WELCOME ADDRESS WELCOME ADDRESS

s you are aware, end of 2009 EUSA celebrated Members and the huge work of our Secretariat Aits10th anniversary with a magnificent gala which can count on a new fully equipped office in dinner in Vienna, an unforgettable night which Ljubljana, Executive Committee Members, Techni- has seen the participation of our Member’s del- cal Delegates, Student and Medical Commission. egates, the Executive Committee and our staff. To those who are going through the pages of our Notwithstanding the great achievement we wit- Magazine for the first time, I would like to devote nessed through the last decade, EUSA is now ap- a few words on our Association and the activities proaching a new era in which innovative goals are carried out so far. about to be reached. As a matter of fact, thanks to a continued work aimed at spreading out the At present, EUSA is one of the most active Univer- values and the passion for the University sport, we sity Sport Associations worldwide which gathers managed to involve more countries in our activity 43 European countries and organises yearly Eu- as well as to meet high academic authorities. The ropean Universities Championships, EUSA Cups result of this effort is the establishment of the as well as Conventions, Symposiums and other EUSA Games to be held in Cordoba, Spain, which events all over Europe. The appreciation and re- for the first time will foresee the organisation of spect which is highly reputed in our Association, 10 different Championships at the same place at arises from its structure, its management, its ca- the same time. pability to effect and communicate in the fields of culture and education. Moreover, EUSA has strengthened the relations with other Continental Associations and is setting Moreover, the significant increase of the partici- up the organisation of Intercontinental Champion- pation in our events is a clear demonstration of ships which will be determined in the nearby future. the huge success achieved by EUSA in its activ- Our Association is also involved in cooperation ity being today the benchmark for the University with ENGSO and other partners in a project which Institutions. has been chosen by EU among all those presented on the problem of doping. The project is supported As you can see from the broad range of activi- by the EU funds and will foresee the organisation ties just described, EUSA is an Association that of Conferences and Seminars on this specific mat- does not stand still. It also provides a very useful ter aimed at reducing doping in sport. and updated Website which keeps our Members constantly informed on the activities and all the Last, but certainly not least, I want to gratefully events, facilitating the universities in enrolling acknowledge our major sponsor – Asiana Airline their teams in our Championships. I feel very and partner – FISU, both demonstrating a strong privileged and honoured to be involved with such support and commitment to our Association. a dynamic Association. However, all these activi- ties are only possible due to the enormous level of support and encouragement we receive from our Alberto Gualtieri, President

