Students Sports Association of Montenegro during an academic year organizes National University championships in 15 different sports, as well as three university leagues (Futsal, Basketball, Volleyball). Almost all University Championships have already been held, the rest is to organize the Montenegrin University Championship in karate. The best from that Championship will represent Montenegro on the World University Karate Championship, which will be held in Bratislava in July 2012. Certainly the most interesting competitions are university leagues in Futsal, Basketball and Volleyball. ...

The representatives of the European University Sports Association - EUSA and the Organising Committee of the 1st European Universities Games met for the inspection and evaluation visit between May 14 and 17 in Cordoba, Spain. EUSA was represented by Mr Fernando Parente and Mr Haris Pavletic, Executive Committee Members, Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General, Mr Patrik Perosa, Sports Manager and Mr Andrej Pisl, Communications Manager. They were welcomed on behalf of the University of Cordoba by Mr Manuel Torres Aguilar, Students and Culture Vice-Rector and on behalf of the Organising Committee ...

University Sport Federation of Serbia (USSS), in cooperation and local organization of the University Sports Federation of Nis, organised the final games of the 4th National university championships of Serbia, which were played in the Hall "air" end of April. The finals were organised in futsal (m), volleyball (m/w) and basketball (m/w). The participants of the finals were the teams that won first places in the group stage, in which teams of all state Universities in Serbia took place. In the presence of over 500 spectators, the following results were achieved: Futsal (m): ...

Following the ‘Universities Week’ campaign in the UK, taking place between April 30 and May 7, 2012, a new research port launched by BUCS reveals that more than 90 per cent* of the UK’s universities are engaged with London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with 65 per cent expecting to gain long-term benefits from their involvement. The report, Olympic and Paralympic Games: The impact of universities, demonstrates the diverse contribution that universities are making to the 2012 Games, the overall impact on the UK sports industry and the work institutions and academics are ...

Despite cold, wet and windy conditions at the BUCS Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships this past weekend, the chance to compete in the Olympic Stadium inspired many BUCS athletes on to achieve their greatest performance to date. With the Championships forming a London 2012 test event as part of the London Prepares Series, record numbers of athletes and universities applied for the opportunity to participate and represent their university in the Olympic Stadium. A record 1,500 BUCS athletes from 117 universities, including 22 universities entering the Championships for the first time, competed ...

During the last weekend of April, the 40th Batavierenrace, an annual student relay race over 172 km, was organized in the Netherlands. Wageningen University Team was the overall winner, completing the whole track in 10 hours and 29 minutes, followed by the teams of the University of Eindhoven and the University of Twente. The Impalas from England were the fastest international team. This year, 348 teams took part in the 40th Batavierenrace with a total of 8.509 participants. In total, 14 international teams took part from Germany, Slovenia and Great Britain. With 8.509 participants the ...

British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the BUCS Conference, to take place at the University of Exeter July 10-13, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Enhancing the Student Experience through Sport’ and will consider the importance of sport in enhancing the student experience and satisfaction, the health and welfare of students and staff, the reputation of the University and its potential as a recruitment tool. The opening keynote will be delivered by Professor Van Gore, Vice-Chancellor of Southampton ...

From 14 to April 22, Braga and Guimaraes hosted the final stages of the Portuguese University Championships 2012, organised by FADU and the University of Minho Students Union. This is the biggest university sports event in Portugal that involved more than 2500 participants, including athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and organization. Under the event slogan 'Break the limits,' Handball, Basketball, Futsal, Rugby 7s and Volleyball in both genders and Football 11 men’s, met their Champions and consequently the teams that will participate in the European Universities Games 2012 this ...

We would like to inform you that due to the International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) and national holidays in Slovenia, where the secretariat of the European University Sports Association is located, the EUSA Office will be closed between April 27 and May 2, 2012. Please allow some additional time in responding to the incoming correspondence due to the holidays. We thank you for your understanding.

The 24th National General Assembly of the Polish University Sports Association (AZS) was held between April 20 and 22 in Wilkasy near Gizycko, in AZS sports and recreation centre. 165 delegates participated in the convention and they represented 17 regional associations, nearly 300 clubs and almost 50 thousand AZS members from all over Poland. Polish state authorities were represented by Mr Jacek Foks, Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. The Assembly summed up the two-year term of office of the authorities, the term which was not short of success in competitive ...

Mr Leonz Eder, EUSA Vice President, Mr Olaf Tabor, Treasurer and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General met on April 23, 2012 on a working meeting in Zurich, the city of the EUSA legal seat. Mr Eder, who was the EUSA Treasurer in the previous mandate, made a handover of the financial matters to the recently elected new EUSA Treasurer, Mr Tabor. The participants also discussed several issues related to the financial matters connected to the management of the association and the upcoming activities. The outcomes of the meeting, with conclusions and proposals, will be presented to the ...

On the invitation of FADU - the national university sports association of Portugal, the Student Commission of the European University Sports Association (EUSA STC) met in Braga, Portugal, on April 20 and 21, 2012. EUSA STC members discussed several items within the scope of the meeting; with emphasis on the existing and new projects in which the STC is directly involved in; namely the Volunteer Programme, Photo Competition, Networking Programme, European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) and Social Responsibility Program. The meeting was attended by STC members Isabel Collischonn, Kaisa ...

At the General Assembly of the Montenegrin national university sports association, held end of January in Podgorica, some important changes were made. The association legally changed its name to Students Sport Association of Montenegro. Elections and a new structure, according to the new Law on sport, have been put in place. Mr Boris Sekulic, former CEO/Secretary General, has been elected as the new President of the association. Mr Predrag Zecevic, former President of the Association, has been elected President of the administrative board of the Association.

Apart from the local contingent of volunteers that will be present at the 1st European Universities Games in Cordoba this summer, European University Sports Association and its Student Committee, with close cooperation with the local Organising Committee of the Games, is now busy selecting the volunteers. 173 volunteers from 19 countries accross Europe properly submitted their application in time, and 40 of them will get selected in the first round, announced on April 20. Depending on the interest of the volunteers and needs of the organisers, a second round might be put in place after that ...

The 11th FISU Forum concluded on Saturday, March 31 with a closing ceremony, started with a welcome speech by CESU Chair Mrs Alison Odell, followed by presentations of the Forum evaluation results, followed by a cultural performance. Mr Yoon-Suk Kim, Secretary General of the 2015 Summer Universiade and at the same time of the 2014 FISU Forum that will also take place in Gwangju, Korea presented the next FISU Forum before the FISU flag was handed from the current Forum organizers to CESU Chair Mrs Odell who, together with FISU President Mr Claude-Louis Gallien, passed it to the 2014 Gwangju Forum ...

More than 40,000 people are to be given the opportunity to be at the Olympic Stadium in London for its first major event, an occasion that is set to be marked by an evening of entertainment and which will give one person to be chosen from the crowd the chance to officially declare it open. London 2012 have announced that tickets are on sale for the unique event on May 5, called "2012 Hours to Go: An Evening of Athletics and Entertainment", which will follow on from the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Visa Outdoor Athletics Championships taking place in the Stadium ...

The 11th FISU Forum 2012 was officially opened yesterday in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. More than 250 participants from 68 countries, among them also the representatives of EUSA, are present on the Forum, taking place March 26-31, 2012. At the Opening Ceremony, the Mayor of Taipei City, Mr Lung-Bin Han, welcomed all the Forum participants and expressed his hope that they would take the time to experience the Chinese Taipei beauty, people and culture. The FISU President Mr Claude-Louis Gallien thanked Taipei City for providing an excellent reception to all participants. Dr. Hsia-Ling Tai, ...

On March 7, 2012, the University Sports Federation of Serbia held its Annual General Assembly. This is the 2nd Assembly of the current mandate period 2010-2014. The most important points on the Agenda were the Report for the year 2011, Activity plan for 2012 and modification of the Statutes of USSS, which are now synchronised with the new Law on sport. The assembly delegates commended the work of the federation in the previous year, with giving special emphasis on the results achieved at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, where the Serbian athletes won 4 medals, and the European Universities ...

Representatives of the Malta University Sports Club – MUSC, the President Ms Elena Bajada and the Director of Finance and International Affairs Mr John Bonello visited the EUSA Office in Ljubljana last week. In the discussion with the EUSA Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik and Communications Manager Mr Andrej Pisl they expressed interest to become more active in the field of European university sports. The guests and the hosts also explored possibilities and requirements of hosting an EUSA event in Malta in the future.

The past EUSA General Assembly, held March 15-18 in Maribor, Slovenia, was also an opportunity for a few sports meetings with the organisers of the upcoming EUSA Events. First, a few meeting were held with the presence of EUSA Staff – Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Sports Manager Mr Patrik Perosa and Communications Manager Mr Andrej Pisl – with the representatives of the Organising Committee of the 1st European Universities Games Mr Vicente Orga, Games CEO and Rifaat Chabouk, Operations Manager. They discussed the details of the registration and practical information, which ...

Before and during the time of the EUSA Conference and General Assembly, the representatives of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the European Network of Academic Sports Services (ENAS) met in Maribor, Slovenia. EUSA was represented by the now former President Mr Alberto Gualtieri, Mr Leonz Eder as Executive Committee Member and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and ENAS by its President Mr Duarte Lopes and Mrs Pika Radmilovic. The representatives of both organisations first discussed the previous and current cooperation, expressing wishes and willingness to strengthen ...

On Friday March 16th, 2012 the International University Sports Federation (FISU) confirmed the new location and date of the 26th Winter Universiade 2013. After the removal of the rights from Maribor to host the 2013 Winter Universiade as its Organizing Committee had been facing severe difficulties, the Winter Universiade will be hosted in Trentino, Italy. As it would not be possible to stage the Winter Universiade in the initially scheduled dates due to the short time for preparation, the new dates have been chosen from December 11th to 21st, 2013. FISU Executive Committee, which will ...

The Swiss Olympic Committee hosted the General Assembly of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/SUSF) in the House of Sports in Ittigen, Berne. President Andreas Csonka and the entire committee, including EUSA Vice president Leonz Eder, were re-elected for another term of two years. The assembly accepted the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland as new member of the federation, which means that SUSF has 16,500 new members since the General Assembly. In the annual report Daniel Studer, responsible person for the European Universities Championships and ...

European University Sports Association – EUSA held its 13th General Assembly on March 17, 2012 in Maribor, Slovenia, hosted by the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA). The assembly was a special one, not just because it reflected the most successful year in the history of the organisation, but also because it was an elective one. The mandate of the quadrennial term of the existing Executive Committee Members which started in 2007 came to an end, and a mew Executive Committee needed to be elected for the period 2012-2016. After the Opening of the Assembly by the current ...

On Friday, March 16, European University Sports Association organised the EUSA Conference entitled Embracing University Sport. The event took place in Maribor, Slovenia and was a prelude to the EUSA General Assembly, to take place the next day. The theme of the conference were the dirfferent aspects of university sport, with the focus on Europe, and the necessity to also focus on matters beyond sport itself, thus embracing the whole spectrum of the student sport sphere. The conference was opened by the President of European University Sports Association Mr Alberto Gualtieri who also chaired ...

Yesterday, on March 15, 2012, the Executive Committee of European University Sports Association (EUSA) met in Maribor, Slovenia for their scheduled meeting for the first time this year and at the same time the meeting was the last meeting of the current Executive Committee, as the electoral General Assembly of EUSA is coming up this Saturday. Although the meeting was devoted mainly to the upcoming General Assembly, the EC members took the opportunity to thank Mr Adam Roczek, the former Sports Manager, for all his work and dedication during the past years. EUSA Secretary General Mr Pecovnik ...

After internal changes, the Spanish University Sport Committee - CEDU has a new Secretary General. Mr. Juan Manuel Hueli Amador was nominated for the position. He has participated in EUSA and FISU events, and is looking forward to be involved in the national and international program. With the new CEDU president Mr Miguel Cardenal Carro, secretary General Mr Juan Manuel Hueli Amador and international affairs contact person Mr Aitor Canibe Sanchez, EUSA is looking forward to working with CEDU closely in the future as well, especially in the light of the upcoming 1st European Universities ...

At the 1st Pan-American University Sport Association (ODUPA) and Gender Equality Meeting held in San Jose, Costa Rica March 1-5, the Pan-American region opted for a new work plan on gender equity: ‘Working Together’. Presentations and analysis about gender equity was done during this activity by participants from nine countries - the United States, Guyana, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Spain, Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica. ‘All presentations analyzed our situation in the region to produce tools and concrete solutions, this is the first step of ‘Working Together’ ...

Universities Skiing Championship of Poland was concluded on 3rd of March in Zakopane – the city called the Polish winter capital. The three day competition gathered more than 500 students from 64 universities across the country. This was one of the biggest skiing events this winter. The Championship was held in two competitions: Slalom (SL) and Giant Slalom (GS). The first day was the qualifying round and finals in GS. Second day was the qualification in SL and in evening - integration party where the best skiers in Academic Polish Cup in Alpine Skiing (AZS Winter CUP) were awarded. ...

The directors of the University Sports Organisations in Switzerland met in the beginning of March in Berne for their regular spring conference. Among other topics they discussed items such as a new flyer about the Swiss University Sport, published in four languages, a national press conference about the participation of the students in the sports program of their universities, the new initiative of Swiss Olympic to help students to combine study and high level sport and also the 1st European Universities Games 2012 in Cordoba were discussed. Six Swiss Universities with more than 80 ...

EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri attended a working meeting at the EUSA Office in Ljubljana on March 5 and 6. Together with Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik they finalised the materials and discussed the matters regarding the upcoming EUSA Executive Committee Meeting, EUSA Conference and the General Assembly, to take place on between March 15 and 18, 2012 in Maribor, Slovenia. Mr Gualtieri also met with the EUSA Sports Manager Mr Patrik Perosa and Communications Manager Mr Andrej Pisl, to discuss the registration and progress status of the 1st European Universities Games, new EUSA multi-sport ...

In the last years Badminton Europe (BE) made an in depth analysis of their Member Associations (MA) based on defined Key Performance Indicators. Based on this analysis BE defined the strategy 2012-16 and evaluated it in regional conferences with the MAs. A Development and Administration Seminar was held in Amsterdam on 17/18 of February 2012 with presentations covering the main pillars of the strategy: Publicity, Performance and Participation. The seminar was also attended by Mr Bastian Cruse, EUSA Technical Delegate for Badminton. The purpose of the seminar was to present relevant information ...

The President of Portuguese Academic University Sports Federation (FADU), Bruno Barracosa and the Director of University of Minho Sports Services, Fernando Parente, were appointed ambassadors for Ethics in Sports in Portugal by the Secretary of State for Sport and Youth, Alexandre Mestre. At the presentation held on February 27th, in Lisbon, chaired by the Deputy Minister and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Miguel Relvas, were present the most illustrious personalities of Portuguese sports, was presented the National Plan for Ethics in Sport. Nelson Evora, Triple Jump Olympic champion ...

In Hungary, new acts on education and sport have been implemented and according to these acts, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) became the leading institute of Hungarian sport and solely responsible for distributing government funds. As a consequence, all sport-related national organizations had to clarify their relation to this body and call its respective general assembly to modify their statues accordingly. The Hungarian University Sports Federation (HUSF) also held its general assembly in February and besides modifying its statues, a new leadership was also elected by the delegates. ...

Last week Mr Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, Director of students sport and leisure centre of Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education (LAPE) met with Mr Liu Zengwen, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the People's Republic of China. Lithuanian Student Sport Association and the Embassy of People’s Republic of China in Lithuania have good and long-term cooperative relationships. During the meeting, possibilities of further cooperation between Chinese embassy and the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education were discussed and participants also talked about ...

International University Sports Federation (FISU) hosted the World University Championships Seminar in mid February in Brussels, Belgium. Organized every two years, the seminar seeks to aid in the preparation of the WUC events that will take place during the running year. This edition received 22 local organising committees with delegates travelling from different countries around the world. At the same time, the WUC Seminar was used as a working session for the FISU Technical Chairs of the sports on the WUC program. The new members of this commission were at the same time welcomed and had ...

We have reviewed the entries and deposits for all sports for the 1st European Universities Games in Cordoba. The registration is either very close to the limit, or the limit has been reached already and the registration for that sport is closed. In agreement with the Organising Committee, we have set the final deadline to close the competition formats as March 1, 2012. National university sports associations may therefore still register their teams, but please be reminded that only teams with paid deposits will be considered to take part. If you are a student or representing a university ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA), in cooperation with its Student Commission (EUSA STC) and the Organising Committee of the 1st European Universities Games, is offering students from Europe a unique opportunity of actively participating in the organisation of EUSA events as volunteers. For the 2012 European Universities Games, to take place in Cordoba, Spain between July 13 and 23, you may register at http://volunteers.eusa.eu by March 31, and you will be notified about your selection by April 20. The main aim of the Program is to give a chance for young students, who ...

EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri met with the Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik on February 14 and 15 in the Secretariat in Ljubljana. The main topic of the meeting was the preparation of the materials for the EUSA General Assembly, to take place in Maribor, Slovenia between March 15 and 18, 2012. The President and Secretary General discussed the annual report, activity plan, agenda and other documents for the Assembly. Together they also reviewed the registration for the European Universities Games 2012, a multi-sport student event which will be held for the first time this summer in ...

During the EPP group hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels on February 9, 2012, the President of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Mr Alberto Gualtieri met with the Chairman of European Student Union (ESU), Mr Allan Pall. On this occasion both presidents expressed their engagement to strengthen the cooperation between both associations. Mr Gualtieri invited Mr Pall to the EUSA Conference and General Assembly to be held in March in Maribor. Mr Gualtieri presented the EUSA anniversary book to Mr Pall and introduced the latest actions of EUSA Executive Committee in ...

The European Parliamentary Group Hearing on Youth and Volunteering was held at the European Parliament’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday 9 February 2012, with active participation of the European University Sports Association (EUSA). The hearing was opened by Mr Marco Scurria, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Rapporteur on the European Year of Volunteering 2011 and Mrs Doris Pack, Chairwoman of the Culture and Education Committee. The hearing was divided into three sessions, chaired by Members of the European Parliament and CULT Committee. The first session ...

The University of Minho and its Student’s Union presented the program of the National University Championships 2012 Finals. This presentation took place during the Technical Meeting of FADU in the presence of 53 participants, representing 23 FADU clubs. Athletics, Basketball, Climbing, Football, Futsal, Handball, Rink-Hockey, Korfball, Rugby 7s, Taekwondo and Volleyball will be featured at the event during the span of one week. Mr Fernando Parente, head of the Sports and Cultural Department of Social Services at University of Minho, representing the Organizing Committee, presented ...

Slovak University Sports Asociation (SAUS) has a new office as of February 2012. Their postal address and contact numbers have changed accordingly, while the webmail address and website remain the same. We advise you to update their contact details to the latest data. Slovak University Sports Association Trnavska cesta 37 SK-83104 Bratislava Slovakia Tel: +421 2 4911 4505 Fax: +421 2 4911 4506 E-mail: saus@saus.sk Web: www.saus.sk

The registration deadline for the 1st European Universities Games, which has been extended to February 13, 2012, still allows the teams to register. While some of the sports have only a few places available, it is still possible to register now and participate at the 2012 EUSA Games. The 1st European Universities Games will take place between July 13 and 23 in Cordoba, Spain, featuring 10 sports: badminton, basketball, beach-volleyball, football, futsal, handball, rugby 7s, table tennis, tennis and volleyball. Cordoba already hosted several university sports events in the past, also ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina awarded their best sportsmen and sportswomen on January 25, 2012. The Sports Award Ceremony was held in the National Theatre in Sarajevo and was officially opened by the President of the Republic Mr. Zeljko Komsic. The President welcomed the invited guests, speakers and athletes, also thanking European University Sports Association with its President Mr Alberto Gualtieri for the continuous support of the students sport in the Republic. The Ceremony, broadcast live on Hayat TV, was attended by over 500 guests, among them also the President of National Sports Federation, ...

EUSA Vice-President Mr Sinisa Jasnic visited the EUSA Office on Friday, February 3, where he met with Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General. During his visit, Mr Jasnic also congratulated Mr Patrik Perosa on his new position as the Sports Manager. The main points of discussion were the upcoming General Assembly in Maribor and the European Universities Games in Cordoba.

It is with great pleasure for our federation to announce the European Parliamentary Group Hearing on Youth and Volunteering. The hearing will be held at the European Parliament’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday 9 February 2012, from 9.30-12.30, where EUSA will also be present. One of the topics on the agenda is sport, under session 3: European policies for youth. One of the speakers at this hearing will be the President of the European University Sports Association Mr Alberto Gualtieri. Individuals and representatives of organisations are invited to attend the hearing. ...

Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) celebrated its 88 year-long history in January 2012. By tradition, prize giving ceremony of the student athlete of the year award formed part of the festivities. The award was given for the first time to a team instead of an individual athlete. The achievements of the synchronized skating team Rockettes - World Champions 2011 as well as Erzurum Winter Universiade gold medal team - were simply impossible to surpass by the other candidates. Speeches were given by the President of OLL, Ms Lotte Uutinen; Chairman of the Finnish Sports Council, Mr Jan ...

The Israeli government and the Wingate Institute honoured Mr Ilan Kowalsky with the "Wingate Award" for the year 2011, on development and promotion of sport. Coach Kowalski received this award at the end of 2011 for the development and promotion of sport, with emphasis on university sport, among sports teams regardless of their religion and/or nationality. Mr Kowalski is strongly involved in the Academic Sport Association (ASA Israel), especially the Friendship Games and is one of the founders of the My Way NGO, aimed at promoting co-existence through sports and support of ...

The Hellenic Committee for University Sports – EATE elected and appointed new Executive Committee of the federation. The annual General Assembly of EATE elected the new Executive Committee for the period of 2012 to 2015. On January 20th, 2012 the Greek Ministry of Education, Long Life Learning and Religious Affairs confirmed the Committee, along with a new state representative. Composition of the new board: - Alexandros Pissas, President - Polixeni Argeitaki, Vice-President - Ioannis Kafentarakis, Secretary General - Charalabos Oikonomou, Treasurer - Maria Giogiaka, Member ...

With the end of this January, EUSA Office said goodbye to Mr Valentin Dupouey, EUSA Projects Assistant. Mr Dupouey started internship at the European University Sports Association end of January 2011, assisting in sports and communications matters and also contributed to other active projects within EUSA. On behalf of the Executive Committee of EUSA, Mr Dupouey was thanked by Mr Matjaz Pečovnik, Secretary General and Mr Leonz Eder, Treasurer. Both of them wished Mr Dupouey successful continuation of his professional career, and expressed satisfaction and gratitude for his work carried out ...

On Monday, January 30 and Tuesday, January 31, EUSA sports working meeting took place in the EUSA Office in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The hosts - Mr Matjaz Pečovnik, Secretary General and Mr Andrej Pišl, Communications Manager welcomed the Sports Manager Mr Adam Roczek and Technical Delegate for Futsal Mr Patrik Peroša. After the decison of Mr Roczek to step down as the Sports Manager, Mr Peroša will replace him on this position from February 1. The participants first discussed the operational issues regarding the working of the office, with emphasis on sports matters. The agenda then focused ...

The Spanish Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport appointed a new president of the Spanish University Sport Committee (CEDU). The new CEDU President is dr. Miguel Cardenal Carro. Mr Carro currently holds professor's post at the University of Extremadura and is a Director of Studies and Research Chair in Sports Law at the King Juan Carlos University. Mr Carro has held positions in various bodies of sport. Since the 2004-2005 season he is the member of the Competition Committee of the Spanish Football Federation and the Professional Football League.

On January 27, 2012 EUSA Auditors Mr Zrinko Čustonja and Mr Jakub Kosowski visited the EUSA Office in Ljubljana, Slovenia for a working meeting with Mr Leonz Eder, EUSA Treasurer and Mr Matjaž Pečovnik, Secretary General. Mr Kosowski and Mr Čustonja checked the financial operations of EUSA for the past year. The financial operations were presented in all details, conducted transparently and in full accordance with the regulations. The Auditors inspected the books and transactions, expressing satisfaction over the finances and overall book-keeping. Mr Pečovnik and Mr Eder also presented ...

On 19-20 January 2012, the Estonian Academic Sports Federation (EASF) celebrated its 20th anniversary, which was commemorated with a number of events in Tartu, Estonia. An exhibition on “Student Sport through Times” was opened on 19 January in the Estonian Sports Museum. The exhibition reflects important aspects of student sport in Estonia in the past 100 years. An international conference “Student Sport in Professional Sport” was held on 20 January morning. The conference featured presentations by leaders of student sport federations from countries around Estonia, ...

The French University Sport Federation has just released its latest edition of its official magazine, Sport U Mag. For its 111th issue, the magazine focuses on the outstanding results achieved by the French university teams and individuals at International and European level. You'll find photos of all the medallists at the latest Winter and Summer Universiades, respectively held in Erzurum and Schenzen where France finished at the 4th and 7th place of the medal table. Their results at the EUSA Championships are especially impressive when you look at the summary table: not less than 9 gold ...

The initial registration deadline for the European Universities Games has passed on January 13, 2012. Most sports have either already reached the limit, or there are only a few places available. We would like to inform you that registration for the remaining places has been extended for one month - until February 13 , 2012. Only registrations with paid deposits will be taken into account , so we strongly encourage that all deposits are paid really as soon as possible. European National University Sports Associations may register the teams at http://eug2012.registrations.eusa.eu . ...

The latest issue of the University Sports Magazine, a publication by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) has been published. Among other topics, the issue #82 features: - Extensive Summer Universiade report: 2011 Shenzhen - FISU Assembly, Women's Gender Equality Round Table, Young Reporter's Programme - Shenzen - News on Upcoming Winter Universiades 2013 Maribor, 2015 Granada & Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan, 2015 Gwangju - FISU Committees - FISU Calendar For more details, please see www.fisu.net or browse the content of the latest issue below:

The Spanish City of Cordoba hosted the 2012 edition of the EUSA Convention between January 13 and 15. The convention was a chance for EUSA Technical Delegates and staff to meet and discuss various aspects of the 1st European Universities Games together with the Organising Committee representatives and sports managers of the EUSA Games which will be held July 13-23, 2012 in the same city. On Friday the delegates were welcomed by the Rector of the University of Cordoba prof. dr. Jos Manuel Roldn Nogueras, Vice-Rector and Chairman of the OC prof. Manuel Torres Aguilar, and OC CEO Mr Vicente Martinez ...

The EADInn Bridge is the final conference of the EU-funded project European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) and concludes the 15-month cooperation of nine partner organisations, among them also the European University Sports Association (EUSA). The conference started on January 14, 2012 in Innsbruck (AUT) which is at the same time also the host of the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The welcome addresses were given by Mr Ingo Weiss, Chairman of the German Sports Youth and Mr Jan Holze, ENGSO Youth Chairman. The participants of the conference are the EADIn Anti-Doping Junior Ambassadors, ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA) has published the annual edition of its magazine - the European University Sports Association Year Magazine 2011. In the magazine, published with the extended contents and new layout, you will be able to find the introduction by EUSA President, current information on the structure of EUSA, get an overview of the record-breaking European Universities Championships which took place around Europe in 2011 and recaps from the events under EUSA Patronage. In the magazine you will find a summary of the EUSA General Assembly which took place in ...

The Albanian Students Sports Association - ASSA is announcing the launch of their new website. It contains information in Albanian and English language, and offers a short overview of the association, its structures and activities. The website will gradually get extended and updated. Their new website can be found at www.albanianssa.info , and their new contact email address is assa.federation@yahoo.com .

After successful Universiades in 2011, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) is celebrating 2012 with World University Championships, which are being organised biannually in the years with no universiades. In 2012, there are 28 World University Championships on the FISU calendar, and EUSA is happy to report that out of 28 events, 19 of them (68%) are organised in Europe; in cooperation with the EUSA member federations. Below you can find the calendar with the sports events overview; please see the FISU website www.fisu.net for more details. Sport Location ...

Let the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. May the New Year be generous and prosperous. We wish you lots of love, joy, happiness and success - both on professional as well as on personal level. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The year 2011 has been very successful for the European University Sports Association in many ways, but perhaps most important and visible in terms of EUSA sporting events and participation at the European Universities Championships. Sixteen editions of European Universities Championships took place this year across Europe, with over 3600 students participating at EUSA sports events, representing over 470 universities from 37 European countries, breaking the current participation numbers. EUSA is proud that our events do not just emphasise quantity, but also quality. In this respect ...

Asiana Airlines has been the main sponsor of the European University Sports Association since 2010. We are happy to report that Asiana Airlines has been named 2011 Airline of the Year by Global Traveler. At the awards ceremony which took place in Los Angeles, USA on December 1, Asiana was presented with 7 awards, including the mentioned Airline of the Year award. The 2011 Airline of the Year award is the third award of the kind, received by Asiana the third year in succession. In 2009, they received the award by Air Transport World and in 2010 by Skytrax. With this achievement, Asiana Airlines ...

International European Student Boxing Tournament took place in Moscow December 10-15, 2011. 75 participants from 16 countries took part in the competitions. The event was organized by the Russian Students Boxing Federation, Russian Boxing Federation, Boxing Development Centre Alexey Kiselev and Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU) under the patronage of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and European Boxing Confederation. Tournament program consisted of the competitions in 10 weight categories 49kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 64 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg, 81 kg, 91 kg, +91 kg. The Organizers ...

The EADInn Bridge is the final conference of the EU-funded project European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) and concludes the 15-month cooperation of nine partner organisations, including EUSA. The conference entitled will be held during the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games between January 13 and 17, 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. European University Sports Association (EUSA) is a partner in the European Anti-Doping Initiative, and will be present at the conference with the team of Anti-Doping Junior Ambassadors from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Slovenia and a coordinator from the United Kingdom. Also ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA) is announcing its 13th EUSA General Assembly, which will take place in Maribor, Slovenia on March 17, 2012. The Assembly will be preceded by a conference on March 16. EUSA member federations will be able to register their official delegates as of January 5, 2012 at EUSA website. All EUSA member federations - national university sports associations - are invited to attend the Assembly. Deadlines and important dates: • January 5, 2012: Detailed information available, Start of registration • February 1, 2012: Deadline for registration ...

The 2nd European Universities Taekwondo Championship ended on December 15 with the delivery of the winners medals and the closing ceremony. At the end of the event, the spotlight on the field was on the Russian University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism - winning 14 medals, 10 of them gold. Also the home team, University of Minho, was very successful, reached the podium nine times. The European Universities Taekwondo Championship, held in Braga (POR) between December 13 and 15, was marked by the presence of prominent student athletes, among which we can highlight Portuguese students ...

The University of Minho (UMinho) is hosting the Second Universities Taekwondo Championship. The international sports event started with the opening ceremony on December 14, and will conclude the day later. With 40 universities from 16 countries participating, the championship has already achieved success, especially since the event has been moved from initially planned location in Sofia. UMinho is the organiser of this event for the second time, which is a result of fruitful cooperation with the Academic Association of the University of Minho (AAUM), the Academic Federation of University Sports ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) published the latest edition of its annual magazine Zdrava zabava (Healthy fun) in December. The magazine focuses on student sport on Slovenian, European and International level, and is distributed free of charge at the institutions of higher education in Slovenia, SUSA member associations, university sports facilities, libraries and other points of interest. The publication is also available online in electronic form. The 11th edition of the magazine has Matej Dobovsek on the cover; a multi-medallist at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum ...

On the invitation of the Croatian University Sports Association (CUSF), EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri, Vice-President Mr Sinisa Jasnic and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik visited Zagreb on December 10, 2011 to be present on the CUSF Annual General Assembly. The EUSA representatives were welcomed by the CUSF President Mr Zrinko Custonja, Vice-President Mr Haris Pavletic and Secretary General Mr Ronald Strumberger. Before the Assembly, a meeting was organised at the University of Zagreb with the Rector prof. dr. Aleksa Bjelis. Mr Gualtieri used this opportunity to thank the ...

The traditional SELL Student Games will be the largest and most international student sporting event in Finland in 2012 and open to all university and polytechnic students world-wide. The games are hosted in alternate years by the SELL countries: Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Next year, the games will be hosted by Aalto University Sports Club and Aalto University Student Union and held in Espoo, Otaniemi, on 17–20 May 2012. In addition to the competitions, plenty of side events and the traditional SELL party will be organized. The organizers are expecting around 2000 students ...

The registration for the 1st European Universities Games, to take place in Cordoba, Spain between July 13 and 23, is closing in one month – on January 13, 2012. European Universities Games is the largest European multisport student event, featuring ten sports: badminton, basketball, beach-volleyball, football, futsal, handball, rugby 7s, table tennis, tennis and volleyball. Interested university teams should contact their national university sports associations, EUSA member federations, to enter general entry forms at the registration page. Due to the limited format of competition ...

25th of November 2011 was a critical moment for the Polish University Sport Association (AZS) – that day the first TV station in AZS came into operation – AZStv. Till now Association promoted its activities on AZS clubs websites, in monthly magazine “University Sports Review”, and in a recent years – on Youtube. Now to all these media, television channel has been added. It has been working only for few days now, so it’s too early to estimate its effectiveness, but surely AZS entered a new era thanks to AZStv. The idea of creating new television was ...

This year’s EUSA Photo Competition has received several photos, submitted by the participants of the European Universities Championships. EUSA Student Commission has shortlisted five final photos, out of which the winner of the EUSA Photo Competition 2011 will be announced. Now it's your call, vote to help us select the winner! Out of all the people who will cast their votes, EUSA will draw two lucky winners and send them practical gifts. To vote, please visit the EUSA Photo Competition 2011 gallery on our Facebook page . One "Like" counts as one vote. All votes ...

The Spanish Royal Household confirmed to the Organising Committee of the 1st European Universities Games that His Majesty, the King Juan Carlos I, accepted the chairing of the Honour Committee of the EUSA Games. Such great news will for sure raise the relevance of the event which will gather over 3000 participants from all over Europe next summer. As a keen sportsman himself, King Juan Carlos supports and appreciates sporting activities as a formative influence of unquestionable social value. The King and Queen and the rest of the Royal Family frequently attend sporting events. The ...

Swiss University Sport Directors Conference published results of the study of sport among Swiss students. The outcomes were presented at a press conference, held at the University of Bern end of this November. The study, based on online interviews of 16,856 students from 14 Swiss universities shows that students are distinctly more active and sporting than their contemporaries who do not attend university. The proportion of active athletes is significantly higher among students than in the population as a whole and in the 20-34-year age group, while the proportion of non-active people is distinctly ...

Federation of African University Sports (FASU) launched its new website end of November. Supported by the newly adopted information system, the website is aimed at providing up-to-date information about all university sports activities and student sport news on the African continent. The website also features information about the History of FASU, its Organisation structure, regional associations, national member federations, etc. The new website can be found at www.africauniversitysports.com .

On November 29, Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) attributed the Universiades for 2017. The bidding and attribution event was staged at the Hotel Dolce La Hulpe in Brussels, Belgium. The candidate cities first made the final presentations of their bid. Almaty (KAZ) remained the only bidding city for the 2017 Winter Universiade, as Trentino (ITA) withdrew last week due to the dire economic situation. In the morning session, the delegates of Almaty, chaired by Almaty Mayor Mr Akhmetzhan Yesimov, presented the trumps for choosing their city as host of ...

Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), elected at the General Assembly in Shenzhen this August, had its first official meeting in Brussels on November 28 and 29, 2011. During the first session of the meeting FISU President Mr Claude-Louis Gallien, Treasurer Mr Bayasgalan Danzandorj and Secretary-General/CEO Mr Eric Saintrond presented their reports. Mrs Verena Burk presented the report on the FISU Round Table ‘Gender Equality’ which was held during the Shenzhen Universiade and Mr Lawrence Rink gave a follow-up on the doping control activities. ...

The 14th ENAS Conference was organised in Antwerp, Belgium November 9-12, 2011. Over 100 participants took part in the conference, including EUSA representative Mr Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, EC member. The guests were welcomed by the Organising Committee and ENAS President Mr Neil Mosley. The first day of the 14th ENAS Conference was kicked off with a welcoming speech by Francis baron Van Loon, Honorary Rector of the University of Antwerp. Main theme of this year’s conference was “Heart of the Campus. Strategic Positioning and Marketing of Sport in Universities.” The ...

The second edition of the City Events was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, between November 16 and 18, 2011. The event represents an annual conference and a networking platform that connects ambitious sports cities from around the world with international sports federations and private event owners, and is organised by GL Events and FISU. The conference was opened by Mr Leonz Eder, FISU Vice-President, who welcomed all participants and made a brief introduction to the purpose of the event, and FISU values. At the first day of the conference the topic discussed at the Plenary Session ...

In November the Polish universities organized a competition for freshmen students. The Games are dedicated especially for them – Students of the First Years Championships. This year, the games were held in seven cities: Gdansk, Poznan, Warszawa, Katowice, Krakow and Lublin. In each city students rivalled to get right to start in the finals, organized by the Polish University Sports Association in Gdansk. The Games gathered hundreds of participants. After all, in this kind of games young people may start only once in their life! Students competed in seven disciplines: cross country, basketball, ...

On November 27th, the President of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Mr Alberto Gualtieri and the President of European Bridge League (EBL) Mr Yves Aubry met in Brussels in presence of the EUSA delegate Mr Geert Magerman. Bridge was recognized by EUSA in 2008. After two successful EUSA bridge Championships, both presidents expressed their willing to develop Bridge more at the universities and to reinforce the links between the sport and the European universities. In that respect, both federations investigate the possibility to sign an agreement of collaboration. EUSA ...

The last Executive Committee Meeting in 2011, which took place in Cordoba, Spain on November 25 and 26, concluded with the presentation of the bids for the European Universities Games 2014 and its attribution. Members of the Executive Committee were presented the reports of the inspection visits of the evaluation committee, performed in October by Mr Alberto Gualtieri, Mr Kemal Tamer and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik. The bidding cities: Wroclaw, Poland and Rotterdam, the Netherlands then presented their candidatures to host the 2nd edition of the European Universities Games in 2014. A draw decided on ...

The final meeting of the Executive Committee of EUSA in 2011 is taking place on November 25 and 26 in Cordoba, Spain. The meeting is being held at the Rectorate of the University of Cordoba. The members were met by the Rector of the University prof. dr Jose Manuel Roldan Nogueras and Vice-Rector of the University prof. dr. Manuel Torres Aguilar, welcoming them in the city and at their University. As the 1st European Universities Games will be held next summer in Cordoba, a special press conference was held during the Executive Committee Meeting, at which the President of EUSA Mr Alberto ...

EUSA Representatives made an inspection visit to Cordoba, and had several working meetings with the Organisers of the 1st European Universities Games, to take place in Cordoba, Spain between July 13 and 23, 2012. The games will feature 10 sports on the programme of EUSA events: basketball, handball, football, futsal, rugby 7s, volleyball, badminton, beach-volleyball, table tennis and tennis. EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri, Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Sports Manager Mr Adam Roczek, Communications Manager Mr Andrej Pisl and Office Assistant Mrs Danijela Babic were met by the representatives ...

The partners in the European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) met at a coordination working meeting on November 17 in Frankfurt, Germany. At the meeting several representatives of the partner organisations, including the European University Sports Association - EUSA, which is one of the core partners in the project, were present. The participants discussed the implementation of the EADIn programme - spreading the anti-doping mentality within the structures of the partnet organisations, final conference in Innsbruck, EADIn training tool, website and promotion an administrative matters reated ...

The President of the Russian Federation Mr Dmitry Medvedev awarded the Order of Friendship to FISU Honorary President George Killian for his contribution to the development of university sports in the Russian Federation, the strengthening of the cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of sports and humanity. The corresponding Executive Order was signed by the Russian President on November 7th, 2011. The Order of Friendship was established by an Executive Order of the President of the Russian Federation in March 1994. The Order of Friendship is awarded to citizens for outstanding ...

Under the leadership of chairman Roger Roth, University of Freiburg, the directors of the Swiss University Sports Organisations met at a conference in Berne. One of the main topics was the theme, how to help and to support students which are also part of elite sports programs of the Swiss Olympic Association, at their universities. Karin Rauber, responsible for career-planning at Swiss Olympic, and Fredi Schneider, head of elite sports at Swiss University Sports Federation presented the goal to create a clear concept of promotion of these student athletes at the different Swiss Universities ...

Similar to the famous rowing competition between Cambridge and Oxford also the Academic Sports Association Zurich (ASVZ) organises such a rowing contest between the University of Zurich and the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. For the 60th time this competition took place on the Limmat, the river in the city center of the economic capital of Switzerland. Originally held only for male students, in 2001 the female students started to participate as well, followed by the professors in 2006. There is always a lot of prestige in this event which is held in the category 8+. A huge ...

The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL), held its general assembly at Vierumki Sports Institute in early November. On the agenda was, among other issues, the election of board members for the year 2011. The federation will be led next year by Lotte Uutinen, a twenty-four years old nursery student from Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Currently Uutinen is a member of executive committee in the Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences. The new vice presidents are Saila Huhtiranta from Tampere University of Technology and Silva Loikkanen from University of Helsinki. ...

Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Leonz Eder, Treasurer a.i., Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Mr Thomas Loher, Legal Advisor met on November 10, 2011 on a working meeting in Zurich, the city of the EUSA legal seat. The participants discussed several issues related to legal, financial and structural matters connected to the management of the association and the upcoming activities. The outcomes of the meeting, with conclusions and proposals, will be presented to the EUSA Executive Committee at the next meeting, which will be held in Cordoba, Spain November 25-26, 2011. ...

On Wednesday, November 9, EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri visited the EUSA office in Ljubljana for a working meeting with Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik. The topics of the discussions held were related to the organisational matters of running the secretariat in Ljubljana. During his stay, the President together with Secretary General also visited the local branch of Unicredit Bank to discuss financial matters and to open an additional account for EUSA in Ljubljana. After visiting Ljubljana, Mr Gualtieri travelled together with Mr Pecovnik to Zurich for a working meeting with ...

BUCS - British Universities & Colleges Sport, EUSA member, announced a recent agreement with FISU and the International Working Group on Women and Sport to sign the Brighton Declaration – which provides principles to guide action intended to increase the involvement of women in sport at all levels and in all functions and roles. BUCS Chairman Mr Ed Smith will formally sign the Declaration at the BUCS Executive Board meeting in London in February 2012. Bill Thomson, Head of Sport and Leisure at City University London, and who is running for an Executive Board position at the ENAS ...

Star-studded line-up at the 2011 edition of the Hungarian Universities' and Colleges' Swimming Championships: reigning World and European Champions, Olympic medallists and a Paralympics Champion raced for the medals in Budapest. One of the best championships ever was staged in Hungary as the nations' top swimmers all took part in the event, held on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Probably it was Laszlo Cseh's outstanding efforts in Shenzen – he earned three gold medals at the Summer Universiade – which pushed the other great athletes to join the party this time. Besides Cseh, three-time ...

Based on a donation of Mr Arthur Eugster from St. Gallen, a great supporter of the Swiss University Sports Federation, the Swiss University Sports Foundation could grant the 1st Swiss Students Sports Award last year to the best athletes at the World University Championships. Now, at the 2nd edition, held end of October 2011 in the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, the best athletes at the Winter Universiade in Erzurum and the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen were awarded by the donator and the President of the SUSF, Andreas L. Csonka. Some 120 guests, members of the Swiss teams at ...

EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik visited Tbilisi on November 3, 2011 to meet the representatives of the University Sports Federation of Georgia, the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, the Georgian National Olympic Committee and the Parliament of Georgia. The aim of the visit was to support the national university sports association in its functioning and to discuss with the authorities the possibilities for further development of university sports in Georgia. The University Sports Federation of Georgia (USFG) has been a member of EUSA since 2008 ...

On October 27th, the new board of FADU – Portuguese university sport federation - took office, and the team led by Bruno Barracosa, re-elected President, signed on for two years. More than 50 guests were present to witness this moment. Among the invited persons were Andr Pardal and Paulo Marcolino, Deputies of the Secretary of State for Sport and Youth, João Roquette, President of the University Stadium of Lisbon and Carlos Marques, representing the Portuguese Sports Confederation, that together with the Chairman of the General Assembly, Miguel Portugal, participated at the table ...

On October 20, the university sport gala hosted by Polish University Sport Association (AZS) was held in Warsaw Capitol theatre. The representatives of Polish academic sport came together, to sum up the students competition in 30 disciplines held within the framework of Polish University Championships. During the academic year 2010/2011 thousands of students from 201 universities competed in team games, snowboard, alpine skiing, judo, cross country, weightlifting, rowing, horse riding, tennis, mountaineering, swimming and many other disciplines. The University of Warsaw won the general ...

The 3rd annual Russian University Sports Festival was held in Chelyabinsk on October 3-7th, 2011. More than 500 students from 50 Russian universities from 25 regions of the Russian Federation took part in the Festival. The event was organized by the Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU), Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation, with the support from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Chelyabinsk region. Festival programs consisted of the following sports: badminton, table tennis, athletics, street basketball, ...

The project of the European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn), which EUSA is a part of, has gone social. While project partners are busy with carrying out activities and preparing updates to the training tool, a Facebook page and Twitter accounts have been established with the alias no2doping . All individuals and institutions supporting the fight and awareness raising against doping, please Like the Facebbok page www.facebook.com/no2doping and subscribe to the Twitter feed www.twitter.com/no2doping . You are also invited to actively participate in the project - either directly, or through ...

New sports venued are being built in Poznan (POL) – those which were planned at the time when Poznan was bidding to organise one of the summer universiades in 2007, 2009 or 2011, although the Universiade for these years were not attributed to Poznan. The official opening of “Termy Maltańskie” swimming pools and aqua park took place on Sunday, 16th October. The amenities include a 50m Olympic sized swimming pool along with a diving pool and seating available for 3,900 spectators as well as a leisure area housing aqua park and sauna complex. This is one of the largest ...

On October 17, a preparation meeting for the 2nd European Universities Taekwondo Championship took place involving the Portuguese Federation of Taekwondo, the Organizing Committee and FADU Board. This meeting was held at the FADU office and it was a good opportunity to plan, within the short deadlines available, all the technical details required for a competition of this importance. The competition will be held in Braga from the 13th to 15th of December. The meeting was attended by Bruno Barracosa, FADU President, Pedro Almeida, FADU Treasurer and Manuel Veloso, FADU Secretary General, ...

Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF) is informing all its partners that they are using a new web domain. Their homepage should now be linked to www.tusf.org.tr and their new main contact email is tusf@tusf.org.tr . Other details (phone & fax numbers, postal address, etc) remain the same.

On October 3, 2011 the President of the Republic of Lithuania Mrs Dalia Grybauskaite hosted the reception for the Lithuanian Students Sports Association (LSSA) representatives and the participants of the 2011 Summer Universiade at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius. Mrs Grybauskaite welcomed the delegates and participants and congratulated them for their remarkable achievements at this year's Summer universiade. The 26th Summer Universiade, held in Shenzhen, China, saw the largest participation of Lithuanian delegation at the World University Games so far. Altogether 126 people - athletes, ...

Rotterdam - the Candidate City for the organisation of the 2014 European Universities Games hosted the EUSA Evaluation Committee from October 13-15, 2011. Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Kemal Tamer, Executive Committee Member and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General were welcomed by the Bidding Committee for the Organisation of the Games, chaired by its President Mr Menso de Maar, Director of Erasmus Sports. On the first day the EUSA representatives met in the City Hall with the representatives of the major partner organisations in the project, Mr Ahmed Aboutaleb, the Mayor of the ...

