38. European Championships
01. - 04. 05. 1997 Izmir/Turkey
played program: Groups with 4, then KO

left: the tournament area during the final
match right: the European title goes to
..... Walter Bax

the poster - Gumus, Touré, Bax and Reverchon
Final Classement
| name | nation | MP | sets | points solved | points played | % | |
| 1. | Walter Bax | B | 10 | 17:05 | 1052 | 1470 | 71,564 |
| 2. | Jean Reverchon | F | 10 | 15:08 | 1125 | 1503 | 74,850 |
| 3. | Madou Touré | F | 8 | 7:07 | 970 | 1381 | 70,238 |
| 4. | Serdar Gümüs | T | 6 | 11:10 | 967 | 1351 | 71,576 |
| 5. | Willy Daelman | B | 4 | 9:08 | 841 | 1175 | 71,574 |
| 6. | Amando Staes | B | 4 | 8:07 | 617 | 978 | 63,087 |
| 7. | Raymond Steylaerts | B | 4 | 9:07 | 726 | 1183 | 61,369 |
| 8. | Xavier Fonellosa | E | 2 | 5:09 | 668 | 931 | 71,750 |
| 9. | Jaume Norberto | E | 2 | 7:07 | 703 | 986 | 71,298 |
| 10. | Thomas Ahrens | D | 2 | 4:08 | 614 | 885 | 69,378 |
| 11. | Jordi Oliver | E | 2 | 5:08 | 528 | 843 | 62,633 |
| 12. | Ruud de Vos | NL | 2 | 4:06 | 411 | 658 | 62,462 |
| 13. | Bernd Singer | D | 2 | 5:06 | 444 | 719 | 61,752 |
| 14. | Yaman Haci Arap | T | 2 | 5:07 | 485 | 786 | 61,704 |
| 15. | Yilmaz Oscan | T | 2 | 3:08 | 358 | 712 | 50,280 |
| 16. | Manfred Hekerle | A | 0 | 0:09 | 257 | 599 | 42,904 |
| 17. | Ger Holka | NL | 2 | 2:05 | 261 | 428 | 60,981 |
| 18. | Jan Osterloh | D | 2 | 3:05 | 316 | 563 | 56,127 |
| 19. | Juan Cuadrado | E | 2 | 3:04 | 259 | 488 | 53,073 |
| 20. | Jürgen Eickholt | D | 2 | 2:05 | 147 | 420 | 35,000 |
| 21. | Frederic André | F | 2 | 3:05 | 335 | 598 | 56,020 |
| 22. | Fernando Dos Santos | P | 2 | 3:05 | 269 | 548 | 49,087 |
| 23. | Sander Jonen | NL | 0 | 2:06 | 276 | 539 | 51,205 |
| 24. | Bernd Katschelhofer | A | 0 | 1:06 | 237 | 488 | 48,565 |