2 CONTENT

WELCOME ADDRESS 2

CONTENT 3

STRUCTURE 4-7

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 8-20

EUSA CUPS and PATRONAGE 21

CONFERENCES 22-25

PROJECTS 26-30

OTHER ACTIVITIES 30-31

FISU 32-35

PROGRAM 2011 36-39

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3 STRUCTURE

MEMBER FEDERATIONS

ALB Albania EST Estonia Albanian Students Sports Association Estonian Academic Sports Federation Rruga e Durresit, p.11, ap.26, AL-Tirana Lai 24, EE-51008 Tartu Phone/Fax: +355 4 239 255 Phone/Fax: +372 7 333 233 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.easl.ee AUT Austria FIN Finland Austrian University Sports Organisation - Unisport Austria Finnish Student Sports Federation Auf der Schmelz 6A, AT-1150 Wien Lapinrinne 2, FI-00180 Helsinki Phone: +43 1 427 728 660, Fax: +43 1 427 728 661 Phone: +358 29 009 0990, Fax: +358 29 009 0999 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.unisport.ac.at Homepage: http://www.opiskelijaliikunta.fi AZE Azerbaijan FRA France Freewill Student Sport Society of Azerbaijan French University Sport Federation Khagani Street 21, AZ-1000 Baku 108 Avenue de Fontainebleau, FR-94270 Le Kremlin- Bicêtre Phone: +994 12 498 7342, Fax: +994 12 493 7463 Phone: +33 1 5868 2275, Fax: +33 1 4658 1273 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.sport-u.com BLR Belarus The Republican Center of Physical Education and Sports for GEO Pupils and Students University Sports Federation of Georgia Pobeditelej ave 2, BY-220004 Minsk Cholokhashvili ave 9, GE-0162 Phone/Fax: +375 17 203 5712 Phone: +995 77 505 565, Fax: +995 32 292 049 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.sporteducation.by GER Germany BEL Belgium German University Sport Federation Belgium University Sports Federation Max Planck Strasse 2, DE-64807 Dieburg Minderbroedersstraat 12, BE-3000 Leuven Phone: +49 6071 208 610, Fax: +49 6071 207 578 Phone: +32 16 290 375, Fax: +32 16 290 342 Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.adh.de @ Email: : international busf.be GRE Greece Homepage: http://www.busf.be Hellenic Committee for University Sport BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina 37 Kifisias str., GR-15123 Athens Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Committee Phone: +30 210 682 7905, Fax: +30 210 682 3509 for University Sports Email: [email protected] Marsala Tita 9a, BA-71000 Sarajevo HUN Hungary Phone/Fax: +387 33 226 417 Hungarian University Sports Federation @ Email: ssbih hotmail.com Istvánmezei út 1-3, HU-1146 Budapest BUL Bulgaria Phone: +36 1 4606 915 Association for University Sports "Academic" Fax: +36 1 4606 916 @ Student Campus NSA Vasil Levski 1700, BG-1000 Sofia Email: husf ella.hu, Homepage: http://www.husf.iif.hu Phone/Fax: +359 2 868 1349 ISL Iceland Email: [email protected] University of Iceland Students´Athletics Association Homepage: http://www.aus.bg Saemundargötu 2, IS-101 Reykjavik CRO Croatia Phone: +354 665 6081 @ Croatian University Sports Federation Email: fm.isaa gmail.com Horvacanski zavoj 15, HR-10137 Zagreb IRL Ireland Phone: +385 1 301 4737, Fax: +385 1 302 5602 Colleges and Universities Sports Association of Ireland Email: [email protected] Sport HQ, 13 Joyce Way, Parkwest, IE-12 Dublin Homepage: http://www.hsss.hr Phone: +353 1 625 1173, Fax: +353 1 625 1174 @ CYP Cyprus Email: info cusai.ie, Homepage: http://www.cusai.ie Cyprus University Sports Federation ISR Israel Olympic Palace, Amipoleos 21, CY-2025 Strovolos, Lefkosia Academic Sport Association Phone: +357 22 449 846, Fax: +357 22 449 845 Tel Aviv University Sports Center, Lebanon st., Email: [email protected] Tel Aviv 69978, IL-Tel Aviv Homepage: http://www.cusf.org.cy Phone: +972 3 6486 626, Fax: +972 3 6486 822 @ CZE Czech Republic Email: info asa.org.il, Homepage: http://www.asa.org.il Czech University Sports Association ITA Italy Atleticka 100/2, CZ-160 17 Praha 6 Italian University Sport Centre Phone/Fax: +420 25 721 0787 Via Angelo Brofferio 7; IT-00195 Rome Email: [email protected] Phone: +39 06 372 2206, Fax: +39 06 372 4479 Homepage: http//www.caus.cz Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.cusi.it