On October 11th, the Portuguese University Sports Federation (FADU) organized the 4th edition of the University Sports Gala. It was, once again, the stage for the recognition of those who stood out in the season of 2010/2011. All medalists in international competitions were honored for their achievement of podium places in the European Universities Championships and in the Universiade. 350 guests attended the event in Quinta do Mourão in Tentúgal. Among them were athletes, coaches, officials and many representatives of academies, clubs and sports federations, including many others related ...

EUSA Evaluation Committee composed by Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Kemal Tamer, Executive Committee Member and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General paid an evaluation visit between October 10 and 12 to Wroclaw, Poland, a candidate city for organisation of the 2014 European Universities Games. On the first day, the EUSA representatives met with the representatives of the Bidding Committee and the University Sports Federation of Poland Mr. Marian Dymalski, Mr Pjotr Marszal and Mr Martin Dymalski who presented them the project of organisation of the 2014 EUG in details. "AZS ...

The President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), Mr Claude Louis Gallien met Mr Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the the IOC headquarters in Lausanne on October 6, 2011. Together with the FISU Secretary-General/CEO Mr Eric Saintrond, Mr Gallien made an overview of FISU and its current activities, signalling also key developments and projects currently in progress. The informal meeting was an excellent opportunity to raise some topics in areas of cooperation between IOC and FISU, such as collaborations in the fields of ...

The long-time Secretary General of the University Sports Federation of Serbia Mr Dragoljub Boji has retired with the beginning of October 2011, after finalising his last missions – successful participation of Serbian team at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, and completion of the past academic year. University sport in Serbia sees Mr Bojic as its icon, as he was nominated to the position in 1974, and has held the post until his recent retirement. During this time, he not only attended 18 Summer and 17 Winter Universiades, but was also active in organisation of two universiades (1987 ...

At the occasion of a private visit in Málaga, Spain, EUSA Treasurer Mr Leonz Eder used the opportunity to meet with Mr Pedro Montiel, Director of the Sports department of the University of Málaga (UMA) who successfully organised the European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship in Torremolinos in July this year. UMA will also host the European Universities Futsal Championship in 2013, as well as the World University Futsal Championship, sanctioned by FISU, in 2014. The very active team under Mr Montiel's leadership is already preparing these events with all the partners, among them ...

Today, the website of the 2nd European Universities Taekwondo Championship, which is to be held in Braga, Portugal between December 13 and 15, has been officially launched. The Portuguese organisers took over the organisation of the event after the championship which was initially scheduled to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, got cancelled. At the website, you will be able to get more information about organisations and partners of the project, read the latest news, get more information about the sports and accommodation facilities, general programme and find detailed contact information. ...

Did you catch the right moment…? The EUSA Student Commission reminds all participants of European University Championships 2011 of the EUSA Photo Competition 2011. The EUSA Photo Competition 2011 is open to all students who took pictures at European University Championships. Just have a second look at your photos and share your perspective of this year`s Championships. But make sure the photos depict no sort of drugs, alcohol, propaganda, national symbols, sexually suggestive content or violence. Send us up to 3 photos that you have taken during the Championships to stc@eusa.eu ...

Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, has recently been updated with the content about European University Sport Association (EUSA) and its activities, with special emphasis on the European Universities Championships (EUC) and European Universities Games (EUG). For our sports events, a total overview of all past championships and the winners is now available. The articles are available in the English version of the Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org , as English is the official language of EUSA. Regardless of this, we will also translate the contents in a few other languages in the near future. ...

Just before the last European Universities Championship this year, European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the EUSA Student Commission would like to take the opportunity to thank all this year's volunteers for their participation. Sport plays a very significant role in today's society. Many of us follow sports passionately, we experience the thrill of victory with our beloved teams or athletes, and we consider sport leaders as important role models. But sport offers more. Sport offers volunteerism, friendship, a healthy lifestyle, social integration, and much more. EUSA Volunteer ...

On September 30th, the candidate cities that are bidding to host the 2017 Universiades presented their bid books at the Office of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in Brussels, Belgium. The representatives of the bidding committees were welcomed by the FISU President Mr Claude-Louis Gallien, FISU Vice-Presidents Mr Xinsheng Zhang (CHN), Mr Luciano Cabral (BRA) and Mr Leonz Eder (SUI) and FISU Secretary-General/CEO Mr Eric Saintrond. Mr Saintrond first gave a warm welcome to the delegations, informing them about the bidding procedure and introducing also about the upcoming ...

The representatives of the Rotterdam bidding committee for the 2nd European Universities Games 2014 visited the EUSA Office on Monday, October 3, 2011. Miss Hester de Vries, International relations manager with the Dutch students sports association and Mr Menso de Maar, Director of the Erasmus Sport with the Erasmus University in Rotterdam came to Ljubljana to get more information for the EUSA evaluation visit and attribution process of the Games. They were welcomed by Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General, and Mr Andrej Pisl, Communications Manager. EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri ...

The coastal city of Poreč, Croatia, hosted the 17th European Fair Play Congress and the European Fair Play Movement General Assembly between September 28 and October 1, 2011. European University Sports Association – EUSA – was also represented at the congress; Mr Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications Manager, attended the event and took the opportunity to meet with several speakers and officials in the field of Fair Play and University Sport. In an informal setting, he introduced the EUSA activities and Enno Harms Fair Play Awards to the President of the European Fair Play Movement ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 2nd European Universities Taekwondo Championship, which will be organised in Braga, Portugal between December 13 and 15, 2011. The deadline for applications has been determined as November 1, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.taekwondo11.sas.uminho.pt . Important ...

The Polish cities where the UEFA Euro Championships 2012 will take place, have been the hosts for the Polish Ukrainian Academic Football Tournament – StudentEuro 2011. The final games have been won by the Polish student teams. The idea of this student competition arose when Ukraine and Poland were given the right to host the European Football Championships in 2012. At the initiative of university sports organizations in both countries, with help from the Ukrainian Universities and Sport Committee, was the first tournament organized. It took place in 2010 in four Ukrainian Euro 2012 host ...

Held every two years, the FISU Forum is an opportunity for the students and officials from the university sports movement worldwise to meet. The main objective of the Forum is to offer the conditions for a meeting and exchange, associating culture and education with physical and sporting activities. Students, teaching staff and sports leaders from different backgrounds have a chance to get to know and understand each other and get enriched by the different aspects of their diversity. In 2012, the 11th FISU FORUM will be held in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei between March 26 to 31. The ...

On September 20th, the Hungarian participants of the 26th Summer Universiade were awarded with due decorum in Budapest. The ceremony was held by the Hungarian University Sports Federation in cooperation with the Semmelweis University, Faculty of Sports and Physical Education, in the assembly hall of the university founded in 1925. Dr. Ágoston Szél, Vice-Rector of the host university, Dr. Miklós Tóth, Dean, and Mr. Zoltán Molnár, Secretary-General of the Hungarian Olympic Committee greeted the Universiade participants and leaders of several institutes of higher education and sports federations. ...

Universities Sailing Championship of Poland was concluded on 22nd of September in AZS Center on the Lake Niegocin in Wilkasy in north-eastern part of Poland. The three day regatta has gathered almost 300 students from 36 universities across the country. This was one of the biggest regattas in the Omega class in this season. This year 72 teams have participated, but previous year’s record when 102 teams participated was not beaten. The event offers not only sports, but it is a wonderful opportunity to integrate and socialize in the rhythm of shanties. The title of Universities ...

Executive Committee Meeting 03-2011 of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) was held in St Gallen, Switzerland on September 24, 2011. The hosts - Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV) and the University of St Gallen - welcomed the member of the Executive Committee of EUSA and its staff, starting with an informal dinner on Friday, September 23. The participants were first addressed by Mr Leonz Eder, SHSV Managing Director and EUSA Treasurer and Dr Jurgen Brucker, the Dean of International Relations and Development at the University of St Gallen. They expressed great happiness ...

On the invitation of the University Sports Federation of Liechtenstein (USFL) Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Leonz Eder, Treasurer and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik Secretary General visited Lichtenstein on September 23, 2011. The EUSA Representatives were welcomed by Mr Gregor Diehr, USFL President and Ms Verena Burtscher, Secretary General, together with Mr Jakob Buchel, President of Sports Commission of Liechtenstein and Mr Stefano Nascher, Head of the Office of Sports of Liechtenstein. The meeting took place on the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz. The representatives of USFL ...

The 2nd European Universities Bridge Championship has concluded on 23.09.2011 with the Medal awarding and closing Ceremony in Hotel Ekwos in Grebiszew, next to Warsaw. The title of champions went to the University of Hamburg, Germany, the second was the University Team Wroclaw University of technology II and the third place was kept by the hosts University of Warsaw I. Medals and awards were presented by Radek Kiełbasiński, Geert Magerman, Yves Aubry, Harry Van De Peppel and Olaf Weker. The Paul Magerman award for best hand was given to Jan Betley and the award was presented by ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 2nd European University Bridge Championship took place on Monday, September 19, 2011 at the EKWOS Conference Center in Grębiszew, near Warsaw. The Ceremony was attended by Mr Geert Magerman and Adam Roczek – EUSA Delegates, Mr Harry Van De Peppel – European Bridge League Representative, prof. Alojzy Nowak – representing University of Warsaw, with the attendance of other guests. On behalf of the Organizing Committee the participants were welcomed by OC member Kamila Jabłońska and on behalf of EUSA Geert Magerman welcomed all participants and ...

Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) published their second edition of their quarterly newsletter. This edition covers the major events from the last edition, published in April. In the September issue you will find articles about the 1st Asian University Beach Volleyball Championship, 2nd Asian University Taekwondo Championship, AUSF Executive Committee Meeting, Thailand University Games and 3rd Arab Universities Sports Federation General Assembly, with links to more news. To subscribe, please email ausf@ausf.org or visit their website www.ausf.org .

This summer, young journalists and reporters from all around the world had a unique opportunity to get practical skills and experience at a large sporting event. The International University Sports Federation (FISU), in cooperation with the International Sport Press Association (AIPS) and the Organising Committee of the 26th Summer Universiade, enabled seminars, training and gaining plenty of experiences for the selected participants during the university games in Shenzhen, China. FISU published a call for participation for two candidates per continent and out of the received entries, ...

ASA Academic Sport Association Israel, Tel Aviv University Sports Club and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, under the patronage of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the International University Sports Federation (FISU) welcome you to the 2012 edition of the Friendship Games. The Friendship Games is namely a basketball tournament, at which students of all religions from different parts of the world meet and play sports. The programme will include the basketball competition - men’s and women’s teams, 3 x 3 mixed team tournament, cultural events and tours ...

EUSA Sports Manager Mr Adam Roczek visited EUSA Office in Ljubljana for a working meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Mr Roczek met with Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General, Mr Andrej Pisl, Communications Manager and Mr Valentin Dupouey, Project Assistant to discuss sport-related topics within the organisation and its activities. The status of the European Universities Championships has been analysed, with special attention given to this year’s events and the next championships in 2013. In 2011, 14 European Universities Championships have been successfully organised so far, and ...

The EUSA Student Commission met on September 9 and 10 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The meeting took place at the University of St. Gallen and at Tennis Center Gründenmoos, the venue of the 8th European Universities Tennis Championship. The Student commission members also met EUSA Executive Committee representatives Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, Leonz Eder, EUSA Treasurer and Olaf Tabor, EC member. STC discussions focused mainly on STC projects such as Photo Competition, Student Volunteer Program, Networking Program and EUSA Symposium including assigning clear responsibilities. ...

The Oceania University Sports Association (OUSA) held its 2011 General Assembly during the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. While this was a non-election year for OUSA the main item on the agenda was to formalise the interim arrangements put in place by the OUSA Executive Committee, following the resignation of former OUSA President Karen Nelson end of June this year. Members from Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands and Samoa were present, with apologies received from American Samoa, Guam and Federated State of Micronesia. The General Assembly ...

The University Sport year 2010/2011 comes to an end, it's now time to turn our eyes to the future! After a very successful year, we can look forward to a bright future of European University Sport as we are now less than one year away from the 1st ever European Universities Games. The 2010/2011 university year has been unprecedently successful for European University Sports in every aspect. First has been the wide participation of EUSA member countries to the 2011 Winter and Summer Universiades, respectively held in Erzurum and Schenzen. Not only EUSA was the most represented continental organisation ...

The final day at the 8th European Universities Tennis Championship in St. Gallen, Switzerland, showed some exciting final games and two new champions. Indeed, the women's tournament was won by Moscow MESI with a 2:0 victory over University School of Physical Education Wroclaw. The third place also went to Poland. Kozminski University won 2:0 against University of Warszaw. In the men's tournament the French team of the University of Poitiers won the title with a 2:0 victory against Moscow MESI. Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan won 2:1 against the University of Hamburg and took the bronze medal. ...

The 2nd European Universities Golf Championship concluded on Saturday, September 10 with the final day of competition and the closing ceremony with award-giving following shortly afterwards. Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) which has organised the event together with its partners in Otočec, Slovenia between September 6 and 10, was happy to host 17 teams - 13 men's and 4 women's from 12 different universities, coming from 8 European countries. On behalf of the organisers Mr Zvjezdan Mikic, Secretary General of SUSA and Mr Joze Berus, CEO of Terme Krka congratulated all participants, ...

Mr Leonz Eder, EUSA EC Member and Treasurer visited the EUSA Office in Ljubljana, Slovenia for a working meeting between September 6 and 8. Apart from meetings in Ljubljana, a visit to the 2nd European Universities Golf Championship was organised, as the championship is taking place in Slovenia during this time. During his stay, he met with EUSA EC members Mr Otmar Kugovnik, Mr Jose Savoye and EUSA Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik. Mr Eder and Mr Pecovnik went over the financial and legal matters, in preparation for the upcoming meeting of the EUSA Executive Committee which will ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 2nd European Universities Golf Championship took place on September 7th in Otočec, Slovenia at the Castle of Otočec. The Ceremony was attended by prof. dr. Jose Savoye, EUSA EC member, Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, Mr Alojzij Muhic, the Mayor of Novo Mesto, Mr. Leonz Eder, EUSA EC member and the Vice-President of the International University Sports Federation, prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik, President of the Slovenian University Sports Association and other guests. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, the participants were welcomed by Mr Kugovnik, ...

The 7th EUSA Rowing Championships concluded in Moscow, Russia, on September 2, leaving the athletes with many excellent memories & very satisfied with a fantastic event. Finals Day saw very high-quality racing and some tight finishes, with two photo-finish prints required to identify the Ladies Eights medallists. Economy Bydgoszcz retained the NSRF trophy for the lead University, whilst hosts Russia captured the EUSA Salver as overall top nation. At the closing ceremony, the medals were awarded by Mr Oleg Matytsin, RSSU President, Mr Aitor Canibe Sanchez, EUSA EC member, Mr Josip ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 8th European Universities Tennis Championship took place on the evening of September 4th, 2011, in the Aula of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The Ceremony was attended among other political and academic authorities by the Rector of the University of St. Gallen, Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger, by the President of the Parliament of the Canton of St. Gallen, Karl Güntzel and the Mayor of the City of St. Gallen, Thomas Scheitlin. OC President Daniel Studer welcomed the participants from 12 different european nations. "We will do our best that you will bring ...

EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri visited EUSA Office in Ljubljana on September 1 and 2 for a working meeting. Mr Gualtieri met with Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, Mr Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications manager and Mr Valentin Dupouey, projects assistant. The main points of the meeting were related to the preparation for the upcoming Executive Committee meeting, which will be held in St Gallen, Switzerland on September 25, 2011. Other topics were related to the recent as well as upcoming EUSA events and activities.

We are happy to announce that two bids have been submitted in time for organisation of the 2nd European Universities Games 2014. European Universities Games present the largest European multisport student event, licesed by the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and featuring 10 sports. Eight of those are compulsory: Basketball, Football, Futsal, Handball, Volleyball, Badminton, Tennis and Table Tennis, with the organisers chosing two optional sports: Beach-Volleyball, Golf, Rowing or Rugby 7’s. The two bidding cities Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Wroclaw, Poland have submitted ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 7th European Universities Rowing Championship took place on the evening of August 31th, 2011, in Moscow at the Olympic Rowing Centre. The Ceremony was attended by Mr. Oleg V. Matytsin, President of the Russian Students Sport Union who welcomed participants on behalf of the Organizing Committee. EUSA EC Delegate Mr. Aitor Canibe Sánchez, also welcomed all participants and wished all the teams and participants who came to test their skills and abilities great competitions and all the best. He also thanked the Organizing Committee for all their contributions. ...

In 2013, the Swedish University Sports Federation will celebrate its 100th anniversary which will be commemorated by a number of activities during the entire year, with the focus on the present and the future. The activities will involve national and international competitions, conferences, campaigns and new projects. The European Universities Badminton Championship in Uppsala and the FISU Rectors’ Forum in Umea will constitute two of the main activities of the celebrations. The FISU Rector’s Forum 2013 will be organized 11-14 June in Umea, Sweden and the main theme ...

With the start of the 7th European Universities Rowing Championship only days away the visiting nations have already despatched their boat trailers end of last week on the long road to Moscow. The event has an outstanding entry of 137 crews from 14 nations entered in the draw, making rowing the largest EUSA event again this year. "I'm sure all our crews will have a really fantastic experience in Moscow" said Nigel Mayglothling, strong supporter of EUSA rowing events and member of the EUSA technical delegates family, "with yet another huge EUSA-entry, the magic of Moscow & ...

On August 23rd, the 26th Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China concluded with the official Closing Ceremony. The event was held at the theme park ‘Window of the World’, with a unique carnival. The cultural and entertainment programme concluded by the flag-passing ceremony to the representatives of the Kazan 2013 Summer Universiade. ‘Now that we’re coming to the end of the Universiade, the doors will stay open in Shenzhen, China. The flame will not fade away and is passed on to Kazan’, Mr Gallien, the new President of the International University Sports Federation ...

The new President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Mr Claude-Louis Gallien met with the delegates of the Continental Associations, associated members of FISU on Tuesday, August 16 during the 26th Summer Universiade held in Shenzhen, China. After the meeting of the newly elected Executive Committee a day prior, the FISU President also met the representatives of the Continental federations who are also FISU members. At the meeting, Mr Alberto Gualtieri, President of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) was also present. Mr Gallien presented the ...

There are only a few weeks until the European Universities Tennis Championship is about to start. The preparations are in full swing in order to make the stay of the participants an unforgettable one. The organisers have prepared the information pack bulletin where some general information is available, including the participating teams, facilities, transport and other facts. The Competition Facility will be two tennis centers, both equipped with carpet with rubber granulate. Competition ball will be the „Wilson US Open official ball“. Close to the tennis centers there will be ...

The 26th Summer Universiade, which opened on August 12 in Shenzhen, China with a splendid Opening ceremony, is in full swing. The Opening ceremony was witnessed by about 25.000 spectators who enjoyed a rich and colourful show. The Games were officially opened by the highest authority in China - the Chinese President Hu Jingtao himself. Over 10.000 participants have already been registered, coming from 152 countries, and this number continues to grow. While some countries only have a few participants, some countries have big delegations, with over 500 participants per country. The ...

The 32nd General Assembly if the International University Sport Federation (FISU) was held on August 9 and 10 in Shenzhen, China. The Assembly was a prelude to the 26th Summer Universiade which is being hosted in the same city. On August 9th, followed by the other points in the agenda, including the report of the activities and projects in the past period, new members were confirmed. FISU family now counts 163 national university sports organisations around the world. FISU Member Associations also elected a new Executive Committee, chaired by Mr Claude-Louis Gallien, former 1st Vice-President ...

European delegation and federation members met for an informal meeting held at the occassion of the FISU General Assembly and the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. An impressive number of 27 EUSA member countries was present at the meeting, held on August 8 at the Universiade Village in Shenzhen. Their delegations, among others, will participate in the World University Summer Games, better known as the Summer Universiade. EUSA President Mr Gualtieri and EUSA Secretary General Mr Pecovnik welcomed all representatives and thanked them for their attendance. Several items ...

EUSA, in cooperation with the organisers, is inviting you to the 2nd European Universities Bridge Championship which this time will take place in Grębiszew 50km away from Warsaw in an amazing resort called EKWOS. Apart from the competition, lots of interesting indoor and outdoor activities have been prepared for the participants. The preparations are in full swing. EUSA technical delegate Mr Magerman visited Warsaw and the venues in Grebiszew, confirming the readiness of the organisers to host the European university bridge teams in mid September. The organising committee also published ...

Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport - FADU unveiled its new visual identity. For more than 20 years FADU Portugal gained new experiences and areas of expertise and they decided to change the way they communicate with their stakeholders. According to the President of FADU, Mr Bruno Barracosa: "This change had as main goals to adapt the message and impact that our image brings to people to the values and ideals we promote in our activity: Being Dynamic, Being Professional, Having Multi-sports, Promoting Competition and Being young. This new and renewed concept besides ...

Introducing EUSA STC Photo Competition 2011 Are you a Student, Athlete or associated with EUSA Championships? Share your own perspective of this year’s EUSA Championships and sporting events. University sports play an important role in the development of a new and more talented generation. The spirit of cheerfulness, enthusiasm, leadership and social responsibility are key themes. Do you have a Camera and like travelling? To participate – submit up to 3 photos to the address stc @ eusa.eu until the 1st of December 2011. Let us look onto event with your eyes! What ...

The 6th European Universities Championship Handball, Rijeka 2011 has concluded by the finals and the Closing Ceremony at Sport hall Zamet in Rijeka on July 24, 2011. In men finals, the title of champion/s went to University of Minho (Portugal) who have won a thrilling final match against University of Rijeka (Croatia). In women finals, the title of champion/s went to Rostov Institute Russian State University of Trade and Economics (Russia) who have won an exciting final match against University of Rijeka (Croatia). Medals and awards were presented by Mr Pero Lucin, Rector of the University ...

The 8th European Universities Futsal Championship has concluded on Sunday 24.7.2011 with exciting final matches following by the Closing Ceremony at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre, Finland. 12 women's and 24 men’s team from 19 different countries all over Europe took part in this year’s edition of the event, making it a record futsal championship in the number of participants. In men’s finals, the title of champions went to Valencia / Spain who has won a thrilling final match against Malaga / Spain. In women finals, the title of champions went to Konin / Poland ...

The 5th European Universities Table Tennis Championship was concluded on July 23 with an Closing Ceremony at Pátio dos Estudantes (Students’ Courtyard), in the University of Madeira’s rectory building. In the men’s team competition, the title of champions went to Józef Rusiecki Olsztyn University, from Poland, who has won a thrilling final match against Russian State University for the Humanities, from Russia. In the women’s team competition, the title of champions went to Kazan Federal University, from Russia, who has won a thrilling final match against the University ...

The 5th European Universities Karate Championship was held between July 21 and 24, 2011 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with competitions and official ceremonies held at the Sportshall of the 5th/Sports school in Dobrinja in Sarajevo. The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture and Sport Mr Salmir Kaplan; Minister of Education Mr Damir Mašić; Sarajevo councilman and BIH Sports Federation President Mr Branislav Crnogorac; President of University Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Omer Stambolić; EUSA Executive Committee Member Mr Kemal Tamer, EUSA Technical ...

The European Universities Beach Volleyball 2011 has finally concluded on July 22nd with an exciting Closing Ceremony on Playamar beach in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain. In men finals, the title of champion went to the team University of Lodz who has won a thrilling final match against the team University of Malaga, that has put up quite a struggle. In women finals, the title of champion went to the team University of Malaga who has won an exciting final match against the team University of Vienna, that did not give up without a struggle either. Medals and awards were presented by Leonz ...

The 9th European Universities Basketball Championship concluded on Wednesday, July 20th with a short but exciting Closing Ceremony at Vista Alegre sports hall, where both male and female final matches took place. In women competition, the Russian State Agricultural University (Russia) deserved final victory after winning all their matches at the tournament, defeating the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan (Poland) in the finals. Bronze medal went to the University of Mainz (Germany). In men’s final, the title of champion went to the Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), beating ...

The President of the Republic of Croatia Mr Ivo Josipović visited the 6th European Universities Handball Championship on July 20, 2011. Mr Josipović met the representatives of the organising committee, along with the representatives of the Rijeka university Sports Association, University of Rijeka and the City of Rijeka. The President then also met with the volunteers at the championship. The President attended the women's match between the State University of Trade and Economics from Russia and the University of Zagreb from Croatia. The second half was announced by throwing the ball ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 5th European Universities Table Tennis Championship took place on July 19th in Funchal at Colégio dos Jesuítas, the Rectory of the University of Madeira. The Ceremony was attended by Dr. Ricardo Gonçalves, administrator of the University of Madeira’s Social Services, Dra. Carla Abreu, administrator of the University of Madeira, Dr. Juan Gonçalves, representing Madeira’s Table Tennis Association, Dr. Jorge Carvalho, Head of Madeira’s Regional Youth Board, Dr. Pedro Calado, representing Funchal’s City Hall, Dr. Gonçalo Gouveia, representing ...

The Opening ceremony of the 6th European Universities Handball Championship in Rijeka, Croatia, was held after the opening games on Monday, July 18 in Zamet sports hall. The ceremony began with the march of all the athletes proceded with Croatian national anthem and greeting speeches from Mr Zrinko Custonja, President of Croatian University Sports Federation; Mr Česlovas Garbaliauskas, EUSA EC member; Prof. Dr. Sc. Pero Lučin Rector of Univeristy of Rijeka; Prof. Dr. Sc. Vidoje Vujić, Deputy County Perfect of Primorsko Goranska County, Mr Vojko Obersnel, City of Rijeka Mayor; and Dr. Sc. Radovan ...

The Opening Ceremony of the European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship 2011 took place on July 18th in Torremolinos, Malaga, at the Albergue Inturjoven de la Música, the accommodation venue for athletes, officials and volunteers. The Ceremony was attended by Pedro Fernández Montes, Mayor of Torremolinos, and Marta Carranza, Vice director for Sport Promotion of the Spanish High Council for Sports, and other members from the Spanish High Council for Sports. On behalf of the Organizing Committee participants were welcomed by Antonio Merchán, an famous Spanish journalist. EUSA EC ...

Opening Ceremony of the 8th European Universities Futsal Championship was held on Sunday 17.7.2011 at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre just before the opening match. Participants, 12 women´s and 24 men’s team from 19 different countries all over Europe, were very excited of coming matches and the tournament. This is the first time ever European Universities Championship in any sports organized in the Nordic countries, and is at the same time the largest European Universities Futsal tournament by now. Tournament between July 17 and 24 will be full of skill, style and stars! For ...

The 11th European Universities Volleyball Championship 2011 has finally concluded on July 17th with an exciting Closing Ceremony at the “Jezero” Hall in Kragujevac, Serbia. Over 200 participants from 15 Universities from 12 countries took part in this year’s edition of the event. In men’s finals, the title of champion went to the home team of University of Kragujevac (SRB) who has won a thrilling final match against the University of Belgrade (SRB) in front of more than 1000 spectators in the “Jezero” Hall. In women finals, the title of champion went to the ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 11th European Universities Basketball Championship was held on 13th of July, at the Vista Alegre Sports Hall in Cordoba. The Ceremony was attended by the major of Cordoba, Mr. Jose Antonio Nieto, and the president of the Andalusian Basketball Federation, Mr. Rafael Rojano. On behalf of the Organizing Committee participants were welcomed by Mr Manuel Torres, chairman of the OC and University of Cordoba vice-rector. EUSA EC Delegate, Mr. Adam Roczek, welcomed all participants and wished all the best for the athletes and officials who came to test their skills ...

As a prelude to the Opening Ceremony of the 11th European Universities Volleyball Championship, the OC organized a march pass of the athletes through the main street of the city of Kragujevac where the championship is taking place between July 10 and 17, 2011. All of the participants – 9 women and 8 men’s team, together with the volunteers participated in this little introduction which lasted for about an hour. The Opening Ceremony was held in the courtyard of the University Rector Hall with important guests seated in the VIP lounge - for instance the Minister of Youth and Sports ...

The 5th European Universities Table Tennis Championship is almost underway. Everything is ready and set to make this one of the best Universities Championship in Europe. The Organizing Committee has everything planned, from the menus and the transport schedule, to the cultural events, Sports venues and then some more. Overall, Madeira shall welcome 28 Universities from 8 different European countries. The Organisers prepared an athletes’ guide containing all the vital information about the event. Also, an athletes’ welcome kit is being set up with gifts from the Island and from the ...

In a few days, the beautiful Spanish city Cordoba will host 11th European Universities Basketball Championship. The Championship begins on Wednesday, June 13th, and will last for seven next days, till July 20th. The Rector of the University of Cordoba, José Manuel Roldán Nogueras, declared that preparations are already over and the Organising Committees, local Authorities and habitants of Cordoba are waiting for teams from all over Europe to come. Thanks to the Championship, the city has now its time in spotlights, and it completely deserves it as, declared by UNESCO, World Heritage Site. ...

Two months prior to the European Universities Tennis Championship in St. Gallen, Switzerland, the Organising Committee under the leadership of Daniel Studer held another OC Meeting at St. Gallen University. Topics such as transportation, accommodation, catering, ceremonies as well as technical aspects of the tournament were on the agenda. The event supported by the University of St. Gallen, Swiss Olympic, the Swiss University Sports Federation and Swiss Tennis, and also by some local companies and partners. Until July 14, it is still possible to register female teams because the ...

The National University Sport Association of Greece - Hellenic Committee for University Sport (EATE) has new contact details. Due to changes at the Ministry of Education, they now have offices at a new address, with new contacts: Hellenic Committee for University Sport (EATE) A. Papandreou str 37, GR-15180 Athens, Greece tel: +30 210 3443 470 fax: +30 210 3443 441 e-mail: eate@minedu.gov.gr

Polish University Sports Association (AZS) prepared two sport events at the beginning of holidays, for students who worked hard at their universities during the past academic year. For eight years, at the end of June, young people from Poland and Ukraine group together to compete in a Polish-Ukrainian Student Volleyball Festival. Every year the Festival goes to another (Polish or Ukrainian) city. This year students contested in Biala Podlaska, in the east of Poland. Six Polish, four Ukrainian and two Belarus men and women teams came to the city. Belarus teams jointed the Festival after a seven ...

Sarajevo is ready to host the 5th European Universities Karate Championship, to be held July 22 - 25, 2011, with the technical meeting in the evening of July 21 and departures on July 25. This will be the second EUSA championship this year – and in general – to take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Earlier this June, Mr Rajko Vujosevic, EUSA technical delegate for Karate, visited Sarajevo. Together with the representatives of the Organising Committee, they first inspected the accommodation facilities for delegations and officials at the Students’ campus Nedzarici. The sports ...

The third edition of AZS Sailing Cup concluded on June 30th in Academic Sport Center in Wilkasy at Lake Niegocin in Poland. The event aims to popularize our common passion – sailing, we also hope that this will be a good step for the preparation of Academic Polish Championship in sailing - says Rafal Jachimiak from AZS Środowisko Warszawa - the organizer of the cycle. As in previous years, students raced in two classes OMEGA and LASER BAHIA. This time, to competition on the lake waters of Niegocin and Zegrzyńskie was added a two-day competition on the Gulf of Gdansk. Forty three ...

The 5th European Universities Rugby Seven’s Championship has concluded on Saturday 2st July 2011 with an exciting Closing Ceremony in Lille. Over 240 participants from 18 Universities from 5 countries took part in this year’s edition of the event. In men’s finals, the title of champion went to STAPS Orsay (France) who has won a thrilling final match against University of Manchester (United Kingdom). In women finals, the title of champion went to University of Coimbra (Portugal) who has won an exciting final match against University of Paris 13 Bobigny (France). ...

On June 26 and 27, EUSA technical delegate for Golf Mr Karl Berger visited the Organising Committee of the 2nd European Universities Golf Championship, which will be organised in Otočec, Slovenia between September 6 and 10, 2011. On Sunday, Mr Berger first met in Ljubljana the President of the Organising Committee Mr Zvjezdan Mikic and OC member Mrs Mojca Rupert. The meeting was also attended by EUSA Communications manager Mr Andrej Pisl. They discussed the general topics regarding the organisation of the event. After the meeting, the hosts gave a short sightseeing tour of the Slovenian ...

European Anti-Doping Camp, which took place in Burghausen, Germany from June 22 to 26, was successfully completed by the EUSA Anti Doping Junior Ambassador candidates! After four days of education, five students that have been nominated on behalf of EUSA: Aikaterini Zompanaki (GRE), Jan Druzina (SLO), Tjasa Hojnik (SLO), Luka Rukavina (CRO) and Andre Bonello (MLT), have received their European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) certificates. That means that they are ready to spread the information and organise seminars and conferences on National and European levels in order to develop ...

The 5th European Universities Rugby 7s Championship opened yesterday in Lille, France. The athletes participated in the march pass, walking through the campus and entering the University building where the opening took place. At the opening ceremony, the participants were welcomed on behalf of EUSA by Mr Sinisa Jaasnic, EUSA Vice-President. Together with the technical delegate Mr Bob Reeves, they will assist the organising committee in ensuring a great tournament. After the speeches, representatives of the athletes and the referees read the oaths, promising fair play and respecting ...

The 1st European Universities Judo Championship concluded yesterday in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event was organised on a very high quality level by the Committee for University Sports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lead by its President Mr Branislav Crnogorac, and the organising team, including a team of dedicated referees. 'We couldn't imagine a better start of Judo on the EUSA sports program' said Mr Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, who thanked the Organising Committee on behalf of EUSA The first edition of Judo Championship saw the participation of 126 student athletes and ...

The 8th European Universities Badminton Championships have finally concluded on Saturday, June 25 with a spectacular closing ceremony at the Lokomotive Sports Hall of Kharkov – Ukraine. 111 participants from 24 universities from 7 countries took part in this year’s edition of the event. In the team event final the title of champion went to Far Eastern State Technical University Vladivostok who won an exciting final against the Dnipropetrovsk National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. In the final the Vladivostok with their matchups Dremin / Dimova and Grachev managed to ...

The 9th European Universities Football Championship has finally concluded on 26th June, 2011 with an exciting Closing Ceremony at Kasimpaşa Stadium, Istanbul. In men finals, the title of champion went to the University of Halle (GER) who has won an exciting final match against University of Lille (FRA) with the score of 2-1. As for the women finals, the title of champion went to University Paul Sabatier Toulouse (FRA) who won a thrilling final match against University of Mainz (GER) with the score 0-5. Medals and awards were presented by EUSA Representative Mr. Wolf Frühauf, ...

The 1st European Universities Judo Championship continued today in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina with the official Opening Ceremony and competitions held in six more different weight categories. The Opening Ceremony organised in the Sports Hall Ilidza started with the march pass of the students athletes from 45 European universities taking part on this event. The participants were after addressed by Mr Branislav Crnogorac, President of the BiH Committee of University Sports and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General. Mr Crnogorac thanked all the authorities, sponsors, referees ...

With the first competition day, the 1st European Universities Judo Championship started today in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event, organised by the Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Committee for University Sports, brought together 124 students athletes from 45 different universities, coming from 14 European countries. A day prior, more than 20 international referees involved in organisation of the championship, gathered on the Referee Meeting, while the Team Leaders came together for the Technical Meeting and the official draw held in the presence of EUSA representatives, ...

The latest issue of the University Sports Magazine, a publication by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) has been published. Among other topics, the issue #81 features: - Winter and Summer Universiades report: 2011 Erzurum & Shenzhen; 2013 Maribor & Kazan; 2015 Granada & Gwangju - Education: Erzurum Sport Science conference, FISU Forum 2012 - FISU Legacy and FISU at the AIPS Congress - Gender Equality in University Sports - News from EUSA and FASU - FISU Patronage - FISU Calendar For more details, please see www.fisu.net or browse the content of the ...

The 8th European Universities Badminton Championship, hosted by the National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnical Institute” and the Sports Students' Union of Ukraine, is taking place from the 21st to the 25th of June in Kharkov, Ukraine. On Tuesday and Wednesday 15 Universities from all over Europe competed in the team event. Unfortunately the team event had some late withdrawals from regular participants from the United Kingdom and Poland. Therefore the organizing Kharkov Polytechnical Institute, where most players of the Ukrainian national team study and train, and the ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 8th European Universities Badminton Championship took place on the 21st of June 2011 in Kharkov, Ukraine in the Lokomotive Sports Hall. The Championship is taking place until Saturday, June 25. The Ceremony was attended by the Vice Governor of Kharkov Mr. Yevgeniy Savin, the General Secretary of the Students Sports Union of Ukraine Mr. Valentyn Gavrylko and many citizens of Kharkov. On behalf of the Organizing Committee participants were welcomed by the Chief of Sports in Kharkov Region Mr. Dmitriy Perepilica who expressed the appreciation of the city to EUSA for ...

The International Conference "Sport. Education. Culture" under the patronage of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the European University Sports Association (EUSA) was held in Kazan, Russia from June 17-18, 2011. The conference assembled university sports leaders and managers from all over the world. After the official opening of the event by the Tatarstan Prime Minister, the floor was given also to the Mayor of Kazan, FISU President and Executive Director of the Russian Olympic Committee for their welcome addresses to more than 100 participants of the ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 9th European Universities Football Championship took place on the 20th of June in Istanbul at ITU Maslak Campus. On behalf of the Organizing Commitee participants were welcomed by Prof. Dr. Mr. Kemal Tamer, President of the Turkish University Sports Federation and prof. dr. Sait Sevgener, Rector of Halic University. EUSA Delegate Mr. Wolf Frühauf welcomed all participants and wished success to all the teams and participants. With the assistance of EUSA technical delegates Mr Antonis Petrou and Andreas Demetriou, the organisers will ensure the best conditions ...

The European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn), in which European University Sports Association (EUSA ) is one of the main partners, has launched the official website http://www.anti-doping-initiative.eu . The website will be updated with the useful information and the tools to develop and encourage anti-doping education in sport, with emphasis on youth. From June 22 to 26 a very important part of the project - youth training camp - is taking place in Burgausen, Gemany. After kick-off and selection of the Anti-Doping Junior Ambassadors (ADJA) by each partner of the project, the ADJA will bring ...

The upcoming 9th European University Football Championship will be hosted between June 19 and 26 in Istanbul by the Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF) and Halic University, title defending Champion in men's competition. In the 2010 final Halic defeated home team from Poland, Kielce Holly Cross University 3:1. Halic team won once again the Turkish national university championship this year and wish to be the most successful Men’s football team in EUSA history becoming European Universities Champion for the third time (catching their female colleagues from Madrid). Live transmission ...

Before the beginning of this year's European Universities Futsal Championship, the Women’s tournament system has been decided to change to be similar with Men’s system. Winners of each group will earn a rest day (on Wednesday) meanwhile group seconds and thirds play an extra round. With this change there will be more important games for women also and all teams are offered fair chances to success. In the Men’s Championship there is also a change but it’s different kind of one: University of Coimbra from Portugal will replace the University of Tartu from Estonia ...

The 8th European Universities Championship (EUC) Badminton, which will be hosted by the National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnical Institute” will take place from the 21st to the 25th of June in Kharkov, Ukraine. The Ukrainian team gratefully overtook the event from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece who had to cancel the event last December due to the financial crisis in their country. The new Organizing Committee is the team which successfully organized the Ukrainian International Open in the past two years, so that we are looking forward to an excellent edition ...

On Sunday, June 12, 2011, Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organised the Open national university golf championship in Ljubljana. Apart from the students, also university professors and partners of SUSA could compete in the championship in separate categories. This way, the students have an opportunity to socialise with the faculty staff also outside the formal university sphere. All participants were welcomed by the President of SUSA prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik, who also participated in the championship himself. In his speech, he congratulated the students for successfully ...

European Universities Sports Association (EUSA) and Organizing Committee of the European Universities Futsal Championship 2011 have reached an agreement last week for the final competition format in Men’s and Women’s Championship. Men’s Championship will be organized in eight groups of three teams in each group. Winners of the group will advance straight to the Best 16 round and earn a rest day. Teams placed second and third in their group have to play an extra playoff round in order to play in the Best 16 round. Jussi Kuusela, President of the OC, tells that there were ...

EUSA Student Commission members met in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The Commission members met on their first meeting after the new members were nominated at this year’s EUSA General Assembly, held earlier in March in Eilat, Israel. The meeting took place at the EUSA Office in Ljubljana, where Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General welcomed the participants on behalf of the President Mr Gualtieri and on behalf of the Secretariat. He also briefly introduced EUSA and its activities to the members. Mr Andrej Pisl, Communications Manager, presented the current programmes ...

From June 6-8 the Campus Lucerne hosted the annual conference of the Swiss University Sports Organisations and the Swiss University Sport Federation. The Rector of the University of Lucerne, Dr Paul Richli, welcomed the University Sports representatives from all Swiss Universities and Federal Institutes of Technology and SUSF President Andreas Csonka. He stressed the importance of sport at the Universities for a balanced formation of young personalities. Georges-André Carrel, director of the University Sports Organisation in Lausanne chaired the meeting of the directors and also the Swiss University ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organised on Friday and Saturday, June 3 & 4 the Summer festival of student sport, the national university games, in spa resort Podcertek. About 150 students participated in this traditional event in three team and two individual sports. The winners received the title of National University Champions for 2011, and with this they qualified to participate in the European Universities Championships. The competitions started on Friday morning in the local sports hall, shortly after the opening ceremony. On behalf of prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik, ...

16 teams from 8 countries participated in the 2011 Friendship Games that took place in the city of Eilat on the Red Sea between Saturday, May 28 and Thursday, June 2, 2011. The Friendship Games are organised by ASA Israel, in cooperation with the Tel Aviv University Sports Club and the IDC Herzliya, under the patronage of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the International University Sports Federation (FISU). In the week's long basketball tournament the student basketball players at the university level use sport as a means to help instil dialogue, tolerance and ultimately ...

The second day of the EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 02-2011, which is taking place in Warsaw, Poland between June 3 and 5, 2011 was focused mainly on international relations and cooperation. The meeting on Saturday was hosted by the largest university in Poland – the University of Warsaw, established in 1816. On behalf of the Lady Rector, Professor Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow, the Executive Committee members were welcomed by the student representative and athlete Mrs Halszka Witkowska. EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri thanked Mrs Witkowska for the hospitality and warm welcome, ...

Yesterday the first day of the Executive Committee meeting of the European University Sports Association 02-2011 took place in the premises of the Polish Olympic center. The meeting is being hosted by the Polish University Sport Federation (AZS) in Warsaw, Poland on June 3 and 4, 2011. The meeting officially started on Friday morning by the welcome address of the President of AZS Mr Marek Rocki and the Secretary General of the Polish Olympic Committee Mr Adam Krzesinski who greeted EUSA representatives and expressed their enthusiasm for university sport. Mr Krzesinski was a former student ...

On Friday June 3rd, 2011 the enlarged meeting of the Presidium of Russian Rectors Union held by RRU President, rector of Moscow State University Victor Sadovnichiy took place in Moscow State University. The main themes of discussion were networking cooperation between higher education institutions and perspectives of university sports development. The President of the Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU) Mr Oleg Matytsin made the presentation on the tendencies of university sports development and international cooperation in the sphere of university sports movement, project of the signing ...

The Italian University Sport Federation - CUSI - held their General Assembly in Cagliari, Italy on May 14, 2011. The Assembly first approved the reports and the budget, presented by Mr Leonardo Coiana, CUSI President. Special awards and recognitions were also presented during the Assembly. This year's Assembly was an elective one, choosing the Executive Board and the President for the new 4-year-period 2011-2014. Mr Leonardo Coiana was entrusted another mandate as the President of CUSI. Also the Federal Council was confirmed with a new entry of Mr. Cirianni filling the position that ...

From May 25-28, 2011 the FISU Executive Committee Meeting was held in Lausanne, Switzerland. A day prior to the meeting, the FISU committees held work sessions. EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik were present on the Development Committee (CDSU) Meeting where they presented the progress report on the projects financially supported by FISU. The first day of the Executive Committee Meeting started with the reports from FISU President Mr Killian, Treasurer Mr Bayasgalan, Internal Auditor Mr Gagea and the Secretary General Mr Saintrond. Mr Bergh, Chair ...

During the Executive Committee Meeting of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) in Lausanne, Switzerland, the EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri presented a special edition of the EUSA Book 'First Ten Years: 1999-2009' to the FISU President Mr George E. Killian. The book, that was first presented to the EUSA Members during the past General Assembly, describes the EUSA Activities from 1999 to 2009. Its publication was financially supported also by FISU. On this occasion EUSA President thanked Mr Killian for his constant support to the development of the continental university ...

On the General Assembly of the Association for University Sport “Akademik” that took place on May 27, 2011 in Sofia, Bulgaria Assoc. Prof. Zlatko Djurov was elected as the new President of the association. Mr Djurov is the lecturer of the National Sports Academy Vasil Levski, and has received an absolute majority of the eligible member’s voters. In his speech to the members of the General Assembly and guests at the National Sports Academy, Mr Djurov exposed his priority for grouping of the student’s sports community and improving on the collaboration with the ...

The 8th Turkey Kocfest University Sports Games has been held between the dates 9-15th May, 2011 hosted by Selçuk University in Konya under the flag of the Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF). Ten sports were a part of the games, including both team and individual sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Futsal, Athletics, Gymnastics, Water Polo, Taekwondo and Weightlifting. A number of 110 universities, 2599 athletes, around 600 coaches and officials and 251 referees. Totally 3400 participants successfully completed the Koçfest University Sports Games in Olympic atmosphere. ...

On May 12, 2011 the Lithuanian University Sports Federation organized an International Conference with the topic of “FISU Intercontinental activities in the future” in the context of the 27th SELL Games that took place in the Kaunas from May 13-15, 2011. Mr. George E. Killian, FISU President attended the Conference together with many members of the FISU Executive Committee and the FISU Family. The representatives of the EUSA and other continental federations were also invited to take an active part in this Conference. Mr Alberto Gualtieri, Mr Julio Jakob and Mr Malumbete ...

EUSA Online communication has been updated with new Facebook goodies, FAQ section at EUSA website and other improvements. As a 21st century organisation, the European University Sport Association (EUSA) is making the most of all on-line tools available to communicate. Some new features implemented by the EUSA to promote University Sport and its ideals all over the on-line Europe are worth noticing. Facebook page, the students’ link The recently launched EUSA Facebook page ( http://www.facebook.com/eusa.university.sport ) has gone one step further. All pictures from previous years’ ...

Mr Alberto Gualtieri, President of the European University Sport Association (EUSA) was awarded with Doctor Honoris Causa by the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education in Kaunas. The honorary doctorate for his extraordinary achievements in the field of university sports was presented to Mr Gualtieri by prof. dr. Albertas Skurvydas, the Rector of the Academy. The ceremony in Kaunas was held on May 12, 2011 and was attended by many EUSA Executive Committee Members including Vice Presidents Mr Sinisa Jasnic and Mr Oleg Matytsin, Treasurer Mr Leonz Eder, board members Mr Olaf Tabor, Mr Otmar ...

The 27th edition of the SELL Games, held under EUSA Patronage, officially concluded on Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Kaunas, Lithuania. The games were organised by the Lithuanian Students Sports Association (LSSA) and attracted 1800 student’s athletes from twelve countries. The students competed in 10 sports: Athletics, Basketball, Orienteering, Table Tennis, Swimming, Judo, Volleyball, Futsal, Powerlifting and Wrestling (Greco-Roman style). The SELL Games, which are organised by Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, welcome each year a higher number of teams coming from all over Europe ...

Mr Hester De Vries and Bart Achterof, President and Treasurer of the Dutch University Sports Federation met with Mr Peter Verboven and Dieter Theylaert, Chairman International Platform and Secretary General of the Belgian University Sports Federation, at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. The objective of this meeting was the establishment of a “BENELUX+ group”, which will create a cooperative platform between the Dutch and Belgian University Sports Federation, together with countries which have an historical or recent connection with the two abovementioned Federations. Countries ...

