC Kaiserslautern wird als Aufsteiger Deutscher Fußbal - ARD-Mediathek

4    Edward Knowles, Timo Bruun (United Kingdom), Heavy metal: Women's Weightlifting in a Palestinian Refugee Camp - Freelance

5    Tamás S. Zákonyi (Hungary), A Nemzet Aranyai (Golden Legends) - National Film Institute Nonprofit Private Share Co.

6    Diogo Oliveira (Portugal), Football’s Cradle (O Berço das Quatro Linhas) - Sport Tv Portugal

7    Rob Harris (United Kingdom), Power Game: The Story Of Qatar 2022 - Sky News

8    Karoline Rath-zobernig (Austria), Harnessing the power of the menstrual cycle - ORF

9    Laura Trust (Germany), Burnout einer Leistungssportlerin - ARD

10  Andras Daniel Keri (Hungary), A Calcio Titkai /Secrets of Calcio - Sport TV Hungary

10  Vladimir Pajić (Serbia), How did we fall in love with streetball? - Videostroj

VIDEO ATHLETE PROFILE       

1    Anthony Audureau, Thomas Larabi (France), Until the last round - Trois Heures moins le Quart

2    Monica Matano (Italy), Ritorno da Varenne - Rai

3    Daniel Grefve (Sweden), The person behind the f*** referee - SVT (Swedish Television)

4    Andreia Figueiroa (Portugal), Against the tide - Sport Tv

5    Laura Trust (Germany), Burnout einer Leistungssportlerin - ARD

5    Irene Ruiz (Spain), Resiliencia Kiskapusi - desemployee

6    Dávid Szabó (Hungary), Gyula Rákosi - 70 years for Fradi - FradiMedia

7    David Castro (Spain), Laia Sanz: Quien tiene la voluntad, tiene la fuerza - PLAYTheUNIT (Unidad Editorial)

8    Sid Kohli (United Kingdom), The Ray Lewis Exclusive • Decyfr Handoff with Neil Reynolds - Decyfr Sport

9    Inken Pallas (Germany), Lebenstraum Zirkus - Lea Toran Jenner - ARD/SWR

10  Joanna Camilleri (Malta), Filip Filipovic - One of the greatest Water Polo all time players - Public Broadcasting Services

VIDEO SHORT FEATURE  

1    Ben Unger (Germany), The first and last women's international match - WDR

2    Markus Harm (Germany), The Boxing Scandal - the end of Olympic Boxing? - ZDF German TV

3    Nicolas Delloye (France), World at Their Feet - Richarlison aiming to help Brazil to their SIXTH World Cup win! - Olympic Channel

4    Inken Pallas (Germany), Mike Glemser - das andere Leben (Mike Glemser - the other Life) - SWR Fernsehen,

5    Santiago Castañeda Heredia (Spain), Pedja Mijatovic | Los secretos de 'La Séptima' - Diario AS | AS Televisión

6    Pierre Esquer (France), Un jour avec Anaïs / One day with Anaïs - L'Equipe

7    Rob Harris (United Kingdom), Ospreys rugby player opens up about stepping back from sport after trying to end his life - Sky News

8    Stipe Antonijević (Croatia), One cut Turkey - Nova TV

8    Antoine Allen (United Kingdom), 'Myths must be broken': Football confronts British South Asian under-representation - ITV News

10  Olga Voronova (Belarus), Defeated the Belarusian federation and became a champion - Belsat TV

WRITING BEST COLUMN  

1    Pablo Juanarena (Spain), Text for a football match ticket / Texto para una entrada de un partido de fútbol - Marca

2    Orfeo Suárez (Spain), El talón de Aquiles está en las pelotas - El Mundo

3    Runar Gilberg (Norway), Verdien av å vera med | The Value of Participating - Kondis

4    Suzanne Wrack (United Kingdom), Luis Rubiales’ actions are not abnormal, they are symptomatic of the system - The Guardian

5    Igor Rabiner (Russia), Renunciation of the "Mountain Eagle". Igor Rabiner - on the situation with Yelena Isinbayeva - Sport-Express

