The 2023 European Universities Championships are getting closer and closer, with the local organising committees working in full steam for another sport-filled summer season, starting this weekend! 

Twenty university sports will take place at 15 separate cities across Europe over a three-month period with athletes, organisers, and host cities now finalising preparations ahead of their different events.

The season will be officially opened in a week, with the starting point being in Tirana and the European Universities Championship in Football on June 25th. 

Next, brace yourself for an action-packed July, where no less than 10 different events, made up of 13 different sports, are going to build up the competing energy and fun atmosphere. 

Kicking off in southern Spain, we will be witnessing Tennis wins on the strong sun of Granada, Spain on 3rd of July, competiton spirit of Table Tennis in Olomouc, Czech Republic from July 4th, winning goals in Handball from July 8th in Podgorica, Montenegro and soon after from July 13, we will see Miskolc, being the host of not one, but two championships in Badminton and Water Polo. 

Two events will begin with one day difference on July 15 and 16, when we will see the athletes gathering in Debrecen, Hungary for another 3x3 Basketball competition, while their fellow athletes will arrive in Braga, Portugal, to play for the Volleyball champions titles. 

Right after, Croatia will host two European Universities Championships, one in Futsal, hosted by the city of Split, kicking off on 18th of July and two days after Zagreb will be the centre of attention of university athletes competing in 4 combat sports categories: judo, karate, kickboxing and taekwondo, from July 20th.

The fully packed competitive July will be wrapped up with the Championship of Basketball, happening in Aveiro, Portugal, starting on July 23rd.

August will be the month where 2 more European Universities Championship will have their spotlight, having athletes competing in Orienteering in St. Gallen, Switzerland from August 24th and Rugby 7s in the capital of Portugal, Lisbon from August 28th. 

We round off the busy summer schedule with our final events in September, 3 last great Championship hosted by 3 great European places. Golf in Ferrara, Italy will kick off on 6th of September, while Rowing in Bydgoszcz, Poland will follow the same great start on September 7th. Beach Handball and Beach Volleyball in Malaga, Spain will have the honour to close up the summer EUC season, starting on September 19 and closing on September 24th. 

EUSA along with the Organizing Committees are excited for the upcoming championships and looking forward for the great competitions and great university sport all around Europe!

For more information, about every Championship, please see the relevant official websites of the designated sport, as well as their social media accounts.