The University of Konstanz would like to invite you to the 6th edition of Eurokonstantia, held from 09th to 12th June 2011 in Konstanz, Germany. This year, Eurokonstantia is going to take place for the 6th time and you are invited to take part in the greatest international academic sports meeting of Southern Germany. Besides students from Germany, also many foreign participants are expected, and together they will be able to compete in events like basketball, beach volleyball, handball, tennis, soccer, rugby and volleyball. This athletic event is going to be accompanied also by entertainment ...

University Sport Federation of Serbia (USSS), with the cooperation of its members from Belgrade and Nis, organised the university finals in volleyball, basketball and futsal events on April 27 in Belgrade. The finals were held in “Hala Sportova”sports facilities as part of the 3rd Serbian student championships for the academic year 201/2011. The organisation of the event was made with the support of Ministry of Youth and Sport, Ministry of Education, Sport Federation of Serbia and Belgrade Sport and Youth Office. With over 200 spectators present, the University of Belgrade ...

May 2 was the deadline for submitting the candidatures for the 2017 Winter and Summer Universiades to the International Universities Sports Federation (FISU). For the 2017 Summer Universiade, three candidatures from Kocaeli (TUR), Brasilia (BRA) and Taipei City (TPE) were received and for the 2017 Winter Universiade, two candidatures from the cities of Trento (ITA) and Almaty (KAZ). On May 18th, 2011, the candidate cities will be invited to Brussels to participate in a workshop and the Games will be attributed in November 2011. For more information, please see www.fisu.net .

Have your university teams registered for this year's European Universities Championships? If your university team would like to participate at one of this year's championship, please make sure you contact the national university sports association in your country to register your team! There are still some places available for the team sports, and deadlines to register have been extended in those sports. Participation will be ensured for the teams who register and pay the deposit; until the limit is reached. For most events 16 is the top number of the teams. Exception this year might ...

From April 22nd to 24th, the finals of the Albanian Universiade took place in the country’s capital Tirana. This is the first time that such a national event took place, and it was organized by the Albanian Students Sports Association (ASSA). Preliminary tournaments to select the finalists were organized in the same week (April 19th to 21st) in four cities - Shkodër, Korçë, Elbasan and Tirana. To underline the importance of this competition, the Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, also gave high patronage to this event. 800 student athletes from 14 universities (9 public and 5 private) ...

Students are welcome in the European University Sports Association (EUSA) not only as athletes in the European Universities Championships, European Universities Games and other events, but also as volunteers or members of committees and in other bodies. While all positions in EUSA structures are open for students, some activities are focused for students only. For students to compete in the sporting events, where they represent their University, they have to contact their National University Sport Associations. This year, 15 European Universities Championships are organised in different ...

The Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/FSSU) hold it's General Assembly at the House of Sports in Ittigen, Berne, the Headquarters of the Swiss Olympic Association. Based on a very generous donation by Arthur Eugster from St. Gallen, the "Swiss Students Sports Award" was given for the first time to successful students at the World University Championships in 2010. Switzerland participated at 11 WUC and won 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in different sports such as Orienteering, Karate, Equestrian, Rowing, Taekwondo and Shooting. The main award was presented to Matthias ...

University Sports Switzerland, the Board of the Swiss University Sport Federation and the Directors of the Swiss University Sports Organisations met in Berne, the Swiss Capital, for a two-day Strategic seminar, led by SHSV President Andreas Csonka. Based on the Mission Statement from 2003 and the results of the last Strategic seminar in 2008, the leading bodies of the Swiss University Sport evaluated the actual situation especially of the Federations activities and tried to define new goals in the fields of resources, internal structures, products and communication. The proposal to organize ...

During their stay in Bucharest, the EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik met with Mr Adrian Gagea, University Sports Federation of Romania CESU President on separate meetings with Mrs Doina Melinte, the State Secretary for Youth and Sports and Mr Octavian Morariu, the President of the Romanian Olympic Committee. The main topics of the meetings were the presentation of the EUSA activities and the development of the university sport in Romania. EUSA representatives presented to the authorities the activities of the association and different models of organisation ...

EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik are visiting Bucharest from April 6-8, 2011 to meet the representatives of the University Sports Federation of Romania, the National University of Physical Education and Sport, Ministry of Sports and the National Olympic Committee. The intensive program started with a visit to the National University of Physical Education and Sport (UNESF), where the EUSA representatives had an opportunity to meet the Rector, prof. dr. Viorel Cojocaru. Present on the meeting was also Mr Adrian Gagea, Director of Interdisciplinary ...

The Rector of the National University of Physical Education and Sport, prof. dr. Viorel Cojocaru, awarded today Mr Alberto Gualtieri, President of the European University Sport Association (EUSA) with Doctor Honoris Causa, a honorary doctorate for his extraordinary achievements in the field of university sports. The ceremony took place at the National University of Physical Education and Sport in Bucharest, Romania. In the presence of the senate members, the laudation was given by prof. dr. Adrian Gagea, Director of Interdisciplinary Research Centre and FISU Auditor since 1991. After the ...

XXVII SELL student’s games will be held in Kaunas (Lithuania), the second largest city of Lithuania between May 12 and 15, 2011. The Games are organised by the Lithuanian Students Sports Association (LSSA), under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, International University Sports Federation (FISU) and European University Sports Association (EUSA). The program of the games will include the following sport events: athletics, basketball, orienteering, table tennis, swimming, judo, volleyball, mini-football, power lifting, wrestling (Greco-roman style). 12 countries ...

The Board of the Swiss University Sports Foundation (SUSF) met in Zurich in the office of SUSF-Vice President Hans Bodmer for one of the annual meetings. The object of the Foundation shall be the support and promotion of university sports in Switzerland and involvement in the entrenchment of sports generally in society in the spirit of general objectives of Swiss University Sport Federation (SHSV). The Foundation shall complement SHSV's activities and support SHSV, particularly in regards to finances. In detail, this shall amount to profiling the SHSV as an important multi-sport partner ...

FISU, the International University Sports Federation, has launched a sports journalism education programme to provide young sport journalists with a unique training experience during the upcoming 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China from August 12th to 23rd, 2011. FISU will invite 10 young sport journalists from five continents to the Games in Shenzhen alongside the athletes where they will receive specialized media training from seasoned mentors of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). The Young Reporters’ programme aims to include 19 to 25-year-old journalists ...

At 30th of March the Minister of Sport and Tourism and the Minister of Science and Higher Education met at the Warsaw University to sign an agreement regarding common activities of the ministries in university sport. The meeting was hosted by rector of the Warsaw University Katarzyna Chalasinska-Macukow. Representatives of the Polish sport associations, parliament and government, rectors of the Polish universities as well as members of the University Sport Association of Poland (AZS) were present at the ceremony. The announcer of the ceremony was Marek Rocki chairman of the AZS Board. ...

The last weekend of March brought significant changes in the life of Hungarian University Sport Federation (HUSF). At the beginning of the General Assembly held on the 25th of March 72 athletes and coaches were awarded, all of them medallists of the 2010 World University Championships, as well as the ladies short-track relay, who won the bronze medal at the Erzurum Winter Universiade. Following the regular reports and summary of the year 2010, the elections took place. After 20 years - following the passing of Dr. Robert Frenkl February 2010 - the assembly elected its new president. There ...

Mr Alberto Gualtieri, President, Mr Leonz Eder, Treasurer a.i., Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Mr Thomas Loher, Legal Advisor met on March 29, 2011 on a working meeting in Zurich, the city of the legal seat of the European University Sports Association. The participants discussed several issues related to legal, structural and financial matters and the management of the association. Also the realisation of the activity plan, recently adopted by the General Assembly in Eilat, Israel, was discussed. A day after, Mr Adam Roczek, Sports Manager joined for discussion on the progress ...

Past weekend, Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA), together with its partners organised the National University Championships in Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding. Although technically in spring already, the championships were organised as part of the Winter Festival of Student Sports, also known as the Snow Party. The competitions took place on Friday, March 25 on Rogla, one of the venues of the Winter Universiade 2013. First, the Alpine skiers competed, followed by the snowboarders; both challenging each other in giant slalom. The champions have directly qualified to take part ...

In April, the deadlines for the European Universities Championships in Football, Badminton, Judo, Rugby 7s, Volleyball, Basketball, Beach-Volleyball, Futsal, Handball, Table Tennis and Karate are due. We kindly invite you to join and participate in the European Universities Championships in 2011! Interested European University teams and indivuduals should contact EUSA members, National University Sports Associations in their countries to initiate the registration process. A quick guide to registrations is also available. You are invited to explore the championships' descriptions at the ...

EUSA is very proud to be a partner of Asiana Airlines, the famous and several times awarded carrier, member of the Star Alliance group. Asiana Airlines and EUSA have signed a three years contract in 2010, including cooperation in promoting the European Universities Championships and the respected Airline. The Headquarters of Asiana Airlines is located in Gwangju City, the host of the Summer Universiade 2015. At the occasion of the 74th AIPS Congress in Seoul, EUSA EC Member and Treasurer a.i. Leonz Eder, accompanied by FISU EC member Verena Burk, promoted FISU and its activities in the ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Association for University Sports Akademik (AUS Akademik) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 2nd European Universities Taekwondo Championship, which will be organised in Sofia, Bulgaria between October 28 and 30, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as July 28, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.euc2011taekwondo-bulgaria.com . Important ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the University Sports Association of Poland (AZS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 2nd European Universities Bridge Championship, which will be organised in Grebiszew near Warsaw, Poland between September 19 and 24, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as June 19, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eucbridge2011.pl . Important deadlines ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Russian Students Sports Union (RSSU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 7th European Universities Rowing Championship, which will be organised in Moscow, Russia between August 30 and September 2, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as May 30, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.rusrowing.com . Important deadlines General Entry: 30.05.2011 ...

Similar to EUSA, other continental university sport federations also publish their annual magazines. We are informing you that the Magazines of the Asian University Sports Federation and the Pan-American University Sport Organization have been published and are available for online viewing and download. The Asian University Sports Federation published the Asian University Sports Magazine (AUSF Magazine) 2010 which includes the introductory and welcome addresses by AUSF and FISU Presidents, Report of the Secretary General, Newly Elected Executive Committee 2010 – 2016, AUSF Meetings 2010, ...

We are happy to report that the bidding process for the 2nd European Universities Games in 2014 was successful, and attracted three letters of Intention, which were submitted in time. Countries wanting to host the next edition of the European Universities Games are the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal. There are 10 sports offered at the European Universities Games: 8 compulsory sports: Basketball, Football, Futsal, Handball, Volleyball, Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis, and two optional sports (out of 4): Beach-Volleyball, Golf, Rowing, Rugby 7’s. Next step is submitting the ...

European University Sports Association, EUSA, in cooperation with ENGSO Youth and other partner organisations, is seeking Junior Ambassadors for the European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn), representing EUSA in the youth field of the project. Six (6) young people between ages 18 and 23 at the time of application will be chosen for training and education. Apart from the age limit, they should be students in a European institution of higher education, should be involved in a university, federation, sports club or similar institution, have to be fluent in (at least) English, preferably also in ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA) has published the annual edition of its magazine - the European University Sports Association Year Magazine 2010. In the magazine, you will be able to find the current information on the EUSA structures, get an overview of the European Universities Championships in 2010, and reports from the championships organised last year, with recaps also on the EUSA Cups and Patronage events. The recipients of the EUSA Awards 2010 are introduced, and reports from EUSA Conferences and other events given - General Assembly 2009, 10th Anniversary of EUSA, Opening ...

The main part of the EUSA related events taking place between March 3 and 6, hosted by ASA Israel in Eilat took place yesterday – the General Assembly of the European University Sports Association. At the General Assembly, representatives of 36 members - national university sport associations were present. Apart from the delegates and official representatives, the Assembly was also attended by the highest representatives of university sport with guests from the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the Federation of African University Sports (FASU), representatives from ...

At the occasion of the 12th General Assembly of the European University Sports Association, EUSA, in cooperation with ASA Israel organised a European University Sports Conference on March 4 in Eilat, Israel. The participants and the guests were welcomed by Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr Arie Rosenzweig, ASA Israel President, with a brief introduction about EUSA Conferences and the upcoming Assembly. The floor was then first given to Mr Rifaat Chabouk, representative of the Organising Committee of the 1st European Universities Games, which are to take place in Cordoba in ...

The Executive Committee of the European University Sports Association met for its first regular meeting 01-2011 in Eilat, Israel on March 3, just before the Conference and the General Assembly which are to start tomorrow and the day after. The Executive Committee discussed several items, among them the members were acquainted about the report and activities from the last Executive Committees by Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General. Reports were given on the European Universities Championships 2011 and 2013 and the European Universities Games 2012 ...

European University Sports Association Student Commission (EUSA STC) together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships is looking for active students interested in Volunteer Program! Do you want to gain international experience in organising a sport event? Are you or your student sport institution planning to organise an international sport event? Join European University Sport Association’s training course to learn more! Students can participate as supporting organisers at the following European Universities Championships (EUCs) in 2011: - Football: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 2nd European Universities Golf Championship, which will be organised in Otočec, Slovenia between September 6 and 10, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as June 6, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://golf2011.eusa.eu . Important deadlines General Entry: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 8th European Universities Tennis Championship, which will be organised in St. Gallen, Switzerland between September 4 and 10, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as June 4, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.unisg.ch/euctennis2011 . Important deadlines General ...

On the second day of the EU Sport Forum organised from February 21-22, 2011 in Budapest, Hungary; the main attention was given to the recently adopted European Commission's new Communication on Developing the European Dimension in Sport. European University Sports Association (EUSA) has been represented at the Forum by its Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pečovnik and Treasurer Mr Leonz Eder. The participants were welcomed by the European Commissioner for Sport, Mrs Androulla Vassiliou. I am committed to strengthening the European dimension in sport. Our discussions in Budapest will help the ...

Mr. Atilla Czene, Hungarian Secretary of State for Sports and Mr. Gregory Paulger, Director for Youth and Sport of the European Commission opened today the EU Sports Forum which takes place from February 21-22, 2011 in Budapest, Hungary. About 200 participants from the Olympic and sport movement, including leading representatives from international and European sport federations, European and national sport umbrella organisations and other sport-related organisations came together to discuss topics relating to the new EU competence in the field of sport and its implementation. During ...

Finnish Student Sports Federation celebrated its 87th anniversary in various ways. The highlight clips of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum were shown and medallists cheered. Finnish teams performed very well in Turkish ice arenas; Rockettes and Marigold IceUnity dazzled with their double victory in synchronized skating and women’s ice hockey team pocketed very respectable silver medals. The excellent success of Finnish female athletes was emphasized by signing of the Brighton declaration, which values the equal involvement of women in every aspect of sport. Moreover, the Finnish ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SportsBH) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 5th European Universities Karate Championship, which will be organised in Sarajevo, BiH between July 22 and 25, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 22, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.5-eukc.com.ba . Important deadlines General Entry: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 5th European Universities Table Tennis Championship, which will be organised in Madeira, Portugal between July 19 and 23, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 19, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://madeira2011.aauma.pt . Important deadlines ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Sport's Students Union of Ukraine (SSUU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 8th European Universities Badminton Championship, which will be organised in Kharkov, Ukraine between June 20 and 25, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as March 20, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eubc2011.com . Important deadlines General Entry: 20.03.2011 ...

The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) is the first student sports organization in the world to sign the Brighton Declaration. The overriding aim is to develop a sporting culture that enables and values the full involvement of women in every aspect of sport. The Finnish Student Sports Federation signed the Brighton Declaration on its 87th anniversary February 11th 2011 as the first student sports organization in the world. The Finnish Student Sports Federations’ President Mr Akseli Hakala and Secretary General Mrs Hilkka Laitinen signed the declaration on the federations’ ...

The first ever European Universities Championship organized in the Nordic countries will be held in Tampere, Finland between July 16 and 24, 2011, where both men and women will compete for the championship titles in futsal. The year of the Championships began with the visit of EUSA’s technical delegate Mr Patrik Perosa when he arrived in Tampere to view the arrangements made for the championships and the people in charge of the organization. Mr Perosa was as a whole very satisfied with the arrangements made for the championships and the stay also gave an opportunity for discussions ...

During the 25th Winter Universiade the future organisers and bidders for the Winter Universiades visited the Athletes village and the IBC Media centre in Erzurum, Turkey. The Organizing Committees of the Winter Universiade Maribor 2013 and Winter Universiade Granada 2015, as well as one of the bidding candidates for 2017, Trentino, attended the study tour as part of the FISU WU Observer program. Guided by FISU CSU Vice-Chair Leonz Eder and SU Director Marc Vandenplas, who supervised the Village, the delegates visited the different parts of the Athletes’ Village: the accreditation ...

The 25th Winter Universiade closed with an exciting closing ceremony on Sunday, February 6, 2011, at the Cemal Gürsel Stadium in Erzurum in front of 21,000 spectators. For the closing ceremony, the flags of all participating countries arrived in the stadium, followed by the participants walking in together, mixing up the countries and thus sending out the message of diversity and unity. The Universiade noted a record participation – almost 2,500 participants from 52 countries were present at this 25th edition of the FISU Winter Games. “Overall this edition can be considered ...

ASA Academic Sport Association - Israel, Tel Aviv University Sports Club, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya in partnership with the Israel Basketball Federation and Sport for Develoment and Peace, under the patronage of EUSA and FISU are organising the Friendship Games 2011 between May 27 and June 3, 2011 in Eilat, Israel. The programme encompasses Basketball Competitions for men’s and women’s teams, cultural events and tours of Jerusalem, Dead Sea, and King Solomon mines. The Friendship Games mission is to create peace in the Middle East and other countries ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), theSpanish Committee of University Sport (CEDU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 8th European Universities Beach-Volleyball Championship, which will be organised in Malaga, Spain between July 17 and 22, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 17, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eucbeachvolleyball2011.com . Important deadlines ...

On May 12-15, 2011 XXVII SELL student Games - Kaunas Student Games 2011 will be held in Kaunas, the second largest city of Lithuania. It is our pleasure to invite the delegation of your university to participate. The program of the games will include the following sport events: athletics, basketball, orienteering, table tennis, swimming, judo, volleyball, mini-football, powerlifting, wrestling (Greco-roman style). The honorary patron of SELL Student Games 2011 are Dalia Grybauskaite, the President of the Republic of Lithuania and EUSA, European University Sport Association. With more ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Croatian University Sport Federation (HSSS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 6th European Universities Handball Championship, which will be organised in Rijeka, Croatia between July 17 and 24, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 17, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://handball2011.eusa.eu . Important deadlines General Entry: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Finnish University Sport Federation (OLL) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 8th European Universities Futsal Championship, which will be organised in Tampere, Finland between July 17 and 24, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 17, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eucfutsal2011.com . Important deadlines General Entry: 17.04.2011 ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Spanish Committee of University Sport (CEDU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 11th European Universities Basketball Championship, which will be organised in Cordoba, Spain between July 13 and 20, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 13, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eusabasket2011.com . Important deadlines General Entry: ...

The Croatian University Sports Federation (HSSS) held their gala in December, followed by their annual general assembly. Both events took place at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb. Participants were welcomed by the President of the Croatian University Sports Federation Mr Zrinko Custonja and invited guests - Vice-Rector of the University of Zagreb dr. Bojan Baletic, Director of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport Mr Zeljko Klaric and EUSA Vice-President and FISU EC Committee Member Mr Sinisa Jasnic. At the ceremony, the Almanah of Croatian university sport (2001-2010) ...

The latest issue of the University Sports Magazine, a publication by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) has been published end of January 2011. Among other topics, the issue #80 features: - World University Championships (remaining championships 2010) - Winter and Summer Universiades report (2011 Erzurum & Shenzhen; 2013 Maribor & Kazan; 2015 Granada & Gwangju) - Education and Exhibition events: Erzurum Sport Science conference, Shenzhen FISU Conference, City events - Women and Winter Sports in FISU - AUSF Presentation - FISU Calendar For ...

Partners in the European Anti-Doping Initiative (EADIn) met in Frankfurt, Germany on January 27, 2011 for the kick-off meeting of the project. At the meeting, EUSA was represented by its Medical Commission Chairman Dr. Haris Pavletic from Croatia. The project is aimed at establishing an European-wide Anti-Doping mentality in the youth sector by establishing a moral tenor towards concepts such as Fair-play, sensitizing and raising awareness on all levels of the complex social environment surrounding the doping problematic and implementing strategies to motivate young people to pass on the message ...

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) is rising to the challenges of the digital world with the launch of a Community Social Network platform designed to bring sport and academia even closer together. www.fisu-community.net will allow university athletes and students worldwide to celebrate, share and communicate in the true spirit of friendship and sportsmanship as never before. ‘We can now bring members (fans and athletes) together from across the FISU landscape into a central hub. After Facebook and Twitter, we are now taking social interaction a stage further with ...

In Erzurum, Turkey, the 25th Winter Universiade was opened with a spectacular opening ceremony on Thursday, January 27, 2011. The ceremony started with the march of the national flags and athletes into the newly built stadium. The largest presence in the paradade was that of Turkey and Russia, while Slovenian athletes held a banner of “Maribor 2013”, the next city to host the Winter Universiade in 2013. After the arrival of the flame and FISU flag and following the welcome speeches of the Organising Committee President, FISU President George E. Killian, the Prime ...

Following the desire to encourage and promote mutual cooperation in university sports, Mr Alberto Gualtieri, President of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and Mr Xinsheng Zhang, President of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) signed on January 27, 2011 the Protocol on cooperation between EUSA and AUSF. The protocol foresees the cooperation on the fields of organisation of Intercontinental Universities Competitions between selected universities from the continents in various sports, organisation of joint conferences and seminars in the university sports matters, ...

On the occasion of the 25th Winter Universiade in Erzurum, the EUSA Executive Committee Members present in Turkey met for an informal meeting. The members were welcomed by EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri who thanked at the beginning Mr Kemal Tamer, President of the Turkish University Sports Federation for having the opportunity to meet during this world largest university winter sport event. The members discussed the topics connected to the upcoming General Assembly in Eilat, the organisation of European Universities Badminton Championship 2011 to be held in Kharkow, Ukraine in June ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Serbian University Sport Federation (USSS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 11th European Universities Volleyball Championship, which will be organised in Kragujevac, Serbia between July 10 and 17, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as April 10, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eucvolleyball2011.com . Important deadlines General ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the French University Sport Federation (FFSU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 5th European Universities Rugby 7s Championship, which will be organised in Lille, France between June 29 and July 2, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as March 29, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event www.eusarugby2011-lille.com . Important deadlines General Entry: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SportsBH) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 1st European Universities Judo Championship, which will be organised in Sarajevo, BiH between June 23 and 26, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as March 23, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event . Important deadlines General Entry: 23.03.2011 Quantitative ...

At the occasion of the Auditor's meeting in Ljubljana, Mr Leonz Eder, Managing Director of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SUSF), also EUSA Treasurer a.i. and EC member, presented an official gift from SUSF to Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General. The cow bell is a traditional Swiss gift, very popular not only for tourists, but still used by the majority of farmers for their cows, Mr Eder said. The Swiss University Sports Federation would like to congratulate EUSA to the new headquarters which is also an important signal for the growing importance of EUSA, he added. In ...

On January 14, 2011 the EUSA Auditors Mr Jakub Kosowski and Mr Zrinko Čustonja visited Ljubljana, Slovenia for a working meeting with Mr Leonz Eder, Treasurer a.i. and Mr Matjaž Pečovnik, Secretary General. The meeting was held at the EUSA Office. Mr Kosowski and Mr Čustonja checked the financial operations of EUSA for 2009 and 2010. The financial operations were presented in all details, conducted transparently and in full accordance with the existing regulations. We are much satisfied with the financial development during the reviewed years said the Auditors. Mr Pečovnik and Mr Eder ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Turkish University Sport Federation (TUSF) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 9th European Universities Football Championship, which will be organised in Istanbul, Turkey between June 19 and 26, 2011. The deadline for registration has been determined as March 19, 2011. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://football2011.halic.edu.tr . Important deadlines General ...

The season of European Universities Championships 2011 is getting ready. European University Sports Association, in close cooperation with the local Organising Committees, is preparing to start opening registration for the European Universities Championships which will take place across Europe in 2011. There were 16 championships scheduled to take place in 2011. At the time being, Badminton is yet waiting to be confirmed, but all other 15 events are eager to host university teams from all over Europe. Stay tuned in January when the registration will start for the first European Universities ...

The University Sports Federation of Serbia (USSS) hold its elective assembly on December 24, 2010 in Belgrade. Apart from other items of the assembly, the new Executive Committee was elected, along with the new President, and also the Supervisory Board for the term 2010-2014. The new President of the Executive Committee and the Association is Mr. Nebojsa Jovanovic, representative of the University Sports Federation of Nis. New Vice-Presidents are Mr Uros Dragojlovic from Novi Pazar and Mr Zoran Delic from Novi Sad. The new Executive Committee took the opportunity to present awards ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association, we are sending you very warm and sincere wishes for Christmas and New Year 2011. We would like to thank all our member associations, universities, EUSA events organisers, students, volunteers, sponsors and other partners & friends for their active role in development and growth of the University sport in 2010. A special thanks and recognition goes to all individuals working hard in various commitees and bodies within our organisation. We look forward to continuing and strenghtening our cooperation with all the friends & ...

On December 23, 2010 the delegation of the Croatian University Sports Federation (CUSF) visited the EUSA office to meet with Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Mr Andrej Pisl, Communication Manager on a working meeting. On the occasion of the first visit to the recently opened new EUSA premises, Mr Zrinko Custonja, CUSF President on the behalf of his federation presented a special gift for the EUSA employees. Mr Pecovnik thanked Mr Custonja for the gift presented and at the same time congratulated him for his recent re-election as the CUSF President. 'Croatia is one of our most ...

On December 15 the 20th anniversary of Lithuanian Students Sports Association was celebrated at the City Hall in Kaunas. Besides the best Lithuanian students-sportsmen of the year 2010 were honoured. The President of Lithuanian Students Sports Association and EUSA Executive Committee member Mr Česlovas Garbaliauskas made the congratulatory speech and expressed his joy about the works done in 20 years and achievements of the students. Thanks to many dedicated students-sportsmen who have won awards in the international university events, such as universiades, have been glorifying the name ...

AZS Warsaw was an organizer and a host of the first edition of Student Games. Event took place in the middle of the December and gathered over 600 students from six Polish cities – winners of the regional selection matches (conducted on November) from Warsaw, Cracow, Katowice, Gdansk, Poznan and Lublin. It was the first Games in the history, and they were at once described as a successful event. Students competed in volleyball, basketball, futsal and in individual disciplines such as swimming, table tennis, cross country running and ergometer. The competition was very stiff, ...

Registration for the 12th EUSA General Assembly, which will take place in Eilat, Israel between March 3 and 6, 2011 is open. EUSA member federations are welcome to register their official delegates and optional guests by January 21, 2011. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE Wednesday March 2nd Arrival of EC members Thursday March 3rd EC meeting Arrival of delegates Friday March 4th Morning: sightseeing Afternoon: EUSA Conference Evening: dinner and party Saturday March 5th Morning & afternoon: General Assembly Evening: Entertainment programme Sunday March 6th onwards Departures ...

On the Invitation of the Swedish University Sports Federation (SAIF) Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General visited Sweden from December 19-21, 2010. The EUSA representatives were welcomed by Mrs Johanna St. Clair Renard, SAIF President and Mr Stefan Bergh, SAIF International Committee President and FISU Vice-President. The aim of the visit was to discuss the possibilities to increase the involvement of Sweden in the EUSA activities, both in terms of participation and organisation of the events. For that reason several meetings were held in Uppsala, the ...

Lithuanian Olympic Academy Congress was held on December 3 at the Vilnius Pedagogical University. During the event, Mr Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, Lithuanian Students Sports Association President and EUSA Executive Commission member was inaugurated as the new Lithuanian Olympic Academy academician. The speakers at the Congress of Lithuanian Olympic Academy (LOA) were the Congress President Povilas Karoblis, the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee President Arturas Poviliunas, Physical Culture and Sports Department Director-General Klemensas Rimschelis. The new Olympic academician Mr Ceslovas ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) held its annual general assembly on Friday, 10th December 2010 at the headquarters of the University of Ljubljana. The Assembly was attended by the representatives of SUSA member organisations, university sports organisations from Ljubljana, Maribor and Primorska. Prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik, president of SUSA, made a report for the preceding period, and outlined plans for current and future period. In 2011, in the field of international activities, the most visible will be the participation in the Winter Universiade in Erzurum and the Summer ...

The EUSA Executive Committee Meeting concluded yesterday in Novi Sad, Serbia. In the morning, the EUSA representatives led by the President Mr. Alberto Gualtieri met with the Director of the Sports Academy Belgrade Mr. Aleksandar Lukman, M.Sc. and Mr. Leon Lukman, one of the founders of the Academy. The Academy is founded by the Olympic Committee Serbia, the City of Belgrade, Mr. Leon Lukman and two famous sports societies Crvena Zvezda and Partizan. The participants discussed the future mutual collaboration on the field of the university sport and agreed to sign the memorandum on cooperation ...

Novi Sad, Serbia is from December 5 to 6, 2011 the venue of the third EUSA Executive Committee Meeting this year. The meeting is taking place at the Hotel Park in Novi Sad. It started yesterday with the welcome speech of Vice-President of EUSA Mr. Sinisa Jasnic, who is also the host of this meeting. Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, thanked the host on behalf of the board members for his hospitality and on that occasion presented him the EUSA Plaquette. After approving the Agenda and the Minutes of the last meeting the floor was given to Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General who presented ...

Cyprus University Sports Federation (CUSF) held a gala ceremony in October at which the new CUSF President Dr Michalis Krashias announced the nomination as Honorary President and offered the mark of honour to Mr Dinos Pavlou, former President of CUSF and Member of the Executive Committee of EUSA. Mr Pavlou thanked the Executive Committee of CUSF for the expressed honour and promised to continue his interest for the development of University sports in Cyprus as well as in Europe and in the Mediterranean. The ceremony was attended, among others, by the President and the General Secretary ...

University Sport Association of Poland (AZS) has joined the European Action on Drugs. European Action on Drugs project has been prepared and coordinated by the European Commission to “provide European civil society with a platform to increase awareness and commitment as regards drugs and the risks related to drug abuse, and to promote dialogue and exchanges of best practice”. On 24th of November in Warsaw during the conference “European campaign on drugs” AZS has officially accessed to the project. Representatives of the AZS along with representatives ...

The Finnish Olympic Committee said yes to the application of Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) for its membership. The historical decision was made in November 15th by the council of Finnish Olympic Committee. As a member of an organization (FISU) recognized by the International Olympic Committee, Finnish Student Sports Federation meets the criteria set for the membership of NOC. The decision was also justified by the determined work that Finnish Student Sports Federation has done for the progress of elite sport in Finland as a responsible body for Finnish participation in Summer and Winter ...

On the second day of their stay in Albania, EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik were invited to the University Sports Workshop for the representatives of Albanian Universities that was held at the University of Sports of Tirana. The participants were welcomed by the Rector of the University of Sport Prof. Dr. Vejsel Rizvanolli. After that the floor was given to the President of the Albanian Students Sports Association (ASSA) Prof. As. Dr. Fatos Gjata, who presented the projects of the organisation of university sport on the national level and organisation ...

On the Invitation of the Albanian Students Sports Association (ASSA) and the University of Sports of Tirana, EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and EUSA Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik visited Tirana from November 23-24, 2010. The EUSA representatives were welcomed by ASSA President Prof. As. Dr. Fatos Gjata and Rector Prof. Dr. Vejsel Rizvanolli. The intensive program started with separate meetings with Dr. Myqerem Tafaj, Minister of Education and Science and Mr Dashnor Bajaziti, Vice Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports. The main topics of the meetings were the organisation ...

ISCA (International Sport and Culture Association) and CESS (European Confederation sport and Health) organised the Sport Citizens' Forum in Bled, Slovenia, between November 18 and 21, 2010. Sport Citizens’ Forum, attended also by Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications Manager, adopted a Declaration on grass-root sport and citizenship. The Declaration on grass-root sport and citizenship was adopted by citizens from 33 Sport for All associations and - stakeholders from 10 countries and includes overall and specific European visions, health enhancing physical activity, education, ...

From November 17-20, 2010 the City of Brussels hosted two important events: the FISU Executive Committee Meeting and City Events Conference. The 1st City Events Conference was organised by FISU and GL Events. The City Events is the first international conference that brought together cities interested in hosting international sporting competitions as well as international and continental sports organizations looking for ambitious hosts for their events. This year's conference theme ‘From Sport Event to Citywide Experience’ aimed at strengthening the bond among all ...

The 15th Portuguese Sports Gala took place on November 16th at the Estoril Casino near Cascais. The organiser, Portugal Sports Confederation (CDP), brought together athletes, coaches, officials and institutions linked to the national sports movement. The Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sports (FADU), member of CDP, was also a part of the event. The year of the 100 Years Celebration of the Portuguese Republic set the tone for the tribute One Hundred Athletes, One Hundred Years of the Republic. Connected to the University Sports, the following people received the honours: Dr. ...

In organisation of the University Sports Federation of Montenegro, the Students Futsal League started this week in Montenegro. With participation of 16 faculty teams, the league is the biggest students competition in the country. The league will last until March 13, 2011. Soon after that, the Students Basketball League with 10 faculty teams and Students Volleyball League with 8 faculty teams participating will start. The three leagues will include 34 teams from all three universities and from almost all the faculties. University Sports Federation of Montenegro was active this year also ...

The official part of the 2010 edition of the EUSA Convention concluded today. Over 50 participants, representatives of the Organising Committees of the next year’s European Universities Championships and the technical delegates have gathered in Bled, Slovenia to discuss the topics related to the organisation of the European Universities Championships, see best practises and get useful information for organising a successful event. Today, the representatives of the Organisers of the European Universities Games, Mr Vicente Martinez Orga and Mr Rifaat Chabouk, presented the concept ...

The EUSA Convention 2010 started today in the afternoon. The Convention, which is intended for the organisers of the next European Universities Championships and the European Universities Games, is taking place in Bled, Slovenia between November 12 and 14, 2010. Over 50 participants – organisers of next EUC events, technical delegates, medical commission members, EUSA Staff and invited observers have been greeted by Mr Alberto Gualtieri via online address. Mr Gualtieri stressed the importance of EUSA Conventions as EUSA is working hard to cooperate with the organisers to enable ...

At 28th of October a new academic sport season 2010/2011 has been opened in Warsaw, during the University Sport Gala, by members of the University Sport Association of Poland (AZS). The official opening took place in the Capitol Theater and simultaneously, it was a summary of the academic year 2009/2010. Almost 200 guests were present at the Gala, with rectors of the universities, trainers, medalists of the World University Championships, activists of the AZS and officials – minister of sport and tourism Adam Giersz, vice-minister of science and higher education Witold Jurek, chairman ...

Hungarian University Sports Federation (HUSF), besides organizing national university championships, takes big importance to support those who do regularly sport but on amateur level. For them, the HUSF organizes year to year the Universitas Cup, where the participants compete in men and women football, men and women basketball and mixed volleyball. The cup starts inside the institutions, continues with district and regional finals and finally ends with a national final. The latest National Finals of the Universitas Cup was last month at the University of Miskolc.

The Norwegian Association of University Sport (NSI) held from 15-17th of October a training course gathering the young leaders of their student sport association in the beautiful city of Molde. Based on the idea of team building, this seminar was an opportunity for leaders from all around the country to meet and exchange experience and good practice. Several presentations were exposed to the participants regarding the organisation of the national university sport, volunteering, team building, funding university sport projects and the international actors of the University Sport and especially ...

The Swedish University Sports Federation had its General Assembly 22-24 October. The assembly, held in Västeras, Sweden, was well attended and Johanna S:t Clair Renard was re-elected President for her third term of office, until 2012. Stefan Bergh, Vice President of FISU, was elected Honorary President and received the mark of honor for his distinguished achievements in developing university sports in Sweden and abroad. I am overwhelmed and very honored, says Stefan Bergh. University sports plays a central part of my life and I am very grateful for this acknowledgement. I am full of inspiration ...

Swiss University Sports Federation (SUSF) and the University of St. Gallen will host the 8th European Universities Tennis Championship in 2011. During their stay in Switzerland, Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General and Mrs Danijela Babic, Office Assistant met on October 28, 2010 with Mr Daniel Studer, the Tournament Director and Mrs Cécile Baumgartner, SUSF Secretary who presented them the details progress report on the championship organisation. Mr Studer explained that the Organising Committee has already signed the contracts with the tennis centres where the event will take place. ...

Mr Leonz Eder, EUSA Treasurer a.i., Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General and Ms Danijela Babic, EUSA Office Assistant met on a working meeting in Zurich October 28-30. The participants discussed several issues related to financial matters, such as proposal for financial regulations, estimated realisation and provisional budget for 2011. EUSA representatives also met with Mr Robert Frey to discuss the audit matters. A day before, the Mr Eder, Mr Pecovnik and Ms Babic visited the seat of Credit Suisse in St Gallen where they met with Mr Albert Hutter, Vice President at CS Corporate ...

On the October 18th 2010, the new board of the Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU) took office for the term 2010/2011. The ceremony, held in the capital, Lisbon, began with the handover between the outgoing Chairman of the General Assembly Board (MAG), Pedro Soares and the new Chairman, Miguel Portugal who then took possession of the remaining elected members of: General Assembly Board, Disciplinary Board, Council of Justice, Audit Committee, the Board, and finally the new President of FADU Mr. Bruno Barracosa. The new Governing Bodies will perform duties during the ...

Over 300 people attended the Casino da Figueira for a night of celebration and recognition in order to close the season 2009/2010 in Portugal. The 3rd University Sports Gala, organized by Portuguese Academic Sports Federation (FADU), joined athletes, coaches, managers, agents and sports institutions, who have attended. The University of Coimbra / AAC was the name that was most listened by winning four of the five awards Best of the Year. Images from the ending season gave the boot to the official ceremony. Luis Sardinha, President of the Portugal Sports Institute and representing the Portuguese ...

Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF) is moving to its new offices end of October. The new office building has been opened on 22 October, 2010 by a official ceremony attended by several promonent guests and welcomed by the President of TUSF dr. Kemal Tamer. TUSF believes that the new facilities will be the basis to offer their sport service to the universities and univerity youth more efficiently both at national and international level in this modern and new building. At the same time, they would like to inform you of the new address and contact details: Turkish University ...

The Bulgarian Association for University Sport - AUS Academic opened the new office in Sofia on Friday, October 22, 2010. Prof. Peter Bonov, AUS President, opened the new office in Sofia, thanking the Rector of the National Sports Academy Vasil Levski, prof. Lachezar Dimitrov. The office, which has been equipped also with the support of EUSA, is located in Student City, the main campus of the Sports Academy. The office was opened at the occasion of AUS Managing committee. At the meeting, a plan for the new website was presented, and the committee took decisions about the future work ...

Hungarian University Sport Federation - HUSF organised a national convention in the beginning of October, with participation of all parties involved in university sports. A famous sports-historical location was chosen for the event, the Olympic Centre and training camp in Tata which have been contributing to the Hungarian sports successes for over 60 years. Besides the heads of university sports departments, leaders of university sports clubs and members of HUSF Technical Commissions have also been invited. Although the annual HUSF programmes and results are being discussed during the General ...

On Sunday, October 17, the Millenium Square, central square near the Kazan Kremlin in Russia, hosted a flash mob event organised by the 2013 Universiade volunteers. Over 300 young people used their bodies to create a living inscription KAZAN 2013 – 1000. Thus, they expressed their readiness to render support in preparation and staging of the Games. The flash mob marked once again the significance of the forthcoming sporting event. 1000 days to the 2013 Universiade, and Kazan may boast 23 new sports complexes, swimming pools and stadiums, that were built in less than three years. The ...

Student Commission of the European University Sports Association (EUSA STC) met in Athens, Greece between October 22 and 24, 2010. The meeting, hosted by the Hellenic Committee for University Sport (EATE) at the Polytechnic University, was attended by Eleftheria Kallikazarou, STC Chair and STC members Annti Afflekt, Tamar Salomon, Zoltan Rakaczki, Julien Buhajezuk, Maria Rubach, joined by Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications Manager. Among other items on the agenda, STC members discussed the topics of networking, made some proposals for EUSA Symposium, evaluated the EUSA Volunteer programme ...

Students Arena 2010, the largest educational youth fair in Slovenia, took place between October 19 and 21 at the Ljubljana Fair in the capital city of Slovenia. Every year in fall, at the beginning of the new academic year, the fair offers numerous activities and presentations in the fields of education, studies abroad, employment, international cooperation, culture, sport and leisure. Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) was present at the fair, presenting the organisation, its programme and activities. At the exhibition booth of SUSA, this year the emphasis over the three-day-exhibit ...

October 15 is the deadline to submit the photos, taken at the European University Championships 2010. The winner of the EUSA Photo Competition 2010 will be invited to the EUSA General Assembly in March 2011 in Eilat, Israel. Share your own perspectives of this year’s EUSA Championships and sporting events. Today we are particularly concerned with creating positive results through youth sport experiences. Youth sports play an important role in the development of a new and more talented generation. The spirit of cheerfulness, enthusiasm, leadership and social responsibility are ...

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) announces the start of the bidding procedure for the 2013 European Universities Championships and 2014 European Universities Games. 2013 European Universities Championships Sports : Badminton, Basketball, Beach-Volleyball, Bridge, Football, Futsal, Golf, Handball, Judo, Karate, Rowing, Rugby 7s , Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Volleyball Bidding procedure : 01.10.2010 Call for candidatures 01.01.2011 Deadline for Letters of Intention 01.05.2011 Deadline for submitting the bid and Bidding Fee Payment 04.06.2011 Attribution 2014 ...

The latest issue of the University Sports Magazine, a publication by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) has been published end of September. Among other topics, the issue #79 features: - World University Championships (partial report 2010) - Winter and Summer Universiades report (2011 Erzurum & Shenzhen; 2013 Maribor & Kazan; 2015 Granada & Gwangju) - FISU Forum 2010 Vigo - Women’s Leadership in University Sport - Presentation: Oceania University Sport Association, OUSA - City Events - Media and Communication in FISU - FISU Calendar ...

During their stay in Sofia, EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik accompanied by the Prof Peter Bonov, President and Ms Kamelia Atanasova, Secretary General of the Bulgarian University Sports Association met on a separately meetings with Mr Svilen Neykov, the Minister for Physical Education and Sports of Bulgaria and Mrs Stefka Kostadinova, the President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee. The main topics of the meetings were financing, organisation and future development of the university sport in Bulgaria. Mr Bonov presented to the authorities the activity ...

On the Invitation of the Bulgarian University Sports Association (AUS Akademik), EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik visited Sofia from September 28-29, 2010. The EUSA representatives were welcomed by the AUS Akademik President Prof Peter Bonov and Secretary General Ms Kamelia Atanasova. The intensive program started with a visit to the National Sports Academy (NSA) Vassil Levski, where Mr Gualtieri and Mr Pecovnik had an opportunity to meet and discuss with the Rector Prof Lachezar Dimitrov and the members of the Rector's Board. After the meeting the ...

After an exciting game the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University won the golden medal and the title of Champion of the Studenteuro – Polish-Ukrainian football tournament of academic teams concluded last weekend in Kiev, Ukraine. In two years, Poland and Ukraine will organize EURO 2012. This big football event inspired organizers of the Studenteuro (University Sport Association of Poland, Education Foundation Perspektywy – from Polish side, Ministry of Science and Education and Polish-Ukrainian Center of the University of Technology from Kiev – from Ukrainian ...

At the occasion of the EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 02-2010, the European University Sports Association officially opened its new office in Ljubljana on Saturday, September 25, 2010. European University Sports Association (EUSA) celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009, and this year it acquired its own offices in order to enable and support the growth of EUSA, its activities and functioning of the staff and the elected delegates and representatives. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, opened the new EUSA Office in Ljubljana, thanking the former lady Rector of the University of ...

The 02-2010 Executive Committee Meeting of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on September 24 and 25, 2010. The meeting was organised by the EUSA Office in cooperation with the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) whose president prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik welcomed the members to Ljubljana. The meeting included a full agenda, and started by the greeting of the EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri who welcomed the EUSA EC members and staff, as well as Mr Haris Pavletic, Medical Commission Chair, Ms Elefteria Kallikazarou, Student ...

The 6th General Assembly of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) was held in Shenzhen, China, from September 21-22. About 60 delegates from 24 AUSF Member countries attended this electorial Assembly. The delegates first accepted three news member countries, namely Bahrein, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Under the leadership of AUSF President Zhang Xinsheng (China) the Assembly was managed smoothly, all the reports including the President's report, the report of the Secretary General Kenny Chow (Hongkong) and from the Treasurer See Tow Cheng Fave (Singapore) were accepted without discussion. ...

For the preparation of the EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 02-2010 and the EUSA Convention 2010, EUSA Office organised a working meeting on Monday, September 6 in the new offices in Ljubljana. The meeting was attended by Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General, Mr Adam Roczek, EUSA Sports Manager and Mr Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications Manager. The agenda of the meeting included the reports and overview of the European Universities Championships 2010 and other topics related to this year’s events. The proposed dates for the European Universities Championships 2011 were discussed and ...

Share your own perspectives of this year’s EUSA Championships and sporting events. Today we are particularly concerned with creating positive results through youth sport experiences. Youth sports play an important role in the development of a new and more talented generation. The spirit of cheerfulness, enthusiasm, leadership and social responsibility are key themes. We invite you to send us your top photos, depicting sport at its best: • The fun of competition • Health advantages of sports • Greater sense of moral values • New friendships ...

International University Sports Federation (FISU) has opened the bidding for the 2017 Winter and Summer Universiades today. Universiades 2017 bidding timeline September 1st, 2010 - Opening of the Bid September 1st, 2010 - May 2nd, 2011 - Submission of the Letter of Intention November 17th-19th, 2010 - Interactive workshop at the City Events Conference in Brussels, BEL January 27th - February 6th, 2011 - Observer Program for Applicant Cities during the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum, TUR May 2nd, 2011 - Deadline for letters of intent & payment of bidding fee ...

The season of the European Universities Championships for 2010, which started in early June, and finished end of August, was a very successful one. There were 11 European Universities Championships organised this year, hosted in 9 cities and organised by 8 National University Sports Associations, EUSA members, in cooperation with the local Organising Committees, EUSA technical delegates and representatives, with a considerable support by numerous volunteers. Quite a few records were broken; both by the results and the participation. For an overview of this year's EUC events, please ...

After three days of great racing at the Bosbaan Rowing Course in Amsterdam the 6th European Universities Rowing Championship concluded on Sunday. The competition, taking place between August 19 and 22 hosted nearly 500 participants, representing 70 universities from 13 countries competing in 22 boat classes. This makes the EUC Rowing 2010 not only the largest EUSA event of the year, but also the biggest EUC ever held since the founding of EUSA. Due to the good and fair racing conditions combined with some tail wind the standing records were broken in six boat classes. The M2x record ...

The General Assembly of the Federation of African University Sports – FASU has elected a new board on the second day of the meeting in Kampala, Uganda. The delegates present had a long working session that concluded late in the evening with the election of the 5 members that will head the Federation for the coming 4 years. The new President, Malumbete Michael Ralethe (RSA), expressed his thanks and set out his thoughts for FASU during the coming years, stressing the importance of communication across the continent as a key challenge for his mandate. Leopold Senghor (SEN) was elected ...

