This year the 30th European Brass Band Championships made a welcome return visit to Birmingham, bang in the heart of England and based at the fantastic Symphony Hall.

Full results of the 2007 contest are as noted below.

Date: Friday 4 & Saturday 5 May 2007
Set work: Elgar Variations, Martin Ellerby

Championship Section

Adjudicators Set work:
Thomas Doss, Jan de Haan, Philip Sparke

Adjudicators Own choice:
James Gourlay, Alan Morrison, Oliver Waespi

1. Brass Band Willebroek, Frans Violet, 7/12, 96+96=192
2. Stavanger, Allan Withington, 11/11, 95+94=189
3. Cory, Dr. Robert Childs, 10/4, 97+91=188
4. Fodens Richardson, Garry Cutt, 6/2, 91+92=183
5. Oberoesterreich Brass Band, Hans Buchegger, 9/8, 94+87=181
6. Scottish Co-op, Allan Ramsay, 8/1, 92+86=178
7. Brass Band Lyngby Taarbaek, Christian Schmiedescamp, 5/10, 89+89=178
8. Göteborg, Dr Nicholas Childs, 4/6, 87+90=177
9. Brass Band De Waldsang, Rieks van der Velde, 2/9, 82+95=177
10. Brass Band Aeolus, Bastien Stil, 12/7, 90+85=175
11. Brass Band Treize Etoiles, Geo-Pierre Moren, 3/3, 85+88=173
12. Kortrijk Brass Band, Lieven Maertens, 1/5, 84/84, 84+84=168

First Section

Set work: The Drop, Simon Dobson

Adjudicators:
Thomas Doss, Jan de Haan, Philip Sparke

1. Brass Band Frener-Reifer Pfeffersberg, Bernhard Reifer, 2, 92
2. Phoenix West Midlands, David Maplestone, 2, 90
3. Langanvale, Ernest Ruddock, 2, 88