4 LAT Latvia RUS Russia Brivibas str 333, LV-1006 Riga Russian Students Sport Union Brivibas gatve 333, LV-1006 Riga Luzhnetskaya naberezhnaya 8, off 331, RU-119991 Moscow Phone/Fax: +371 67 543 419 Phone/Fax: +7 499 245 17 94 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.studentusports.lv Homepage: http://www.studsport.ru LTU Lithuania SRB Serbia Lithuanian Students Sports Association University Sports Federation of Serbia Sporto g. 6, LT-44221 Kaunas Strahinji}a Bana 73a/I, SR-11000 Belgrade Phone/Fax: +370 37 302 654 Phone/Fax: +381 11 262 8658 Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.lssa.lt Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.usss.org.rs MKD Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia SVK Slovakia University Sports Federation of Macedonia Slovak University Sports Association Pirinska bb, Baraka 7, PO Box 62, MK-1000 Skopje Junácka 6, SK-832 80 Bratislava Phone/Fax: +389 2 321 2652 Phone/Fax: +421 2 4924 9203 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.saus.sk Homepage: http://www.usfm.mk SLO Slovenia MLT Malta Slovenian University Sports Association Malta University Sports Club Kongresni trg 12, SI-1000 Ljubljana University of Malta, MT-Msida MSD 06 Phone: +386 1 520 78 26, Fax: +386 1 520 78 27 Phone: +356 790 55 328 Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.susa.org Email: [email protected] ESP Spain Homepage: http://www.musc.org.mt Spanish Committee of University Sport MDA Moldova Subdireccion General de Promoción Deportiva y Deporte University Sports Federation of Moldova Paralimpico, Avenida Martin Fierro s/n, ES-28040 Madrid str. Tighina 2, MD-2001 Chisinau Phone: +34 91 589 6761, Fax: +34 91 589 6760 Phone: +373 2 226 0122, Fax: +373 2 226 0124 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.csd.mec.es Homepage: http://www.fsum.md SWE Sweden MNE Montenegro Swedish University Sports Federation University Sports Association of Montenegro PO Box 2052, SE-750 02 Uppsala Cetinjski put bb, ME-81000 Podgorica Phone: +46 18 653 070, Fax: +46 18 653 079 Phone/Fax: +382 20 265 942, GSM: +382 67 253 067 Email: [email protected] @ Email: unisportmne ac.me Homepage: http://www.studentidrott.se Homepage: http://www.unisportmne.ac.me SUI Switzerland NED The Netherlands Swiss University Sport Federation Dutch Students Sports Association Dufourstr. 50, CH-9000 St. Gallen Korte Bergstraat 15, NL-3811 ML Amersfoort Phone: +41 71 224 2256, Fax: +41 71 224 2254 Phone: +31 33 4618548 Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.shsv.ch Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.studentensport.nl TUR Turkey Turkish University Sports Federation NOR Norway Emek Mah. Kirim Cad. 36/13 Emek, TR-06500 Ankara Norwegian Association of University Sports Phone: +90 312 310 5043, Fax: +90 312 310 1683 Sognsveien 75 L - Ullevaal Stadion, NO-0840 Oslo Email: [email protected] Phone: +47 2102 9860, Fax: +47 2102 9003 Homepage: http://www.univspor.org.tr Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.studentidrett.no UKR Ukraine POL Poland Sport's Students Union of Ukraine University Sports Association of Poland 54 Dmitrievskaia, UA-01054 Kiev Kredytowa str 1A, PL-0056 Warsaw Phone: +380 44 216 4450, Fax: +380 44 216 6283 @ Phone/Fax: +48 22 849 71 36 Email: jogging nbi.com.ua Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.azs.pl GBR United Kingdom POR Portugal British Universities & Colleges Sport Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sports 20 - 24 Kings Bench Street, GB-London SE1 0QX Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Estadio Universitario de Lisboa - Pav.1, Phone: +44 20 7633 5080, Fax: +44 20 3268 2120 @ PT-1600-190 Lisbon Email: info bucs.org.uk, Homepage: www.bucs.org.uk Phone: +351 2 1781 8160, Fax: +351 2 1781 8161 Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.fadu.pt Inactive: ROM Romania DEN Denmark Romanian University Sports Federation Danish Students Sports Association St Mihail Moxa nr 5, sector 1, RO-010961 Bucharest Norre Alle 53, DK-2200 Kobenhavn Phone/Fax: +40 21 313 9054 Phone: +45 3537 6198, Fax: +45 3535 2188 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected], Homepage: http://www.usg.dk/dsi/

5 STRUCTURE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Members Alberto Gualtieri (ITA) Wolf Frühauf (AUT) Leonz Eder (SUI) Vice-President Kemal Tamer (TUR) Sinia Jasni} (SRB) Aitor Canibe Sanchez (ESP) Oleg V. Matytsin (RUS) Otmar Kugovnik (SLO) ^eslovas Garbaliauskas (LTU) Treasurer (a.i.) Olaf Tabor (GER) Leonz Eder (SUI) José Savoye (FRA) Secretary General Dinos Pavlou (CYP) Matjaž Pe~ovnik (SLO)

OFFICE European University Sports Association Tom{i~eva ulica 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia ph: +386 1 256 0056, fax: +386 1 256 0057 email: [email protected], website: www.eusa.eu Communications Manager Andrej Pi{l ph: +386 40 750 057 Secretary General email: [email protected] Matjaž Pe~ovnik ph: +386 40 750 075 Office Assistant email: [email protected] Danijela Babi~ ph: +386 40 750 705 Sports Manager email: [email protected] Adam Roczek ph: +48 603 785 508 Assistant to President email: [email protected] Roberto Sbaraglia