A cheerful parade of nearly 500 participants from 13 countries introduced the Opening Ceremony of the 6th European Universities Rowing Championship, held during the sunny evening of the first competition day, on the 20th of August, at the Bosbaan rowing course in Amsterdam. Twan van Duivenbooden, Chair of the Organising Committee and EUSA Executive Committee Member Ceslovas Garbaliauskas welcomed all participants and wished them good luck for all races. From August 19-22, EUC Rowing is hosting almost 500 participants and again it is the biggest event among the EUSA championships. The ...

The General Assembly of Federation of African University Sports – FASU is being held in Kampala, Uganda on August 20-21. 18 countries are being represented: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with invited guests also from EUSA and FISU. After the welcome address from FASU President Hassan Chikh, EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri was invited by FASU 1st Vice President Dr Malumbete Ralethe to take the floor. “It’s a great honour ...

We are happy to inform you that the European University Sports Association (EUSA) has successfully acquired new premises, and moved its office to a new location in the city centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The offices, which have been renovated and fully equipped, are located in the 1st floor of a civic house downtown Ljubljana, located in the Government District. Among buildings in direct proximity are the Parliament, University of Ljubljana, City Hall, Presidential and Governmental buildings, several embassies, banks, hotels, etc. EUSA, whose legal seat is in Switzerland, had its ...

The premier edition of the EUSA Billiards Cup has concluded yesterday with an exciting Closing Ceremony in the Baribal Billiards club. The 1st EUSA Billiards Cup was held between August 9 and 14 in Tallinn, Estonia, with participants from 11 universities from Estonia, United Kingdom, Norway and Finland. The Cup was organized by the Estonian Universities Sports Federation, Estonian Pool Federation and European University Sports Association in cooperation with Baribal Billiards club. EUSA Billiards Cup 2010 consisted of three events - 8 ball tournament played on August 11, 10 ball tournament ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 1st EUSA Billiards Cup took place on 11 August in Tallinn at Baribal billiards club. On behalf of the Organizing Committee participants were welcomed by Estonian Academic Sports federation secretary Tarmo Jaakson and OC member Artjom Beresnev. The Ceremony was also attended by the chairman of the Estonian Pool Federation Mr Juri Talu. The competition is organized by the Estonian Academic Sports Federation together with Estonian Pool Federation. Estonian Pool Federation shared their experience in organizing international pool competitions. They will make sure ...

The President of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Mr Alberto Gualtieri and the Secretary General of EUSA Mr Matjaz Pecovnik visited Beijing, PR China, to meet with the President of Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) Mr Xinsheng Zhang. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China on August 8, 2010. Mr Yanqing Xue, AUSF Vice Secretary General, Mr Zhen Shen, AUSF Deputy Director and Mrs Yuetong Yan, AUSF General Coordinator also participated in the meeting. During the meeting, EUSA representatives presented the structure and ...

Entries for the 2010 European Universities Rowing Championship to be held on the Bosbaan in Amsterdam have again reached record levels with 153 crews entered to compete in the 6th EUSA Rowing Championships. An entry from 13 nations representing a record 71 universities in 467 racing seats represents further growth in this traditional university-sport and again makes Rowing the largest EUSA Championship of the year. A very large contingent from the United Kingdom will be looking to regain the BUR EUSA Salver, the overall nations prize last held by them in 2007, from the defending Champions ...

The 7th European Universities Tennis Championship is concluded. During six days Coimbra could assist to competitive games, always with high temperatures (some days with 38-40 degrees). The University Stadium received 34 teams from 16 countries, a record number of participants. A lot of players have positions in current ATP and WTA rankings. After more that 200 matches, the new European champions were known this Saturday. In male final, the title went to Kozminski who won Zagreb University by 2-0, in a very competitive game. In female final the title went to Leonard Da Vinci who won Moscow ...

At the International Sport Forum Russia-Country of Sports, held in Moscow, Russia between July 29 and August 1, 2010 among many sports, cultural and educational activities an important part on the event is also the university sport. As a part of the Forum, the roundtable on Problems and Perspectives of International Cooperation in the University Sport was held in the Olympic Centre Luzhniki. Present of the roundtable were also Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Oleg Matytsin, EUSA Vice President and President of RSSU and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General. Also the representatives ...

During their stay in Russia, the representatives of FISU and EUSA had an opportunity to meet members of the Summer Universiade 2013 Organising Committee which will be held in Kazan. The capital city of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan is proving day by day that the decision to attribute the World University Games to Kazan was the right choice. On the roundtable on the university sport Mr Marat Bariev, Executive Director of the Russian Olympic Committee and former Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan presented the progress report on the games. He stressed that ...

The 10th European Universities Volleyball Championship has concluded on July 29 2010 with an exciting Closing Ceremony in Szturmowa SC in Warsaw. In men finals, the champion title went to Mordovskiy State University who won a final match against Eindhoven University of Technology. This breath-taking match finished with the result 3:0. In women finals, the champion title went to Bahcesehir University who won the final match against University of Belgrade 3:0. Medals and awards were presented by EUSA Delegate Mr. Wolf Fruhauf, EUSA Technical Delegate Jean Loup Miquet and Jacek Kasprzyk ...

EUSA is proud to see its sponsor Asiana Airlines nominated the Airline of the Year 2010 at the 2010 World Airline Awards - known as the Passenger's Choice awards in Hamburg, Germany earlier this year. This award by Skytrex represents a true recognition of the front-line product and service that Asiana Airlines is delivering to its customers, and the slogan of 'the Passenger's Choice awards' underlines the fact that Asiana Airlines are succeeding in satisfying the hardest critics - their users. Asiana Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance group, and has signed a sponsorship agreement ...

On the Invitation of Mr Oleg Matytsin, President of the Russian Student Sport Union (RSSU), Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General paid a visit to Moscow. On the first day of their stay in the capital of Russia, the EUSA representatives visited together with Mr Matytsin the Headquarters of the Russian Olympic Committee to meet with Mr Marat Bariev, Executive Director. Present on the meeting were also Mr George E. Killian, FISU President and Mr Eric Saintrond, Secretary General, the Presidents of the National University Sports Associations from Azerbaijan, ...

This year's EUSA Convention for the organisers of European Universities Championships 2011 will take place in Bled, Slovenia between November 12 and 14, 2010. The convention is intended for the Organisers of the European Universities Championships and EUSA Technical delegates. We expect one or two representatives of each EUC 2011 Organising Committee to take part in the Convention. During the Convention we will give a general briefing on the terms and conditions as well as on examples for best practice. Subsequently, the Technical Delegates and the EUSA representatives will meet with ...

On July 26 and 27, EUSA Treasurer a.i. Leonz Eder and Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik met for a working session in the new EUSA Headquarters in Ljubljana. Among other topics they discussed the budget for 2010 and the estimated realisation. They also prepared some milestones for the 2011 budget to be presented to the EUSA Executive Committee. Financial regulations and operations were additional issues as well as the discussion about the creation of a new EUSA Foundation or an advisory board which should help EUSA assure the financial basis also in the future. Besides of the new sponsorship ...

The 10th European Universities Basketball Championship has officially concluded on July 25 with the Closing Ceremony in Arena Hall in Poznan, Poland. Most teams departed on Monday, July 26. In men finals, the title of champions went to Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania who won a final match against The Leningrad State University named after A. S. Pushkin, Russia with the result 94:84. In women finals, the title of champions went to University of Belgrade, Serbia who won an exciting final match against Istanbul University, Turkey with the result 74:70. Medals and awards were ...

The opening ceremony of the 7th European Universities Tennis Championship took place on Sunday, July 25 at the Pateo das Escolas of University of Coimbra. 34 delegations of 16 countries were presented with magnificent historical scenery of University of Coimbra. At the ceremony, to receive “European friends”, were Coimbra Academic Association President, Miguel Portugal, Organizer Committee President, Ricardo Duarte, Academic Federation of University Sports President, Andre Couto, EUSA Technical Delegate, Nick Grivas, and City Council Sport Responsible, Luis Providencia. ...

The 8th European Universities Football Championship has concluded on July 25th with an exciting Closing Ceremony in Bemowo Football Center, Warsaw. In men finals, the title of champions went to Halic University, Turkey who won a thrilling final match against Holly Cross University in Kielce, Poland. In women finals, the title of champions went to University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, Poland who won an exciting final match against University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Medals and awards were presented by Antonis Petrou and Andreas Demetriou - EUSA Technical Delegates ...

Zagreb, Croatia hosted the 7th European Universities futsal championship between July 18 and 25. 25 university teams from 23 countries, with over 400 participants took part in the championship. This year’s championship was special also because this it included the women’s tournament for the very first time. The championship was organised by the University of Zagreb, Croatian University Sports Federation and the University of Zagreb Sport Federation. The organisers, an astonishing group of 101 volunteers, in cooperation with referees and EUSA representatives and technical ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 10th European Universities Volleyball Championship took place on 23-07-2010 in Warsaw at the courtyard of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. The Ceremony was attended FISU Executive Board Member Mr. Marian Dymalski, President of the Organizing Committee Mr. Marek Konopczyński, Deputy Rector of University of Warsaw Prof. Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Frederic Chopin Music University Chancellor Mr. Marek Bykowski, President of AZS University of Warsaw Alojzy Nowak, Director of AZS in University of Warsaw Mr. Włodzimierz Leśniewski and EUSA representatives. On behalf ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 8th European Universities Football Championship took place on July 19 in Warsaw at the courtyard of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. The Ceremony was attended by several authorities, including Tomasz Pietrusiński, representative of Masovia Voivodshiop Marshal; Wojciech Kudlik, Tadeusz Rożej & Andrzej Banasiak from Ministry of Sports & Tourism and Zdzisław Brzeziński, the Mayor of Piastów. On behalf of the Organizing Committee participants were welcomed by prof. Marek Konopczyński, the President of Organizing Committee. EUSA TD Delegate ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 10th European Universities Basketball Championship took place on Monday, July 19, in Poznan at the Arena Hall. The Ceremony was attended by First Deputy Mayor of Poznan, Mr Tomasz Kayser, his Magnificency, Rector of the Poznan University of Technology, prof. dr. Adam Hamrol, representative of the International University Sports Federation, Marian Dymalski, EUSA EC Delegate Mr Sinisa Jasnic and EUSA Technical Delegates Mr Michalis Kiritsis and Mr Peter George. The prominent guests welcomed the participants and Mr Jasnic welcomed them on behalf of EUSA and wished ...

7th European Universities Futsal Championship, first time with women competition, has started with the opening ceremony on 18th July. 16 men and 9 women teams from 17 countries with 347 participants will compete at this year's championship. EUC Futsal Championship 2010 is held from 18th-25th in Zagreb, Croatia. Zagreb University Sports Federation together with the University of Zagreb and Croatian University Sports Federation are organisers of this event. The Opening ceremony was held in Bojan Stranic sport hall in presence of Rector of the University of Zagreb prof. dr. Aleksa Bjeliš ...

The IV European Universities Rugby Championship has concluded on the 17th of July with an exciting Closing ceremony at the Fontanar stadium in Cordoba, Spain. 8 male and 6 female teams participated in this year's edition of the championship, coming from France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom and representing 11 Universities. In women finals, the title of champions went to the University of Bordeaux (France) who beat in the final match University of A Coruna (Spain) by 10-7. In men finals, the title of champion went to the University of Coimbra (Portugal) who ...

The Opening Ceremony of the IV European Universities Rugby 72 championship took place on Wednesday, July 14th in the evening at the Fontanar Stadium in Cordoba. The Ceremony was attended by Prof. Mr Jose Manuel Roldan, Rector of the University of Cordoba, Prof. Mr. Manuel Torres Aguilar, chairman of the OC, Alfonso Igualada, Alderman of Finance of the Córdoba Council and President of the Municipal Institute of Sports, and other guests. The Opening ceremony started with a march pass of tournament participating countries, followed by the rise of the flag and the playing of the Anthem. ...

For 24 years at the beginning of the holidays The Student Sport Festival starts in Wilkasy, on the Mazurian Lakes in Poland. The main idea of this event is to spend a free time on fun, relax and sport among the young colleagues and members of AZS. This year about hundred students and graduates from whole country came to Wilkasy. They were divided to five groups representing cities they come from. Every group (composed of men and women) competed in four disciplines: basketball, football, kayak relay and a Great Multidiscipline event, prepared specially for the Festival by a commander of the ...

Five days of intensive emotions are over - the winners of the VII European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship were awarded, and the championship officially concluded on Saturday. The 2010 championship, which was held in Kazan, Russia between July 5 and 10 saw participation of 13 men's and 14 women's teams from 9 countries, representing their universities. Right after the finals, the medal and prize giving ceremony took place on the center court, followed by the closing ceremony. In the beginning the officials greeted the referee team and the volunteers who helped the athletes ...

On Friday, July 9, the offical press conference of the 4th European Universities Rugby 7's Championship took place in order to present the championship to the media and local authorities. The press conference was held at the University of Cordoba Press Room and was quite succesful. Presentation was lead by Prof. Mr. Manuel Torres Aguilar, Vice-Rector of the University of Cordoba and OC chairman, Mr. Alfonso Igualada Pedraza, Treasury and Sport responsible of Cordoba Town Hall, Mr. Juan Torres Aguilar, Tourism, Commerce and Sports regional government delegate, and Mr. Pablo Lozano Duenas, ...

The 7th European Universities Beach-Volleyball Championship, held in Kazan, Russia between July 5 and 10, 2010, officially started today with the Opening ceremony. The event was attended by the Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan Mr Rafis Burganov, Honorary President of the Russian Volleyball Federation Mr Valentin Zhukov, Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Board Mr Vladimir A. Leonov, EUSA EC Member Mr Leonz Eder, EUSA ?T Chair Mrs Daniela Erni, Russian representative on the FIVB Council Mr Ilya Volodarsky, President of the Volleyball Federation ...

For four days 42 male and 30 female students from eight countries, representing 16 universities have competed in four disciplines at the 4th European Universities Table Tennis Championship, which was held in Kazan (RUS): team, individual, doubles and mixed events. Executive director of the Olympic Committee of the Russian Federation Marat Bariev, President of the Russian Student’s Sports Union Oleg Matytsin, Technical Chair of the European University Sports Association Andrzej Hrehorowicz, Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan Rafis Burganov, Director ...

Ukrainian volleyball players won golden and silver medals during the Polish-Ukrainian University Volleyball Festival concluded last week in Lviv, Ukraine. Polish teams were content with bronze. Festival has 7 year-long tradition. Every year Festival takes place in a different Ukrainian or Polish city. Recent years competitors played in Tarnopol, Luck, Odessa (Ukraine) and Zamosc, Jaroslaw, Krosno (Poland). Traditionally, each country was represented by four women and four men teams. The Festival officially started on the square in Lviv. During the ceremony spoke representatives of the ...

Yesterday, June 22, the press conference on the 4th European Universities Table Tennis Championship took place in Kazan, announcing the start of the championship. The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of Tatarstan Khalil Shaikhutdinov, Deputy Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Board Azat Kadyrov, Technical Chair of the European University Sports Association Andrzej Hrehorowicz, Vice-president of the Table Tennis Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan Gennady Argakov and chief umpire of the 4th European Universities Table Tennis Championship ...

The tenth edition of the FISU Forum takes place from June 21st to 26th, 2010 in the north-west of Spain in the city of Vigo. More than two hundred participants from 74 countries are meeting to discuss the new trends in University Sport. Under the theme of ‘University Sport: a Platform for Change’, four subthemes deeply conversed on by students, sport managers and directors include: 1. Development of Strategic Plans in University Sport at a National Level 2. Education and Environmental Awareness through University Sport 3. Women’s Leadership in University Sport ...

271 athletes from 11 countries and 18 Universities took part in the Championship which was organized in Nicosia/Cyprus from 14th till 20th of June. Wolf Fruehauf – EUSA Executive Committee Delegate was impressed how hard Organizing Committee chaired by dr Michalis Krashias Cyprus University Sports Federation President in cooperation with EUSA Technical Delegates Mr Frantisek Taborsky and Mr Pascal Denoyer worked to provide the best conditions for the organization of the Championship. ‘Excellent work of the officials, staff and volunteers make this Championship unforgettable’ ...

The 7th European Universities Badminton Championship, hosted by the University of Lorraine has finished. Almost 200 players from 45 Universities from 15 European countries came to the lovely region of Lorraine in the eastern part of France. A guest university from Laval-Quebec (Canada) was invited to take part in this event and to strengthen the development of the Pan-American university badminton. The team event with a record breaking 21 teams took place on Wednesday and Thursday. Finally the tournament favourites and defending champion the University of Humanities and Economics Lodz ...

Czech University Sports Federation (CAUS) celebrated on June 8, 2010 in Prague its 100th Anniversary. On this occasion several events were prepared including the official ceremony, gala concert and the National University Sport Games. After the Gala concert, held in Bethlehem Chapel in Prague, the invited guest could also witness the official promotion of the book in which the reach history of Czech University Sport over the last 100 years is presented. The Ceremonial Session of the Czech University Sports Association was held in the historical Carolina Auditorium at the Charles University ...

Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Mr Adam Roczek, Sports Manager visited Cordoba - the host city of the 1st European Universities Games 2012. The visit took place from June 17-19, 2010. The EUSA representatives were welcomed by Prof. dr. Jose Manuel Roldan, the Rector of the University of Cordoba, Prof. dr. Manuel Torres Aguilar, the Vice Rector and Chairman of the Organising Committee. During their stay in Cordoba the EUSA officials visited together with the EUG 2012 Executive Committee Members Prof. dr. Vicente Martinez Orga, Mr Rifaat ...

The 2010 season of the European Universities Championships (EUC) has kicked off with the start of the first two championships in Handball (Nicosia, Cyprus) and Badminton (Nancy, France), and nine others coming up in the period of two months. In 2009, fifteen European Universities Championships were organised, with over 3.000 participants taking part in the championships. This year, the following sporting events are being organised under the flag of the European University Sports Association (EUSA): European Universities Championships 5th European Universities Handball Championship: ...

The mayor of Nancy (France), city which hosts 7th European Universities Badminton Championship declared the Championship open on Tuesday, June 15th. Championship is organized by French University Sports Federation and Nancy Regional Committee of University Sport supported by many public and private partners. Christophe Millard, Organizing Committee Chairman thanks EUSA for its decision to attribute the Championship to Nancy. ‘Nancy is very proud to host such an important event,’ Mr Millard said, ‘we believe that organization of European Universities Badminton Championship ...

The University Sport of Geneva, also host of the EUC Basketball 2007 and EUC Badminton 2009, organised the annual Swiss University Sports Conference from June 14-16. Starting by its traditional Conference of the Directors of the Swiss University Sports Organisations, including EUSA Treasurer Leonz Eder, University of St. Gallen, the three days meeting was followed by the Conference of all the University sports teachers of the 15 member associations of SUSF. SUSF President Andreas Csonka informed about the goals of the federation, including the organisation of the WUC Chess 2010 in Zurich, ...

More than 300 students coming from 18 universities and 11 countries attended the opening ceremony which begun today, Monday June 14 at 6 PM. The Opening Ceremony announced the start of the 5th European Universities Handball Championship 2010, held in Nicosia, Cyprus. Participants were warmly welcome by dr Michalis Krashias - Cyprus University Sports Federation and Organizing Committee President and dr Wolf Fruehauf – EUSA Executive Committee Representative. Prof. Andreas Demetriou – Minister of Education of the Republic of Cyprus officially declared the Championship ...

The 5th Friendship Games 2010, held under the patronage of EUSA, came to an end this last Thursday in the southern city of Eilat, Israel. In the Men's final on Thursday, Cyprus beat Israel's Eilat men team in the final 73:53. Liberty University of the USA, was the winner of the women's competition, after beating in the final Israel's women's team 82:58. All teams and officials attended a party to celebrate the conclusion of the tournament a day before the finals in Timna Park 20 minutes away from the city of Eilat, where they danced and celebrated together the end of a great week ...

In 2010 rowing in Russia celebrates 150th Anniversary. On 14 December 2009, the President of Russia Mr Dmitry Medvedev has signed the order about establishment of the presidential rowing cup of the Russian Federation in rowing. The Presidential Regatta urged to promote popularization of an active and healthy way of life, propagation of physical training and mass sports, sports of the higher achievements, development of a sports infrastructure in regions of Russia, to moral encouragement of efforts of sportsmen, coaches and sports managers. Saint – Petersburg is not casually chosen ...

On the 24th of April, the 38th edition of the Batavierenrace, the world’s largest relay race, took place in the Netherlands. More than 7,700 students ran in teams of 25 students from the city of Nijmegen to the city of Enschede during this weekend. The route stretches out over 175 km through Germany and a beautiful part of the Netherlands. This year, 321 teams appeared at the start in Nijmegen. This is only four teams less than three years ago, when the record ‘world’s largest relay race’ was set with 325 teams (with a total of 7,841 students) participating. ...

The 5th Friendship Games 2010, were formally open on Saturday, June 5, in the evening in a special event that took place in the beautiful Village Beach in the southern city of Eilat where borders of Jordan, Egypt and Israel meet. ASA President Mr. Arie Rozensweig and EUSA vice President Mr. Sinica Jasnic, welcomed the participants and officially opened the games. 13 men and women student basketball teams are taking part in the games this year. Special attention was given to Palestinian teams and Israeli Arab teams from Nazareth . Also taking part in the games, are teams from Russia, ...

7th Turkish University Sport Games were hosted by Pamukkale University in Denizli between May 15 and 19, 2010. This great event was organized in eight sports: volleyball, basketball, handball, futsal, track & field, gymnastics, water polo and swimming. From 70 different universities, 1900 athletes and 700 officials have participated in the games including not only sportive events but also cultural events. During the games, there was also a concert realized by Group Manga who performed for Turkey in Eurovision 2010. In the 7th Turkish University Sport Games, many records have ...

Chris Holmes, Director of Paralympic Integration at London 2012 will open the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) annual conference this year at Keele University. BUCS Conference is the annual gathering for university staff and elected officers who manage sport and physical activity opportunities across 150 higher education institutions in the UK. Taking place from Tuesday 13 – Friday 16 July, the conference will tackle the subject of University Challenge: Delivering more for less, looking at how universities can offer a full and diverse sporting programme to their ...

A few years after hosting the 2006 French Universities Badminton Championship, the City of Nancy (France) is ready to host the 7th European Universities Badminton Championship from June 15th to 20th 2010. The Comité Régional du Sport Universitaire (local university sport governing body) has been chosen by EUSA to organize the tournament which will be the stage of hard badminton fights between a record-breaking 200 students coming from 15 different countries. University teams from Poland, England, Germany and Ukraine will be the most serious candidates for the six titles to be awarded: men and ...

The Portuguese National Federation of University Sports (FADU) and the Portuguese Olympic Committee (COP) signed a cooperation protocol for the organization and participation of the Portuguese delegation at the Shenzhen Universiade in 2011. The protocol signing took place on May 28th at the headquarters of the COP, attended by presidents and representatives of various National Sports Federations, moments before to the Plenary Assembly of the COP for the Approval of Annual Report and Accounts 2009, which was approved unanimously. This protocol of a unique importance has recognized the value ...

Share your own perspectives of this year’s EUSA Championships and sporting events. Today we are particularly concerned with creating positive results through youth sport experiences. Youth sports play an important role in the development of a new and more talented generation. The spirit of cheerfulness, enthusiasm, leadership and social responsibility are key themes. We invite you to send us your top photos, depicting sport at its best: • The fun of competition • Health advantages of sports • Greater sense of moral values • New friendships ...

On May 28, 2010 the 1st Croatian University Sport Conference was held in Rijeka. The event was organised by the University of Rijeka, Croatian University Sports Federation and Rijeka University Sports Association. The goal of the conference was to discuss on the university sport future. Present on the conference were also EUSA representatives Mr Alberto Gualtieri, President, Mr Sinisa Jasnic, Vice-President and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General. The participants were welcomed by Prof. Dr. Sc. Snezana Prijic - Samarzija, Prorector of the University of Rijeka. The current situation ...

Volunteers are strength of the university sport – said one of the participants IX FISU Forum, that took place in Cracow in 2008. Volunteers are inseparable element of each event, championships organized (not only) by university sport associations all over the world. They not only help prepare the event or look after a proper run of it, but also take care of participants, guests and provide a good and friendly atmosphere during the events. Being a volunteer is a great adventure in one’s life. It allows to gain experience in many areas, to meet new people, to realize how events ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organised the Summer festival of student sport – Slovenian university sports games in Koper on May 28, 2010. The full-day event, organised in the vicinity of the Mediterranean Sea this year gathered about 150 students from Slovenia, competing in volleyball, basketball, futsal as team sports and in tennis as individual sport. At the opening ceremony, the President of Slovenian University Sports Association and the Executive Member of the European University Sports Association, prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik welcomed all the participants, congratulated ...

Bulgarian Association for University Sport Academik recently got a new President and new Vice-Presidents. The new President is prof. dr. Peter Bonov, the Vice Rector of the National Sports Academy. The Vice presidents are dr. Peter Zografov and prof. Dimo Girginov, and the rest of the Executive Board members will be elected at the assembly in June.

In May, the latest issue of the University Sports Magazine, a publication by the International University Sport Federation (FISU) has been published. Among other topics, the issue #78 features: - World University Championships (report 2008 and presentation 2010) - Winter and Summer Universiades report (2011 Erzurum & Shenzhen; 2013 Maribor & Kazan; 2015 Granada & Gwangju) - FISU Forum 2010 Vigo - Volunteers For more details, please see www.fisu.net or browse the content of the latest issue below: Open publication

International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced the details of the bidding process for the 2017 Summer and Winter Universiades. The timeline opens the bidding procedures in September 2010, and the games will be attributed in November 2011. For more details, please see www.fisu.net Overview of the upcoming, already attributed universiades: 2011 Winter Universiade Erzurum (TUR) Summer Universiade Shenzhen (CHN) 2013 Winter Universiade Maribor (SLO) Summer Universiade Kazan (RUS) 2015 Winter Universiade Granada (ESP) Summer Universiade Gwanju (KOR) ...

From May 21.-23. SELL Student Games, EUSA patronage event, were held in Tartu, Estonia. In three days more than 1600 participants from 15 countries and 78 universities took part. The greatest number of athletes were from countries who once established SELL Games – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, but also from numerous universities of Russia, Germany, Greece, China and elsewhere. The biggest delegation with 170 sportsmen came from University of Tartu. Games were opened by president of Estonia Mr Toomas Hendrik Ilves. The competitions took place in 11 sports: athletics, ...

The Organizing Committee of the 8th European Universities Futsal Championship, which will be held in July 2011 in Tampere, Finland is already working actively in order to start all the relevant preparations for the tournament. -It has been a hectic start of a year so far as we have successfully reached agreements with main partners and got both the Organizing Committee and the Executive Committee to action , Jussi Kuusela, the President of the Organizing Committee, states. Agreements between the Futsal Club Johtajat - the main organizer of the event - and other important bodies such as Finnish ...

At the end of April a workshops for young journalists had been organized in Gdansk, POL by Akademicki Przeglad Sportowy (University Sport Review), a magazine of the University Sport Association (AZS). 16 journalists-beginners learnt about writing articles, preparing news under auspices of experts and more experienced colleagues. The leading subject was the information, but students had an opportunity to meet with prominent representatives of Polish sport and AZS. Students described meetings with professional journalists as very educational. They were impressed by Jacek Glowczynski’s ...

EUSA STC members met in Ljubljana, SLO between April 23 and 25, 2010 for their first meeting this year. Apart from the Student Commission members, present at the meeting were also the EUSA Office representatives – Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik and Communications Manager Mr Andrej Pisl. As the FISU Ski Commission meeting took place in Ljubljana at the same time, Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA), which hosted the meeting, together with EUSA and FISU representatives decided to organise a joint part of the programme, including a sightseeing tour, joint dinner ...

Submissive celebration took place in the past days at the Headquarters of the Hungarian University Sports Federation (HUSF). The awarding of the 2009 Belgrade Summer Universiade medallists took place following the regrettable loss of Dr. Robert Frenkl. Dr. Beáta Simóka, under-secretary for sports appreciated the athlete’s achievement and awarded them with HUSF plaquette for Outstanding merits in university sports and a Certificate of merit. Following the awarding ceremony the HUSF General Assembly took place with the referral of the HUSF Executive Board and the accomplishment ...

For Slovenia, April 17, 2010 was marked by a massive national cleaning action, in which the participants cleaned several illegal dumping sites and picked up scattered litter across the country. A group of young people, inspired by a similar action in Estonia in 2008, promoted the idea of cleaning up the entire country - in one day! The idea was soon backed up by several partners and supporters, and nation-wide campaign started. The campaign managed to involve and connect more or less the entire nation, including the Government, the President of Slovenia, local municipalities and organisations, ...

EUSA president Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Mr Matjaž Pečovnik visited Zurich, Switzerland on April 15 and 16, 2010 for a working meeting with Mr Leonz Eder and Mr Thomas Loher. Mr Eder was recently nominated as the new EUSA Treasurer a.i. The discussion was held the financial matters of EUSA and realisation of the decisions from the last Executive Committee meeting. Mr Thomas Loher, EUSA Legal Advisor joined the meeting to discuss the actual legal matters. Participants prepared an action plan until the next Executive Committee meeting, which is to be held in Ljubljana, ...

The General Assembly of the Swiss University Sports Federation, founded in 1932, was held at the University of Berne. The delegates of the SHSV/SUSF, received a review on the most successful year in the history of the SUSF. Swiss students won 14 medals at the Winter Universiade in Harbin and 5 medals at the Summer Universiade in Belgrade. Many Swiss teams also participated at different European Universities Championships. The financial year closed with a loss of 7'500 Swiss francs, which is much better than the deficit of 65'000 Swiss francs which was in the budget. In the budget of 2010 the ...

Dutch Students Sports Association - Studentensport Nederland (SSN) is moving its offices this week from Wageningen to Amersfoort. The new address of SSN is Korte Bergstraat 15, NL-3811 ML Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Also the contact numbers have changed - tel: +31 88 246 8100, fax: +31 33 461 5595, while the email addresses and the website remain unchanged: info@studentensport.nl and www.studentensport.nl . At the same time, SSN is annoucing that Mr Henk Kuiper, the current Secretary General will leave SSN in May 2010 after 14 years of working there. Mr. Hans van Rooijen will take over ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Estonian Academic Sports Federation (EASL) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 1st European Universities Billiards Cup, which will be organised in Tallinn, Estonia between August 9 and 14, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as June 9, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.eusabilliardscup.com . Important Deadlines: General Entry: ...

AZS reports that the Polish parliament will take care of the main problems in sport at the Polish universities. The first meeting of the parliament commission of university sport took place at the beginning of March. This commission consists of 16 members, among them: prof. Marek Rocki - president of the University Sport Association (AZS), Zbigniew Rynasiewicz - chairman of the AZS Rzeszow. The commission also consists of many people who are related to sport – athletes and sport activists. The parliament commission of university sport is going to propagate active ways of spending ...

Lithuania has been celebrating for two decades the European SELL students Games, which have been held in this country for three times. Lithuanian Students’ Sports Association (LSSA), together with the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and students sport associations from five Continents are planning to organize an intercontinental conference FISU intercontinental activities in the future in May 2011 in Lithuania, when SELL Games will be held in Kaunas. Besides LSSA, one of the main organizers and supporters of SELL games in Lithuania is the Lithuanian Academy ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA), the National University Sport Associations (NUSAs), together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships are inviting university teams across Europe to participate in the 2010 championships. The registration for all the 2010 EUC events is already possible: Event Event Date Registration Link Registration Deadline HANDBALL : Nicosia, CYP 13.06.-20.06. Register for EUC Handball March 13, 2010 (postponed to 13.04.2010) BADMINTON : Nancy, FRA 15.06.-20.06. Register for ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Dutch Student Sport Association (SSN) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 6th European Universities Rowing Championship, which will be organised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands between August 19 and 22, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as May 19, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.eucr2010.nl . Important Deadlines: General Entry: ...

Norwegian Association of University Sport (NSI) held its Annual General Assembly in Bergen, March 20 – 21, 2010. At the assembly, new provisional budget and action plan for 2010 - 2012 was decided. New board was elected, with Karl Olav Haaland as the President, Line Eskerud as the Vice-Presicent and Geir Andre Dalhus, Martin Myrlund, Thor-Andre Soyland, Sindre Dueland and Karina Savareid as Members, wit Maria Rubach as deputy member. The board decided to support participation of 8 teams at the European Universities Championships. The assembly also looked at the outcomes of the ...

On the last EUSA Executive Committee Meeting held in Vilnius on March 19, 2010 new students were nominated to the EUSA Student Commission. The Commission is now composed of the following members: Mandate 2009-2011: - Antti Ville Afflekt, FIN - Eleftheria Kallikazarou, GRE - Tamar Salomon, NED - Luís André Silva e Couto, POR Mandate 2010-2012: - Zoltan Rakaczki, HUN - Julien Buhajezuk, FRA - Olga Doktorova, RUS - Maria Rubach, NOR The goals of the commission are to promote EUC Volunteer Program, to develop informal and formal contacts particularly to the European student organisations, ...

On March 5, 2010 concluded the 3-week trip of the Polish AZS authorities’ representatives to South America. Marian Dymalski, Andrzej Hrehorowicz – FISU committees members, and Przemyslaw Strach – AZS headquarter, visited six countries: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The trip was a good opportunity to discuss about academic sport problems with representatives of national university sport federations. In Lima, AZS members met with Eduardo Ramirez Lenci, president of University Sport Federation of Peru, who is also the General Secretary of ...

On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 the members of the Organising Committee of the 26th Winter Universiade Maribor 2013 met in Ljubljana, Slovenia. At the meeting, the members confirmed the new structure of the Organising committee, presided by Mr Tone Vogrinec, Slovenian legend in Alpine skiing. Mr Franc Kangler, the Mayor of Maribor, who presided the Organising Committee of the Maribor Universiade until now, handed over the chairing function to Mr Vogrinec. He expressed satisfaction that the leadership will be in the hands of professionals. On behalf of the Slovenian University Sports Association ...

On the occasion of the EC meeting in Vilnius (LIT), EUSA President Mr Alberto Gualtieri was conferred by the Rector of the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education prof. dr. Albertas Skurvydas the honorary degree Doctor Honoris Causa on Saturday, March 20, 2010. The Rector prof. dr. Skurvydas presented the decision, taken by the Senate of the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education on March 9, 2010, to confer the Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa to Mr Gualtieri for the development of student sport and propagating the ideas of sport education as well as for the outstanding contribution in the ...

Today, the EUSA Executive Committee meeting 01-2010 officially concluded. In the morning, the EC members were welcomed by Mr. Gintaras Steponavicius, the Lithuanian Minister of Education and Science. Apart from finishing the items on the agenda of the meeting, March 20, 2010 will have a special meaning for the European University Sport. Today, the First European Universities Games, to be held in 2012 were attributed. The bidding cities – Lisbon (POR), Cordoba (ESP) and Lodz (POL) in details presented their candidatures to the members of the EUSA EC members. The idea of hosting ...

The first day of the Executive Committee of the European University Sports Association 01-2010 has concluded. Lithuanian Students’ Sports Association (LSSA) is hosting the first EUSA EC Meeting this year in Vilnius, Lithuania on March 19 and 20, 2010. Before the meeting officially started, the EC Members, EUSA Office and representatives of EUSA Commissions attended the reception at the Presidential Palace where they were met by Chief Adviser to the President for Education, Science, Culture and Non-Governmental Organisations, Mrs Virginija Budiene. During an informal discussion, ...

Past weekend Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA), together with partners organised the national university championships in Alpine skiing and Snowboarding. The championships are organised under the Winter festival of student sports, also known as the Snow party. Over 100 student athletes from four Slovenian universities participated in the event. Students competed in Giant Slalom for the titles of national university champions. The event also served as the qualifications for the 25th Winter Universiade, which is to take place in January 2011 in Turkey. The winners will therefore ...

Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General met Mr Thomas Loher, EUSA Legal Advisor for a working meeting in Zurich on March 12, 2010, since EUSA has its official seat in Switzerland, while the offices are in Slovenia. At the meeting, Mr Leonz Eder, EUSA EC Member was also present. The participants discussed several issues, mainly related to matters of financial and legal aspects. The outcomes of the meeting, with conclusions and proposals, will be presented to the EUSA Executive Committee which will meet in Vilnius, Lithuania from March 18-21, 2010.

The President of EUSA, Mr Alberto Gualtieri met with the President of ENGSO Youth, Mr Jan Holze in Rome, Italy on March 11, 2010. Present on the meeting were also EUSA Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik and EUSA EC Member Mr Olaf Tabor. Mr Holze presented to the EUSA representatives the aims and activities of ENGSO Youth - European Non Governmental Sports Organisation. The participants discussed the future cooperation in the field of youth sport in Europe and the proposal to establish an umbrella European Youth Sport Organisation.

The Academic Sport Association of Israel (ASA) organises the traditional ASA Games from March 8-10, 2010 in Eilat (ISR). This year, the games are held in 14 different sports. The Opening Ceremony took place on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Mr Arie Rosenzweig, the President of the Academic Sport Association of Israel (ASA), welcomed more than 1500 participants from 25 universities and colleges that will compete on the event, among them also students from neighbouring Jordania. Mr Rosenzweig especially thanked invited guests Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary ...

On the invitation of Mr Arie Rosenzweig, the President of the Academic Sport Association of Israel (ASA), Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General visited Israel from March 4-8, 2010. ASA is one of the founding member federations of EUSA and is very active on the field of organisation of university sport events. The most known international event that ASA organises are the Friendship Games . The games are organised under the patronage of EUSA and will this year be held from June 4-11 in the City of Eilat. The EUSA representatives visited the ...

The Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver are over. In the general classification Poland landed with six medals on the 14th place: one gold, three silver and two bronze. This is the best result in the history of Polish starts in the Winter Olympic Games. Four of the six Olympic medals have been won for Poland by AZS members. Unquestionably the biggest star of the Polish team is Justyna Kowalczyk, country skier from AZS AWF Katowice, who won six medals during the Winter Universiades in Innsbruck and Torino. Last year she triumphed in prestige cross country competitions – World Championships ...

Today FADU – National University Sport Federation of Portugal celebrates its 20th Anniversary. The celebrations has started last weekend with a lunch with all members of the foundation committee and the presidents of the students unions at the time of its foundation. FADU was founded on March 2nd 1990 by a movement of 10 public university student unions. The foundation committee was composed by 7 members, chaired by Rui Fonseca from University of Coimbra. Pedro Dias (FISU Executive Committee member) was also member of this foundation group. On the occasion of the celebration of its ...

All students accross Europe, interested in participating as volunteers in the European Universities Championships in 2010 are kindly invited to submit their applications. The deadline for registration is March 15, 2010. You can register at http://volunteers.eusa.eu . EUSA Student Volunteer programme is a project of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), its Student Commission (EUSA STC), together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships. Participants will be given the opportunity to raise their competencies and skills in organising sport event ...

For the first time, the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland will host an European Universities Championship; namely Tennis in 2011. St. Gallen University is also the headquarters of the Swiss University Sports Federation since 1992. EUSA EC Member Leonz Eder, head of the University Sports Department in St. Gallen, met with Markus Broennimann, Director of Administration of the University of St. Gallen who strongly supports the event to be hosted in St. Gallen. It is a very good opportunity for our students to meet with Student Tennis players from all over Europe, Markus Broennimann ...

British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is set to raise £2500 for sport for development charity, Right to Play, by cycling 2000 miles to the heart of Africa. Staff at BUCS, the national organisation for higher education sport in the UK, will be sharing the miles from their head office in London to raise money for this year’s Right To Play Month. Last year, BUCS, its universities and Right To Play raised over £200,000 by swimming, cycling, running and playing sport to give thousands of disadvantaged children around the world access to sport and ...

Earlier in February, FISU published a book Philately Overview of the International University Sport Movement & FISU, depicting philatelic items regarding the International University Sports Movement and the Federation itself. The publication covers the period from 1924 to 2009. Besides a foreword by its President George E. Killian and Secretary General Eric Saintrond, two avid collectors themselves, Luciano Calenda, the authority on the University Sport theme explains the significance of this themed collection. The book is divided into four chapters showing all philatelic materials ...

At the 7th European Universities Futsal Championship in Zagreb (CRO), the participation of women futsal teams is also expected, so national university sport federations, universities and university women futsal teams are especially invited to participate and register their team. This will be the first time women teams will participate at the European Universities Futsal Championship. European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Croatian University Sports Federation (HSSS) and the Organising Committee are excited about this historic event. Between July 18 and 25, Zagreb will therefore ...

Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) has published its yearly magazine – Asian University Sports Magazine 2009. In the magazine, you are able to find the current information on the AUSF structures, get an overview of the Asian Universities Championships in 2009, and reports from the four championships already carried out this year. Besides that, the information on AUSF Executive Committee meeting, Steering Committee meeting and Forum is given. The magazine includes a report from their fellow members and features reports from FISU Continental federations, including European University ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 7th European Universities Tennis Championship, which will be organised in Coimbra, Portugal between July 25 and 31, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 25, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.euctennis2010.com . Important Deadlines: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the University Sports Association of Poland (AZS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 10th European Universities Volleyball Championship, which will be organised in Warsaw, Poland between July 22 and 29, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 22, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.volleyball2010.azs.waw.pl . Important Deadlines: ...

February 15, 2010 was the deadline for submission of the candidatures for the organisation of the 1st European Universities Games (EUG) 2012. EUSA received candidatures from Spain, Portugal and Poland. The official candidate cities are: - Cordoba (ESP), - Lisbon (POR) and - Lodz (POL). The EUSA Executive Committee will attribute the organisation of the Games on its next meeting in Vilnius on March 20, 2010.

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) is closely following Slovenian athletes, especially students, at the 21st Winter Olympic Games, where the grand opening took place on Friday 12th February in Vancouver, Canada. At the winter event, 30 men and 17 women athletes represent Slovenia, which is a record number of Slovenian team at the Winter Olympics so far. It should be specially noted that the Slovenian Olympic team is relatively young, since the average age of the Slovenian athletes is only just over 26 years; with the youngest being at ages 17. Students represent more than half of ...

From February 8-12, 2010, the 7th International Congress on Higher Education was held in the “Palacio de Convenciones” in Havanna, Cuba. More than 3500 participants, mainly from the Latin American countries, but also from Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Russia, China and Saudia-Arabia were registered at this Congress. Leonz Eder, EUSA EC member, presented a paper on “Sports – quality of life for students and employees”, and Michalis Kiritsis, President of the Greek University Sports Federation participated actively in different workshops. The ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Croatian University Sports Federation (HSSS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 7th European Universities Futsal Championship, which will be organised in Zagreb, Croatia between July 18 and 25, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 18, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.futsal2010.info . Important Deadlines: General Entry: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the University Sports Association of Poland (AZS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 8th European Universities Football Championship, which will be organised in Warsaw, Poland between July 18 and 25, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 18, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.football2010.azs.waw.pl . Important Deadlines: General ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the University Sports Association of Poland (AZS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 10th European Universities Basketball Championship, which will be organised in Poznan, Poland between July 18 and 25, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 18, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.eusabasketball2010.poznan.pl . Important Deadlines: ...

On February 9, 2010 Mr. Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, president of Lithuanian students’ sports association (LSSA) held a meeting with Mr. Tong Mingtao, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Lithuania. LSSA has a long-term friendship with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Lithuania. The Embassy supported SELL student games in 2003 and 2007, festival “Sport for all” and others. With all that support these games assumed a great international recognition. Mr. ...

The Friendship Games is a Basketball tournament between teams of students from all over Europe, that will take place for the fifth year in a row in Israel, this time in in the city of Eilat June 4-11, 2010. The Friendship Games offers university students the opportunity to compete in a round-robin style basketball tournament. The games are designed to be more than just about basketball as student athletes are offered the opportunity to spend time together during the social and tourist programme. In order to reserve your accommodations for the Games, it is important to receive your registration ...

55 universities from 12 countries have registered to XXVI SELL Student Games what will take place in Tartu, Estonia on May 21.-23. Many of those are from countries who once established the Games – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, but also from numerous universities from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and elsewhere. A few sports organizations from Asia have also shown their interest to participate in the Games as well. SELL Student Games project manager Marti Soosaar told that right now all universities all over the world are still welcome to sign up to the Games. There are no limitations ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Spanish Committee of University Sport (CEDU) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 4th European Universities Rugby 7s Championship, which will be organised in Cordoba, Spain between July 14 and 17, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 14, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.eusarugby2010.com . Important Deadlines: General Entry: ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU) and the Organising Committee we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 7th European Universities Beach-Volleyball Championship, which will be organised in Kazan, Russia between July 5 and 10, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as April 5, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.kazan2013.com . Important Deadlines: General Entry: 05.04.2010 ...

With great sadness we found out that Dr. Robert Frenkl, President of the Hungarian University Sports Federation passed away on February 5, 2010. Mr. Frenkl was born on May 24, 1934. He graduated in 1958 at the Budapest University of Health Sciences, and soon he became a determining person of the Hungarian sports medicine. He was the professor of the faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences of the Semmelweis University until his death, Head of Department of Health Sciences and Sports Medicine for 30 years. Mr. Frenkl was in the period of 1981 – 2002 the President of the Hungarian ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU) and the Organising Committee we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 4th European Universities Table Tennis Championship which will be organised in Kazan, Russia between June 22 and 26, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as March 22, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.kazan2013.com Important Deadlines: General Entry: 22.03.2010 ...

On February 1st, the Finnish Student Sports Federation celebrated its 86th Anniversary. Kaisa Myllylä, the new President of the Federation, warmly welcomed all the guests from member associations and interest groups. Afternoon's highlight was the publication of Finnish Student Athlete of the Year, an award that has been granted since 2002. This time the honour was directed to figure skater Kiira Korpi who won bronze medal in Harbin Universiade last winter. The medal was the first ever won by a Finnish athlete in Universiade figure skating, exclusive of synchronized skating. 21-year ...

Besides the Universiades, which are hosted during the odd numbered years, FISU attributes a large amount of World University Championships during the even numbered years. Since 2004 the number of WUC has been on the rise with 25 World University Championships that attracted 4,845 participants from a total of 186 (of which 90 different) countries. In 2006, FISU staged 27 WUCs attracting 5,852 participants from a total of 209 (of which 90 different) countries and for 2008, 29 WUC were attributed bringing together 6,652 participants from 229 countries (of which 90 different). For 2010, ...

Poland is one of 86 countries participating in XXI Olympic Winter Games that will begin on February 12th in Vancouver. The Polish national team consists of 46 sportsmen. 20 of them are talented members of the University Sports Association of Poland (AZS), who will fight for medals. The biggest chance to achieve this goal have two of them: Justyna Kowalczyk and Tomasz Sikora. Kowalczyk (cross country), who is gold medal winner from the Universiade in Torino 2007 and winner of the FIS Tour de Ski 2010. Tomasz Sikora (biathlonist) won the Universiade in Zakopane in 2001 and Olympic silver ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the French University Sport Federation (FF Sport U) and the Organising Committee we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in the 7th European Universities Badminton Championship which will be organised in Nancy, France between June 15 and 20, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as March 15, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event http://www.eucbadminton2010.eu Important Deadlines: General ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Cyprus University Sports Federation (CUSF) and the Organising Committee we have the pleasure of inviting university teams of your country to participate in 5th European Universities Handball Championship (men and women) which will be organised in Nicosia, Cyprus between June 13 and 20, 2010. The deadline for applications has been determined as March 13, 2010. All relevant information is published on EUSA website www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event: http://handball2010.eusa.eu Important Deadlines General ...

