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17 May 2012

EUSA - European University Sports Association

 

LEGAL SEAT
C/O ASZV, ETH Zentrum
CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

 

OFFICE
EUSA - branch office Ljubljana
Address: Tomsiceva ulica 4; SI-1000 Ljubljana; Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 256 0056
Fax: +386 1 256 0057
Email: office@eusa.eu
Web: www.eusa.eu

 

CONTACTS
Please see the Office link for contact details of individual contacts of the staff.

 

MONEY TRANSFERS - GENERAL ACCOUNT
For money transfers, please use the following details (note that the bank address differs from the office address!), and make sure that EUSA receives all payments net - without any national or international bank charges:

 

Beneficiary Holder: European University Sports Association - EUSA
C/O ASZV, ETH Zentrum
Zurich, Switzerland
IBAN: CH34 0483 5095 0533 7200 0
   
Bank Details Credit Suisse
St. Gallen, Switzerland
BIC/Swift code: CRESCHZZ90A

 

EUC DEPOSITS ONLY

 

Beneficiary Holder: European University Sports Association - EUSA
C/O ASZV, ETH Zentrum
Zurich, Switzerland
IBAN: CH07 0483 5095 0533 7200 1
   
Bank Details Credit Suisse
St. Gallen, Switzerland
BIC/Swift code: CRESCHZZ90A

 


HISTORY - OVERVIEW

 

2010 After celebrating its 10th anniversary a year before, EUSA gained its own offices in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2010. While the organisation is still based in Switzerland, the secretariat now has its own premises in Ljubljana, after being hosted by Slovenian University Sports Association and the University of Ljubljana for several years in the past.
11 European Universities Championships were organised, with over 2700 participants attending them. An EUSA Cup in Billiards also took place in Estonia.
Due to the change of fiscal year, correlating to the calendar year, the assembly was moved to March 2011.
EUSA joined the European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) as one of the core partners and attributed the organisation of the 1st European Universities Games for 2012 to Cordoba, Spain.
   
2009 EUSA celebrated 10th anniversary, the main celebration was held at the General Assembly in Vienna, Austria. Special recognitions were awarded at the ocassion of 10th anniversary for achievements 1999-2009.
15 European Universities Championships were organised, with Golf, Taekwondo and Bridge being added to the EUC list. The participation number reached 3000 student athletes, representing 417 universities from 32 countries.
Unfortunately, 2009 was also marked by the death of one of the iniciators and the first President of the European University Sports Association, Mr Enno Harms.
   
2008 11 European Universities Championships were organised with 29 European countries, representing 2800 participants and 280 university teams participating. Ukraine, Turkey and Ireland hosted the EUC for the first time.

The 10th EUSA General Assembly took place in Paris, France.The Executive Committee was enlarged by two members.

   
2007 12 European Universities Championships were organised with over 2800 participants and 360 university teams from 33 countries.
General Assembly was held in Belgrade / SRB.
New board was elected for the next 4-year term. EUSA has today 40 members. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belarus became new members, Denmark was suspended.
   
2006 Handball was added to the EUC programme.
General Assembly in Valencia / ESP.
Websites of EUSA and EUSA STC were redesigned, EUSA Forums additionally established.
   
2005 Rowing was added to the EUC programme.
EUSA Symposium was held in Madeira / ESP. The next symposium will be in 2007.
General Assembly in Wroclaw / POL.
EUSA STC website was set up.
Certificate of Academic Eligibility was standardised and is to be used an all subsequent EUSA sporting events.
   
2004 EUC in Badminton, Futsal and Beach-Volleyball were added to the sports programme - it is now comprised of 9 sports. The 3rd Symposium was held in Falun / SWE.
In December, EUSA published the 1st EUSA Magazine.
General Assembly in Nottingham / GBR.
The GA adopted a series of amendments of the statutes. Among others the new position of a Treasurer and a non-voting, paid Secretary General was installed; the limitation for EC members to 3 terms (2 years) was removed.
   
2003 With Football (Rome) and Karate (Podgorica), 2 new sports had been added to the EUC. The second Syposium was held in Crete.
Beginning in July, the first employee was hired in the office in Hanover.
General Assembly in Ljubljana / SLO
The number of EC members was increased from 9 to 11.
   
2002 The postponed 1st Symposium took place in Nicosia / CYP.
EUC Basketball (Koper/SLO) and Volleyball (Athens/GRE) with increasing participation.
General Assembly in Nafplion / GRE
CEDU / Spain joint EUSA as 35th member federation.
The GA decided to establish a Student commission in order to enhance the participation of students.
   
2001 The first EUC were organised in Basketball (Aveiro/POR) and Volleyball (Belgrade/YUG).
A first Symposium had to be cancelled because of the events of September 11th in New York.
General Assembly in Amsterdam
5 more countries became members which totals the membership to 34.
   
2000 General Assembly 2000 in Paris
4 more countries became members. The GA approved the introduction of European Championships based on University teams for 2001.
   
1999 Foundation in Vienna
The European University Sports Association (EUSA) is an organisation of the national university sports federations in Europe.
It was founded in November 1999 in Vienna/Austria by 25 national federations.
The Office is based in Hannover/Germany.

 

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