6 COMMISSIONS Technical Commission

Adam Roczek (POL), Chairman Student Commission Bastian Kruse (GER), Badminton Peter George (GER), Daniela Erni (SUI), Beach- Geert Magerman (BEL), Bridge Antonis Petrou (CYP), Football Patrik Pero{a (SLO), Futsal Karl Berger (GER), Golf Franti{ek Taborsky (CZE), Branislav Crnogorac (BIH), Judo Eleftheria Kallikazarou (GRE) Rajko Vujo{evi} (MNE), Karate Chairwoman Antti Afflekt (FIN) Josip Kosteli} (CRO), Rowing Tamar Salomon (NED) Bob Reeves (GBR), Rugby 7s André Couto (POR) Oleg Epov (RUS), Taekwondo Olga Doktorova (RUS) Andrzej Hrehorowicz (POL), Table Tennis Zoltan Rakaczki (HUN) Nick Grivas (GRE), Tennis Maria Rubach (NOR) Jean Loup Miguet (FRA), Volleyball Julien Buhajezuk (FRA) Internal Commissions and Medical Commission Working Groups Haris Pavleti} (CRO), Chairman Rules and Regulations Commission: Timo Hinrichs (GER) Dinos Pavlou (CYP), Chairman Abosede Ajayi (GBR) EU Relation Commission: Honorary President Jose Savoye (FRA), Chairman Enno Harms (GER) † Gender Equality Working Group: Auditors Aitor Canibe Sanchez (ESP), Chairman Zrinko ^ustonja (CRO) Jakub Kosowski (POL) Legal Advisor Thomas Loher (SUI)

7 SHORT HISTORY EUC 2010

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

n 2001, when the EUC began to be organised, We are also proud of the increasing participation IEUSA started with two events – basketball and of women. While some sports are still dominated volleyball. The list has been gradually expanding by men, in most other sports participation of ever since, and while some sports are organised women is very high.

every year, some are organised biannually. 300

NUMBER OF EUC YEAR 250 2 2001 200 2 2002 150 4 2003 6 2004 100 9 2005 50

9 2006 0 12 2007 FUTSAL TENNIS ROWING FOOTBALL FOOTBALL RUGBY 7S RUGBY

11 2008 HANDBALL VOLLEYBALL BASKETBALL BADMINTON BADMINTON 15 2009 TENNIS TABLE

11 2010 BEACH-VOLLEYBALL

In 2010, there were 11 European Universities German and Portuguese students were present in Championships on the calendar of the European all editions of the European Universities Cham- University Sports Association. Individual student pionships in 2010, followed closely by the French athletes and university teams represented 296 and Polish teams, missing only one championship. universities from 30 countries participating in We are also very happy to record participation of the 11 successfully concluded events. some new countries, like Azerbaijan. EUC PLACE BADMINTON Nancy (FRA) BASKETBALL Poznan (POL) BEACH-VOLLEYBALL Kazan (RUS) FOOTBALL Warsaw (POL) FUTSAL Zagreb (CRO) HANDBALL Nicosia (CYP) ROWING Amsterdam (NED) RUGBY 7S Cordoba (ESP) TABLE TENNIS Kazan (RUS) TENNIS Coimbra (POR) VOLLEYBALL Warsaw (POL) The number of participants at the championships has been steadily growing. If there were 250 par- ticipants in 2001, there are no less than 2770 participants in 2010. This is more than tenfold in a relatively short time.

8 EUC 2010 COUNTRY 11 GER, POR 10 FRA, POL 9 ESP 8 SUI, TUR 7 GBR, RUS 5 CYP, NED, 4 CRO, FIN, IRL, SRB, UKR 3 LTU, 2 AUT, EST, ISR, NOR 1 AZE, BLR, BUL, BEL, GRE, ITA, MKD, SLO, SVK, SWE

EUC PARTICIPANTS TEAMS ROWING 443 67 BASKETBALL 366 27 FOOTBALL 354 19 FUTSAL 348 25 VOLLEYBALL 328 25 HANDBALL 271 18 The championship with most participants in BADMINTON 192 21 2010 was Rowing, with almost 450 participants. RUGBY 7S 188 14 Basketball, Football, Futsal and Volleyball also TABLE TENNIS 85 18 witnessed high participation, with over 300 par- BEACH-VOLLEYBALL 72 27 ticipants.

Poland remains the most successful country re- garding results achieved by their teams at the 2010 EUC. Russia is in the second place, while France came in 3rd place in total points this year.

RANK COUNTRY POINTS 1 Poland 92 2 Russia 71 3 France 55

The most successful university in 2010 in terms of organisation, participation and results at the championships is the University of Coimbra (POR), followed by the University of Zagreb (CRO) and in 3rd place came the University of Minho (POR).