The University Sport Federation of Macedonia recently held its 18th General Assembly. The event was organised in Skopje. The Assembly approved the Annual Report for 2009 and approved the Event Calendar, Program of USFM activities for 2010 and the Strategy Plan of USFM for the period 2010-2015 was agreed. The Assembly also elected the New Executive and Supervisory Committee. Professor Blagoja Markovski, Ph.D. was re-elected again as the President of the University Sport Federation of Macedonia for the next mandate period. Mr. Robert Brsakoski was elected as a new Secretary General of USFM. ...

On January 22, 2010 the City of Karlovac (CRO) organised the Athlete of the Year ceremony. The event celebrated top achievements of athletes and other sports figures for 2009. In the fields of professionals in sport, a special recognition was given to prof. Jadranka Protic. Mrs. Protic was the chairwoman of the Organising Committee of the European Universities Bridge Championship that was successfully organised in Croatia last year. She is also a Vice-Chair of the Croatian Universities Sports Federation. For the last couple of years she has also been very active in promoting the university ...

On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Bosnia and Herzegovina awarded their best sportsmen. The Sports Award Ceremony was held in the National Theatre in Sarajevo and was officially opened by the President of the Republic Mr. Zeljko Komsic. The President of the Republic welcomed all the invited guests, naming especially Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General and thanked them for all the support during the process of incorporation of BiH in the membership of EUSA and FISU. The Ceremony was attended by 500 guests, among them also the President ...

On the Invitation of the National University Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General visited Sarajevo from January 20-22, 2010. EUSA representatives were welcomed by Mr. Branislav Crnogorac, NUSA President and Mr. Omer Stambolic, Sports Federation of BiH President. During their stay in Sarajevo, Mr. Gualtieri and Mr. Pecovnik met on a working meeting with the NUSA Board Members. Mr. Crnogorac presented the current situation, activities and plans of the federation that became a member of EUSA in 2007. ...

At the Swedish University Sports Award, that took place before Christmas, a new award was founded – for the best Swedish achievement in international university sport of the year. The award winner was the men’s curling team Niklas Edin, who won the gold medal at the Winter Universiade in Harbin. Later the same year, they won the European Championships and they will also represent Sweden in the upcoming Olympics in Vancouver next month. We are very proud of the team Niklas Edin and their achievements. Their success in the Winter Universiade has really been helpful for ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA), its Student Commission (EUSA STC), together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships are looking for active students interested in Volunteer Program! Do you want to gain international experience in organising a sport event? Are you or your student sport institution planning to organise an international sport event? Join European University Sport Association’s training course to learn more! Students can participate as supporting organisers at the following European Universities Championships (EUCs) ...

In the beginning of January, Ulf Öhrman retired as Secretary General for the Swedish University Sports Federation. His successor is Josef Ahman, who has directed a project initiated three years ago, with the aim of increasing the Swedish participation in international competitions. The project has been very successful, and I’m looking forward to continuing promoting international university sports in Sweden, Ahman says. For more information, please see http://www.saif.se

Competitions will be held in 11 different sports: athletics, table-tennis, basketball, chess, floorball, judo, futsal, swimming, volleyball, wrestling and weightlifting. In addition to the sports program an exhibition on students' sports and other events, as well as an entertainment program will take place. The games are open to universities from all over the world. Organisers expect to host minimum 1,500 student athletes from 70 universities and 10 countries. Competitions are open for students and former students who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in 2009. There are no ...

The 10th FISU Forum, which will take place in Vigo, Spain from June 21-26, 2010, will have as its main theme ‘University Sport: A Platform for Change’. The Sub-Themes will be: - Development of Strategic Plans in University Sport at the National Level - Education and Environmental Awareness through University Sport - Women’s Leadership in University Sport - University Sport and Academic Recognition It is still time to register to the event. If you would like to participate, you are kindly requested to contact the Organising Committee: Organising Committee ...

There are three years until the beginning of Winter Universiade 2013 in Maribor, but today Maribor is intensively building the necessary infrastructure. Acquiring of the new Pohorje cable car and cross-country center in Rogla plays a significant role in a quest of achieving the peak of winter tourism in the city of Maribor and Pohorje. The fact that Pohorje eagerly awaits Universiade in 2013, is shown by the state already implemented, number of existing as well as number of new projects, sporty spirit of colleagues from Maribor and most of all eagerness of organizational work teams. The latter ...

The Batavierenrace is the largest relay race in the world and also the largest student event of the Netherlands. At midnight on the 24th of April 2010, the starting shot of the 38th edition of the Batavierenrace will sound. It is a relay race over 177 km from Nijmegen to Enschede, divided into 25 stages (17 men's stages and 8 women's stages) varying from 3.3 km to 11.2 km. More than 300 teams (which means more than 7,500 students) participate in this race. Afterwards, the biggest student party of the Netherlands takes place on the campus of the University of Twente, with over 12,000 visitors. ...

The 23rd General Assembly of University Sports Association of Poland (AZS) was held in Warsaw from 12 to 13 December 2009. 153 delegates from the whole country attended the Assembly. Report on behalf of retiring Board was presented by Professor Marek Rocki – AZS President. ‘Last 2 years were very special for our federation, we celebrated our 100th Anniversary. It was a great opportunity to look back at our history and confront ideas of AZS founders to modern university society needs’ Marek Rocki said. ‘I believe that values of university sport: fair ...

EUSA Executive Committee wishes on behalf of European University Sports Association very warm and sincere wishes for Christmas and New Year 2010 to all our members, universities, students and other partners & friends.

The 1st European Universities Taekwondo Championship successfully concluded in Braga. The event, organised by the Portuguese University Sports Federation (FADU), University of Minho and its Students Union was held from December 10-12, 2010. 101 participants from 6 European Countries representing 31 universities participated on the championship. The champions became: MEN under 54 kg Alexey Lukyanov - UFA State Aviation Technical University (RUS) 54 - 58 kg Pedro Povoa - University of Minho (POR) 58 - 63 kg Joel Gonzales - University Politecnica de Cartagena (ESP) 63 - 68 kg Cesar ...

Finnish Student Sports Federation's (OLL) general assembly has elected Ms Kaisa Myllylä as the President 2010. 26-year-old Kaisa Myllylä, B.Soc. Sc, concentration journalism, is the new President of the Federation. She is the Chairperson of the Tampere University Student Union for 2009. She has worked as a news reporter in several Finnish newspapers, specializing in domestic issues and sports journalism. This year, she has also chaired the Tampere student unions' communal politics working group. Myllylä herself has many years of history of practising synchronized skating. With Myllylä ...

The 11th General Assembly of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), which took place from December 4 to 6 in Vienna, Austria, has successfully concluded. At the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of EUSA, the organisation of the event was entrusted to the Austrian University Sport Federation - Unisport Austria, as EUSA was founded in Vienna in 1999. The first part of the event was the European University Sports Conference, held on Friday, December 4, 2009 at the University of Vienna. The opening & welcome speeches were held by Mr Wolf Fruhauf, President of the Austrian ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA) has published the annual edition of its magazine - the European University Sports Association Year Magazine 2009. In the magazine, you will be able to find the current information on the EUSA structures, get an overview of the European Universities Championships in 2009, and reports from the 14 championships already being carried out this year (Volleyball, Rugby 7s, Handball, Basketball, Badminton, Karate, Futsal, Football, Beach-Volleyball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Rowing, Golf and Bridge), with recaps also on the EUSA Cups and Patronage events (Aesthetic ...

EUSA Executive Committee Members met on December 3, 2009 in Vienna, just prior to the General Assembly, which takes place December 4-6 also in Vienna. At the meeting, several topics were discussed, mainly in the preparation for the upcoming Assembly. Among other items, the following events were attributed and confirmed: European Universities Championships 2011 2010 (change) - Volleyball: Warsaw (POL) Handball: Rijeka (CRO) Badminton: Thessaloniki (GRE) Table Tennis: Madeira (POR) Beach-Volleyball: Malaga (ESP) Basketball: Cordoba (ESP) Futsal: Tampere (FIN) Volleyball: Kragujevac ...

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) is happy to announce the launch of the new website and complete refurbishment of its information system. The project, supported by FISU, will enable easier and more effective communication among EUSA family itself, mainly member federations and working bodies of EUSA, as well as other target groups (international organisations, universities, students) and general public. New communication tools include integration into online social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, use of video clips via Youtube, possibility of using news feeds via ...

Vienna will from December 3 to 6 welcome the delegates from 42 members countries of the European University Sports Association that will come together to celebrate the 10th EUSA Anniversary. The official program starts on Thursday, December 3, with the Executive Committee Meeting. The next day the participants will enjoy a Sightseeing Tour of Vienna and attend the European Sports Conference at the University of Vienna. On Saturday, December 5, 2009 the 11th EUSA General Assembly will be held. In the evening, the official reception and gala dinner will be held at the Schonbrunn Parkhotel. ...

The EUSA Executive Committee decided to organise the 1st European Universities Games in 2012. The event organised in one city will consist of 5 EUC Sports. The organiser will have to choose: 3 sports among Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Futsal, Handball, Rugby 7s 2 sports among Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis, Beach Volleyball, Golf, Rowing If you are interested in organisation of the event, we kindly ask you to send the LETTER OF INTENTION to the EUSA Office by December 15, 2009. The Bidding Dossiers and the Organisation Conditions will be submitted to the candidates on ...

The FISU Executive Committee Meeting will be organised in Erzurum (TUR) from November 13-14, 2009. A day before the meeting of the FISU Committee for Development of University Sport (CDSU) chaired by Mr. Stefan Bergh, was held. The EUSA representatives Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, President and Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General were also present on the meeting. Mr. Gualtieri presented to the members the EUSA two year strategic plan, while Mr. Pecovnik presented the Progress Report of the new Information System that EUSA has been created with the support of FISU. The System will be in use from 2010 ...

The 2009 EUSA Convention was organised from November 6-8, 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The aim of the convention was to give information and support to the organisers of the European Universities Championships (EUC) and to present them the new information system that will be in use from 2010 on. The Convention was held in the main building of the University of Ljubljana. The EUSA President, Mr. Alberto Gualtieri welcomed 45 participants, the representatives from Organising Committees of the EUC 2010 and the EUSA Technical Delegates. During the Convention the representatives of EUSA, Mr. ...

The Slovak University Sports Association celebrated its 90th Anniversary of establishing university sports in Slovakia. The event took place on October 23rd in Bratislava. Mr. Anton Znasik, the President of SAUS, welcomed all representatives at this historical moment and referred in his speech to the important historical facts which had and still have a direct impact on the development of Slovak University Sports. Present on the ceremony were the Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Education, Mr.Jan Mikolaj; the President of the Slovak Olympic Committee, Mr. Frantisek Chmelar; the Rectors ...

More than 150 guests attended the Casino de Espinho on an evening to celebrate university sports. The annual Gala gathered athletes and coaches, managers and other agents of various sports, as well as directors that support and partner FADU in developing university sport. The height of the evening was the attribution of the “Best of the Year” sport awards. Gabriel Oliveira won the “Coach” award for having led the University of Minho handball team to the national title and silver medal in the European Universities Championship. This Handball team also won ...

Between October 13 and 15, Ljubljana hosted Students Arena, the largest students’ fair in the region. Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) also took part in the 10th edition of the event. The fair, which draws over 20.000 visitors each year, combines the fields of education, employment, finances, health, volunteering, multimedia, sport, leisure, science and culture. At the exhibition booth, SUSA presented the Slovenian and international university sports organisations, with special focus on the upcoming 2nd European Universities Golf Championship (Otocec 2010) and 26th ...

The Executive Committee of the European University Sports Association confirmed on its meeting in Zadar (Oct 16-17, 2009) the dates of the 2010 European Universities Championships. HANDBALL: Nicosia (CYP); June 14-20 , 2010 BADMINTON: Nancy (FRA); June 16-20, 2010 TABLE TENNIS: Kazan (RUS); June 22-27, 2010 BEACH-VOLLEYBALL: Kazan (RUS); July 6-11, 2010 RUGBY 7s: Cordoba (ESP); July 09-11, 2010 VOLLEYBALL: Rome (ITA)*; July 12-18, 2010 BASKETBALL: Poznan (POL); July 19-25, 2010 FOOTBALL: Warsaw (POL); July 19-25, 2010 FUTSAL: Zagreb (CRO); July 19-25, 2010 TENNIS: Coimbra (POR); July ...

The 6th EUSA Symposium held from October 15-18, 2009 in Zadar (CRO) successfully finished. More than 50 participants attended the event organised by the Croatian University Sports Federation (CUSF), the University of Zadar and the Zadar University Sports Association.At the Opening Ceremony, held in the University of Zadar, the EUSA President and the representatives of the Organising Committee, CUSF, University of Zadar and the City of Zadar warmly welcomed all the participants. The Symposium Planary Session was opened by Mr. Zrinko Čustonja who spoke about Origins of Fair Play and its Meanings ...

On October 8th, at the University of Oriente of the city of Santiago de Cuba started the 1st conference on the International University Sport organised in Cuba. This event is organised under the umbrella of the Pan-American University Sport Organisation (ODUPA) which is a FISU Associate Member. The participants were welcomed by Mrs. Luisa Villafruela Loperena, Director of the International Relations Department of the University, followed by Mr. Stefan Bergh, FISU Vice-President and Mr. Julio Jakob, ODUPA President. The academic session started by the presentation of Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA ...

The 1st European Universities Bridge Championships successfully finished in Opatija (CRO). The event was organised from October 4-10, 2009 by the Croatian Universities Sports Federation and Sports Association of the Polytechnic of Karlovac. 22 universities teams, 108 participants from 11 European Countries competed for the titles of the European Universities Champions. The matches were held in the Grand Hotel 4 Opatijska Cvijeta. Thousands of people followed all the matches by internet through the official website of the event: http://eucbridge2009.vuka.hr. Finally the title of the champion went ...

On October 8th, at the University of Oriente of the city of Santiago de Cuba started the 1st conference on the International University Sport organised in Cuba. This event is organised under the umbrella of the Pan-American University Sport Organisation (ODUPA) which is a FISU Associate Member. The participants were welcomed by Mrs. Luisa Villafruela Loperena, Director of the International Relations Department of the University, followed by Mr. Stefan Bergh, FISU Vice-President and Mr. Julio Jakob, ODUPA President. The academic session started by the presentation of Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, ...

The 1st European Universities Bridge Championships successfully finished in Opatija (CRO). The event was organised from October 4-10, 2009 by the Croatian Universities Sports Federation and Sports Association of the Polytechnic of Karlovac. 22 universities teams, 108 participants from 11 European Countries competed for the titles of the European Universities Champions. The matches were held in the Grand Hotel 4 Opatijska Cvijeta. Thousands of people followed all the matches by internet through the official website of the event: http://eucbridge2009.vuka.hr . Finally the title of the champion ...

The 6th EUSA Symposium will begin in few days. The event will be organised by the Croatian University Sports Federation from October 15-18, 2009 in Zadar (CRO). The event is a unique opportunity for both students and professors to discuss sports oriented themes through interesting and efficient way. The Organising Committee plans to introduce a new approach through workshops that will engage all participants into a vivid and useful discussion and outcomes. It is their intention to connect the two generations in this way, and to interrelate students’ pursue of knowledge and their ...

The 6th EUSA Symposium will begin in few days. The event will be organised by the Croatian University Sports Federation from October 15-18, 2009 in Zadar (CRO). The event is a unique opportunity for both students and professors to discuss sports oriented themes through interesting and efficient way. The Organising Committee plans to introduce a new approach through workshops that will engage all participants into a vivid and useful discussion and outcomes. It is their intention to connect the two generations in this way, and to interrelate students’ pursue of knowledge and their fresh and innovative ...

The 1st European Universities Bridge Championship starts today in Opatija (CRO). The event which will be take place from October 4-10, 2009 will be organised by the Polytechnic of Karlovac and the Croatian University Sports Association. More information on the event and results are available on the website http://eucbridge2009.vuka.hr

The 1st European Universities Bridge Championship starts today in Opatija (CRO). The event which will be take place from October 4-10, 2009 will be organised by the Polytechnic of Karlovac and the Croatian University Sports Association. More information on the event and results are available on the website http://eucbridge2009.vuka.hr

EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri, Treasurer Phil Attwell, Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik and Sports Manager Adam Roczek met on a working meeting in Zurich (SUI) on September 28, 2009 to discuss the activity plan for the near future. EUSA Legal Advisor Thomas Loher and EUSA EC Member from Switzerland Leonz Eder also participated in the discussion. Present on the meeting evaluated the organisation of the EUCs 2009, discussed the Agenda for the next EUSA EC Meeting and General Assembly and prepared the action plan until December 31, 2009. EUSA will in next two months organise EC Meeting and EUSA ...

EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri, Treasurer Phil Attwell, Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik and Sports Manager Adam Roczek met on a working meeting in Zurich (SUI) on September 28, 2009 to discuss the activity plan for the near future. EUSA Legal Advisor Thomas Loher and EUSA EC Member from Switzerland Leonz Eder also participated in the discussion. Present on the meeting evaluated the organisation of the EUCs 2009, discussed the Agenda for the next EUSA EC Meeting and General Assembly and prepared the action plan until December 31, 2009. EUSA will in next two months organise EC Meeting ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) has published the 9th issue of the magazine Zdrava zabava (Healthy fun). The publication, which is available free of charge and is widely distributed at academic and sport hotspots across Slovenia, focuses on university sport and achievements of Slovenian student athletes. The recent issue celebrates the 60th anniversary of FISU and 50th anniversary of the Universiade, features interviews with top Slovenian athletes who have also participated at universiades, includes articles on healthy lifestyle, and introduces SUSA member associations and their ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) has published the 9th issue of the magazine Zdrava zabava (Healthy fun). The publication, which is available free of charge and is widely distributed at academic and sport hotspots across Slovenia, focuses on university sport and achievements of Slovenian student athletes. The recent issue celebrates the 60th anniversary of FISU and 50th anniversary of the Universiade, features interviews with top Slovenian athletes who have also participated at universiades, includes articles on healthy lifestyle, and introduces SUSA member associations and their ...

The 5th European Universities Rowing Championship 2009 finished on Saturday, September 5, on the scenic Lake Goplo in Kruszwica (POL). 14 Countries, 70 Universities, 353 Athletes and, 57 Officials participated on the event. Whilst only a small town the local rowing club and the town and regional council officials provided excellent hospitality and practical support, enabling the hard working Organising Committee to deliver an outstanding event, including for the first time at EUSA-Rowing live, multi-camera, national TV coverage of Finals Day. Racing was again of the highest standard with several ...

The 5th European Universities Rowing Championship 2009 finished on Saturday, September 5, on the scenic Lake Goplo in Kruszwica (POL) 14 Countries, 70 Universities, 353 Athletes and, 57 Officials participated on the event. Whilst only a small town the local rowing club and the town and regional council officials provided excellent hospitality and practical support, enabling the hard working Organising Committee to deliver an outstanding event, including for the first time at EUSA-Rowing live, multi-camera, national TV coverage of Finals Day. Racing was again of the highest standard with several ...

Basketball teams from all over the world are invited to participate at the 5th Friendhip Games which will take place in Eilat, Israel between June 4 and 11, 2010. The Games are held under the patronage of EUSA and other organisations, and are organised by ASA Academic Sport Association - Israel, Tel Aviv University Sports Club and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. Additional information in the attached brochure and online at http://www.thefriendshipgames.org . Friendhip Games 2010 Brochure

Basketball teams from all over the world are invited to participate at the 5th Friendhip Games which will take place in Eilat, Israel between June 4 and 11, 2010. The Games are held under the patronage of EUSA and other organisations, and are organised by ASA Academic Sport Association - Israel, Tel Aviv University Sports Club and Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. Additional information in the attached brochure and online at www.thefriendshipgames.org . Documents: Friendhip Games 2010 Brochure

The 1st European Universities Golf Championships successfully finished in Algarve, POR. The event was organised by The European University Sport Association (EUSA), the Portuguese University Sport Federation (FADU) and the University of Algarve Student Association (AAUALG), with the support of the University of the Algarve, Portuguese Golf Federation and local municipalities. The European Universities Champions became: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TEAM CHAMPIONS (GROSS) 1. University of Maynooth (IRL) 2. University of Ulster (IRL) 3. University of Cork (IRL) EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TEAM NET AWARD 1. University ...

The 1st European Universities Golf Championships successfully finished in Algarve, POR. The event was organised by The European University Sport Association (EUSA), the Portuguese University Sport Federation (FADU) and the University of Algarve Student Association (AAUALG), with the support of the University of the Algarve, Portuguese Golf Federation and local municipalities. The European Universities Champions became: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TEAM CHAMPIONS (GROSS) 1. University of Maynooth (IRL) 2. University of Ulster (IRL) 3. University of Cork (IRL) EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TEAM NET ...

FASU, the FISU Associate Member of the African continent has launched its website. The site can be found at www.fasu.za.org and gives information on the activities of the African University Sports Federation, as well the results of the FASU Games which have been staged on the African continent since 1975.

FASU, the FISU Associate Member of the African continent has launched its website. The site can be found at www.fasu.za.org and gives information on the activities of the African University Sports Federation, as well the results of the FASU Games which have been staged on the African continent since 1975.

Issue 3/2009 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 3/2009 From the content: - EUSA * EUSA Honorary President passed away * Cooperation with ENAS and ENGSO * EUSA Symposium: Invitation * EUSA Convention: Announcement * General Assembly: Information - News from EUSA Member Federations * RUS: Reception for students by Mr. Medvedev * CYP: New President CUSF - FISU News * Summer Universiade Belgrade 2009 * FISU ...

Issue 3/2009 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 3/2009 From the content: - EUSA * EUSA Honorary President passed away * Cooperation with ENAS and ENGSO * EUSA Symposium: Invitation * EUSA Convention: Announcement * General Assembly: Information - News from EUSA Member Federations * RUS: Reception for students by Mr. Medvedev * CYP: New President CUSF - FISU News * Summer Universiade Belgrade 2009 * FISU General Assembly - European Universities ...

The EUSA Executive Committee will on its meeting in Zadar on October 15, 2009 attribute the EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011. The following championships will be attributed: * Beach Volleyball, * Basketball, * Volleyball, * Football, * Rowing, * Badminton, * Handball, * Tennis, * Table Tennis, * Futsal, * Rugby 7s, * Golf * Bridge, * Taekwondo, * Karate. We would like to inform you that deadline for the candidatures is September 15, 2009! If you are interested in the organisation we ask you to send the bidding document to the EUSA office by e-mail ...

The 5th EUC Rowing and the 1st EUC Golf start tomorrow in Poland and Portugal. Rowing will be held in Kruszwica from September 2-5, 2009 and Golf in Algarve from September 2-6, 2009. More information on the two events can be found on the official websites of the events: www.eurc2009.pl and www.eucgolf2009.com.

The 5th EUC Rowing and the 1st EUC Golf start tomorrow in Poland and Portugal. Rowing will be held in Kruszwica from September 2-5, 2009 and Golf in Algarve from September 2-6, 2009. More information on the two events can be found on the official websites of the events: www.eurc2009.pl and www.eucgolf2009.com .

The EUSA Executive Committee will on its meeting in Zadar on October 15, 2009 attribute the EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011. The following championships will be attributed: - Beach Volleyball, - Basketball, - Volleyball, - Football, - Rowing, - Badminton, - Handball, - Tennis, - Table Tennis, - Futsal, - Rugby 7s, - Golf - Bridge, - Taekwondo, - Karate. We would like to inform you that deadline for the candidatures is September 15, 2009! If you are interested in the organisation we ask you to send the bidding document to the EUSA office by e-mail.

On the occasion of Universiade Belgrade 2009, the President of EUSA, Mr Alberto Gualtieri had a meeting with the President of ENAS, Mr Peter Lynen. Mr. Lynen presented a draft proposal for a future common activity between the two Organizations to the EUSA President. President Gualtieri agreed on the aims of the proposal and promised to the ENAS President to put the item on the Agenda of the next EUSA EC meeting. Through Stefan Bergh, FISU Vice President, President Gualtieri has also been maintaining a correspondence with Mr. Jan Holze, ENGSO Youth President to deepen the analysis of a possible ...

The 7th European Universities Football Championship was held in Wroclaw (POL) from July 20-26, 2009. 14 men and 7 women university teams from 13 countries took part on the event organised by AZS Wroclaw and AZS Poland. In the men competition the title of the champion went to the Pedagogical Academy from Ternopil (UKR) after winning in the finals with 1:0 the Ivano – Frankivsk University of Oil and Gas (UKR). In women event the winners became the students from the Autonoma de Madrid (ESP) which defeated in exciting final match the University of Montpellier with 4:3. The winners were awarded by ...

The Cyprus University Sports Federation (CUSF) elected a new board for the period 2009-2013. The new CUSF President is Dr. Michalis Krashias, the Vice-President Dr. Panos Razis and Secretary-General Dr. Christoforos Hadjikyprianou. More information on the federation is published on its website www.cusf.org.cy

PoznaA„ was the host city of the 6th European University Tennis Championship held from July 26th to August 1st, 2009. The EUTC is a team event organized by the European University Sports Association and its participants are winners of the National Universities Championships from different European countries. This year 10 women’s teams and 12 men’s teams from 10 European countries took part in it. Among over 70 players there were several women and men with current ATP/WTA ranking. The level of competition was very high and some matches were really spectacular. This was especially women semi-final ...

It is with great regret and deep sadness that we have learned the passing away of our esteemed Honorary President, Mr. Enno Harms, on August 12, 2009, in Hannover, Germany. EUSA grieves over the loss of our dear friend who dedicated his life to the university sports movement. Mr. Enno Harms was the EUSA President from 1999 to 2005. In 2005 he was nominated Honorary President of EUSA. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the German University Sports Federation (ADH) since 1973, and its President between 1991 and 1992. Professionally he was connected to the University of Hanover as its Director ...

Male Kumite Individual –60kg 1. Jose RamA3n Fernandez University Of La Laguna Esp 2. Mikel Lafuente University Of Basque Country Esp 3. Sergio MartA­nez Serrano Polytechnic University Of Valencia Esp 3. Paulo Andre GonA§alves University Of Minho Prt Male Kumite Individual –67kg 1. Alvaro JimA©nez University Of Castilla La Mancha Esp 2. Mickael Lopes Leonard De Vinci University Fra 3. VA­ctor PA©rez University Of Malaga Esp 3. Manuel Rasero Technical University Of Madrid Esp Male Kumite Individual –75kg 1. Kenji Grillon Leonard De Vinci University Fra 2. Benedict Vincent University Of Montpellier ...

Championship was organized by Serbian University Sports Federation in cooperation with University of Nis. Sinisa Jasnic EUSA Vicepresident thanked all participants for coming to Nis and same time he invited all of them to Kazan (RUS) 2010 EUC Table Tennis organizer. He underlined that Kazan was choosen as a host city of Summer Universiade 2013 by FISU Executive Committee and organization of 2010 EUC Table Tennis will be one of the first step in preparation for Universiade 2013 organization. Final results: Team women. 1. Jan Dlugosz University, Czestochowa (POL) 2. Russian State University of Physical ...

The 6th EUC Futsal 2009 was organised in Podgorica (MNE) from July 20-26, 2009. 210 participants were representing 16 men university teams from 15 European countries. Players scored average 7 goals per match and received average 2 cards per match. There was only one red card that means the real winner of the tournament was the idea of fair-play. The organizers from University Sport Association from Montenegro provided also a great trip to the Montenegrin beach for all participants and presented a regional cultural programme. After a magnificent final match against Sumy State University (UKR) team ...

On July 12, 2009 the 25th Summer Universiade closed in Belgrade (SRB). For 12 days student-athletes from all over the world competed in 14 different sports. 8,166 participants from 122 countries took part in this multi-sport event where 4 athletics and no less than 30 swimming Universiade Records were broken. Various Olympic and World Champions competed at the Games, as well as numerous Olympians and other elite athletes. The closing ceremony took place in Belgrade Arena. The FISU President Killian thanked the Organising Committee and the Volunteers for the organisation of the games and handed ...

As soon as the World University Games will finish in Belgrade on July 12, 2009, all the eyes will be oriented to the six European Universities Championships that will be organised in the second part of July. Poland and AZS, which celebrates this year its 100-year of foundation, will host 3 championships (Beach-Volleyball, Football and Tennis), while Spain and Montenegro will organise Karate and Futsal.Table Tennis will be held in Serbia. More information can be found on the official websites of these events.

The following European Universities Championships will be organised in September and October: Rowing in Kruszwica (POL) from 02.09.-05.09.2009, Golf in Algarve (POR) from 02.09.-06.09.2009 and Bridge in Opatija (CRO) from 4.10.-10.10.2009. All university teams that would like to participate on the event are kindly requested to send us their General Entry Forms as soon as possible. Although the deadline these events has already passed, the Organising Committees have informed us, that they are ready to host some more teams. If you have interest to participate, please send the forms to the EUSA Office ...

The XXV. Summer Universiade started today with the Opening Ceremony in Belgrade (SRB).The biggest world sports event this year will be organised from July 1 -12, 2009. More then 8500 students from 145 countries participate on the event. You can find more information on www.fisu.net.

The ordinary FISU General Assembly will be organised from June 28-29, 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia. Just before the opening, the Executive Committee gathered on its meeting in the Continental Hotel in Belgrade. Besides the reports from the President, the Treasurer, the Internal Auditor and Secretary-General as well as the reports of the Development Committee, the Women's Committee and the CESU Committee, the main focus of the meeting was the preparation of the General Assembly. The FISU Board Members also listened to the progress reports of the future Universiade Organizing Committees and the ...

The 2009 Friendship Games organised by EUSA Patronage in Eilat (ISR) came to an impressive end at the southern city of Arad, in a beautiful event at the King Solomon Mines. 16 Teams from 10 different countries participated this year in this basketball games, 10 teams in the Men's tournament and 6 in the Women's tournament. In the finals of the women's event Russia won against Israel with 65-63, while in the men's event Greece won against Lithuania 78-77. http://www.thefriendshipgames.org

The 6th European Universities Badminton Championship organised from June 21-24, 2009 successfully finished in Geneva (SUI). 18 teams with about 160 athletes participated on the event organised by the Swiss University Sports Federation and University of Geneva, which celebrates this year its 450 years anniversary. The tournament started with the Team Event. In the finals the Academy of Humanities and Economics Lodz (POL) won against the Loughborough University (GBR) 3:1 Team Event Final Ranking: 1. Academy of Humanities and Economics Lodz (POL) 2. Loughborough University (GBR) 3. Kharkov Politechnical ...

The 9th European Universities Basketball Championship which took place from June 15-21, 2009 in Heraklion (GRE) successfully finished. 15 men and 12 women from 16 European countries participated on the championship. The event was organised on a very high level by the University of Crete, the Municipality of Heraklion and Hellenic Committee for University Sports, and more than 370 participants really enjoyed their stay in the beautiful Island of Crete. The winners became the University of Ljubljana in men and the Russian State Agricultural University in women competition. More information and results ...

The 6th EUC Badminton started on June 20, 2009 in Geneve (SUI). 18 European university teams participated in the team competition which finished with finals yesterday. The Academy of Humanities and Economics Lodz won the gold, the Loughborough University the silver, while the Kharkov Politechnical Institute and the University of Hamburg won the bronze medals. The individual competitions start today. The event will finish on June 24, 2009. You can find more results and news on the EUC official website: www.eubc2009.unige.ch

We would like to inform you that the EUSA Newsletter 02/2009 is published and available for you on our website. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 2/2009 From the content: - EUSA * Executive Committee Meeting 02-2009 * Working Meeting in Zurich * EUSA Photo Competition * EUSA Symposium: Invitation * EUSA Convention: Announcement - News from EUSA Member Federations * SRB: New President USSS * SRB: Remarkable Anniversary * SLO: National University Championships * SUI: Swiss University Sports Conference * POR: ...

The City of Heraklion (GRE) hosts the 9th EUC Basketball 2009. The event starts today with the Opening Ceremony and will last until June 21, 2009. 15 men and 12 women from 16 European countries take part on the championship. The games have already started. The results can be found on the website: http://basket-eu09.edu.uoc.gr

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The 3rd European Universities Rugby 7's Champiosnhips successfully finished in Bristol (GBR). 15 university teams (10 men, 5 women) fought from June 10-12, 2009 for the titles of the European Universities Champions. The men’s final was won very convincingly by the Russian team, Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, beating the University of Coimbra (POR). University of Exeter beat University of Lille in a very close women’s final. The Home Team, University of Bristol, finished a very credible third, beating University of Limoges (FRA) in a playoff. Gifts were ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organised in cooperation with its member organisations the Slovenian Festival of Student Sport on Friday, May 29 in Maribor. The festival encompasses national university championships in volleyball, basketball, futsal, tennis, table tennis and badminton; in combination with social activities and entertainment. There were about 150 students present at the opening ceremony, where they were welcomed by the President of SUSA, prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik, who congratulated them in combining sport with their studies and wished them best of luck in both for ...

The directors of the Swiss University Sports Organisations as well as the University Sports Teachers met in Zurich to the annual conference. The President of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SUSF), Andreas L. Csonka, was also present and informed about the future challenges of SUSF and the financial situation of the Federation. The Conference was held at Zurich University, and some meetings took place in the Home of FIFA, a close partner of the Academic Sport Association of Zurich (ASVZ). Bertrand Robert from NeuchActel resigned as Chair of the Conference and was replaced by Georges-AndrA© ...

On May 23rd, 2009 FISU attributed in Brussels the 2015 Summer and Winter Universiade. The candidate for the 2015 Winter Universiade was Granada (ESP), while the candidates for the 2015 Summer Universiade were Edmonton (CAN), Gwangju (KOR) and Taipei City (TPE). During the day, the presentations of the bidding dossiers took place. After deliberation of the Executive Committee, FISU President George E. Killian (USA) announced the winners of the 2015 Universiades: The 27th Winter Universiade has been attributed to Granada, Spain. â€~Granada and the Sierra Nevada is a well known snow sports area', ...

EUSA Executive Committee met on its second meeting this year. The meeting took place in Dolce La Hulpe Congress Centre in Brussels, and was hosted by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The Executive Committee approved progress reports of the 2009 European Universities Championships, Symposium, Convention and General Assembly. The Final Reports of the EUC Volleyball and EUSA Cup in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics were also approved. A Study Group was established to prepare the guidelines for the EUSA Sports Program. Next meeting of EUSA Executive Committee will be organised from October ...

The 9th European Universities Volleyball Championships successfully finished on Saturday, May 23, 2009 in Hamburg (GER). 19 men and women universities teams participated on the event, organised by the ADH, the University of Hamburg and the City of Hamburg. The titles of the European Universities Champions in 2009 went to the Mordovskiy State University (RUS) in men and the University of Economy, Bydgoszcz (POL) in women competition. In the women final around 600 spectators enjoyed the match between the University of Economy Bydgoszcz (POL) and the University of Hamburg (GER). The Polish University ...

The University Sports Federation of Serbia (USSS) informed us that on the 2nd Extraordinary General Assembly, held on May 20, 2009 in Belgrade, Mr. Nebojsa Jovanovic was elected on the position of the USSS President.

35 years ago, on May 19, 1974 Mr. Dragoljub Bojic was elected on the position of the Secretary of the University Sports Federation of Yugoslavia and has been continuously working as the University Sports Federation of Yugoslavia and University Sports Federation of Serbia Secretary / Secretary General since then. EUSA congratulates Mr. Bojic on this remarkable anniversary and at the same time thanks him for his contribution to the development of the university sports both in Serbia and Europe. We hope Mr. Bojic will stay active in the University Sports Movement for many further years.

The 9th European Universities Volleyball Championship started today in Hamburg (GER). 11 men and 8 women university teams take part on the event organised from May 18–24, 2009. You can find the schedule of the matches and daily results on the official website of the event: www.euc-volleyball-2009.de

EUSA representatives Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, President, Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General, Mr. Leonz Eder, EC Member and Mr. Thomas Loher, Legal Advisor met on a working meeting on May 13, 2009 in Zurich to discuss legal matters related to EUSA activities. They also discussed and finalised the agenda of the EUSA Executive Committee, which will be held on May 24, 2009 in Brussels (BEL).

Dear Friends, on behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Croatian University Sports Federation (CUSF) and the Organising Committee we have the pleasure to invite the university students and officials of your country to participate on the 6th EUSA Symposium, which will be held in ZADAR, Croatia from October 15-18, 2009. Attached you will find the Invitation, General Entry Form and Individual Entry Form. The deadline for application is June 15, 2009. You can find more details on the event on: http://www.eusa.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=507&Itemid=76 For more ...

The publication Rules and Regulations for EUSA Sport Events is now available for download. The manual contains all relevant regulations in one handbook, and can be used as the reference document for all EUSA sporting events. Rules and Regulations for EUSA Sport Events (PDF: 656kb)

Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/FSSU) held its annual General Assembly on April 1, 2009. The president of federation, Andreas L. Csonka, praised in his annual report the very successful Swiss students at the World University Championships 2008 and the Winter Universiade in Harbin 2009. Indeed, in 2008 the SHSV sent teams to 18 WUC. The Swiss delegations won 9 Gold medals, 7 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals. At the WU 2009 in Harbin the Swiss team realized the best result ever, winning 14 (7/3/4) medals and being placed 5th in the ranking behind China, Russia, Korea and Japan. The SHSV ...

The EUSA CUP in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics successfully finished on March 28, 2009 in Wroclaw (POL). 6 University teams from 5 European countries (Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Estonia and Russia) took part in the event organised by University Sports Association of Poland (AZS). The Opening Ceremony was held on March 27 at the University School of Medicine sports hall. Mr. Adam Roczek, deputy chair of AZS and EUSA representative, welcomed all the participants and thanked the University of Wroclaw, the University School of Medicine, the Wroclaw City Council and the Lower Silesia Regional Government for ...

Issue 1/2009 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 1/2009 Contents: - EUSA Executive Committee Meeting * decisions - Student Commission * new members nominated * volunteer program - EUSA Events * EUSA Symposium - News from EUSA Member Federations * FIN: 85-years od OLL * SLO: SUSA General Assembly * BEL: new board * ESP: new contacts * RUS: president re-elected - FISU News * Winter Universiade Harbin * Heads of delegations meeting Belgrade ...

The EUSA Executive Committee nominated the following four students in the EUSA Student Commission for the period 2009-2011: 1. Annti Afflekt (FIN) 2. Eleftheria Kallikazarou (GRE) 3. Iris Olberding (GER) 4. Karolina Rohan (POL) The newly elected members joined in the commission the following students that were nominated last year : Antonija Cerkez (CRO), Julien Buhajezuk (FRA), Rakaczki Zoltan (HUN), Kamilla Bagavieva (RUS) The STC met this weekend in Hamburg on its first meeting to select the students for the EUC 2009 Volunteer Program. EUSA has received 69 applications from all over the Europe ...

On March 15, 2009, the Bidding Committees for the 2015 Universiades delivered their Bidding Books at the FISU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Present were Edmonton (CAN), Gwangju (KOR) and Taipei City (TPE), Bidding Cities for the 2015 Summer Universiade and Granada (ESP), Bidding City for the 2015 Winter Universiade. For the first time in the FISU history, a special ceremony was organized and all of the Bidding Candidates delivered their books at the same time. The delegates were welcomed by the FISU 1st Vice-President Mr. Claude-Louis Gallien and the Secretary-General Mr. Eric Saintrond together ...

EUSA Executive Committee met on March 13, 2009 in Hamburg (GER) on its first meeting in 2009. The meeting was hosted by the German University Sports Federation (ADH) and the City of Hamburg. The following important decisions were taken on the meeting: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS EUC 2009 EUC SAILING EUC Sailing planned to be organised in Zadar (CRO) was cancelled due to withdrawal of the host. EUSA Sailing events will be in the future organised as EUSA Cups or Trophies. EUC TAEKWONDO Based on the results of the EUSA Cup organised in December 2008 in Moscow and the received candidature of ...

With a dazzling show of light, costumes, dances and music and the incredible performances of acrobatic figure skaters the 2009 Winter Universiade came to the end. The FISU flag was given to the next host of the Winter Universiade, Erzurum, Turkey, which will host the games in 2011. The hosts of 25th Winter Universiade also presented a performance by the Dance Group of the AtatA1rk University of Erzurum. â€~The quality of the organisation and the operation of the venues encouraged the participation of world top ranked athletes and helped to increase the performance of our athletes reinforcing the ...

The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) celebrated its 85-years anniversary with a gala event held in Helsinki on January 31, 2009. Over 100 guest, who were present on the celebration, were welcomed by Mr. Jussi Sallinen, the OLL President. Present on the celebration was also Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, who congratulated the OLL on its anniversary and thanked the federation for its contribution to the development of the european and international university sports movement. OLL also awarded the Finnish Student Athlete of the Year 2008. The award was given to 27 years old Bodil ...

On February 18, 2009 the 24th Winter Universiade started in Harbin (CHN) with the Opening Ceremony that took place in the Harbin International Conference, Exhibition and Sports Centre Gym. The Organizing Committee dazzled the audience and the WU participants with a fantastic show of light, dance, music, ice skating and acrobatics. It was without doubt the best staged Opening of a Winter Universiade. 2,537 participants of which 1,636 athletes from 44 countries are present in Harbin, among them also many EUSA Member Countries. You can find more information and results on the event on: www.fisu.net ...

The annual General Assembly of the Slovenian University Sports Association was held in Ljubljana on February 4, 2009. The Assembly approved the annual accounts and the activity plan and elected new Executive Committee for the period of next 4-years (2009-2013). Prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik was re-elected as the President, while Bozidar Pucnik, prof. dr. Rado Pisot and Matjaz Pecovnik were elected as the SUSA Vice-Presidents. The biggest challenge of SUSA in the next period is the organisation of 2013 Winter Universiade, that will be held in Maribor. SUSA will also organise the European Universities ...

EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri, Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik and Sports Manager Adam Roczek met on a working meeting in Rome (ITA) from January 19-20, 2009 to discuss the activity plan for the near future. Among others, they evaluated the preparations for the organisation of the EUCs 2009, discussed the Agenda for the first EUSA EC Meeting this year and prepared the action plan until March 14, 2009, when the EUSA Executive Committee meets in Hamburg (GER).

Zadar; October 15-18, 2009 The 6th EUSA Symposium will be organised from October 15-18, 2009 in Zadar (CRO). The event is an unique opportunity for both students and professors to discuss sports oriented themes through interesting and efficient way. The Organising Committee plans to introduce a new approach through workshops that will engage all participants into a vivid and useful discussion and outcomes. It is their intention to connect the two generations in this way, and to interrelate students’ pursue of knowledge and their fresh and innovative ideas at the same time. The EUSA Symposium ...

Elections were organized by the Belgian University Sports Federation (BUSF), resulting in a new executive committee. On a national level the Federation decided to integrate the ongoing federalization of the country: Each two years the chairmanship will be attributed, without elections, to the chairman of one of the two Regional Federations: the Dutch speaking â€~Flemish Student Sport Federation’ (VSSF) and the French speaking â€~Sports Association for Universities and Colleges’ (ASEUS). As a result of this decision the chairman of the VSSF, Mr. Jan Bonnarens, was installed as chairman. On an ...

Spanish Committee of University Sports (CEDU) informed us that Mrs. Marta Carranza Gil-Dolz del Castellar replaced Mr. Antonio Montalvo on the position of CEDU Secretary General. The CEDU new contact details are: ComitA© Espanol del Deporte Universitario (CEDU) President: Mr. Jaime Lissavetzky DA­ez Secretary General: Mrs. Marta Carranza Gil-Dolz del Castellar Contact: Mr.Aitor Canibe SA!nchez Address: CEDU Subdireccion General de PromociA3n Deportiva y Deporte Paralimpico Avenida Martin Fierro, s/n, 28040 MADRID, Spain Tel.: (34.91)5896712 Fax: (34.91)5896760 E-mails: marta.carranza@csd.gob.es, ...

European University Sports Association Student Commission (EUSA STC) together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships is looking for active students interested in Volunteer Program! Active students from all over the Europe can apply for the place in EUSA STC Volunteer Program. The candidate will raise their competencies and skills in organising sport event in the European level, get new experiences in different fields, will be useful for the organising committee, exchange knowledge, learn about the culture of the country, get new friends all over the Europe and ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA) wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

EUC TENNIS 2008 The 5th European Universities Tennis Championship 2008 took place from December 9-14, 2008 in Dublin (IRL). The event was organised by the Dublin City University and CUSAI and has attracted participation of 16 men's teams and 11 women's teams from 11 European countries. The opening ceremony was held at the Dublin City University. Representatives from CUSAI, the DCU and Tennis Ireland were present and delivered speeches. After playing the EUSA anthem and placing the EUSA flag, Mr. Leonz Eder welcomed all the participants on behalf of EUSA and opened the event. The matches ...

The 5 th EUC Tennis starts today in Dublin (IRL). The event is organised in the cooperation with the CUSAI and the Dublin City University . 16 men and 12 women teams are registered for the competition. More details and results can be found on the website: http://cusai.ie/eusatennis/

The 10th EUSA General Assembly took place on December 6, 2008 in Paris (FRA). The host of the event, the French University Sports Federation (FFSU), was pleased to welcome the delegates from 39 EUSA member federations. At the beginning of the event, the participants were welcomed by Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr. Jose Savoye, FFSU President, Mr. George E. Killian, FISU President, Mr. Michel Bonfils on behalf of the French Olympic Committee President Mr. Henri SA©randour and Mr. Hassan Chick, the FASU President. Among the invited guests were also the EUSA Honorary President, the rectors ...

The EUSA Seminar for the participants of the General Assembly was organised on December 5, 2008 at the University City in Paris. More than 100 participants were welcomed by Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr. Jose Savoye, FFSU President. Mr. Savoye presented the participants the organisation of the French University Sports Federation. The second speaker was Mr. Claude Louis Gallien, FISU 1st Vice-President, who spoke on the Sport and Higher Education and the model for the European University System. Mr. Arno Richard, FFSU Vice-President presentation was on the International Sport Events ...

At the EUSA General Assembly, which was held this weekend in Paris, France, the EUSA Year Magazine 2008 was presented. The Magazine is published annually, and contains all the relevant information from the championships and other EUSA events. The Magazine is available for download but you can Contact Us and request the printed versions of the publication to be sent out to you. We generally grant the requests made from university sports organisations throughout Europe, and also from other parts of the world. Download the 2008 issue PDF (3,54Mb) Download the 2007 issue PDF (5,48Mb) Download the 2006 ...

On November 14th, 2008 the General Assembly of the Russian Students Sport Union was held in Moscow, at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism. During the RSSU General Assembly, the new Executive Board was elected. Mr. Oleg Matytsin was re-elected for the position of the RSSU President for the term 2009-2012. Mr. Matytsin is also the EUSA Executive Committee Member and FISU Assessor.

Mrs Johanna St Clair Renard was re-elected as the President of the Swedish University Sports Federation (SAIF). "I'm very honoured, and I am looking forward to continuing developing Swedish university sports, both on the national and international level" Mrs St Clair Renard says.

The 2008 EUSA Convention was organised from November 7-9, 2008 in the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The aim of the convention was to give information and support to the organisers of the European Universities championships in 2009. The representatives from Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships 2009 and the newly appointed EUSA Technical Delegates were welcomed by the EUSA President, Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, prof. dr. Andreja KocijanÄ?iÄ?, the Rector of the University of Ljubljana and prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik, the President of the Slovenian University Sports Association. ...