6    Athanasios Sarris (Greece), Sportswashing: The "money bags" and the laundering through sports - Gazzetta.gr

7    Oliver Brown (United Kingdom), Spain's glory was hijacked by attention-seeking man - The Daily Telegraph

8    Csaba Belénessy (Hungary), A csillagok állása és a pillangozó - INDEX.hu

9    Neil O'Riordan (Ireland), Bettor, the devil you know; strict rules on gambling welcomed - Irish Sun

10  Steven Price (United Kingdom), No World Cup Titles For Teams With Foreign Head Coaches - Forbes

WRITING BEST COLOUR PIECE       

1    Christof Gertsch (Switzerland), The Merman - Das Magazin

2    Quentin Moynet (France), Les galériens du tennis / Welcome to the jungle - L'Equipe

3    Matthias Fiedler (Germany), The survivors - DER SPIEGEL

4    José ignacio Pérez Hernández (Spain), The murderous 'sport' in Auschwitz: "It was the first step towards extermination" - Marca

5    Pavel Lysenkov (Russia), "Dad, I see my dreams. And in them, there is ice, and I am playing hockey". This is how Rodion Amir - Match TV

6    Suzanne Wrack (United Kingdom), Holding gymnastics to account – why one alleged victim of sexual abuse is speaking out - The Guardian

7    Jean-Michel Brochen (France), Bobby Charlton, an immense reign - L'equipe Le Magazine

7    Natalie Berry (United Kingdom), Mountain man: the miraculous life of Reinhold Messner, the world’s most controversial climber - The Independent

8    Alban Traquet (France), A la recherche de Christian Atsu - L'Equipe

9    Kate Rowan (United Kingdom), First she was sectioned, then put in a coma, now Abi Burton is aiming for Paris Olympics - Telegraph Media Group

10  Alex Bysouth (United Kingdom), Naples: A city on the brink as Napoli close in on first title in 33 years - BBC Sport

YOUNG REPORTERS PHOTOGRAPHY  

1    Márton Koncz (Hungary), Serve - Nemzeti Sport

2    Samet Yalçın (Turkey), Breaking Moment - Ihlas News Agency

3    Anna Szilágyi (Hungary), Above the sky - EPA Images

4    Mattia Ozbot (Italy), Jumping Higher - World Athletics

5    Máté Ladjánszki (Hungary), Finish line - Népszava

6    Florian Schroetter (Austria), Focus - Mag. Thomas Wondrak Unternehmensberatung

7    Matteo Arnoul (Italy), Olga Kharlan exultation - Spiegel Sport

8    Tom Weller (Germany), Balance on balance beam - Tom Weller

8    Giovanni Zenoni (Italy), Clash - Giovanni Zenoni

10  Matthias Trinkl (Austria), Le Mans at Night - Trainproduction

10  Ieva Želvyte (Lithuania), A symphony of power and endurance - Federation of Lithuanian Sports Journalists

YOUNG REPORTERS WRITING        

1    Jack Bantock (United Kingdom), For nearly 50 years, only Black men caddied The Masters. One day, they all but vanished. - CNN

2    Stefan Kosanović (Serbia), Sports psychologist Sasa Sredanovic falsely presents herself to the public - Seecheck (publisher in english Fake News Tragač in original)

3    Pascal Gillen (Germany), "You cry alone": Kim Olafsson on the painful farewell to professional football - Tageblatt

4    Chloe Merrell (United Kingdom), Uganda’s Mary Cholhok: ‘Netball transformed my life into something amazing’ - The Guardian

5    Panagiota Chalkia (Greece), Peanut Tuitele: Three points on abuse and alcohol with a timeout - Metromedia AE

6    Francesco Gottardi (Italy), Football, where nobody could play before - Il Foglio

6    Piotr Przyborowski (Poland), Will a carpenter, an electrician and company conquer the UEFA Europa Conference League? This is the - Meczyki.pl, Warta Poznań

6    Maurício Alencar (United Kingdom), City Football Group’s purchase of Brazilian club Bahia: The inside story - The Athletic

9    Vladislav Netyaev (Russia), Faster, Higher, Grayer. Russia spends millions of rubles to buy elite housing for athletes. - Transparency International — Russia in Exile

10  Alasdair Howorth (United Kingdom), Banyana Banyana: How South Africa emerged from apartheid to shine on the world stage - CNN

YOUNG REPORTERS BROADCASTING  

1    Stanimira Atanasova (Bulgaria), The other champions: "A letter to you" - bTV Media Group

2    Silvana Strieder (Austria), From the Front Line to the Arena: The Story of a World Champion - KURIER

3    Alla Vas'kovs'ka (Ukraine), Football for the strong. Ukrainian soldiers with amputations play football - TV and radio company Pershyi Zakhidnyi