1955  Coventry United Kingdom 
1956  Puteaux and Offenbach France and Germany 
1957  Bordeaux and Turyn France and Italy
1958  Wien and Den Haag Austria and Netherlands 
1959  Istanbul Turkey
1960  Brugge and Aahrus Belgium and Danmark 
1961  Rhodes and Schwarzenbek Greece and Germany 
1962  Palermo Italy
1963  Aubenas France 
1964  Innsbruck Austria 
1965  Tübingen Germany 
1966  Kristiansand Norway 
1967  Strasbourg France 
1968  Faenza Italy
1969  Karlsruhe and Nancy Germany and France 
1970  Sierre Switzerland 
1971  Udine Italy
1972  Zelzate Belgium 
1973  Würzburg Germany
1974  Cesenatico and Macon Italy and France
1975  Darmstadt Germany
1976  Devon C.C. United Kingdom
1977  Avignon France
1978  Tubize Belgium
1979  Graz Austria
1980  Passau Germany
1981  Braunfels Germany
1982  Breine-l' Alleud Belgium
1983  Lozanna Switzerland
1984  Royal Leamington-Spa United Kingdom
1985  Santiago de Compostela Spain
1986  Klagenfurt and Arnhem Austria and Netherlands
1987  Berlin-Neukölln Germany
1988  Aalborg Danmark
1989  Lucca Italy
1990  Plouguerneau France
1991  Bursa Turkey
1992  Delfzijl Netherlands 
1993  Bocholt and Nülheim Germany
1994  Linz Austria
1995  Bolonia Italy
1996  Wansbeck United Kingdom
1997  Regensburg Germany
1998  Czêstochowa Poland
1999  Speyer Germany
2000  Marvejols and Cockermouth France and United Kingdom
2001  St. Pölten  Austria
2002  Gdynia Poland
2003  Klaipeda Lituania
2004  Oudenaarde (Belgia)
2005  Kaliningrad (Rosja)
2006  Szeged (Wêgry)
2007  Norymberga (Niemcy)
2008  Katowice (Polska)