All the EUSA Member Associations are invited to participate on the 10th EUSA General Assembly which will be organised from December 5-7, 2008 in Paris (FRA). Here are some information: Place: Paris / FRA Date: December 5-7, 2008 DEADLINES: · October 22, 2008: Deadline for registration · October 22, 2008: Deadline for member proposals · November 6, 2008: The Agenda and all the other necessary documentation (such as proposals from members, nominations or any candidatures) will be sent by the EUSA Office to the member federations VENUE: â€c French Olympic Committee TENTATIVE PROGRAM: â€c December ...

The EUSA Executive Committee, which met from October 19-20,2008 in Belgrade (SRB), took among other the following important decisions: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 The following EUC were attributed: * Table Tennis: Kazan (RUS) * Handball: Nicosia (CYP) * Volleyball: Rome (ITA)* * Beach-Volleyball: Kazan (RUS) * Football: Warsaw (POL) * Futsal: Zagreb (CRO) * Basketball: Poznan (POL) * Rowing: Amsterdam (NED) * Rugby 7s: Cordoba (ESP) * Golf: Otocec (SLO) * Tennis: Coimbra (POR) The only event not attributed is the EUC Badminton. The new deadline for candidatures is December 1, 2008. ...

The EUSA Executive Committee will meet on its third meeting which will be organised in Belgrade from October 19-20, 2008. The Agenda of the meeting among other includes the final reports from the EUC 2008, the attribution of the EUSA Events in 2010, nomination of the EUSA Technical Delegates and the preparations for the EUSA General Assembly 2008 in Paris. Few days before also the FISU Executive Board meets in the capital city of Serbia which will in July 2009 organise the worlds second biggest sport event - the Summer Universiade.

Vienna was the place where in 1999 the European University Sports Association was founded. And the Austrian Capital City will host the EUSA General Assembly again on December 2009, on its 10th Anniversary. The event will be organised in the co-operation with the Austrian University Sports Organisation, whos President Mr. Wolf FrA1hauf and Secretary General Mr. Manfred Pfeifer met today the EUSA Secretary General Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik. The purpose of the meeting was the preparation for the General Assembly 2009. The representatives of Unisport Austria and EUSA discussed the program and checked the ...

Issue 3/2008 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 3/2008 Contents: - European Universities Championships * Results: Basketball, Volleyball, Futsal, Football, Handball, Rowing, Rugby, Badminton - EUSA News * Working Meeting in Ljubljana * EUSA on WUC Golf - EUSA Events * EUSA General Assembly 2008 * EUC Convention * EUC 2009 Program - News from EUSA Member Federations * SUI: SUSF with FIFA * SLO: EUC Committees formed - EUSA Cups * Taekwondo ...

In 2008, EUSA organises the European Universities Championships in 11 sports. It is expected that around 3000 students and 300 university teams will take part on these events. Most of the European Universities Championships have already finished, EUC Tennis still has to be organised in December. In 2009 EUSA will organise 15 championships: VOLLEYBALL : Hamburg (GER): May 18-27, 2009 HANDBALL : Ljubljana (SLO): June 15-21, 2009 BASKETBALL : Heraklion (GRE): June 15-21, 2009 KARATE : Edirne (TUR): June 16-19, 2009 TENNIS : Poznan (POL): July 19-26, 2009 FUTSAL : Podgorica (MNE): July 20-26, 2009 ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), the Russian Student Sport Union (RSSU) and the Organising Committee, we have the honour and the pleasure to invite the National University Sports Federations to participate at the 1st European Universities Taekwondo Cup to be held in Moscow, Russia from December 6-7, 2008. The deadline for applications has been determined as November 6, 2008. You are asked to send the GE Form to the Organising Committee directly. Below you can find more information on the event. If you have any further questions, please contact the Organising Committee. ...

The 5th EUSA Badminton Championships were held in Krakow (POL). 110 participants from 14 Universities and 10 countries enjoyed the playing facilities of a very high standard, as well as a cultural programme which enabled competitors to visit the world heritage sites of Poland. The championship was of a very high standard with a number of athletes taking part fresh from the Beijing Olympics. The University of Lodz was represented by world class players, of whom four were Olympians including Robert Mateusiak who reached the quarterfinals of the Olympics in men’s doubles and mixed doubles, and PrzemysA‚aw ...

The 5th EUC Badminton is organised in Krakow (POL). The team event has already finished with the victory of he Academy of Humanities and Economics Lodz (POL). The individual tournament is taking place right now. For results please go to the official website of the event: http://www.badminton2008.azs.krakow.pl/

The Swiss University Sport Federation (SUSF) is actually mainly involved in three fields. On the European level it gives support to the University Sport of Geneva in the preparation of the EUC Badminton 2009. This project in Geneva is leaded by Antonio Latella and Markos Michaelides. SUSF-President Andreas Csonka and Managing Director Leonz Eder are involved in the evaluation for a possible Swiss candidature for the Winteruniversiade 2017. And as the State of Switzerland will adapt the federal law regarding Sport, all the University Sports Directors are currently working on a proposal to officially ...

The Summer Universiade 2009 will be organised in Belgrade from July 1-12, 2009. The preparations for the biggest world event in 2009 are in full swing. On September 4th, the Serbian Minister of Youth and Sport Mrs. Snezana Samardzic Markovic visited the FISU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. She met with FISU Secretary-General Eric Saintrond and a number of key staff working on the 2009 Summer Universiade. Mr. Saintrond showed the Minister around the FISU Manor and afterwards, a meeting was held. In the meeting Mr. Saintrond expressed his concern for the deadline put forward for the readiness ...

The 4th European Universities Handball Championship will take place from June 15-21, 2009 in Ljubljana (SLO). The Slovenian University Sports Association and the Sports Association of the University of Ljubljana have already established the Organising Committee, who will be led by the Rector of the University of Ljubljana, prof. dr. Andreja Kocijancic. The Mayor of the City Ljubljana, Mr. Zoran Jankovic is the chairman of the Honorary Board. The organisers have already produced the logotype and the official website of the event : http://www.euchandball2009.com, where you can find more info on ...

During the 12th World University Golf Championship held in Sun City, South Africa, EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri and EC Member Leonz Eder, who was the Chairperson of the FISU-CISCA, met not only with the leaders of University Sport South Africa, but also with high ranked officials of the Republic of South Africa. During the banquet after the opening ceremony they were sitting next to Deputy President Madam Mlambo-Ngcuka and Ms Edna Molewa, the Premier of North West. Among the 18 countries taking part at the WUC Golf 2008 at the famous Gary Player Golf Course in Sun City, 11 countries are representing ...

September 1, 2008 The EUSA Executive Committee decided to attribute the EUC Football 2009 to Wroclaw (POL). That completes the list of all the EUSA Championships in 2009. Let us remind you on the organisers: 1st EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP Opatija, Croatia: October 4 - 10, 2009 (proposed) 1st EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Algarve, Portugal; September 1-7, 2009 (proposed) 3rd EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES RUGBY 7s CHAMPIONSHIP Bristol, Great Britain 6th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP Podgorica, Montenegro; July 20-26, 2009 (proposed) 3rd EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TABLE TENNIS ...

EUC ROWING 2008 Zagreb, 30.08.2008 The 4th European Universities Rowing Championship 2008 successfully finished today in Zagreb. The event was organised by the Croatian University Sports Association, the University of Zagreb and the Zagreb Rowing Federation from August 28-30, 2008. More than 400 participants from 14 European countries participated on the championship You can find more information and the detailed results on the official website of the event: http://eucr.unizgrow.hr/ The next event will take place in Kruszwica, Poland from September 2-5, 2009. The medallists 2008: WOMEN LW 1x I. ...

Zagreb; August 28, 2008 The EUC Rowing 2008 starts today in Zagreb (CRO). More then 400 participants will compete on the magnificent Jarun course from August 28-30, 2008. The event has the patronage of the President of Croatia Mr. Stjepan Mesić what is a great honour and emphasises the importance of student sport and the EUSA Regatta. You can find more information and the results on the official website: http://eucr.unizgrow.hr/

The EUSA President Mr. Alberto Gualtieri visited the EUSA Office in Ljubljana for a working meeting with the EUSA Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik. The meeting took place at the new EUSA offices in the Main Building of the University of Ljubljana. The Agenda for the next EUSA EC Meeting, the EUSA General Assembly and the Activity Plan were were the main topics of the meeting. Mr. Gualtieri also visited the venues of the EUSA Convention for the EUC organisers, which will take place from November 7-9, 2008 in Ljubljana and met with Mr. Otmar Kugovnik, the President of the Slovenian University Sports ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), Colleges and Universities Sport Association of Ireland (CUSAI) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure to invite the university teams of your Country to participate in the 5th European Universities Tennis Championship (men and women) which will be organised in DUBLIN, IRELAND from December 9 – 14, 2008. We may remind you that the deadline for applications has been determined as SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 All relevant information is published on the EUSA website: www.eusa.eu and on the official website of the event: www.cusai.ie/eusatennis ...

In 2008, EUSA organises the European Universities Championships in 11 sports. It is expected that around 3000 students and 300 university teams will take part on these events. 8 of the European Universities Championships have already finished, and the EUC in Rowing, Badminton and Tennis still have to be organised. The Champions of the events which have been already carried out, are: · Beach-Volleyball: Transcarpathian University, UKR (m), Estonian Business School, EST (w) · Table Tennis: London Metropolitan University, GBR (m), J. Dlugosz University Czestochowa, POL (w) · Futsal: University ...

The 3rd EUC Handball was organised this year in the City of Nis (SRB). 15 men and 6 women teams from 13 European countries articipated on the championship organised by the University Sports Federation of Serbia and the University Sports Federation of Nis. In women competition the title of the Champion went to the University of Vincent Pol Lubin. The best scorer was Jasna Djukic from University of Kragujevac (SRB), the Fair play award went to the University of Porto (POR) The University of Ljubljana won in men competition. The best scorer was Caldas Andre from the ISMAI Maia Higher Institute University ...

EUC Basketball 2008 The 8th European Universities Basketball Championship was organised this year from July 21-27 in Novi Sad (SRB). The experienced Organising Committee, which has already hosted two EUC in the past, welcomed this year 18 men and 13 women teams from 16 European countries. In men competition the gold medals went to students from the Vytautas Magnus University (LTU) who won in the finals the University of Belgrade (SRB) with 97:70. he team from Lithuania was a winner also in the previous two years. In the match for the third place the Frederick University (CYP) won the University ...

EUC FOOTBALL 2008 FINAL RESULTS The 6th European Universities Football Championship successfully finished on July 26, 2008 in Kiev (UKR). The Championship started on July 20, 2008 with an Opening Ceremony held at the Stadium of National Tax Academy in Kiev. The participants were welcomed by the Minister of Education of the Ukrainian Government, deputy Minister of Sports and Youth, Rectors of the Ukrainian Universities, the representatives of the Football Federation of Ukraine and Student Sport Union of Ukraine and the EUSA delegates. The great show with more than 150 artists closed the official ...

EUC VOLLEYBALL 2008: Results 16 men and 16 women teams participated on the 8th European Universities Volleyball Championship that was organised from July 21-27, 2008 in Camerino (ITA). The event organised by CUS Camerino joined together more than 400 students and officials from 16 European countries. The titles of Champions went to Moscow after the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism (RUS) won both in men and women competition. In men event the final match was played between the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism (RUS) and Aristotle ...

The 2nd EUC Rugby 7s was organised by the CUS Roma and Italian University Sports Federation (CUSI) from July 24-27, 2008 in Rome. 9 teams from 6 European countries participated in the men competition. After a number of quality matches, the title of the Champions went to the University of Limoges (FRA) who won in the finals the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (GBR) with 31:26. A day before the semifinal matches were held. The U.W.I.C. won the University of Coimbra (POR) 19:12 in the first match, while in the second semifinal match the University of Limoges (FRA) won. University of Leeds (GBR) ...

The 5th European Universities Futsal Championship successfully finished on July 19, 2008 in Wroclaw (POL). 16 University teams from 13 European countries participated on the event organised by AZS Poland and AZS Wroclaw. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 14, 2008 in the University School of Physical Education Sports Hall. Mr. Piotr Marszał , the President of the Organising Committee welcomed all the participants and thanked the University School of Physical Education, the University of Life Sciencies, the Wroclaw City Council and the Lower Silesia Regional Government for supporting organisation ...

Six European Universities Championships will be organised in July. Best European Univesity Teams will fight for the titles of the Champions in the following sports: Futsal, Basketball, Handball, Football, Rugby 7s and Volleyball. We invite you to visit the official websites of the event to find more information on the schedule, participants and results.

Issue 2/2008 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 2/2008 Content: - EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 02-2008 * EC decisions - Other EUSA News * Working Meeting in Zurich * STC Meeting in Wroclaw * EUC Convention * EUSA new offices - News from EUSA Member Federations * GBR: BUCS formed * NOR: New board * MNE: New contact details * SLO: SUSA General Assembly - FISU News * Universiades 2013 attributed * FISU Forum in Krakow * ODUPA General ...

SUSA held its General Assembly on July 4, 2008 in Izola. The Assembly was devoted to the project of Winter Universiade 2013 that FISU attributed to SUSA on May 31, 2008 in Brussels. The delegates discussed the organising structure that will be formed in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, the City of Maribor and other universiade partners in the following weeks . More details on the Universiade can be found on www.universiademaribor.org . The General Assembly also nominated Matjaz Pecovnik, former SUSA Secretary General, as the new SUSA Vice-President.

The FISU Forum was organised in Krakow (POL) from July 1-6, 2008. Delegates from 50 countries were present on the event, which main theme was "University sport : roots, strengths and challenges". EUSA was also present on the event. Alberto Gualtieri, President, Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Iris Olberding, STC Chair presented the participants the history, activities and future plans of the organisation in the plenary session on July 1, 2008. EUSA was also presented on the FISU Forum Fair, which gave the opportunity to all the participating federation to present themselves by informational ...

The 2nd European Universities Table Tennis Championship successfully finished in Latina, ITA. 22 university teams (15 men and 7 women) with 111 participants from 10 European Countries took part on the event. The European Universities Champion Titles went to the London Metropolitan University (GBR) in men’s and the Jan Dlugosz University of Chestochowa (POL) in women’s competition. The next EUC Table Tennis will take place in 2009 in Skopje (FYROM) Medallists: Team Men 1. London Metropolitan University (GBR) 2. Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism (RUS) 3. Cologne ...

18 men and 16 women universities teams from 15 European countries competed for the titles of the European Universities Champions in Beach Volleyball. The Championship, organised by the Turkish University Sports Federation in cooperation with the Akdeniz University of Antalya and the Municipality of Colakli, took place from June 18-21, 2008 in Antalya (TUR). The Champions became the Transcarpathian University of Uzhorod (UKR) in men, and Estonian Business School (EST) in women competition. 4 days of perfectly organised championship were a fantastic example how huge vitality and potential the university ...

The Opening Ceremony of the 5th European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship took part on 17 June at Colakli, a small town next to Antalya. Prof. Kamil Ozer, the Director of the School of the Physical Education and Sport of the Akdeniz University welcomed all participants and wished them a lot of successes and pleasant stay in Antalya. The President of Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF) Prof. Kemal Tamer warmly welcomed participating universities and underlined the role of the Akdeniz University and Colakli Municipality in the organisation of the Championship. He also said that ...

From 13th until 16th of June the first General Assembly of the Panamerican Continental University Sports Association (ODUPA) took place in San Salvador, El Salvador. The President of ODUPA, Julio Jakob, who was elected exactly one year ago, invited all member associations to come to El Salvador to take the first steps for the establishment of an efficient structure as well as some initial activities for the next couple of months. Representatives from 19 countries attended the meeting. Luciano Cabral, Pedro Dias and Kole Gjeloshaj supported the organizers as representatives from FISU during the ...

Antalya (TUR) hosts the 5th EUC Beach-Volleyball 2008. 20 men and 16 women university teams participate on the Championship which will take place from June 17-22, 2008. You can find more information and results on the official website of the event: http://www.eusabeach2008.org/ The 2nd EUC Table Tennis starts on June 19, 2008 in Latina (ITA). 25 men and women university teams will participate on the event. More information and results can be found on http://www.euclatina.eu

We would like to inform you that e-mail and web address of University Sports Association of Montenegro will be changed. Old address: Mali unisportmne@cg.ac.yu Web www.unisportmne.cg.ac.yu New address: Mail unisportmne@ac.me Web www.unisportmne.ac.me University Sports Association of Montenegro are the hosts of 6th European Universities Championship Futsal, Podgorica 2009 and 7th World University Championship Karate, Podgorica 2010. Old address for EUC Futsal: futsal2009@cg.ac.yu New adress for EUC Futsal: futsal2009@ac.me Old address for EUC Karate: wuckarate2010@cg.ac.yu for Karate and New addresses ...

On Monday 16 June 2008, a new company will open to represent the interests of those managing, competing and participating in university sport across the higher education sector. British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) will incorporate two related sports organisations – British Universities Sports Association (the governing body for competitive sport in the HE sector) and University and College Sport (the representative body for professional sporting staff working in the HE sector). The BUCS vision is to establish a world-class higher education sporting organisation. We will achieve this ...

On the 2008 General Assembly of the Norwegian Association of University Sport, the new members of the board were elected. The new President of the federation became Geir AndrA© Dalhus. Dalhus was elected as President after being two years the Vice-President of the federation. The Norwegian Association of University Sport also built a new secretariat. Marius H. Johannessen is the new Secretary General, and Andrea Schmalzried was appointed to be the new Sports Consultant. Marius H. Johannessen worked before for the Norwegian Badminton Association and on various development projects at the Norwegian ...

The EUSA Executive Committee met on its second meeting in 2008. The meeting took place from June 6-7, 2008 in London (GBR). Mr. Phil Attwell, the Chairman of the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA), which hosted the meeting, welcomed all the participants and wished them a successful meeting. Mr. Attwell also announced that this is the last meeting in the organisation of BUSA, since next week a new national university sports federation, named British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) will be formed in GBR. Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, the EUSA President, thanked BUSA for the organisation ...

EUSA Executive Committee will meet on its second meeting this year. The meeting will take place in London from June 6-8, 2008 and will be hosted by the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA).

On May 31st, the FISU Executive Committee attributed the 2013 Winter and Summer Universiades in Brussels, Belgium, home of the FISU Headquarters. The ceremony took place at 8 pm at the Theatre of the Plaza Hotel in the city centre, and during the day, the candidate cities had the opportunity to deliver their final presentation. Three cities applied for the organization of the 2013 Summer Universiade: Kazan (Russia), Gwangju (Korea) and Vigo (Spain). For the Winter Universiade there was only the City of Maribor (Slovenia) after the withdrawal of Almaty (Kazakhstan). The FISU EC finally decided: ...

We are notifying you that the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 5th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Krakow (POL) from September 10-14 2008 is now available. The deadline for the General Entry form is June 10, 2008. Together with a General Entry, a deposit of 300 EURO has to be paid to EUSA. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related documents: Invitation General entry form

We are announcing the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 4th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Zagreb (CRO) from August 28-30, 2008. The deadline for the General Entry form is May 28, 2008. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related documents: Invitation General entry form

Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Mr. Adam Roczek, Sports Manager met on Thursday, April 24, 2008 on a working meeting in Zurich to discuss the activity plan for the near future. The three EUSA officials were welcomed by Mr. Andreas L. Csonka, the newly elected President of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV) and Mr. Leonz Eder, SHSV Managing Director. Mr. Gualtieri congratulated Mr. Csonka for the election and thanked SHSV for hosting the meeting, and for their contribution to the development of the university sports in Europe. Mr. Gualtieri ...

As you may already know, EUSA Executive Committee decided to create the EUSA Medical Commission. Mr. Haris Pavletic (CRO) has been nominated as the Chairman. EUSA EC will nominate two additional members for the next 2-year mandate on its next EC meeting. The criteria, upon which the two additional members will be chosen, are: 1. Medical Doctor 2. Sports Medicine Training or Interest 3. English Language Knowledge 5. Time availability 6. NUSA Support We are asking you to send the nomination to the EUSA Office by fax or email by May 15, 2008. Please use the attached form. For more details please contact ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), Croatian University Sport Federation (HSSS) and the Organising Committee, we have the pleasure to invite the university teams of your Country to participate in the 1st European Universities Sailing Championship which will be organised in ZADAR, CROATIA from September 15 – 20, 2008. The deadline for applications has been determined as June 15, 2008. ll relevant information is published on the EUSA website and on the official website of the event: www.sailing.hr . We would be honoured to welcome teams from your country! Related documents: ...

After nine successfull years as President of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SUSF), Martin Hodler retired at the General Assembly of SUSF at April 2, 2008 in Berne. His Vice President Andreas Csonka was elected as new president for the next two years term. Martin Hodler, who was nominated as Honorary member, still remains President of the Swiss University Sports Foundation. The delegates also elected Lorenz Liechti, a former Universiade competitor in swimming, as responsible person for media and communication on the SUSF board. All the medal winners of the Universiade 2007 in Bangkok, leaded ...

Croatia University Sports Federation (SUSF) held its General Assembly for 2008. On the meeting, some important decisions were taken: 1. CUSF accepted two new members: - ZAGREB UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION - PULA UNIVERSITY SPORT FEDERATION 2. All the members of CUSF were invited and encouraged to send more students too all EUSA and FISU competitions in 2008. 3. In 2009 plan is to organize ENAS conference in Zagreb 4. Mr. Gamulin invited everyone to 7th INTERNATIONAL REGATTA OF EIGHTS - SVETI DUJE - Split / Croatia 3. - 7. May, 2008. More info on: http://www.regata.sveucilisnisport.hr 5. Plans ...

We are announcing the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 3rd EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Nis (SRB) from July 21-26, 2008. You can find more info on the EUSA website and also on the official website of the EUC: www.ussn.org.yu . The deadline for the General Entry is April 21, 2008. Together with a General Entry, a deposit of 1000 EURO has to be paid to EUSA. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related files: Invitation General Entry Form

We are happy to announce that the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 2nd EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES RUGBY 7s CHAMPIONSHIP (men, women) which will take place in Rome (ITALY) from July 24-27, 2008, is available for download. You can find more info on the EUSA website and also on the official website of the EUC: www.eucrome.eu . The deadline for the General Entry is April 24, 2008. Together with a General Entry, a deposit of 1000 EURO has to be paid to EUSA. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related ...

We are announcing the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 8th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Novi Sad (SRB) from July 21-27, 2008. You can find more info on the EUSA website and on the official website of the EUC http://www.ussns.org.yu/bc2008/ . The deadline for the General Entry is April 21, 2008. Together with a General Entry, a deposit of 1000 EURO has to be paid to EUSA. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related files: Invitation General Entry Form ...

We are happy to announce the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 8th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Camerino (ITA) from July 21-27, 2008 are available. You can find more info on the EUSA website and soon also on the official website of the EUC. The deadline for the General Entry is April 21, 2008. Together with a General Entry, a deposit of 1000 EURO has to be paid to EUSA. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related files: Invitation General Entry Form

On behalf of the organisers, we are announcing information, invitation, and the General Entry Form for the 1st EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BIATHLON CUP which will take place in Uvat, Russia from April 8 - 13, 2008. The deadline for applications has been determined as March 8, 2008. All relevant information is published on the EUSA website and on the official website of the event: www.studsport.ru . If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee. Related files: Information Invitation General Entry Form

Finnish Student Sports Federation celebrated its 84th anniversary on Friday 1st of February. In this occasion Mr. Tuukka Eloranta, president of the federation, awarded the annual student athlete prize to Johanna Manninen, who won two gold medals in Bangkok Universiade track and field events. First Johanna took the last lap in women’s 4 x 100 metres relay which was won by the Finnish team and two days later she was digging gold again in 100 metres individual competition. Manninen is 27 years and studying sport sciences in University of JyvA¤skylA¤. According to this former world junior champion, ...

We are announcing that the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 2nd EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Latina (ITA) from June 19-22, 2008, are available. You can find more info on the EUSA website and on the official website of the EUC www.euclatina.eu . The deadline for the General Entry form is March 19, 2008. If you have any questions regarding the championship, please do not hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related files: Invitation General Entry Form

Since 25th of January of 2008, the Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport (FADU.) have new social organs (President and Board of Directors) for the next 2 years (2008 - 2009). The investiture ceremony took place at the Sportive Medical Centre (University Stadium of Lisbon) and important personalities from the sport business and also from the Portuguese Universities was invited. It is important to mention the presence of the University Stadium of Lisbon President, JoALo Roquette (representing also the Ministry and Secretary of State for Science and High Education), the President of the ...

We are happy to announce that the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 6th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Kiev (UKR) from July 20-26, 2008, is available. You can find more info on the EUSA website and on the official website of the EUC www.vfas.org.ua. The deadline for the General Entry is April 20, 2008. Please also note that together with the General Entry a deposit of 1000 EURO per teams has to be paid to EUSA. If you have any questions regarding the championship don't hesitate to contact the Organising Committee or the EUSA Office. Related ...

The Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 5th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP which will take place in Wroclaw (POL) from July 14-19, 2008 is already available. You can find more information about the championship on the EUSA website and on the official website of the EUC: http://www.futsal2008.azs.wroclaw.pl . The deadline for the General Entry Forms is April 14, 2008. Related files: Invitation General Entry Form

We are announcing the Invitation, Programme and the General Entry Form for the 1st EUSA CROSS COUNTRY SKIING CUP which will take place in Ilgaz (TUR) from March 7-9, 2008. You can find more info on the official website of the EUSA Cup http://www.eusaxcskiingilgaz2008.org . The deadline for the General Entry is January 31, 2008. All the forms for the EUSA CUP have to be sent to the Organising Committee. Related files: Information General Entry Form

European University Sports Association Student Commission (EUSA STC) together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships is looking for active students interested to participate as supporting organisers at the EUCs 2008. - Beach Volleyball, Antalya (TUR), 17.06 – 22.06 - Table Tennis, Latina (ITA), 03.07 – 6.07 - Futsal, Wrocław (POL), 14.07 – 19.07 - Handball, NiA! (SRB), 14.07 – 20.07 - Volleyball, Camerino (ITA), 21.07 – 27.07 - Basketball, Novi Sad (SRB), 21.07 – 27.07 - Football, Kiev (UKR), 21.07 – 27.07 - Rugby 7s., Rome (ITA), 23.07 – ...

We are announcing the Invitation and the General Entry Form for the 5th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP and EUSA BEACH GAMES which will take place from June 17-22, 2008 in ANTALYA (TUR). Every EUSA Member Federation can enter up to two men and two women teams for the EUC Beach Volleyball. The EUSA Beach Games will be held in Beach Handball (m, w), Beach Football (m) and Beach Basketball (m, w). You can find the regulations and more info on the event in the bulletin attached. More information will also be published on the official website of the event: www.eusabeach2008.org We ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) had its annual General Assembly on December 19, 2007 in Maribor. The delegates approved the Annual Reports presented by SUSA President prof. dr. Otmar Kugovnik and approved the Activity Plan. The General Assembly also accepted some modifications to the Statutes and elected two new board members: prof. dr. Andreja Kocijancic, Rector of the University of Ljubljana and Andrej Krcek, President of the Student Organisation of University of Maribor. The Executive Committee also nominated the new Technical Committee. Matjaz Pecovnik, SUSA Secretary General ...

On behalf of the EUSA Executive Committee we would like to wish you, your family and your organisation warm and sincere wishes for Christmas and New Year 2008.

The 4th European Universities Tennis Championship successfully finished yesterday. The event was organised by Russian Students Sport Union from December 3-9, 2007 in Moscow. 19 men and 11 women university teams from 13 countries took part on the championship. Both titles of the European Universities Champions were won by the students from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism. The next event will take place in December 2008 in Dublin (IRL). MEDALLISTS Men 1. Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism (RUS) 2. Stockholm School of Economics (SWE) ...

We would like to inform you that the 4th European Universities Tennis Championship started yesterday in Moscow (RUS). 19 men and 11 women university teams will be competing for the titles of the European Universities Champions until Sunday, December 9. You can find daily results and more information on the official website of the event: http://eusa.sportedu.ru .

The 9th EUSA General Assembly took place in Belgrade (SRB) from November 30 to December 2, 2007. The delegates from 39 member federations were welcomed by Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Sinisa Jasnic, President of the University Sports Federation of Serbia and George E. Killian, FISU President. Among the invited guests were also the representatives of the Continental University Sports Associations, Rectors from the Awarded Universities, Ambassadors, EUSA Honorary President, Technical Delegates and Organisers of the 2008 EUSA Events. The Assembly was chaired by Adam Roczek. Belarus and Bosnia ...

The EUSA Executive Committee on its meeting 04-2007 held on November 29, 2007 in Belgrade decided to attribute the following EUSA Events: 1. EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 - Badminton: Krakow (POL) 2. EUSA CUPS 2008 - Cross Country Skiing: Cankri (TUR) - Aesthetic Gymnastics: Tartu (EST) 3. EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 - Beach Volleyball: Gdynia (POL) - Basketball: Heraklion (GRE) - Volleyball, Football: Leipzig (GER) - Karate: Edirne (TUR) - Rowing: Kruszwica (POL) - Badminton: Geneve (SUI) - Handball: Ljubljana (SLO) - Tennis: Poznan (POL) - Table Tennis: Skopje (MKD) - Futsal: ...

At the EUSA General Assembly, which starts tomorrow; November 29 to December 2, 2007, the EUSA Year Magazine 2007 is going to be presented. The Magazine is published annually, and contains all the relevant information from the championships and other EUSA events. The 2007 Magazine is available for download but you can Contact Us and request the printed versions of the publication to be sent out to you. We generally grant the requests made from university sports organisations throughout Europe, and also from other parts of the world. Download the 2007 issue PDF (5,48Mb) Download the 2006 issue PDF ...

President of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr. Valdas Adamkus, attended ceremony of Lithuania sportsman accolade. Welcoming all guests, the President pointed out, that this year Lithuanian students achieved honourable results and victories at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok. Mr Adamkus believes that athletes achieved victories with strong effort and patience with support from the entire nation. A special joy was brought by Lithuanian academic victories at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Thailand. For aspiring victories in Bangkok, Viktorija Zemaityte, the champion of Bangkok Universiade and Ceslovas ...

University Sports Union of Serbia will host the 2007 EUSA General Assembly in Belgrade, Serbia from November 30 to December 2, 2007. For additional information see EUSA General Assembly 2007 page or contact EUSA Office.

The European Universities Badminton Championship 2007 that was held from November 12-17, 2007 in St. Petersburg (RUS) successfully finished. 18 university teams with over 150 participants from 12 European countries took part on the event which was organised by the Russian Student Sports Union and the St. Petersburg Organising Committee. The event was the first EUC organised in Russia. You can find more info on the EUSA page dedicated to 4th European Universities Badminton Championship or the official website of the event: http://www.eusa.spb.ru . MEDALLISTS Team Competition 1. University of Hamburg ...

The European Universities Badminton Championship 2007 starts tomorrow in St. Petersburg, Russia. 18 university teams with over 150 participants from 12 European countries take part on the event which will be organised by the Russian Student Sports Union and the St. Petersburg Organising Committee from November 12-17, 2007. You can find more info on the official website of the event: http://www.eusa.spb.ru . After the event, you will also be able to read the official results and ranking at the EUSA website.

We would like to inform you that the official website of the European Universities Tennis Championship 2007 which will take place from December 3-8, 2007 in Moscow (RUS) is now operating. You can find all the information on the championship on http://eusa.sportedu.ru .

We would like to inform you that due to the national holidays in Slovenia, the EUSA Office will be closed from Wednesday, October 31 to Sunday, November 4, 2007. We will therefore be back in the office on Monday, November 5.

We remind all interested members that the deadline for candidatures for EUSA Events in 2009 is November 15, 2007. We would like to inform you that EUSA Executive Committee decided on its last meeting that no EUSA Event would be organised in the period June 25 – July 15, 2009. This decision was made in order not to coincide with the Summer Universiade 2009 which will be organised from July 1-12, 2009 in Belgrade (SRB). EUSA Executive Committee will attribute the organisation of EUSA 2009 Events on its next meeting on November 29, 2007.

The organising Committee of the 4th European Universities Tennis Championship, which is to take place December 3-9, 2007 in Moscow, Russia, has forwarded a progress report on the status and details of the championship. 1. GENERAL ORGANISATION ACCOMMODATION All participants will stay in the Tennis Centre Hotel. The Tennis Centre Hotel is located on the territory of the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism. The nearest Metro Station is «Cherkisovskaya». The athletes will be accommodated in 2-4 place rooms and the same will apply for officials and coaches. EUSA ...

The 5th EUSA Symposium, which was organised by the Russian Student Sports Union from September 27-30, 2007 in Moscow (RUS), successfully finished. The plenary session started on September 28, 2007. The participants were first welcomed by Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President and Mr. Oleg V. Matytsin, the President of the Russian Student Sports Union (RSSU). Both were also keynote speakers on the session. Beside them, the presentations were also given by Mr. Blair A.N., the Rector of RSUFE, Mr. Rodichenko V.S., Honourable Vice-President of the Olympic Committee of Russia and Mr. Klesnev from the ...

The first EUC Rugby 7s, that took part from September 28-29, 2007 in Grenoble (FRA), successfully finished. 12 University Teams from 7 European countries took part on the championship, which was organised by the French University Sports Federation and the University Sports Federation of Grenoble. The first European Champion became the team from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (GBR), who won in the finals the University of Leeds Met Carnegie (GBR). The third place went to the University Pierre Mendes France of Grenoble (FRA). Medal winners 1. University of Wales Institute Cardiff, GBR ...

The EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik participated on the annual Danube Rectors' Conference (DRC), which took place from September 23-25, 2007 in Krems, Austria. The Conference with the title Strategic management and new challenges of competitive universities in the Danube region attracted more than 120 participants from many European Universities. The DRC conference discussed the following topics: higher education management, especially leadership and personnel development at universities in the Danube region; E-learning strategies and their support within ...

On the Invitation of the University Sports Federation of Macedonia (FSUM) the EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik visited today the capital of FYR Macedonia - Skopje. EUSA representatives were welcomed by the FSUM President Blagoja Markoski and Secretary General Boris Brsakoski, who presented them the activities of the Federation and its future projects. FSUM President announced that the goals of federation are also to increase the participation of university teams from FYR Macedonia on the European Universities Championships and organisation of one of the EUC ...

On the Invitation of the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA), the President of EUSA Mr. Alberto Gualtieri together with EUSA Secretary General Mr. Matjaz Pecovnik visited Koper, Slovenia and the University of Primorska, where they were welcomed by the SUSA President Mr. Otmar Kugovnik, SUSA Vice-President Mr. Rado Pisot and Mrs. Lucija Cok, the Rector of the University of Primorska. Mr. Gualtieri thanked the Rector and SUSA representatives for the successful organisation of the EUC Futsal in Izola this July and for the long year support of EUSA Activities. EUC Futsal 2007 was the 4th ...

The EUSA Student Commission (STC) Members met on its first meeting in 2007. The meeting took place from September 7-9, 2007 in Rome. The participants were welcomed by the EUSA President, Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, who was also the host of the meeting. Present on the meeting were also EUSA Secretary General Matjaz Pecovnik and EUSA Treasurer, Adam Roczek. The meeting was chaired by Rafael Gil Salinas, STC Chair. The members discussed the role of STC and its activity plan for the future. The STC proposals will be presented on the EUSA Executive Committee, which will be held in October in Cyprus.

The Programme for the symposium, which will take place in Moscow, Russian Federation: September 27 - 30, 2007, is available for download, and you can also read it online at the EUSA Symposium 2007 site.

The 3rd European Universities Rowing Championship 2007 concluded yesterday. It took place from September 6 to 8, 2007 in Girona, Spain. 60 Universities from 13 countries took part on the event, entering a total of 336 athletes in 125 crews; meaning that the number of participants was the highest up to now. Also the standard of participants was very high, and included several athletes coming direct from the (FISA) World Rowing Championships and also many World U23 & World University medallists. You can find more information and detailed results on the internal EUSA page EUC Rowing 2007 or at the ...

We are announcing invitation for EUSA member federations to participate at the 9th EUSA General Assembly, which is to be held from November 30 - December 2, 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia. This General Assembly is also important for the elections as new Executive Committee and Auditors will be elected for the next 4-year period. Deadline for nominations on standardised forms is October 17, 2007. Until this day we also accept proposals for the GA agenda. The agenda will then be forwarded on November 1st, 2007. The tentative time schedule is as follows: 29.11.2007 EC meeting and Arrival of the Delegations ...

Almost four years ago we started with the activities to purchase the domain http://www.eusa.eu and despite all the efforts, we were not successful in the past... But we didn't give up! Today we are very happy and proud to inform you that the negotiations with the previous owner of the domain have successfully concluded, and we have acquired the EU domain. From September 1, 2007 all EUSA activities will be available at our new website: www.eusa.eu . Please also note the new EUSA e-mail address: office@eusa.eu . The old domain (www.eusa-unisport.org) and e-mail address (office@eusa-unisport.org) ...

The 3rd European Universities Championship in Rowing with 12 nations, over 50 universities and over a hundred crews, more than 370 athletes and officials is about to start next week - from September 6-8, 2007 in Girona, Spain. You are invited to visit the http://www.udg.edu/eucr2007/ , where you will find more information on the Championship.

EUSA EC held a meeting during the FISU General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand on August 13. EUSA EC attributed two European Universities Championships for 2008, and has also nominated technical delegates for golf and bridge. Newly attributed EUCs for 2008: * EUC Rugby 7s: Rome / ITA * EUC Sailing: Zadar / CRO As you have already been informed, the other EUCs 2008 will be organised as follows: * EUC Volleyball: Camerino / ITA * EUC Basketball: Novi Sad/ SRB * EUC Rowing: Zagreb / CRO * EUC Futsal: Wroclaw / POL * EUC Football: Kiev / UKR * EUC Beach Volleyball: Antalya / TUR * EUC Handball: Nis / ...

The 24th Summer Universiade, which took place from August 8 to 18 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, officially concluded yesterday with the closing ceremony. 9006 participants, representing over 6000 athletes from 152 countries, took part at this world's largest student sport games. 18 sports were offered this year - beside thirteen compulsory ones (athletics, basketball, diving, fencing, football, gymnastics artistic, gymnastics rhythmic, judo, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball and water polo), five optional sports were offered (badminton, golf, shooting, softball and taekwondo). The games ...

Bangkok, Thailand is hosting the 24th Summer Universiade from August 8 till 18, 2007 at which many of our member associations are also participating. For updated results follow the links from the official website of the universiade at http://www.bangkok2007.com or read the higlights from the FISU website at http://www.fisu.net . Please note that during the universiade, EUSA Office will operate via email only. Thank you for your understanding.

Just prior to the start of the 24th Summer Universiade, the General Assembly of FISU took place from August 5 to 6 in Bangkok, Thailand . At the 30th General Assembly, new Executive Committee for the period 2007-2011 was elected, and three new member associations were accepted; among them also the new EUSA member from Montenegro. The Assembly also heard status reports of the upcoming Summer Universiades (Belgrade 2009 and Shenzhen 2011), as well as the future Winter Universiades (Harbin 2009 and Erzurum 2011). FISU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2007-2011 President George E. Killian (USA) 1st Vice-President ...

Issue 3/2007 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 3/2007 Content: - Welcome by the President - International Seminar on the University Sport - European Universities Championships * EUC Table Tennis 2007 * EUC Handball 2007 * EUC Karate 2007 * EUC Football 2007 * EUC Volleyball 2007 * EUC Futsal 2007 * EUC Basketball 2007 - Upcoming EUSA Events * EUC Rowing * EUC Rugby 7s * EUC Badminton * EUC Tennis * Bridge Cup * EUSA Symposium 2007 * ...

Geneva, SUI was the host of the 7th EUC Basketball. The event was organised by the University of Geneva and the Swiss University Sports Federation. 16 men and 8 women teams from 15 European countries participated on the event. In the men’s final the Vytautas Magnus University (LIT ) won the Aristotle University (GRE) of Thessaloniki by 86:82. The Champions in women competition became the Higher Vocational State School Gorzow (POL) who won the University of Ljubljana (SLO) by 71:62 in the finals. The awards for the best player went to Katarina Ristic (University of Ljubljana) and Paulius Pociuipa ...

The 4th EUC Futsal was organised by the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) from July 23-30, 2007 in Izola. 20 men from 16 European countries participated on the event, what represents a new record. The Opening Ceremony was held on the open air in the City Centre in the presence of more than 1,000 spectators. Mr. Otmar Kugovnik, the President of SUSA and Mr. Phil Attwell, EUSA EC Representative welcomed the participants and opened the Championship. After a number of quality matches, the title of the Champions went to the Dniepropetrovsk State Finance Academy (UKR), who won in the finals ...

Podgorica (Montenegro) hosted the EUC Karate 2007. The Championship took place from July 6-8, 2007 and was organised by the University Sports Federation of Montenegro. More than 200 students from 17 European countries participated on the event. The next EUC Karate will be organised in 2009. The deadline for candidatures is November 15, 2007. EUC 2007 Medallists: MALE KUMITE INDIVIDUAL -60KG 1. RADULOVIC JOVAN, Mediteran University, MNE 2. AKSU SELCUK, University of Trakya, TUR 3. KRISTIN IGOR, University of Belgrade, SRB 3. TIDIJANI REDA, Pole University Leonardo de Vinci, FRA MALE KUMITE INDIVIDUAL ...

The 7th EUC Volleyball took place from July 16-23, 2007 in Rijeka (CRO). 20 men and 15 women university teams from 17 European countries were participating on the event, which was organised by the Rijeka Organising Committee and the Croatian University Sports Federation. The titles of the European Universities Champions went to the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism (Russia) in women competition, and Gazi University (Turkey) in men competition. You can find the results, photos and more information on the website www.eucv2007.com . The EUC Volleyball 2008 will take ...

Two European Universities Championships take place this week. 16 men and 8 women teams participate on the EUC Basketball 2007, which takes place in Geneva, SUI. You can find all the information on the event on http://www.eubc2007.unige.ch At the same time 20 men teams (new record) from 16 European countries take part on the EUC Futsal, which is being organised in Izola, SLO. The information and daily updated results are available on: www.susa.org/euc2007/

European University Sports Association (EUSA) in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana and the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organized the International Seminar on the University Sport, which took place from July 20-22, 2007 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The seminar was organized under the patronage of FISU. The theme of the Seminar was: The new FISU - The role of Europe and Continental University Sports Federations. The participants of the Seminar were the presidents and the representatives of the National University Sports Associations from Europe, members of the EUSA Executive ...

A record number of 20 men and 21 women universities teams from 18 European countries competed for the titles of the European Universities Champions in Beach Volleyball. The Championship took place from July 16-19, 2007 in Valencia, Spain. The Champions became the University of Klagenfurt, AUT in men, and University of Cologne, GER in women competition. You can find more details on the event on the website: www.eventosuv.es The next event will take place in June 2008 in Antalya, TUR. Medallists MEN 1. University of Klagenfurt, (F. Blaeuel, A. Huber), AUT 2. University of Berlin, (T. GA¶tz, M. BA¶ckermann), ...

The 7th EUC Volleyball will take place from July 16-23, 2007 in Rijeka (CRO). 20 men and 15 women university teams from 17 European countries will take part on the event, which will be organised by the Rijeka Organising Committee and the Croatian University Sports Federation. You can follow the results daily on the website www.eucv2007.com . 20 men and 20 women university teams from 18 countries will be competing for the titles of the European Universities Champions in Beach Volleyball. The Championship will take place from July 16-19, 2007 in Valencia. You can find more details on the event on ...

The 5th European Universities Football Championship finished today in Rome, Italy. 22 university teams (16 men and 6 women) from 15 European countries took part on the event, which was successfully organised by the Italian University Sports Federation (CUSI) and CUS Roma. In the men tournament the title of the European Universities Champions went to the University of Orleans (FRA), which won in the finals the University of Istanbul (TUR) by penalties 5:3. In the regular playing time the result was 1:1. Also in the women finals the winner was known only after the penalties. The champion became the ...

The 5th European Universities Football Championship starts today in Rome, Italy. 22 university teams (16 men and 6 women) from 15 European countries take part on the event, which is organised by the Italian University Sports Federation (CUSI) and CUS Roma. The championship finals will be played on July 14, 2007. You can find more information and results on the official website of the EUC: www.cusevents.com .

The 2nd European Universities Handball Championship finished today in Lodz, Poland. The Championship was organised by the Academic Sports Association of Poland and the Lodz Organising Committee. 20 university teams (14 men and 6 women) from 13 European countries participated on the event, among them also for the first time the university teams from Belarus (BLR), the country which is expected to join the EUSA membership this year. The European Universities Champions 2007 became the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen Nurnberg (GER) in women, and the Belarusian State University (BLR) in men ...

Issue 2/2007 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 2/2007 Content: - EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 02-2007 * EUC 2008 Deadline for bids * EUSA 2009 Program and bids * EUSA General Assembly 2008 and 2009 - News from EUSA Member Federations * SUI: General Assembly * SUI: 75th anniversary of SUSF * CRO: Changes in CUSF Board * CRO: CUSF Vice President visited EUSA office * GBR: Mrs. Odell awarded * SLO: SUSA activities * TUR: Meeting in ...

The 4th European Universities Badminton Championship, which will take place from November 12-17 in St. Petersburg, Russia, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 4th European Universities Badminton Championship, and at the official website of the championship at http://www.eusa.spb.ru . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) is very busy in the 10th year of its existence. After bidding for winter universiade 2011 and taking part in Torino Winter Universiade (where Slovenian student athletes won 10 medals), SUSA focused on the national university championships, which were organised in 10 sports in May. In 2007, SUSA will send teams to European Universities Championships in Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Volleyball, Tennis, Badminton and Futsal. In July, we will organise EUC Futsal in Izola. In the same month we will also organise – under the patronage of FISU and in cooperation ...

All is ready for the start of the 2nd European Universities Handball Championship, which will be organised from July 2-8, 2007 in Lodz, Poland. 20 university teams (14 men and 6 women) from 13 European countries will take part on the event, which will be organised by the Academic Sports Association of Poland and the Lodz Organising Committee. You can find more information and results on the official website of the EUC: http://www.handball2007.net

We are publishing initial information oabout the 9th EUSA General Assembly, which will take place from November 30-December 1, 2007 in Belgrade, SRB. The official invitation with more information will be sent by September 1, 2007. ORGANISERS: European University Sports Association, University Sports Federation of Serbia PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Thursday, November 29, 2007 Executive Committee Meeting and Delegations Arrival Friday, November 30, 2007 EUSA Seminar EUC 2008 Organisers Convention Saturday, December 1, 2007 General Assembly Sunday, December 2, 2007 Departures ARRIVAL POINT AND TRANSPORTATION ...

Alison Odell, BUSA Life Vice-President, FISU Assessor and former EUSA Executive Committee Member (1999-2005), has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in recognition for her services to sport. As FISU Executive Committee member she has been working in sport within Higher Education for 30 years, in which time she has held distinguished positions within a number if significant sporting bodies, both within Great Britain and on an international stage. As Chair of BUSA from 1996 to 2000 Odell led the Association through a time of significant change, ...

Representatives of 16 countries present at the meeting held on June 11 in Blumenau, Brazil, established a new continental university sport association - OrganizaciA3n Deportiva Universitaria Panamericana (ODUPA). This organisation will now serve as the Continental University Sport Association of America. Present at the meeting were also the presidents of two regional university sport associations, Mr JosA© Balsinde Herrera (ODUCC) and Mr Julio Jakob (COSUD). After having agreed to constitute ODUPA, and worked on the final version of the statutes, the representatives of the NUSF of America elected ...

European University Sports Association (EUSA) and University of Ljubljana under the organization of the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organize the International Seminar on the University Sport, which will take place from July 20-22, 2007 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Hereby you will find brief information regarding this event: Dates Friday, July 20, 2007 - Arrivals, Welcome Dinner Saturday, July 21, 2007 - Seminar Sunday; July 22, 2007 - Departures Theme The theme of the Seminar is: The new FISU - The role of Europe and Continental University Sports Federations Participants The participants ...

The 1st European Universities Table Tennis Championship successfully finished today in Ostrava, CZE. 25 university teams (16 men and 9 women) with 110 participants from 12 European Countries took part on the event. The European Universities Champion Title went to the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism (RUS), which won both in men and women team competition. EUSA would like to thank the Organising Committee and the Czech University Sports Association for the organisation of the event. The next EUC Table Tennis will take place in 2008 in Latina (ITA). For detailed results ...

On the invitation of Mr. Kemal Tamer, the President of the Turkish University Sports Federation, Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, the EUSA President together with some EUSA EC Committee Members visited Antalya, the host city of the 2008 European Universities Beach Volleyball Championship and EUSA Beach Games. The participants could observe the organisation of the Turkish University Beach Volleyball Championship, which is taking place from June 22-24, 2007 in Antalya and also met with the Mayor of the City and the Rector of the University of Antalya, who expressed full support to the university sport events ...

The 1st European Universities Table Tennis Championship officially started today in Ostrava, CZE. 25 university teams (16 men and 9 women) with 110 participants from 12 European Countries take part on the event, what is a great success for the first edition of the event. The EUC was officialy opened by Mr. Tomas Cermak, the Rector of the Technical University of Ostrava. Participants were welcomed also by Mr. Adam Roczek, the EUSA EC Representative and Mr. Vaclav Samberger, the Secretary General of the Czech University Sports Federation. The event will finish on Sunday, June 24, 2007. http://ktvs.vsb.cz/index.php?art=table_tenis ...

The newly elected Vice President of the Croatian University Sports Federation Mr Haris Pavletic, visited the EUSA office on June 7, 2007. Mr Pavletic, who is responsible for international relations in CUSF and is at the same time the President of the Organising Committee of the 7th European Universities Volleyball Championship 2007 was welcomed by the EUSA Secretary General Mr Matjaz Pecovnik. On the meeting Mr Pavletic presented the recent changes in the Croatian University Sports Federation and the new structure of the Executive Board of the federation. Croatia is one of the most active EUSA ...

The Swiss University Sports Federation celebrated its 75th anniversary with three events in Magglingen, also called the "Mekka" of the Swiss Sport. The SUSF invited the Executive Committee of EUSA to its second meeting of this year to the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport in Magglingen. For the first time Swiss University Championships were held in seven different sports such as Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Floorball, Tennis, Table Tennis and Badminton in the same city, and with a Gala dinner the Swiss Students Sport Organisation celebrated the 75 Years of its existence. At this occasion EUSA ...

Second EUSA EC Meeting in 2007 was held from June 1-2 in Magglingen, Switzerland. On behalf of the Swiss University Sports Association all the members of EUSA board were welcomed to the meeting by Mr Leonz Eder, FISU and EUSA EC member. Mr Walter Mengisen, deputy director of the Swiss Office of Sport and the Rector of the University of Applied Sciences of Sport Magglingen presented the organisation of sports in Switzerland. The EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri thanked Mr Mengisen and Mr Eder for the organisation of the meeting and the gratitude of EUSA for their support of European universities ...

On behalf of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the Russian Student Sports Union (RSSU) we have the pleasure to invite university students and officials of your country to participate in the 5th EUSA Symposium, which will be held in Moscow, Russia from September 27-30, 2007. Let us remind you that the deadline for applications had been determined as June 27, 2007. Attached you will find the Invitation, GE and NE Forms and Travel Plan Form. You will be soon able to find more information and the programme of the Symposium on the website: www.sport-union.ru . Related documents: ...

The 1st European Universities Rugby 7s Championship, which will take place from September 27-29 in Grenoble, France, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 1st European Universities Rugby 7s Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.sport-u-grenoble.com . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The FISU Executive Committee met on its meeting in Brussels from May 11-13, 2007. Among others, the EC members voted a number of proposals of modifications and amendments to the Statutes and the Internal Regulations and accepted the provisional admission as associate member five continental university sports federations. The proposed changes regarding the continental university sports federations must be approved by the General Assembly, which will take place on August 5-6,2007 in Bangkok. For more info please visit: www.fisu.net

We would like to inform you on the changes in the Croatian University Sports Federation. The General Assembly elected new President prof. Zrinko Custonja and Haris Pavletic, M.D. and prof. Jadranka Protic for vice-presidents. Secretary General is still not elected but will be in the following months. All the international affairs will go thru Mr. Haris Pavletic who is as the vice-president responsible for international relations. The temporary mailing address is Kruzna ulica 8/II, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia. Telephone and fax number is +385 51321 219. E-mail: hpavletic@gmail.com .

The move to distributed video systems - combined with the benefits of networking, position sensing, digital imaging, and web software intelligence - constitutes a far more effective means of remote event watching than has ever been reached before. Network tracking and distributed video provides a wide range of innovative functions and features which are only possible with ICT technology. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Global Positioning Sensing GPS technologies with Google Earth Application will be used. Herewith we give you the Instructions for you and your friends/colleagues who will ...

We would like to inform you of the change of the European Universities Badminton Championship 2007 dates. Due to the renovation of the competition venue the EUC cannot be held in October, as previously announced, but will now be organised from November 12-17, 2007 in St. Petersburg (RUS). Letters of Invitation and GE Forms will be available within a few days.

The 3rd European Universities Rowing Championship, which will take place from September 6-8 in Girona, Spain, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 3rd European Universities Rowing Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.udg.edu/eucr2007/ . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

European University Sports Association, Student Commission (EUSA STC) together with the Organising Committees of the European Universities Championships are looking for active students interested in Volunteers Training Program! Do you want to gain international experience in organising a sport event? Are you or your student sport institution planning to organise an international sport event? Join European University Sport Association’s training course to learn more! EUSA STC is looking for active students to participate as supporting organisers at the following European Universities Championship ...

We would like to inform you that EUSA Office will be closed from April 27 to May 6 due to national holidays in Slovenia and the international May Day (aka Labour Day, Workers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers) on May 1. Emails will be answered on the first working day after the holidays - May 7.

The Russian Student Sport Union with the support of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan organized the CIS and Eastern Europe University Sports Seminar, which took place from April 19-22, 2007 in Kazan (RUS). More than 50 representatives of the National University Sports Associations participated on the event, together with the Presidents and the Secretary Generals of FISU and continental university sports organizations. Present on the seminar were also the leaders of the State Duma of Russian Federation, Heads of the Federal Agency of Physical Culture and Sports, Federal Agency of Education, ...

The 4th European Universities Tennis Championship, which will take place from December 3-9 in Moscow, Russia, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 4th European Universities Tennis Championship . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The 4th European Universities Beach-Volleyball Championship, which will take place from July 16-19 in Valencia, Spain, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 4th European Universities Beach-Volleyball Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.eventosuv.es . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

On Tuesday, 10th April 2007 EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri with EUSA-EC-Member Wolf FrA1hauf had a meeting with the President of the European University Association (EUA), the Rector of the University of Vienna, Professor Dr. Georg Winckler in Vienna -in the rectors office in the main building of the University. President Gualtieri presented the European University Sports Association, its aims and activities to the EUA-President, who was impressed by the results EUSA achieved since it was founded in Vienna in 1999. The EUA - as the Europe-wide Association of all universities in Europe - is delighted ...

The Bangkok Organizing Committee organised from April 4-7, 2007 the Heads of Delegation Meeting, which was attended by 49 chefs-de-mission. Many delegates from the National University Sports Associations from Europe were present in Bangkok, including seven EUSA Executive Committee Members. Aside from attending the Heads of Delegation Meeting, the FISU delegates and all 49 chefs-de-mission also inspected all the competition sites. They said they were very satisfied with the great welcome we all organizing committee, Thai officials and volunteers gave to them. So far, students-athletes from 122 countries ...

Issue 1/2007 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 1/2007 Content: - EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 01-2007 * EUC 2007 * EUC 2008 * EUSA Cups * EUSA Patronage * Student Commission - EUSA News * EUSA Office has moved * University Rugby 7s perspective * University Rugby 7s perspective * Important meeting in Spain - News from EUSA Member Federations * SLO: Honorary Doctorate awarded to Mr Killian * SLO: 10th anniversary of Slovenian University ...

The European Universities Bridge Cup will be held in Brugge, Belgium from August 4-9, 2007. The event will be organised by the University of Antwerp. The Participation fee is 240 € / person. The participants will be accommodated in a single student rooms. The deadline for subscriptions is May 1, 2007. For more information on the event please contact Mr. Magerman on geert.magerman@pandora.be or visit the website http://www.unibridge.org .

The ordinary General Assembly of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/FSSU/SUSF) was held in Switzerland's capital at the University of Berne. The former World Cup Winner in Slalom and also Gold and Silver medallist at the Winter Universiade in Sapporo, Corinne Schmidhauser, was elected as a new member of the board. Fritz Holzer, Honorary Member of SUSF and FISU, retired from his work as a volunteer for the Swiss University sport after more than 50 years and was awarded by SUSF President Martin Hodler. A new membership system was accepted by the delegates of the Swiss University Sports ...

The Hungarian University Sports Federation (HUSF) - first of the kind in Europe - was founded on 25th March 1907, and it celebrated its 100th anniversary on 25th March 2007. In 1935, 1949, and 1954 it organized World University Games. With the foundation of FISU in 1959 as one of its members HUSF played a significant role in the international university sports life. The 1965 Universiade took place in Budapest, and in the last decades HUSF organized 8 World University Championships in different sports and games. HUSF is also a member of EUSA, from its foundation onwards, trying to improve European ...

JK USKOK and ELMAR, under the patronage of EUSA, are organising the 1st European Universities Sailing Cup to be held from 12 to 19 May 2007 in Zadar, Croatia. University teams from all over Europe are kindly invited to participate. The invitation is available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 1st European Universities Sailing Cup , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.regatta.sail.hr . Invitation (PDF file)

The office of the Finnish Student Sports Federation has moved to a new location. Please update your address books with the new information. Finnish Student Sports Federation Lapinrinne 2, FI-00180 Helsinki, Finland tel +358 29 009 0990 fax +358 29 009 0999 Other contact details remain the same.

On March 16 and 17, Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, visited Dublin, Ireland, where he met representatives of University of Dublin, CUSAI, and BUSA Tennis representatives. The following topics were discussed: European Universities Tennis League, EUC Tennis - Dublin 2008, EUSA and CUSAI. Mr Pecovnik met with Mr Jamie Pilkington, University of Dublin, CUSAI Tennis Responsible; Mr Carl Baldwin, BUSA Tennis Representative, ATP, ITF,WTA referee; Mr Evan Mc Ginn, BUSA Tennis Representative, University of Stirling, Scotland; and Mr Breifne Earley, CUSAI Representative. European Universities ...

The 3rd European Universities Karate Championship, which will take place from July 6-8 in Podgorica, Montenegro, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 3rd European Universities Karate Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.karatebuducnost.cg.yu . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The first European Universities Cup in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics was organized from March 8-10, 2007 in Moscow / RUS. More than 80 students from 7 countries took part in the event. The Opening Ceremony was organized in the sport center. After march pass of the participants and the cultural program, speeches were held by Mr Oleg Matytsin, the President of the Russian Sport Student Union and Mrs Paivi Alhroos-Tanttu, the Chair of Technical Committee of IFAGG. Mrs Polina Nochevnova, the Executive Director of Russian Federation of Aesthetic Gymnastics declared the competitions open. The Sport Centre, ...

Following the invitation of Mr Rafael Salinas, EUSA EC member responsible for STC, EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri and Vice President Sinisa Jasnic visited the Secretary of State and President f the Superior Sport Council, Education and Science Minister of Spain, Mr. Jaime Lissavetzky Diez at the presence of the Deputy General Director for Sport Cooperation Paralympics Sport, Higher Council for Sports, Mr Antonio Montalvo. The meeting took place in Madrid on February 26, 2007 and was arranged to discuss the role of Spain in EUSA and the recent high contribution of the Spanish Student Association ...

The office of the European University Sports Association - EUSA has moved to a new location. Since 2004, the EUSA Office has been hosted by the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) at the International Center for Promotion of Enterprises. Now the Rector of the University of Ljubljana Mrs Andreja Kocijancic offered to house EUSA. The new offices are now located at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Ljubljana. The President of EUSA, Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA Secretary General, Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, together with other EUSA assistants, offer their sincere thanks to the Rector of Ljubljana, ...

The 4th European Universities Futsal Championship, which will take place from July 23-29 in Koper, Slovenia, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 4th European Universities Futsal Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.susa.org/eufc2007/ . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

Technical Regulations for all the EUCs in 2007 will be published on the EUSA website by March 15, 2007 latest. For any questions please contact the EUSA Office. You can see the list of regulations, and download the PDF files at Documents > Technical Regulations .

Estonian Academic Sports Federation (EASF) celebrated its 15th anniversary at the beginning of the year. There is a nice tradition to celebrate it sportingly. There was a tournament for university professors, employees, university sports clubs, supporters and ministries. Tournament took place already fifth time and 37 teams participated in volleyball, basketball and chess. Great tournament in the good spirit of university sport was held, employees of the Tallinn Technical University won the cup of the most sportive university. Next day the official reception by Ants VeetAµusme, president of EASF ...

EUSA Executive Committee had its first meeting in 2007, held from February 22 to 25 in the FISU Headquarters in Brussels. The meeting started with welcome speech from Roch Campana, FISU Secretary General. EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri thanked FISU for the organisation of the meeting and welcomed all the members of the Executive Committee and the two invited NUSA presidents, Leonardo Coiana (ITA) and Ceslovas Garbaliauskas (LIT). The EC discussed a lot of items concerning the European Universities Championships, which are very successful both in quality and quantity, approved the Technical Regulations ...

The 5th European Universities Football Championship, which will take place from July 9-15 in Rome, Italy, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 5th European Universities Football Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.cusevents.com . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The 1st European Universities Table Tennis Championship, which will take place from June 21-24 in Ostrava, Czech Republic, is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 1st European Universities Table Tennis Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://ktvs.vsb.cz/index.php?art=table_tenis . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

Alberto Gualtieri in his position of EUSA President, FISU Chairman Ct Rugby, together with EUSA delegate Bob Reeves had a meeting with Mr Mark Egan, Head of Rugby Services Department, International Rugby Board, in Dublin on the 22nd of January. On the Agenda of the meeting there was the review of a possible common activity among EUSA, FISU and IRB. This meeting has a particular importance after the very positive result of the 2nd FISU World Rugby 7’s Championship held in Rome in 2006 and in the perspective of the EUSA Rugby 7’s activity starting in France, Grenoble 2007. In the course of the ...

The next EUSA Executive Committee meeting will be organised from February 22-25, 2007, and will be held in the FISU Headquarters in Brussels (BEL). Among others, the Executive Committee will attribute the organisation of the 2008 EUC, approve the Technical Regulations for EUC 2007 and nominate new STC members.

Prof. Dr. GyA¶ngyi SzabA3 FA¶ldesi (HUN), member of the FISU CESU Commission and the Hungarian University Sports Association representative at the last EUSA General Assembly in Valencia 20006, was awarded with a high rank state order of the Hungarian Republic, the so-called "Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Officers' Cross." Mrs FA¶ldesi received the award because of her outstanding activity in sport sciences, especially in sport sociology, in sport related public life, and because of her committed work to popularize "sport for all" in Hungary. The award was also a consequence of her ...

The President of EUSA Mr Alberto Gualtieri, and the Vice-President of EUSA Mr Sinisa Jasnic visited the newest member of EUSA - the University Sports Association of Montenegro. At a meeting on February 2, 2007, the the European Universities Karate Championship 2007 was also discussed. The champiosnhip is to take place between July 6 and 8 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Many prominent guests were also present at the meeting, including Mr Predrag Sekulic, the Minister of culture, sport and media, and Mr Dusan Simonovic, the President of Olympic Committee of Montenegro. The representatives of the host ...

Mr Paulo Ferreira has been nominated on 19th January 2007 as the new President of the Portuguesse University Sports Association (FADU), after the resignation of Mr Carlos de Sousa Santos. Mr Ferreira has a degree in Sports Management and has recently worked as International Relations officer at the EUC Basketball 2006 held in GuimarALes. He will be in charge until December, when FADU has elections for the 2007-2009 period.

On Thursday 18 January 2007 a second Joint Symposium between British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) and University and College Sport (UCS) members was held at Coventry University to consider the establishment of a new single body for Higher Education (HE) Sport in the UK. Over the past three years an Options Appraisal Group has been tasked by the organisations' Executives to consider the practical and political implications of the establishment of a singular body for HE Sport. This Group, whose membership included both student and staff members of BUSA and UCS, conducted a detailed ...

On the occasion of the celebration of the 10th years of SELL Students Games, regional sports events of students of Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania, on behalf of the Lithuanian students sports association and the organizing committee of XXIII SELL Games we have the honour to invite students of your countries universities to participate in the sports, science, and cultural events of XXIII SELL STUDENTS GAMES - 2007, held under the patronage of EUSA, that will be organised in Kaunas, Lithuania on May 16-20, 2007. I. Time and place The 23rd SELL Games will be held during the period of May 16 ...

Turkish University Sports Federation under the patronage of EUSA is organising EUSA folk dance festival, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey from May 14-20, 2007. We invite you to join the event by filling out the Application Form . You can find more information on this European Universities Folk Dance Competition and Cultural Festival on the official website: http://www.eusa-folkdance.org . Attachment: 2007_folk_dance_application_form.doc

The 2nd European Universities Handball Championship, which will take place from July 3-9 in Lodz, Poland is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 2nd European Universities Handball Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.handball2007.net . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The 7th European Universities Basketball Championship, which will take place from July 23-29 in Geneva, Switzerland is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 7th European Universities Basketball Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.eubc2007.unige.ch . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The 7th European Universities Volleyball Championship, which will take place from July 16-23 in Rijeka, Croatia is announcing the Invitation and the General Entry forms. The documents are available for download below and you can find more information at the EUSA page dedicated to the 7th European Universities Volleyball Championship , and at the official website of the championship at http://www.eucv2007.com . Invitation (DOC file) General Entry Form (DOC file)

The EUSA Executive Committee will nominate 4-6 new Student Commission Members for the term of the next two years. The new commission members will be nominated on the EUSA EC meeting on February 24, 2007. The member federations are asked to send the candidatures to the EUSA office by e-mail until February 20, 2007. The EUSA Executive Committee will nominate 4 -6 new Student Commission Members for the next two-year term. Following we would like to give you some information about the objectives of the commission. The goals of the commission have been defined by the EUSA Executive Committee as follows: ...

Turin (Torino), Italy hosted this year's 23rd Winter Universiade which actually took place in Turin, Bardonnechia and Pragelato. This was the 23rd edition of the Winter University Games, which are organised under the FISU licence and flag. 1,906 student athletes from 52 countries, challenged each other in 11 snow and ice disciplines (Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Ice Hockey, Nordic Combined, Short Track, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding, Speed Skating and a demonstration sport Synchronised Skating), fighting for 72 championship titles. According to the statistics ...

On January 16, 2007 came a long expected FISU decision of attributing the 2011 Winter and Summer Universiades. Throughout the day, the FISU Executive Committee was being presented with the bid for the 2011 Universiades, the order of presentation was decided with a draw. SUMMER UNIVERSIADE 2011 BIDDING CITIES: Kazan, Rusia Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Shenzhen, China Murcia, Spain Poznan, Poland WINTER UNIVERSIADE 2011 BIDDING CITIES: Erzurum, Turkey Maribor, Slovenia In the evening, with one-hour delay, the decision was finally revealed: the 2011 Winter Universiade was attributed to Erzurum, Turkey ...

EUSA office has received bids for hosting the championships in Volleyball, Handball, Futsal, Rowing, Table Tennis and Beach-Volleyball. The deadline for the following EUSA 2008 events is postponed to February 10, 2007: EUC Rugby 7s EUC Badminton EUC Tennis EUC Basketball EUC Football EUSA General Assembly If your federation is interested in organisation of one of these events, we ask you to fill the bidding document (available on the EUSA website - see documents) and send it to the EUSA office by e-mail. The EUSA Executive Committee will decide on the organisers on its next meeting, which will ...

Slovenian University Sports Association - SUSA celebrated the 10th anniversary of its activities on Friday, January 5, 2007. The celebration was held at the University of Maribor, and was attended by over 100 prominent guests from Slovenia and abroad, including Mr. Marian Dymalski (POL) – FISU Executive Committee Member, Mr. SiniA!a Jasnić (SRB) - FISU Executive Committee Member, Mr. Alberto Gualtieri (ITA) - EUSA President, Mr. Rafael Gil Salinas (ESP) – EUSA Executive Committee Member, Mr. Adam Roczek (POL) - EUSA Executive Committee Member, Mr. Wolf FrA1hauf (AUT) - EUSA Executive Committee ...

The Rector of the University of Maribor, prof. dr. Ivan Rozman, awarded the President of the International University Sport Federation FISU Mr George E. Killian with Doctor Honoris Causa - an honorary doctorate for his extraordinary achievements in the field of university sports. The event took place at the University of Maribor headquarters located in the centre of Maribor. More than 200 people attended this special occasion, among them were the FISU Family members, representatives of the European University Sports Association EUSA, rectors of Slovenian universities, deans of the University of ...

Executive Committee of the European University Sports Association sends very warm and sincere wishes for Christmas and New Year to you, your family, and your organisation.

Issue 5/2006 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! European University Sports 5/2006 Content: - 8th EUSA General Assembly * Convention for the EUC 2007 Organisers * EUSA Seminar * General Assembly * European Universities Championships * EUSA Symposium 2007 * Student Commission - EUSA Year Magazine published - European candidates for the 2011 Universiades * Winter Universiade * Summer Universiade - European Universities Championships 2007 * New Entry Procedure * EUC ...

At the 2006 EUSA General Assembly, the members of the European bidding cities for Universiades 2011 were also present: Poznan, Murcia, Kazan, Maribor, and also Erzurum. You can find more information on their bids on the FISU website and the websites of the candidate cities: WINTER UNIVERSIADE ERZURUM 25th Winter Universiade Erzurum 2011 http://www.universiadeerzurum.org {mosimage} MARIBOR 25th Winter Universiade Maribor 2011 http://www.universiademaribor.org {mosimage} SUMMER UNIVERSIADE KAZAN 26th Summer Universiade Kazan 2011 http://www.kazan2011.com {mosimage} MURCIA 26th Summer Universiade ...

At this year's EUSA General Assembly, which took place in Valencia, Spain from December 1-3, the EUSA Year Magazine 2006 was presented. The Magazine will be published annually, and will contain all the relevant information from the championships and other EUSA events. The 2006 Magazine is available for download but you can Contact Us and request the printed versions of the publication to be sent out to you. We generally grant the requests made from university sports organisations throughout Europe, and also from other parts of the world. Download the 2006 issue PDF (2.11Mb) Download the 2005 ...

Valencia, a wonderful Spanish city was the venue of the 8th EUSA General Assembly, which took place from December 1-3, 2006. The representatives from 33 EUSA member federations participated on the event. Beside them, also many guests were present, including a huge number of FISU Executive Committee members, EUSA Technical Delegates, EUC 2007 Organisers and members of European bidding cities for Universiades 2011 such as Poznan, Kazan, Murcia, Maribor and of the Belgrade Universiade 2009. After a cultural program, including a visit of Valencia Harbour, host of the next America's Cup, the Ciudad ...

The EUSA Executive Committee 04-2006 was held on November 30, 2006 at the University of Valencia, Spain. The meeting started with welcome speech from Rafael Gil Salinas, the Vice Rector of the University of Valencia. The EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri welcomed all the members of the Executive Committee and thanked the hosts for the organisation of the meeting. All members of the Executive Committee were present, except Phil Attwell and Tiina Beljaeva, who excused their absence. Among others, the EUSA Executive Committee decided: European Universities Championships The following dates for the ...

Issue 4/2006 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! Content: - EUSA Executive Committee Meeting in Paris * EUC Rugby 2007 attributed * EUC 2007 Programme * Suspensions * Technical Delegates nominated * EUSA Symposium * EUSA Convention for the Organisers - EUSA General Assembly - Valencia 2006 - Meetings * Danube Rectors Conference * European Sports for All Congress * European Olympic Committte - News from EUSA member federations * CYP (new Headquarters) * SRB (new ...

The inauguration of the new headquarters for the Organising Committee of the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on October 28, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia. Present at the inauguration as well were the EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary-General Matjaz Pecovnik and FISU General Director Eric Saintrond. The new headquarters is a prestigious Villa, which served once as the residence of a president of former Yugoslavia. The building has been refurbished to welcome the OC of Belgrade 2009 and has been equipped with the latest technology, thanks to Siemens, to provide the best working conditions ...

The 2006 General Assembly of the European University Sports Association will take place in Valencia, Spain from December 1 to 3, 2006. All EUSA members are welcomed to participate but are required to registed by the end of October. PROGRAMME Thursday, November 30, 2006 Executive Committee Meeting and Delegations Arrival Friday, December 1, 2006 EUSA Seminar - University, Tourism and Sport EUC 2007 Organisers Convention Saturday, December 2, 2006. General Assembly Sunday, December 3, 2006 Departures TRANSPORTATION University of Valencia will organise transportation from Valencia / Manises Airport ...

The 3rd EUSA Executive Committee Meeting in 2006 took place on October 6 & 7, 2006 in Paris, France. The meeting started with welcome speeches from Mr. Jose Savoye, the President of the French University Sports Federation (FNSU), Mr. Henri Sérandour, the President and Mr. Claude Gallien, the Vice President of the French Olympic Committee (FOC). The EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri welcomed all the members of the Executive Committee and thanked the President of the FNSU and FOC for the organisation of the meeting. At the meeting, the following decisions were made, among the others: 1. ...

As of the beginning of October 2006, due to the recent political changes, the University Sports Federation of Serbia is using new email address and website. Please update the new information, and change the name of the association as well if you haven't done so already. Other contact details remain the same. University Sports Federation of Serbia Strahinjica Bana 73a/I RS - 11000 Belgrade Serbia Tel: +381 11 262 8658 Fax: +381 11 262 8658 Email: usss@eunet.yu Web: http://www.usss.org.yu

The 2006 Danube Rectors' Conference took place from September 20 to 23 in Maribor, Slovenia, attracted over 300 attendants among from European Universities. The conference was hosted by the University of Maribor. One of the keynote speakers was also Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, the President of the European University Sports Association (EUSA), who presented the participants the role of EUSA in the organisation of the university sports. EUSA President and Secretary General took the opportunity and met with Mr. Winkler, the President of the European University Association, Mr. Sovic, the Mayor of ...

As of September 1, 2006, the Cyprus University Sports Federation has moved to their new offices. They have newpostal address, and new phone numbers. Email address and website remain the same. Please update your contacts according to the new information. Cyprus University Sports Federation - CUSF Olympic House 21 Amfipoleos CY-2025 Strovolos Lefkosia CYPRUS Tel: +357 22 449 864 Fax: +357 22 449 865 Email: cusf@cytanet.com.cy Web: http://www.cusf.org.cy

EUSA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2006 The 8th EUSA General Assembly will be held from December 1 – 3, 2006 in Valencia / Spain. All EUSA members are kindly invited to participate with their delegates. Details about the participation will be mailed out to every member organisation. The tentative time schedule is as follows: Thursday; 30.11.2006: Executive Committee meeting, Arrival of the Delegations Friday; 01.12.2006: EUSA Seminar Saturday; 02.12.2006: General Assembly Sunday; 03.12.2006: Departures Member federations are requested to send their proposals before October 18, 2006. The agenda including ...

Russian Students Sport Union changed its website address to http://www.sport-union.ru . Contact email address and all other contact details remain the same (you can check them at the Members > Russia part of the EUSA website).

All nine European University Championships, organised in 2006, have succesfully finished. We are very proud to annonce, that the participation has increased from 1530 participants in 2005 to 2160 participants in 2006, which represents 41% growth. The number of participating universities increased from 200 in 2005 to 255 in 2006 (28% increase). 26 European countries participated at the championships in 2006. Universities from France participated at all 9 championships, Germany, Croatia, Poland and Portugal sent their teams to 8 champiosnhips, and the other countries a bit less. Universities from ...

The 2nd European University Rowing Championship, which took place in Brive La Gaillarde (FRA) has succesfully finished, with over 300 participants - 46 universities from 13 European countries present. The European University Champions became: LM2X: RUS - RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF PHISICAL EDUCATION IN MOSCOW LM4: NED - UNIVERSITY OF TILBURG M2: GBR - IMPERIAL COLLEGE M2X: AUT - UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA M4: GER - UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG M4X: GBR - UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE M8+: CZE - CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF PRAGUE W2: GBR - IMPERIAL LONDON UNIVERSITY LW2X: POL - UNIVERSITY OF POZNAN W2X: SUI - UNIVERSITY ...

The 2nd European University Rowing Championship will be held in Brive, France, on September 1 & 2, 2006. The organisers expect record participation, with 80 crews and over 340 competitors, coming from 12 European countries. For more details, see the official website of the championship: http://csnbrive.fr .

The 3rd European University Futsal Championship which took place in Novi Sad, Serbia, from July 16 to 24, has finished. 14 male university teams from 12 countries participated at the championship, which was organised by the University Sports Association of Serbia. RESULTS 1. University of Ljubljana (SLO) 2. University of Zagreb (CRO) 3. State Financial Academy Dniepropetrovsk (UKR) More results and photos on the official website of the EUC: http://www.ussns.org.yu/championship/ The next EUC will be organised in Koper / SLO in July 2007.

The 3rd European University Badminton Championship, which took place from July 13-16, 2006 in Lisbon / Portugal, has just finished. Results Team Competition 1. University of Vladivostok, RUS 2. University of Loughborough, GBR 3. Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy, POL Singles MEN Jan Frolich (Charles University in Prague, CZE) WOMEN Evgenya Dimova (University of Vladivostok, RUS) Doubles MEN Dremin, Vasiliev (University of Vladivostok, RUS) WOMEN Wegrzyn, Kurdelska (Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy, POL) Mixed Doubles Dremin, Dymova (University of Vladivostok, RUS) You can find more results and photos on the ...

The 6th European University Basketball Championship which took place in Guimaraes, Poprtugal from July 11-16, has finished with a record participation of 28 university teams (12 women, 16 men) from 14 European countries. Results MEN 1. Vytautas Magnus University, LTU 2. University of Ljubljana, SLO 3. Siauliai University, LTU WOMEN 1. PWSZ Gorzow Wielkopolski, POL 2. University of Cordoba, ESP 3. University of Ljubljana, SLO More results and photo gallery can be found at the official website: http://www.eubc2006.aaum.pt

This year's major event EUC2006 which combined the European University Championships ni Volleyball, Football, Tennis, and also the Waterpolo Cup, took place in Eindhoven / the Netherlands from July 2-9, 2006. Results 1. VOLLEYBALL MEN 1. Eindhoven University of Technology, NED 2. University of La Sapienza Roma, ITA 3. University of Warnia and Mazury, POL WOMEN 1. Eindhoven University of Technology, NED 2. Surgut State University, RUS 3. Technical University of Munchen, GER 2. TENNIS MEN 1. London Metropolitan University, GBR 2. Eindhoven University of Technology, NED 3. University of Fribourg, ...

The city of Tshwane, formely known as Pretoria, Capital City of South Africa is hosted the 4th FASU Games (African University Games). The Local Organising Committee received the support form the highest regional and national authorities: the City of Tshwane, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASSCOC), the Gauteng Province, the SASSU, The University of Pretoria as well as CUCSA. Dr Malumbete RALETHE, FISU Assessor and Honorary President of SASSU (South African Student Sports Union) was very pleased to welcome a large delegation from FISU and EUSA representatives, such ...

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) announced the list of countries which have confirmed their candidature for the 2011 Winter and Summer Universiade and have fulfilled all the requirements of the procedure. With great pride we see many EUSA members submitting their bid. Summer Universiade 2011 Candidate cities: 1. Shenzhen - China 2. Kaoshiung - Chinese Taipei 3. Kazan - Russia 4. Poznan - Poland 5. Murcia - Spain Winter Universiade 2011 Candidate cities: 1. Erzurum - Turkey 2. Maribor - Slovenia The FISU Executive Committee will decide on the organisers of the 2011 Universiades ...

The 1st European University Handball Championship which was organised from June 26-July 1, 2006 in Besançon, France has come to an end. 11 men and 7 women university teams from 11 countries participated at the event. Results Women 1. Piotrkow Trybunalski University, POL 2. University of Besançon, FRA 3. University of Valence, FRA Men 1. University of Besançon, FRA 2. University of Braga, POR 3. University of Lyon, FRA More results and photos on the official website of the EUC: http://eurohandball2006.univ-fcomte.fr The next EUC will be organised in Lodz / POL in 2007.

The 3rd European University Beach-Volleyball Championship, which took place from June 23rd - 26th, 2006 in Latina / Italy has finished. 22 men and 17 women university teams from 17 European countries took part in the championship, and this represents a new record according to the number of participating countries on the EUC. The championship was organised by the Italian University Sports Association (CUSI) together with the CUS Roma. Results: WOMEN 1. Humboldt University of Berlin, GER (Romberg - Fleming) 2. University of Ljubljana, SLO (Strel - Veber) 3. Silesian University of Technology of Gliwice ...

Issue 3/2006 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! Content : - EUSA News * EUSA Executive Committee Meeting 02-2006 * Student Commission Meeting * EUSA STC Volunteer Programme * SELL Games under EUSA Patronage - News from EUSA member federations * Ireland * Netherlands, the * Slovenia * Serbia * Lithuania * Israel * Belgium * Norway - FISU News - European University Championships 2006 * Programme, News, Contacts... - Event Calendar * European University Championships ...

The second EUSA Executive Committee this year was organised by the Russian Student Sports Union (RSSU) from June 9-10, 2006 in Moscow / Russia. The meeting started with welcome speeches by Mr. Oleg V. Matytsin, the President of the RSSU and Mr. Viktor Khotochin, the Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee, who stressed the importance of the student sport in the society. The EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri thanked the President of the RSSU for the invitation and organisation of the meeting and welcomed all the members of the Executive Committee and guests, the representative of the University ...

The University Sports Association of Serbia was founded on June 12, 2006 in Belgrade. The new elected President is Mr. Sinisa Jasnic, while the Secretary General of the USFS is Mr. Dragoljub Bojic. The Federation will take over all the rights and responsibilities of the former University Sports Association of Serbia and Montenegro. All the contact details for the moment remain the same.

The 38th International ASA Games in Tel-Aviv completed on May 26, 2006. The games included 28 branches of sport for both men and women. Within the framework of the games, the Friendship Tournament was conducted with men's basketball teams from Turkey, Cyprus, Jordan, Ireland, Serbia and Montenegro, and the cities of Tel-Aviv, Jericho and Nazareth. The Serbian team achieved the first place at the tournament. Israeli organisers hope to host more teams next year (May 2007) at the 39th International ASA Games and the Friendship Tournamet.

On Saturday May 27th, the new Headquarters of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) was inaugurated by its President George E. Killian, its Secretary-General Roch Campana and the Mayor of Auderghem Didier Gosuin. Due to the continuous growth of staff, the increasing number of member association of the federation and the development of the international events a new office was needed. After the Avenue General Thijs and the Avenue Franklin Roosevelt both located in Ixelles, a suburb of Brussels, FISU now resides in the Ac€?Manor La Solitude' (ChÄ‚Ë~teau de la Solitude), adjacent ...

On Sunday May 21st, the XXII SELL Games came to an end. The SELL Games receive patronage from EUSA. This year's edition of the SELL Games was staged in Tartu, Estonia from May 19th to 21st. 1,675 athletes from 84 universities representing 18 countries and regions took part in the Games. During three days of competition 97 sets of medals were handed out to the athletes who competed in 13 different sports: basketball, volleyball, mini-football, floorball, athletics, swimming, chess, judo, wrestling, orienteering, urban adventure, group gymnastics and badminton. The President of the Republic ...

On 19th and 20th May 2006, the National Dutch Students Sport Association (SSN) organised itAc€â„cs yearly Ac€A›bigAc€AY national championships (GNSK). This year the Technical University of Twente hosted the event. Over 1200 participants took part in 11 team sports with about 120 teams. Over-all winner was Groningen. The second place went to Eindhoven, while the hosting University of Twente reached the third place. Winners per sport: Badminton: Enschede (University of Twente) Basketball Men: Leiden University Basketball Women: Amsterdam (University of Amsterdam/Vrije Universiteit) Fencing: ...

Belgian University Sports Federation (BUSF-FSUB) elected its new executive board for the next two years on May 9, 2006. FISU Secretary General Roch Campana was re-elected as BUSF President. Tom Vermeulen was elected Vice-President and Dieter Theyleart re-elected as Secretary General. Other elected members of the board are: Jan Boutmans (CESU), Fernand Bottelberghs (CIC), Jan Bonnarens, Ben Vanroelen, Peter Verboven, Jean-Jacques Deheneffe, Claude Douchie, Jos Clijsters, Dickson Aladesanmi and Catherine Germeau.

On 5th of May, 2006, the President of International Olympic Committee Dr. Jacques Rogge and his wife Anne Rogge visited Lithuania. Honorary Doctorate Conferment was given to Dr. Jacques Rogge at the Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education and University of Vilnius. The President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus gave Mr. Jacques Rogge the National Award. Mr. Rogge also visited the Lithuanian Students Sports Association (LSSA), and was received with much pride and honour by the LSSA representatives.

EUSA Student Commission (STC) meeting was held in Valencia, Spain from April 21-23. It was hosted by the University of Valencia. Mr. Raffael Gil Salinas, EUSA Executive Committee member, hosted old and new members of the STC and introduced the sports life and facilities of the University of Valencia. Mr. Alberto Gualitieri, the president of EUSA, was also present at the meeting on the first day to welcome the new members of the STC and introduce EUSA. Rafael Gil and Tiina Beljaeva, both responsible of the work of the STC chaired the meeting during the two days. The future and the actions of the ...

Issue 2/2006 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! Content : - EUSA News * EUSA presented its activities at the FISU Forum * EUSA STC Volunteer Training Programme * Next EUSA Meetings * Deadlines - News from EUSA member federations * AUT (Austrian International University Ski Championships) * CRO (General Assembly) * GBR (new BUSA office) * NOR (new board) * SLO (meeting with rectors) * SWE (Studentiade) - FISU News - European University Championships 2006 * Programme, ...

The European University Sports Association Student Commission (EUSA STC) together with the Organising Committees of the European Championships are looking for active students interested in Volunteers Training Program. EUSA STC is looking for active students to participate as supporting organisers at the following European University Championship (EUCs) in 2006: Beach-Volleyball ITA Latina 22.06.-25.06.2006 (2 Students) Handball FRA Besancon 26.06.-01.07.2006 (2 Students) Basketball POR Guimaraes 11.07.-16.07.2006 (4 Students) Badminton POR Lisbon 13.07.-16.07.2006 (4 Students) Futsal SCG ...

The International University Sports Federation organised the 8th FISU FORUM in Abu Dhabi, UAE from March 25-30, 2006. As the FORUM was the perfect place for exchanging and understanding the different structure of University Sports around the world, it was also the occasion for the Regional and Continental University Sports Federations to present their activities. The structure and activities of the European Universities Sports Association (EUSA) were presented to the participants by its President Mr. Alberto Gualtieri and Secretary General MatjaÄ1Ä3 PeA„A¤ovnik. The representatives of EUSA also ...

The Carynthian village Innerkrems was the venue of the 30th Austrian International University Ski Championships. In lovely weather conditions and at a perfectly prepared slope athletes from 16 countries from all over Europe, North America and furthermore from exotic countries like Kyrgyzstan were competing for the medals and valuable FIS points. The championships started on Friday with the SG on the GrÄ‚Ä1nleitennock, followed by the GS on Saturday and the SL on Sunday. Results men: After a surprising performance of a Dutch student, who won the SG on the first day, the students' team of the US ...

The Norwegian Association of University Sports has elected a new board. Position Name President Henrik Abeler Vice-President Geir Andrè Dalhus Board member Karl Olav Haaland Board member Dagmar Amalia Fagerland Board member Kristin Kaggerud Board member Torbjørn Houge Board member Yngvil Söholt Secretary General Yngve Eikrem Additional Information: The Norwegian Association of University Sport Tel: +47 21 02 98 60 Email: nsi@studentidrett.no Web: http://www.studentidrett.no

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal opened the new British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) offices on Tuesday 7th March 2006, as Patron of the Association. Princess Anne has been the Patron of BUSA since its creation in 1994. Her dedication, commitment and support have helped the AssociationAc€â„cs growth as the National Governing Body of student sport. Other special guests on the day included John Inverdale, President of BUSA, Phil Atwell, Chairman, and new CEO Ian Randell. Ac€A›We are all very excited about the opening of the new offices which provide BUSA with the perfect base ...

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) organised a meeting with rectors of universities in Slovenia on Thursday, March 2nd. All three rectors attended the meeting where the bid for Winter Universiade Maribor 2011 was presented. Ivan Rozman, rector of the University of Maribor, Andreja Kocijancic, rector of the University of Ljubljana, Lucija Cok, rector of the University of Primorska met with SUSA representatives Otmar Kugovnik, president of SUSA, Bozidar Pucnik, vice-president of SUSA, and Matjaz Pecovnik, Secretary General of SUSA, together with Bodgan Cepic, vice-mayor of the City of ...

Issue 1/2006 of our Newsletter has been published, and can be downloaded from our site. Our subscribers automatically receive the latest issue by email. Subscribe now - it's free! Content: EUSA Executive Committee Meeting - EUSA events 2007 attributed - Table Tennis new sport on the EUC programme - 4 new Student Commission Members nominated - EUC - European Universities Championships News from EUSA member federations - BUL (changes in the federation) - GBR (new Chief Executive nominated) - IRL (contact information) - ISR (new representative) - FIN (new President elected) - RUS (President awarded) ...

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The British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) is delighted to announce Ian Randell as its new Chief Executive. Randell, 33, is the former Chief Executive of the Ladies European Tour (the governing body for ladies professional tournament golf in Europe) where he is widely accredited with growing both the tournament schedule and vastly increasing its popularity during his time at the helm. Randell is a graduate of The University of Warwick with a degree in Management Sciences where he also captained the University Golf team. He remains a keen sportsman with a golf handicap of five and is a regular ...

FISU Executive Committee met in Bangkok, Thailand, the host city of the 2007 Summer Universiade. Among the others, a number of progress reports for World University Championships (WUC) 2006 were presented as well as the organisers of the WUC in 2008 were chosen. The Organising Committees of past and future Universiades also presented their reports. You can read more details on the meeting at www.fisu.net . At the same time we would like to inform you, that FISU is moving its Headquarters to new premises. The new coordinates of FISU will be: FISU ChÄ‚Ë~teau de la Solitude 54, avenue ...

The first EUSA Seminar for the Organisers of the European Universities Championships 2006 was organised in Eindhoven, The Netherlands on February 4, 2006. 45 participants were present on the Seminar, among them the representatives of the EUC Organising Committees, EUSA Technical Delegates and Members of the EUSA Executive Committee. The participants were welcomed by, Mr. Gualtieri, the EUSA President and Mr. De Mooij, Student Sport Centre Eindhoven Manager-Director. Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General, presented the history of EUC, made general briefing on the terms and conditions of organisation, ...

The Executive Committee met on its first meeting, which was organised in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on February 3, 2006. The members of the board were welcomed by the representatives of the Technical University of Eindhoven (TUe), which will host the European University Championships in Football, Tennis and Volleyball in July and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Following a renewed spirit of collaboration between EUSA and National University Sports Associations, the Executive Committee decided to invite to each meeting two Presidents of the associated member federations. This time, ...

The representatives of the Bulgarian National University Sports Federation, Mr. Angel Ivanov, President and Mr. Martin Petrou, Secretary-General were present at the EUSA Executive Committee meeting to present the new structures of their federation. At the NUSF's General Assembly held on January 11th, 2006 a new Executive Committee was elected, the structure was changed and the new name of the federation became: Bulgarian Association for University Sports 'Academic'. Academic also boasts the strong support of the National Sports Academy and the Ministry of Sports. An internet site will soon be launched. ...

CUSAI, the National University Sports Federation of Ireland, has new contact numbers: CUSAI, Sport HQ Unit 13, Joyce Way Park West Business Park, Dublin 12 Telephone: +353 1 625 1173 Fax: +353 1 625 1174 E-mail: catherine@cusai.ie Website: http://www.cusai.ie

The University Sports federation of Israel informed us, that the new representative of the federation to the EUSA General Assembly will be Mr. Yaron Prager, who replaced the retired Mr. Moshe Sasson.

Mr. Oleg V. Matytsin, the President of the Russian Student Sports Union and the Member of the EUSA Executive Committee was awarded with the Honorary Doctor Degree of Beijing Sport University. The awarding ceremony was held in Beijing Sport University (Beijing, China). Congratulations!

The first meeting of the new Executive Committee will take place in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from Febuary 2 to 5, 2006. Among the others, the Executive Committee will decide on the hosts of EUSA events in 2007 and will nominate 4 new members of the EUSA Student Commission. Together with the meeting, the EUSA Seminar for the organisers of the European University Championships in 2006 will be organised.

Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto, the Student Sports Federation of Finland elected the new President for the next two years term (2006-2007). The President became Mr. Jussi Ansala. Mr. Henri Latonen continues as a Secretary General of the federation.

At the General Assembly of the Swiss University Sports Federation (SHSV/FSSU) in Berne, President Martin Hodler was re-elected for the next term of two years. Andreas Csonka was elected as Vicepresident. After the demission of Andrea RÄ‚Ä1ttimann-RÄ‚Ä1egg (Treasurer), Isabelle Roch-Pentucci (Swiss Olympic Association) and Beatrice Landolt (Student Representative), Olaf Frost (Zurich, Treasurer) and Nora Weibel (Berne, Student Representative) were newly elected. SHSV presented the results from 2005 Universiades (Izmir, Innsbruck), which have been the most successful for the Swiss students ev ...

The British Universities Sports Association has new address and contact numbers: BUSA 20-24 Kings Bench Street, London, SE1 0QX Tel: +44 20 7633 5080 Fax: +44 20 3268 2120.

The General Assembly of the Association for University Sport Academic (AUSA) elected new Executive Committee. The President of the AUSA is dr. Angel Ivanov. The new board has 11 members and consists of high respectable and experienced people working in the field of the university sports as well as two representatives of the Bulgarian Student's Council.

The new elected Rector of the University of Ljubljana, mrs. Andreja Kocijancic, received the Slovenian students, who participated on the Universiades and European University Championships in 2005. In the presence of the representatives of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenian University Sports Association, Student organisation and Students Council of the University of Ljubljana, mr. Alberto Gualtieri, the President of EUSA, presented the Rector of the University of Ljubljana a special plaquette of EUSA for the University of Ljubljana, which was in the last two year period the best according to ...

The Russian Student Sport Union (RSSU) has moved to the new premises. The new address and the new contact information: RSSU, Office 331, 8 Luzhnetskaya naberezhnaya, Moscow, Russia 119992, Tel. and fax: +7(495)245 17 94, E-mail: rssu@roc.ru .

The 2nd European University Tennis Championship took part in Rouen, France from 28.11. - 3.12.2005. 11 men and 6 women teams (45 athletes) from 8 countries participated on the event. The competition was on a high quality level, there were 8 men players with current ATP ranking (higher 598) and 2 women players with current WTA ranking (higher 492) present. In men finals the University of Moscow won University of Cologne by 2-1 and for the 3rd place London Metropolitan University won University of Rouen by 2-1. In women finals University of Paris won University of Warsaw by 3-0 and for the 3rd place ...

The 7th General Assembly of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) was held in Wroclaw from December 2-4, 2005. EUSA had a pleasure to register record participation of 34 European countries. Many representatives of FISU were present in Poland: George Killian -President, Roberto Outerino - Treasurer, members of the Executive Committee: Sinisa Jasnic, Leonz Eder, Alison Odell, Kemal Tamer, Kairis Ulp, Ralethe Malunbete, Stavros Douvis, Marian Dymalski and FISU Secretary General, Roch Campana, who was, as the President of the Belgian University Sports Association, also the Chair of the ...

EUSA Executive Committee The last Executive Committee was held in Wroclaw on December 1, 2005. The following decisions were made: EUC BeachVolleyball 2006 was attributed to Latina (ITA); EUC Futsal 2007 to Koper (SLO). The following Technical Delegates were appointed: - Daniela Erni (BeachVolleyball) - Patrik Perosa (Futsal) - Josip Kostelic (Rowing) - Frantisek Taborsky (CZE) - Rajko Vujosevic (Karate). EUSA will nominate 4 new Student Commission member for the next 2 year mandate. Deadline for applications is January 31, 2006.

NL 9/2005 Content: EC Meeting Darmstadt

The German University Sports Federation (ADH) hosted the 3rd EUSA Executive Committee meeting this year. The meeting took place in Darmstadt from October 14-16, 2005. The most important decisions, made on the EUSA Executive Commmittee meeting, are: EUC 2006 BEACHVOLLEYBALL The deadline for the candidatures for the organisation of the 3rd EUC BeachVolleyball has been postponed until November 15th, 2005. KARATE The Executive Committee decided to organise the EUC Karate biannually in the future. ROWING The organisation of the 2nd EUC Rowing was attributed to Brive la Gaillarde (FRA). The event ...

The General Conference of the Russian Students Sports Union (RSSU) on its meeting held in Moscow on September 29-30, 2005, elected mr. Oleg Matytsyn, the Rector of the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism as the new President of the RSSU.

EUSA received the request from the Albanian Students Sports Association to join EUSA. The decison will be made on the next EUSA General Assembly in Wroclaw in December 2005.

The EUSA EC hasnA‚´t attributed the organisation of the EUC BeachVolleyball 2006 yet. The EUSA member federations are asked to send their bids to the EUSA office until September 30th, 2005.

BUSA Chief Executive Ac€A›GregAc€AY Jones has announced his retirement from the Association. Originally Chief Exec with UAU, Greg helped plan and more importantly deliver the coming together of the Ac€A›new and oldAc€AY to form BUSA in the early Ac€?90s, and has been the only BUSA CEO to date. He will clearly be a hard act to follow. Equally well at home on the Domestic and International circuits, Greg has done much behind the scenes to move BUSA to the position we enjoy today as the largest and most successful student sports association in Europe. More: www.busa.org.uk

The 4th EUSA Symposium will start today in Funchal, Portugal from September 14th Ac€â€o 18th, 2005. More than 40 participants have already registred. You can find more info on the official website: http://www.uma.pt/aauma/symposium/

Eindhoven / NED will host the EUC in Volleyball, Football and Tennis in 2006. The offical website of the event has already been established. You are welcome to visit: www.tue.nl/euc2006/ , where you can find more information.

The 2nd EUC Tennis will take place in Rouen/FRA from November 28-December 03,2005. The member federations will receive the forms and detailed information in the next days.

The 2nd EUC Badminton will take place in Mainz, GER from October 27-30, 2005. For more information please visit the official website: http://www.euc-badminton-2005.de

Malta University Sports Club informed us, that a new Executive Committee has been elected. The President of MUSC became Mr. Eman Pulis, the Secretary General is Mr. Ray Bartolo. Contacts info: website: www.musc.org.mt email : musc@um.edu.mt phone: +356 99263626

We are pleased to invite all EUSA member federations to participate on the 7th EUSA General Assembly, which will be held from December 2ndAc€â€o4th,2005 in Wroclaw / POL. More information will be sent to the members by e-mail.

NL 8/2005 content: EUC Futsal

FISU attributed the organisation of the 23rd Summer Universiade to the Turkish University Sports Federation. The games will take place from August 11-21, 2005 in Izmir. We expect that all EUSA member federations will take part on the games. You can read more about the event on http://www.universiadeizmir.org

NL 7/2005 content: EUC Basketball

NL 6/2005 content: EUC Football

The EUSA member federations are kindly invited to the meeting, which will take place in the Universiade Village Izmir on August 8, 2005 at 6 p.m. More information to be followed.

The 2nd EUC Futsal, which was organised in Latina (ITA) from July 17-24, 2005, succesfully finished. The team of the University of Novi Sad (SCG) defeated in the finals the University of Split (CRO) 4:3. The third place went to the Adam Mickiewitz University (POL). You can find more results on the official website: http://www.unicusroma.com

The 1st EUC Rowing was successfully held on the brand new regatta course of Cardiff bay. 249 participants from 9 countries showed that this sport is most popular among European universities. The results will soon be displayed on this website.

The University Sports Association of Serbia and Montenegro informed us, that they have new e-mail address: ussscg@eunet.yu and new website: http://www.ussscg.org

The 2nd EUC Futsal will be organised in Latina (ITA) from July 17-24, 2005. You are welcomed to visit the official website: http://www.unicusroma.com for the latest results.

The 3rd EUC Football, which was held in NiÄ1ˇ / SCG, successfully finished today. The University of Caen (FRA) won in the finals against Aigaleo Athens Technological Institute (GRE) with 3:1 (1:1, 0:0). In the match for bronze medals the Kyiev Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel Management (UKR) defeated the University of NiÄ1ˇ (SCG) with 2:1 (2:1). More on http://www.ussn.org.yu

The 3rd EUC football will start today in the City of NiÄ1ˇ / SCG: 8 men university teams will participate at the championship. More information on the official website: http://www.ussn.org.yu

NL 4/2005 content: EUC Beach-Volleyball

NL 5/2005 content: EUC Volleyball

The 5th EUC in Volleyball succesfully finished today in Tallinn. 11 men teams and 11 women teams took part on the EUC. The medalists (men) are: 1. University of Latvia (LAT), 2. University of Ljubljana (SLO), 3. University of Lodz (POL). Medalists in women competition: 1. Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdansk (POL), 2.University of Tartu (EST), 3. Technical University of Eindhoven (NED). More results on the official website: http://www.easl.ee/volley2005/

3 weeks before the start, 65 boats from 10 countries have been announced so far for the 1st EUC Rowing in Cardiff. This is a surprising positive result. The OC expects more than 300 participants.

The EUC basketball finished today. In mens competition Bahcesehir University / TUR won in the final against University of Nis /SCG. The third place went to Technical University of Czestochowa /POL. The finalist in the women competition were the same as last year: University of Ljubljana and State Vocational School of Higher Education Gorzow / POL. Ljubljana won 61:52. The bronze went to National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / GRE.

The 2nd EUC karate succesfully finished in Wroclaw / POL. The results are available on the official website of the EUC: http://azs.wroc.pl/eukc2005/

The 5th European University Volleyball Championship will start today. 22 teams from 13 countries are participating on the event. For more details please visit the official website: http://www.easl.ee/volley2005/

12 men and 8 women teams will participate on the 5th EUC Basketball, which today officialy started in Poland. The Rector of the University, the Mayor of the City and EUSA representative welcomed the teams and wished them good sports results and lots of fun. Results on the website: http://azspwsz.e-basket.pl

Slovenia won all the medals in the men's competition on EUC Beach-Volleyball. In a field of 21 men teams, the University of Primorska (Koper) won the Gold medal in a very close match against the University of Ljubljana. In the women's competition 18 teams participated. University of Usti nad Labem (CZE) won against the Technical University of Munich (GER) in the finals. The 3rd place went to the University of Dresden (GER). For more info visit http://www.susa.org/eucbv2005/

The 2nd European University Beach Volleyball Championship will start tomorrow. 18 women and 21 men teams from 14 countries will take part. For results and further info please check the official website: http://www.susa.org/eucbv2005/

EUSA regrets to inform that the President of the Russian Student Sports Union mr.Alexey Kiselev (RUS) has died after a courageous battle against a devastating disease. He was 67 years old. Mr. Kiselev will be remembered for his professional knowledge of sports, his goodwill towards his colleagues and friends, his disarming smile and his devotion towards student sport. He will be missed.

The EUSA Newsletter 03-05 has been published and sent to all the EUSA members and European universities. It can be also downloaded from our website. NL 3/2005 content: EC decisions; NUSA-news; EUC-news

The participation on the European University Champinships increases constantly. More then 100 university teams from 26(!) European countries have already registrated for the EUCs, which will take place in June and July 2005; this result represents around 30% more than a year before. The exact statistics will be published after the championships.

After negotiating the proposed date of the EUC, the EUSA EC decided to attribute the EUC in Basketball 2006 to the Portuguese University Sports Federation. The EUC will take place in Braga from July 10th-16th, 2005.

At its meeting in Rome last weekend, the Executive Committee took the following decisions: Due to a lack of entries, the EUC football women had to be cancelled; all other EUC will take place. The EUC 2005 Tennis was attributed to Rouen (FRA) to be held in December. For 2006 the EUC have been attributed: Ac€Ë~ Badminton: Lisbone (POR) Ac€Ë~ Futsal: Novi Sad (SCG) Ac€Ë~ Handball: Besancon (FRA) A bid of Braga (POR) for Basketball had to be postponed because of concerns regarding the proposed dates. EUSA will invite to a meeting in Izmir the evening before the General Assembly. ...

The EUSA Executive Committee meeting will take place this weekend in Rome / Italy.

A new special website for and of the EUSA student commission has been launched today. It can be reached either via the respective links on the EUSA website or directly using the link http://www.eusa.eu/studcomm/

The French federation FFSU will relocate their offices on May 27th. The new address is: 108 Avenue de Fontainebleau 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicetre Tel.: +33/1/58682275 Fax: +33/1/46581273

EUSA Student Commission (EUSA STC) together with the Organising Committees of the EUC are looking for active students interested in volunteer training program; to participate as supporting organisers at the European University Championship (EUCs) in 2005. Active students from all over the Europe can apply for the place in EUSA STC training program. The candidate will raise their competencies and skills in organising sport event in the European level, get new experiences in different fields, be useful for the organising committees, exchange knowledge, learn about the culture of the country, get ...

Tiina Beljaeva, member of the EUSA Executive Committee, has been appointed as new Secretary General of the Estonian Students Sport Federation. Congratulations!

The EUSA Newsletter 02-05 is now published and can be downloaded from our website. The next edition is June 15th, 2005. NL 2/2005 content: Symposium; NUSA-news; EUC-news

The Executive Committee of EUSA decided to attribute the organisation of the 4th EUSA Symposium to FADU (the Portuguese University Sports Association). The Symposium will take place in Madeira (Funchal) from September 14th-18th, 2005. More info will be available soon.

The new EUSA member, the Turkish University Sports Federation, is fully occupied with the preparations for the Summer Universiade, which will take place in Izmir / TUR from August 11th-21st, 2005. The Heads of the delegations meeting took place in Izmir last weekend and among representatives from all the world, the heads of delegations from 23 EUSA member federations also came to Turkey to get the important informations from the Organising Committeee and to take part at the draw for the team sports. For more informations please visit the official website: http://www.universiadeizmir.org

GA of Estonian Academic Sports Federation (EASF) has voted Mr Ants Veetousme the new president of the federation for the 4 years time of mandate. Formal president professor Jaak Aaviksoo, rector of Tartu University was president for 6 years and he didn't candidate more. "Student sports need new leaders in every time of period," explained he to the GA. Ants Veetousme was a formal secretary general of the federation. He was president of the Estonian Fencing Federation for a long time and also Executive Committe member of Estonian Olympic Committee. EASF had its GA on Apr 5, 2005. Some modifications ...

According to the EUSA EUC regulations the individual dossier for each competitor to be presented to the SCAC must be written in English and must also include the certificate originating from the appropriate academic authority certifying that the competitor is officially registered for and pursuing a course of study. The prescribed form (the Certificate of Academic Eligibility), which all the competitors must present to the SCAC at accreditation, can now be downloaded from the EUSA website (championships)

Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) had its annual General Assembly on March 18th, 2005 in Ä1 kofja Loka. The delegates approved some modifications of the statutes, the annual report, activity programme and the budget for 2005 and elected the new Executive Committee and the Commisions. Dr. Otmar Kugovnik was re-elected for the President, while dr. Rado PiÄ1ˇot and BoÄ1Ä3idar PuA„A¤nik were elected for Vice-Presidents for the next 4-year mandate.

Mr. SiniÄ1ˇa JasniA„â€!, President of the University Sports Association of Serbia and Montenegro and a member of the Executive Committee of EUSA was elected in the board of the Olympic Committee of SCG. Congratulations!

The Newsletter 1/2005 was dispatched to all members. Content: EC decisions Cordoba; Innsbruck; EUC 2005

The Spanish University Sports Federation and the University of Cordoba hosted the 1st EUSA Executive Committee meeting this year. The meeting took took place in Cordoba from February 25th-26th, 2005. The EC would like to thank the organisers, esspecially mr. Vicente M. Orga and his wife for their hospitality. The following decisions were made on the meeting: STUDENT COMMISSION The Executive Committee nominated new members of the Student Commission for the next 2years mandate: Ante KaranuÄ1ˇiA„â€! (CRO), Sigrit Altmäe (EST), Tregubova Maria (MDA), Dariusz Dobosiewicz (POL), Carlos De Sousa Santos ...

The first EUSA EC meeting in 2005 will be held in Cordoba / Spain from February 24th-27th, 2005.

Mr. Hilkka Laitinen from University of Helsinki was elected as a new President of the Finnish Student Sport Federation for 2005. The Secretary General will be Mr. Henri Latonen.

Council of University Sports Administrators in Ireland (CUSAI) informed us about their new address and contact numbers: address: c/o Sports Office, Queen's University Belfast, Sport & Recreation Services, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT95EX, Northern Ireland tel.: +28 90387689 fax: +28 90681129 e-mail: cusai@qub.ac.uk website: http://www.cusai.ie President 2004/05: Mr Paul Davis (NUI Maynooth), Secretary General: Anne Dooher

Croatian University Sports Federation has changed its e-mail address. The new one is: ahsss@kif.hr . The CUSF has also created a new website: http://hsss.kif.hr Tel. and fax remain the same, but you can reach them also on mobile: +385993025602

We would like to inform you, that the EUSA CUP in BRIDGE 2005 will be organised from August 24th-29th, 2005 in Rotterdam / NED For more information please contact mr. Harry van de Peppel on e-mail: a.vdpeppel@wxs.nl

The 22nd Winter Universiade, which took place from January 12th-22nd, 2005 in Innsbruck, Seefeld (AUT), successfully finished. You can find more info on http://www.universiade-innsbruck.org

FISU Executive Committee decided, that the Summer Universiade 2009 will take place in Belgrade(SCG). Congratulations to the University Sports Federation of Serbia and Montenegro!

The General Assembly of the French University Sports Federation (FNSU) elected the new Executive Committee for the next two years term. The new President of the FNSU became Mr. José Savoye (University of Lille2), who got 76 of 94 votes of the delegates. More info: http://www.sport-u.com/general/presentation_elus.php

Women team of University of Moscow (RUS) and men team from University of Rouen (FRA) became European university champions 2004 in tennis. University of Metz (w) and University of Grenoble (m) won the silver medals, while the bronze went to University of Grenoble (w) and University of Koln (m). for more results please check the official website of the EUC: http://www.sport-u.com/championnats_europe_2004/tennis_results.php

The 1st EUC in Tennis started today in the City of Touques near Deauville /FRA. For more details and results on EUC, which will finish on Friday 17th, please check http://www.sport-u.com/championnats_europe_2004/tennis_results.php

The Winter Universiade 2005 Road Show finished their tour. The WU Road Show team visited in the last five weeks 24 universities in six countries (Germany, Austria, Suisse, Netherlands, Belgium and Slovenia), presenting students from all over europe the biggest students winter sport event, which will take place in Innsbruck-Seefeld from January 12th to 22nd, 2005.

The yearly reunion of the Swiss University Sport Federation (SHSV/SUSF), took place on the 2nd of December in Bern. During this event it was announced that Isabelle Roch-Pentucci has been selected to serve as an Executive for the Swiss Olympic Association. Isabelle Roch-Pentucci brings with her valuable experience as a former Universiade participant and medal winner in Fukuoka (Japan). This experience puts her in good position to further student sports in the Swiss Olympic Association the coming three years. It was also announced that the University of Applied Sciences of Zurich (ZÄ‚Ä1rcher Fachhochschule) ...

The 6th General Assembly in Nottingham accepted unanimously the university sports federations from Turkey and Russia as new EUSA members 36 and 37.

The GA elected the President of the Students Sport federation in Lituania, Mr. Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, as new member of the Executive Committee, replacing Matjaz Pecovnik, who was nominated EUSA Chief Executive in March.

At its meeting in Nottingham, the EC attributed 3 more EUC 2005: Badminton: Mainz / GER Football: NiÄ1ˇ / SCG Rowing: Cardiff / GBR For further details see the EUC-website.

British Universities Sports Association will host the 6th EUSA General Assembly, which will take place in Nottingham / GBR from December 2nd-5th, 2004.

The Russian Student Sport Union submitted their application for membership in EUSA. The application needs the approval of the next General Assembly, which will take place in Nottingham / GBR in December.

This weekend, the representatives of the Continental and Regional University Sport Federations met in Brussels following an initiative of the 'Challenge 21 Working Group'. EUSA was represented by mr. Enno Harms, President and mr. Alberto Gualtieri, Vice-President. Beside EUSA, the following associations were also present: AUSF (Asian University Sports Federation), FASU (FĂ©dĂ©ration Africaine du Sport Universitaire), AUSF (Arab University Sports Federation), COSUD (ConfederaciÄ‚A‚n Sudamericana Universitaria de Deportes), CUCSA (Confederation of University and College Sports Association of ...

EUSA EC decided to accept the proposal to slightly change the EUSA logo. Thus the EC decided to make the logo stars clearer by removing the shadows around them.

The deadline for all EUSA events, that haven't been attributed yet (EUC Badminton, Tennis, Football, Rowing, Symposium) was postponed to November 15th, 2004.

The EUSA Executive Committee decided to postpone the 2nd EUC in Karate, which will take in Belgrade / SCG. The new dates are December 15th-18th, 2004.

The EUSA Executive Committee decided to attribute the organisation of the 2nd EUC in Futsal 2005 to Italian University Sports Federation (CUSI). The Championship will take place in Latina from July 17th - 24th, 2005. The EC also fixed the dates and venues of the EUCA‚´s in 2005: EUC Beach-Volleyball Koper (Ankaran) / SLO June 23rd - June 26th,2005 EUC Basketball Gorzow Wlkp. / POL June 28th - July 02nd,2005 EUC Karate Wroclaw / POL June 29th - July 2nd, 2005 EUC Volleyball Tallinn / EST June 30th - July 04th, 2005 EUC Futsal Latina / ITA July 17th - July 24th, 2005 The EC will attribute the EUC's ...

The 1st EUC Badminton successfully finished in Krakow /POL. 45 competitors from 9 European countries took part at the championship. Students from University of Ljubljana / SLO got gold medals in all categories, players from Estonia, Ireland and Poland reached for silver and bronze. You can read more about the Championship on the official website: http://www.azs.krakow.pl

The 4th EUC Volleyball started today with opening ceremony in city of Braga / POR. 17 teams (8 men and 9 women) from 8 European countries is taking part at the championship. You can find more details on the official website: http://www.eucv2004.aaum.pt

The first EUC futsal was successfully finished in Paralimni / Cyprus with 12 participating university teams from 10 european countries. The winner of the championship became University of Novi Sad / SCG defeating 6:1 University of Zagreb / CRO in the final. Adam Mickiwicz University Poznan / POL won 6:2 against University of Eindhoven / NED in a match for the third place.You can find updated results on: http://www.cyprusfutsal.org

The 1st EUC Badminton started today in Krakow / POL. 62 competitors from 9 European countries is taking part at the Championship. You can read more on the official website: http://www.azs.krakow.pl

The 4th EUC Volleyball started today with opening ceremony in city of Braga / POR. 17 teams (8men and 9 women) from 8 european countries is taking part at the championship. You can find more details on the official website: http://www.eucv2004.aaum.pt

The first EUC futsal was successfully opened today with 12 participating teams from 10 countries. You can find updated results on: http://www.cyprusfutsal.org

On the General Assembly of the Croatian University Sports Federation (CUSF) the new Executive Board was elected: President: prof. dr. Hrvoje Sertic, Vice-presidents: Dubravko Izakovic, prof. and Nenad Zvonarek, prof., Members: mr. sc. Jelka Gosnik; Jadranka Protic, prof.; Alen Bjelica; Ante Karanusic; Haris Pavletic. The postal code number has changed from HR-10000 to HR-10137, and the University of Karlovac became a new member of the CUSF.

Belgian University Sports Federation has informed us about some changes as follows: address: Minderbroederstraat 12, B - 3000 Leuven phone: +32/16/290375 fax: +32/16/290342 e-mail: busf@skynet.be homepage: http://www.busf.be member universities: 9 universities, 30 schools of higher education board : president: Roch Campana vice president: Fernand Bottelberghs secretary general: Dieter Theylaert treasurer: Jos Clijsters sports competitions: Tom Vermeulen pr: Guy Crèvecoeur members: Jan Bonnarens, Jan Boutmans, Jean-Jacques Deheneffe, Claude Douchie, Catherine Germeau, Irene Hoedemaekers, ...

FISU has changed its e-mail addresses: fisuhq @ ulb.ac.be changed to fisu@fisu.net Other changes of FISU e-mail addresses are published on http://www.fisu.net .

Studentensport Nederland changed their address and contact numbers: Studentensport Nederland Lawickse Allee 9 6701 AN Wageningen tel: +31 317 411 469 fax: +31 317 413 537 E-mail addresses remain the same.

On July 14th, 2004, the City of Innsbruck awarded high decorations to eleven honourable personalities. Among them, President of Austrian University Sports Association, Mr. Wolf FrÄ‚Ä1hauf was decorated with the City of Innsbruck order of merit (Verdienstkreuz). Since the mid 70s, Mr. Wolf FrÄ‚Ä1hauf, as highest officer on the part of the Ministry of Science and Research, has been in charge of all investments and construction projects of the universities and in particular for the University of Innsbruck. Additionally, together with the City of Innsbruck and the State of Tyrol, he was jointly responsible ...

The 3rd EUSA Symposium will take place in Falun / SWE from October 14th-18th, 2004. You will be able to find the programme and all relevant information on the website: http://www.du.se/eusa/

FISU held the 7th FISU FORUM in the period July 21st - 27th, 2004 in Lisbon/POR. The 145 students and officials from 44 countries underlined the unique importance and special opportunities which university sport in the widest terms can contribute to the educational process within higher education. The main theme of "Education through University Sport" in the context of a new knowledge society was chosen for this multi-national forum, in order to elaborate on the undoubted value of participation in Sport as part of a life long learning process. EUSA was also invited to take part at the ...

University of Besancon / FRA won the 1st place on the 2nd EUC in Football, which was succesfully organised in Wroclaw / POL. 11 men university teams from 10 european countries took part at the championship. University of Besancon defeated in the final Technological Institute of Athens / GRE with 3:0. In the match for the 3rd place Charles University of Prague /CZE defeated University of Novi Sad / SCG with 2:0. For more results and info please see: http://www.azs.wroc.pl

11 men university teams is taking part at the 2nd EUC Football, which is beiing organised in Wroclaw /POL. The EUC has started, you can find the on-line results and more info on website: http://www.azs.wroc.pl

12 men and 7 women university teams from 11 European countries took part at the 4th EUC in Basketball, which was organised from June 28th to July 1st, 2004 in Mulhouse, France. In women's tournament University of Ljubljana/SLO won the gold by winning 68:66 S.V.College from Gorzow/POL in the final. In men's competition the gold went also to SLO - University of Ljubljana: Frederick Institute of Technology 89:79 For more results please see: championships or EUSA Newsletter 05-04.

16 men + 11 women university teams from 11 European countries took part at the 1st EUC in Beach Volleyball, which was organised from June 16th to June 19th, 2004 in Klagenfurt / AUT. The weather was perfect, the organisation was on a high level, and the players and the spectators really enjoyed the atmosphere. The medals went to GER, SLO and AUT (men) and to POL, AUT and GER (women). For more info see: Championships and EUSA Newsletter 04-04.

At the Annual General Meeting on 18th June a new Officer Group was elected to lead the British Universities Sports Association: Chairman (2004-2006): Phil Attwell, Director of Sport at the University of Exeter. Non Student Vice Chair (2004-2006): Nigel Mayglothling, Student Vice Chairs (2004 - 2005): Ed Blockley, Lindsey Booth, Alex Stacey. Two other members of the Officer Group remain in office consequent upon being elected in 2003 for a two year period: Non Student Vice Chair: Neil Walker, Honorary Treasurer: Al MacEwen. More info: http://www.busa.org.uk

Phil Attwell, Director of Sport at the University of Exeter, has been elected as the new Chairman of the British Universities Sports Association. HRH The Princess Royal was the principal guest at BUSA's 10th Anniversary Dinner in London last week where hockey player Kwandwane Browne (London Metropolitan University) and Olympic trampolinist Kirsten Lawton (University of Surrey) were named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year respectively. Meanwhile, BUSA will be hosting the European Universities Sports Association annual conference from 2-5 December this year. The event will include the General ...

CUSI / ITA has a new e-mail address: cusi@cusi.it CUSAI / IRL changed their fax number. The new number is: +353 1 7086076

Everything is ready for the start of the 1st European University Beach-Volleyball Championship, which will take place in Klagenfurt / AUT from June 16th-19th, 2004. The tournament will take place at the 4 beach volleyball courts of Klagenfurt's public beach front by the lake, the Wörthersee, and will be integrated into a popular sports festival of the area (Klagenfurter Sporttage) as its athletic highlight. 16 men teams and 12 women teams from 12 countries will participate in the EUC. You can find more info on our website and the official website of the EUC: http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/euc-beach-vb/ ...

EUSA EC discussed Turkey's request to affiliate to EUSA. Since this could only happen officially at DecemberA‚´s EUSA General Assembly in Notingham; the EC agreed, that in the mean time Turkey could compete in all EUSA events under the same conditions as member federations.

At the EUSA EC meeting in Paralimni / CYP, the following decisions were made: The 2nd EUC Karate 2004 was attributed to Belgrade / SCG (October 21st - 24th) * The 1st EUC Tennis 2004 in Deauville / FRA will take place from December 14th-17th * The 5th EUC Basketball 2005 was attributed to Gorzowie Wlkp. / POL * The 2nd EUC Beachvolleyball 2005 was attributed to Ljubljana / SLO * The 5th EUC Volleyball 2005 was attributed to Tallinn / EST * The 3rd EUC Karate 2005 was attributed to Wroclaw / POL * EC agreed to postpone the decision regarding EUC Tennis until December 2004, when entry level ...

BUSA Chairman, Lenny Barry, today announced that he would be retiring from the position with effect from the AGM on 18th June 2004. After four years in post he will not be standing for re-election. more: http://www.busa.org.uk

New address of the Norwegian Association of University Sport: "Serviceboks 1, US, Sognsveien 75 L, NO - 0840 Oslo" New members of the Board: President: Olav Loen, Vice President: Haavard Gundersen, Members: Henrik Abeler, Karl Olav Haaland, Charlotte Meering, Jin Iren Myrene, Gunnhild Ella Reistad.

SUSA moved their office. New address is: Slovenian University Sports Association, Dunajska cesta 104, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tel.: +386 1 565 41 36 Fax: + 386 1 565 41 37 E-mail info@susa.org and website: http://www.susa.org remain the same.

The British University Games (BUGs), BUSA's largest annual event and the pinnacle of the domestic representative programme for sports involved, were held in the beginning of April at the University of Bath. The competition pits 500 student athletes from across the country against one another as they compete for their Home Nation University in the five sports of badminton, basketball, football, hockey and netball. As well as an award for the overall top team, there are prizes for the winning nation in each sport. This year, English Universities have won the Trustees Trophy for the overall winning ...

On March 15th, the national day of the Republic of Hungary, Hungarian NUSF President, Mr. RÄ‚A‚bert Frenkl, was awarded the Commander's Cross, Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic. The award was handed over by the President of the Hungarian Republic and the Government. Besides the personal recognition Mr. Frenkl also received the highest honours for his educational work and his dedication to the university sports for almost half a century.

In March ISOC 2005 met with representatives of the German University Sports Association (ADH) to discuss cooperation on Winter Universiade 2005. ISOC 2005 Secretary General Markus Redl, ADH Secretary General Olaf Tabor and ADH Sports Director Thorsten HÄ‚Ä1tsch agreed on sending 16 german volunteers to the Winter Universiade Innsbruck/Seefeld 2005 (WU 2005). A few days later a delegation of the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA) came to Innsbruck for a consultation visit. SUSA, represented by Secretary General MatjaÄ1Ä3 PecA„A¤vnik and Vice President BoÄ1Ä3idar PuA„A¤nik, and the Austrian ...

After a rather long bureaucratic struggle with the national authorities, the Turkish University Sports Federation submitted their application for membership in EUSA. The application needs the approval of the next General Assembly.

The Finnish member organisation OLL issued the first edition of a newsletter. For further information please click on Newsletter.

Christian DENIS, Director of Sport at University PARIS 2 ASSAS, was elected as the new President of French University Sports Federation.

After the leave of Britt Dahmen as executive officer in the EUSA office, we did not manage to find an appropriate successor. The daily work will be shared till the end of the year between Enno Harms and Matjaz Pecovnik.

* At the EC meeting in Wroclaw, the following decisions were made: The final version of Technical regulations in 7 sports have been approved. (see Championships) * The EUC Basketball was attributed to Mulhouse / FRA. * The EUC Tennis was attributed to Deauville / FRA. * The deadline for Beach Volleyball was postponed to March 31st. * The responsibilities of EC-members have been allocated (see 'board')

The deadline for bids for all events 2005 (EUC, GA, Symposium) was set as of 28.05.04.

Due to a lack of entries, the EUC Cross Country to be held in Nafplion / GRE in early March 2004 had to be cancelled.

The Moldavia Federation changed their email address. The new one is fsum@mcc.md

The dates for EUC Beach-Volleyball 2004 were changed to June 16 - 19. The OC of Klagenfurt / AUT wished to postpone the EUC to enable them to promote the EUC in a better way since they would be included into a big sports festival to be held in Klagenfurt at the same time. Also, the EC decided on the Technical Regulations Beach-Volleyball which will be published on this website soon.

The decided to change the principle of general entry fees for EUSA-Events in order to make it transparent and applicable for all other future EUSA-events. From 2004 on all participants of the EUCs (team- and individual sports) and the Symposium will be charged with a one-time general entry fee of 20 Euro. This will displace the former principle of 100 Euro per team in team-sports and fees per athlete in individual sports. Also, once entered an general entry the NUSAs will be charged with a deposit of 200 Euro in Football, Futsal, Basketball and Volleyball and of 50 Euro in Beach-Volleyball, Tennis, ...

The EC appointed Mr. Alun Evans (GBR)as Technical Delegate Football. It was decided to combine the Technical Delegates Futsal and Football into one Technical Commission, so that Mr. Antonis Petrou (CYP), Mr. Joao Simoes da Rocha (POR)and Mr. Alun Evans (GBR) will form the new commission. Mr. Zarko Varajic (SCG) will complete the Technical Commission Basketball as the third Technical Delegate. 7 out of 14 Technical Delegates followed the invitation to attend the General Assembly and held a short meeting together with the new elected EC discussing general issues concerning the development of EUCs ...

The EC discussed some issues concerning also EUC Cross Country, the first EUSA-event in 2004, taking place in Nafplion / GRE on March 5-8. General Entry fee will be: 20 Euro per person (athletes and officials). The Technical Regulations for Cross Country (including the numbers of possible participants per country) will be published on this website soon. The dead-line for general entries for EUC Cross Country is postponed to December 31st.

The EUC Football 2004 will take place in Wrozlaw / POL July 4-12. Participation fee will be 35 Euro per person per day. The dead-line for general entries is March 30. For more information please see 'Championships' on this website.

At its meeting in Ljubljana on December 4, the EC attributed the following events for the year 2004: EUC Badminton: Krakow / POL (Date:23. - 26.09.2004) EUC Futsal: Lefkosia / CYP (Date:19. - 26.09.2004) Symposium: Falun / SWE (Date:14. - 18.10.2004) For more detailed information please see 'Event-Calendar' on this website. The hosts and dates for Basketball and Karate will be attributed and then published until the end of this year. The bidding process for EUC Tennis was postponed until the next EC-meeting in February.

The EUC Volleyball 2004 will take place in Minho / POR September 21-26. Participation fee will be 40 Euro per person per day. The dead-line for general entries is June 30. For more information please see 'Championships' on this website.

27 out of 35 EUSA-members attended the 5th General Assembly of EUSA in Ljubljana / SLO. In the charming surrounding of the city of Ljubljana, complemented by the perfect organisation of the team of the Slovenian University Sports Association (SUSA), the large programme of EC-meetings, Seminar, General Assembly and cultural excursions made the visit short-lasting and fruitful. The Seminar "University Sport and the European Union" gave the opportunity to discuss a future involvement of EUSA in the sports politics in the European Union. A special focus was given to promising funds of the ...

The 5th General Assembly elected a new Executive Committe as well as the Auditors. Enno Harms (GER) will continue as President of EUSA, Alberto Gualtieri (ITA) was elected as new Vice-President of EUSA. Further members for the term 2003 - 2005 are Tiina Beljaeva (EST), Michel Bonfils (FRA), Wolf FrÄ‚Ä1hauf (AUT), Sinisa Jasnic (SCG), Dinos Pavlou (CYP), Matjaz Pecovnik (SLO), Alison Odell (GBR), Adam Roczek (POL) and Filipe Santos (POR). The first official meeting of the new EC will take place in Wrozlaw / POL, February 7-8, 2004. Roos Zwetslot (NED) and Nick Grivas (GRE and TD Tennis) were elected ...

At the End of October the Portuguese University Sports Federation FADU held its annual General Assembly. Mr. Carlos Sousa Santos was elected as the new President.

For the term of 1.1.2004 - 31.12.2005 the EUSA-office in Hannover / GER next to the presidency looks for an Executive Officer on a part-time basis (16 - 20 hours a week) to assist the EUSA-Commissions and organisers of EUSA-events as well to advise the member federations, officials and other institutions linked with EUSA. Britt Dahmen, who currently still works on that post, has decided to leave EUSA in order to finish her doctorate at the Sports University of Cologne / GER. For more information about the job advertisement please write an email to office@eusa-unisport.org .

The General Assembly of Finnish Student Sports Federation was held in Vierumäki 23.-24.10.03. The GA elected a new President, Anne Kettunen, who will take the lead in the beginning of January. Timo Simonen will continue as Secretary General of FSSF.

The EC at its meeting in Innsbruck attributed the following EUC 2004: * Cross Country: Nafplion / Greece * Volleyball: Braga / Portugal (dates to be determined) * Football: Wroclaw / Poland (beginning of July) * Beachvolleyball: Klagenfurt / Austria (3.-5. June) The details such as venues, fees etc. will be published by the middle of October.

After having evaluated this years EUC reports, the EC drafted an updated version of the EUC-regulations for 2004. The main purpose consisted in defining more precisely the responsibilities of both organisers and participants. The new regulations will be published by the end of October.

The EC decided to slightly change the format of our Technical Delegates (TD). In the future, EUSA would have Technical commissions per sport which would consist of up to 3 persons. That would permit to substitute the delegates for an EUC, to use different competences etc. Furthermore it was decided to consider in the future only those candidatures which are endorsed by the respective NUSA of the candidate. The newly appointed persons are listed under "Commissions".

Please note that from Wednesday, 17th September 2003, CUSAI's (Ireland) administrative office has relocated. New contact details are as follows - Address: CUSAI, c/o Sports Office, NUI Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland Telephone: +353 1 7086408 Fax: +353 1 7083876 E-Mail and Web details remain unchanged - E-Mail: admin@cusai.ie Web: http://www.cusai.ie

The University of Crete invites students and University Sports officials from all over Europe to this years EUSA-Sympsoium taking place from 18 - 21 October in Crete/GRE. The Symposium combines discussion sessions with a great variety of sharing cultural experiences through sports competitions, excursions and cultural presentations. * The main topic for the discussion sessions will be "Universities and the Olympic Idea" touching aspects such as The History of the Olympic Games * Olympic Education in Primary Schools and it's transfer in the University Education * Volontarism in Sports ...

From August 3 - 10 the 1. European University Championships Football (men) and the 1. EUSA-Cup Football (women) took place in Rome/ITA. Winners in both events were the teams from Germany. In the men's final the University of WÄ‚Ä1rzburg/GER beat the University of Erlangen-NÄ‚Ä1rnberg/GER 1:0. 3rd place went to the University of Belgrade/YUG who beat the University of Grenoble I/FRA 2:0. Also the women's event was won by the German team. The University of Erlangen-NÄ‚Ä1rnberg beat the team from the University of Barcelona/ESP 5:3. Congratulations to the winners!

The 3rd European University Basketball Championship has successfully finished. The new European University Champions are the participating teams from the hosting country Serbia/Montenegro (SCG): University of Novi Sad (women) and University of Belgrade (men). The women's team from the University of Novi Sad beat the University team of Zaporozja / UKR with 79:74. The University of Belgrade won the final against the University of Zagreb / CRO with 107:80. For more details please see http://www.eubc2003.org

The European Union has declared the Year 2004 officially as the "European Year of Education through Sport" (EYES 2004). "Move Your Body, Stretch your Mind" is the motto of this campaign, which had to do without a suitable logo so far. This gap is to be filled now by a pan-European logo competition. The European Commission as the initiator of the campaign invites European students of graphic design, communication design, visual communication, media design and related disciplines to participate in the competition and to design a logo. By this means, a creative bandwith of ...

Olaf Tabor will become the new Secretary General of adh. Since Henning Schreiber will leave the adh for a new challenge in the Sportministry of Northrhine-Westphalia, the board chose Olaf Tabor, former student board member of adh, to succeed to the position.

The Executive Committee of the Hellenic Committee for University Sport (E.A.T.E.) announced their new composition of members who where elected last month. The new President is Stelios Zacharioudakis, Vice-President still is Andreas Gavriilidis. For all names please see "member fed's".

The 3rd European University Championships Volleyball (men/women) have been successfully terminated. Winning teams were the University of Montpellier I/FRA (men) and the University Sports Centre of Rome / ITA (women). For more results please see http://www.eucvolleyball-maribor.org Already many thanks to the Organising Committe in Maribor/SLO and to SUSA.

The term of office of Technical Delegates for the following sports will finish in autumn this year: Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Football and Cross Country. In the year 2004 the EC also plans to introduce Futsal and Beachvolleyball as either EUSA-Cups or as European University Championships. The EC therefore asks the member associations for the nomination of candidatures as Technical Delegates in the above named sports until September 12th 2003. Please note that the nomination should include a short presentation of the candidates along a short CV.

The invitation and programme as well as the entry forms for the 2nd EUSA-Symposium will be published soon. For a preliminary programme please see the link "Conferences".

The call for projects in the frame of the European Year of Education through Sport has been sent out. There are three closing dates for submission of projects: - 4th July 2003 for projects starting before 1st January 2004 - 1st October 2003 for projects starting between 1st January 2004 and 30th June 2004 - 1st March 2004 for projects starting after 1 July 2004. Please note that the acceding countries will be able to apply for the second and third deadlines. You will find detailed information about the programme on the following website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/sport/index_en.html

From June 15th on the EUSA Office will be available under a new phone number and a new email adress: Phone: +49 511 762 3991 Email address: office@eusa-unisport.org

The EUC Basketball will be extended to one more day of competition to allow the teams a playing mode according to the international rules. The new dates of competition will be 15. - 20.07.2003.

Due to the increasing tasks of the office, the EC appointed Britt Dahmen as Executive Officer. She will initially work based on a part time contract till the end of the year. The usual office time will be Wednesday and Thursday.

The EUSA-Student Commission will hold its first meeting in Hanover / GER on June 13th - 15th 2003, hosted by the German University Sports Association (adh).Tiger de Souza (GBR) has been elected as Chair of the Student Commission and attended the EC-Meeting in Stockholm as a guest, reporting on the commissions actionplan.

Due to the very low number of entries, the EUC Tennis in Cyprus had to be cancelled.

On proposal of the concerned Technical Delegates, the EUSA-EC approved Technical Regulations for Basketball and Volleyball. They will be published in due course.

The EC confirmed the participation for this years EUC for Basketball Men: 11 teams Basketball Women: 7 teams Football Men: 8 teams Football Women: 3 teams Volleyball Men: 11 teams Volleyball Women: 11 teams Additional entries will be considered till June 20th.

The EUC Karate scheduled for 4.-8. June was postponed due to a clash with events of the European Karate Federation. The new dates are 04.09. - 07.09.03. Final entry date is 31.7.2003.

The 2nd EUSA symposium will be held from 18. - 21.10.2003 in Crete / GRE. The participation fee was set at 45,- Ac‚¬ per day per person. The invitation will be published shortly.

The Greek federation elected a new board for a term of 3 years. The new President is Mr. Nikos Vasiliou who served already as member during the last term. New secretary is Mr. Nikos Grivas who is also the EUSA Technical Delegate for Tennis.

The EC has appointed the following members for the EUSA-Student Commission: Anna Lindbergh (SWE), Meike Henning (GER), Sigrit Altmae (EST), Daan Tel (NED), Tiger de Souza (GBR), Zvijezdan Mikic (SLO), Tomasz Husak (POL).

The EC has decided to hire a part time working executive administrator starting from June 6th 2003.

The EC appointed Mr. Peter George as 2nd TD Basketball jointly with Ulf Ă–hrmann. He is international FIBA-referee since 1978 and officiated at various European and Word Championships. Since 1995 he is FIBA commissioner.

The EUSA General Assembly 2002 has decided to welcome the Spanish University Sports Association as a new member within EUSA.

The EUSA General Assembly 2002 has decided to establish a student commission to develop student's involvement within the decision making processes in University Sport in Europe. The commission will consist of at least 5 student members who will be appointed for 2 years by the EC at their next meeting. The tasks of the commission will be for the start to establish a european student network and to advise the EC in their decisions out of a student's perspective.

The EUSA General Assembly 2003 will take place in Ljubljana (SLO) 04.12.-07.12.2003.

The EC appointed Mr. Elliot Stuart as new Technical Delegate Badminton. Mr. Stuart is a former British Badminton player winning Olympic Medal in 1972 and World Championship mixed doubles 1975. He was National Badminton coach for England and team manager for BUSA and FISU championships. EUSA intends to organise the first EUC Badminton in 2004.

At its meeting in Athens, the EC accepted the bid of the Italian federation CUSI to host the final for the EUC football in Rome. The dates will be probably 13.-17.08.03. The final for the EUC Basketball was attributed to Novi Sad (YUG) for the period 16.-20.07.02.

The General Assembly of the German University Sports Association from the November 26th - 27th decided that Germany will prepare a candidature for the Summer-Universiade 2009. Also, Meike Henning, student officer at the University of Hannover, was elected as a new board member.

The Council of University Sports Administrators in Ireland (CUSAI) held their Annual General Meeting on Friday, 15th November 2002. The following persons were elected to serve on the Council for the year 2002 / 2003 - Mr. Kieran Dowd (Chairman), Mr. Aubrey Storey (Vice-Chairman), Mr. Brian Mullins (Hon. Secretary) and Ms. Michelle Bennett (Hon. Treasurer).

Pär Mattsson was elected new President at the General Assembly of Swedish University Sports Federation. Charlotte Ahlström had decided to resign after four years of presidency.

Within the past year the Dutch Student Sport Federation has put much effort into changing their structures based on necessary adaptations concerning effectiveness and reliable working-conditions. On an operational and tactic level students are working side by side with professionals on projects within 5 different themes (events, education, health, top-sport and international affairs). On a more strategic level a Supervisory Board is formed, representing all partners in sports and education. At the same time the federation changed it's name from NSSS to SSN (Studentensport Nederland). For more information ...

The Croatian University Sports Federation has held it's General Assembly and elected the following new board members: Prof. Dr. Dragan Milanovic (President); Doc. Dr. Hrvoje Sertic (Vice-President);Members: Mr. Sc. Jelka Gosnik, Mr. Sc. Stipe Blazevic and Mrs. Ante Karanusic.

The Executive Committee has held its meeting from 3rd - 6th, October 2002 kindly hosted by the Swiss University Sports Federation in Pontresina. * The EC decided to reopen the candidature for the hosting of EUC Basketball 2003 and EUSA-Symposium 2003 until the 25th October 2002 since so far no official candidatures have been received. * In 2003 Tennis and Karate will be introduced as new EUCs. Karate EUC will be held in Yugoslavia. * Some regulations for the EUC have been changed, the EC will present those changes at the GA 2002. * A ranking list of participating countries in the EUC has ...

Based on an excellent bidding document, the EC attributed the EUC Volleyball 2003 to Maribor/SLO.

22 teams men and 5 female teams participated at the Champions Level after having qualified through either their national championships or previous qualification tournaments. In the womens final, the University of Barcelona (ESP) won by 1:0 against the University of Munich (GER). The University Erlangen-NÄ‚Ä1rnberg (GER) gained the mens final with 2:0 against the Haagse Hogeschool (NED).

The Austrian University Sports Organisation has a new Secretary General. Mr. Manfred Pfeifer now holds the Position of Markus Redl who left for the Winter Universiade Organising Committee 2005. The actual address you will find on the page for member federations.

Along with the EUC Volleyball, the first EUSA Tennis Cup was organised in Athens in the oldes and most famous Tennis Club in Greece. Six teams (Holland, Great Britain, Slovenia, Portugal, Bulgaria and Greece) in both men and woman events participated. This result was much appreciated by the TD Tennis, Mr. Nicolas Grivas. The results: Mens single: Bizjak (SLO) - Greenland (GBR) 7:6 (4); 6:1 Women single: Alevizopoulou (GRE) - Debevec (SLO) 6:3; 6:1 Mens double: GBR - NED 9:3 Women double: GBR - NED 9:

The British federation BUSA had its annual assembly in June when a new board was elected. Lenny Barry was elected Chairman for another term. The new members are listed on our web site (please see member federations).

In January 2002 Fadu elected new board members. Jorge Pinto was again elected as president, all other members changed (please see member federations). Felipe Santos, member of the EUSA-EC, was appointed as Secretary General.

The addresses of Croatian and Polish federation were changed; New board members in Poland (see member federations).

On request from the Koper OC, the EC agreed the new dates as June 27th to July 1st.

At the GA in Amsterdam, Mr. Enno Harms was elected as President for a second term. New Vice-President is Mr. Dinos Pavlou, member of the EC so far, to replace Mr. Drago Balent. New member of the EC is Mr. SiniÄ1ˇa JasniA„â€! (YUG). All other previous members were confirmed in their function. Mrs. Roos Zwetslot was confirmed as auditor, Mr. Theodore Mallias (GRE) was elected for the first time to replace Mr. Michael Karayannis.