RANK UNIVERSITY POINTS 1 University of Coimbra (POR) 80 2 University of Zagreb (CRO) 58 3 University of Minho (POR) 45

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6th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP Amsterdam, the Netherlands: August 19-22, 2010 AMSTERDAM 2010 he 6th European Universities Rowing Champi- WINNERS PER CATEGORY Tonship, taking place between August 19th and 22nd 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 found- ing of EUSA.

M8+ University of Zagreb (CRO) W8+ Hamburg Universities (GER) LM8+ University of Nottingham (GBR) LW8+ Oxford University (GBR) M4x Bremen Universities (GER) W4x University of Economy Bydgoszcz (POL) M4- Kazimierz Wielki University (POL) Due to the good and fair racing conditions com- W4- Oxford Brooks University (GBR) bined with some tail wind the standing records LM4x University of Mainz (GER) were broken in six boat classes. The M2x record LW4x University of Heidelberg (GER) of the University of Zagreb (6:51.20) got no rest: LM4- Kazimierz Wielki University (POL) Poznan University of Life Sciences (POL) broke it in the first heat, Vienna was even faster in the M2x Poznan University of Life Sciences (POL) second heat. In the repechages the University of W2x University of Economy Bydgoszcz (POL) Amsterdam sharpened the record with four sec- M2- University of Bochum (GER) onds, but in the final Poznan University of Life W2- Hamburg Universities (GER) Sciences finally turned it down to 6:30.97. LM2x University of Economy Bydgoszcz (POL) Students Sports Netherlands introduced a new LW2x University of Economy Bydgoszcz (POL) award for the best university: the EUSA SSN LM2- University of Vienna (AUT) Award went to the University of Economy Bydgo- szcz (POL). The EUSA Salver for the best country M1x University of Hertfordshire (GBR) went to the team of Great Britain. W1x University of Passau (GER) LW1x University of Kiel (GER) EUSA representatives; Mr ^eslovas Garbaliauskas, LM1x Police Academy Lower Saxony (GER) Executive Committee member, and Mr Josip Kosteli}, EUSA Technical Delegate for rowing, expressed their gratitude to the organisers, con- gratulated all participants for taking part in the championship and welcomed many spectacular results achieved this year.

http://www.eucr2010.nl

10 7th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Coimbra, Portugal: July 25-31, 2010 COIMBRA 2010 he University Stadium of the University of Co- FINAL STANDINGS Timbra received 34 teams from 16 countries, a record number of participants. Many players have MEN positions in current ATP and WTA rankings. 1. Kozminski University Warsow (POL) 2. University of Zagreb (CRO) 3. University of Stockholm (SWE) 4. University of Montpellier (FRA) 5. University of Valencia (ESP) 6. University of Rouen (FRA) 7. University of Poznan (POL) 8. Dublin City University (IRL) 9. University of Split (CRO) 10. University of Ljubljana (SLO) 11. University of St. Gallen (SUI) 12. WG Munster (GER) 13. MESI Moscow (RUS) 14. University of Coimbra (POR) 15. University of Warsaw (POL) After more than 200 matches, the new European 16. TU Lisbon (POR) champions were known this Saturday. In the men’s 17. University of Athens (GRE) team final, the title went to Kozminski who defeat- 18. Maastricht University (NED) ed Zagreb University by 2-0, in a very competitive 19. University of Tallin (EST) game. In the women’s team final the title went to 20. University of Cyprus (CYP) Leonard Da Vinci who beat Moscow by 3-0. 21. University of Lisbon (POR)

Besides the games, the participants got to know WOMEN Coimbra University, the city, its culture and tradi- 1. University of Leonard de Vinci (FRA) tions and Figueira da Foz Beach. 2. MESI Moscow (RUS) 3. University of Zagreb (CRO) In his balance statement, the O.C. President, 4. Kozminski University Warsow (POL) Ricardo Duarte, considered that all delegations 5. University of Valencia (ESP) had the same opinion: it was the best European 6. Dublin City University (IRL) Universities tennis Championship ever. EUSA Ten- 7. University School of Physical Education Wroclaw (POL) nis Technical Delegate, Nick Grivas, agreed that 8. University of Maribor (SLO) “the big numbers of participants shows that ten- 9. University of Warsaw (POL) nis is a very popular sport among students. The 10. University of Helsinki (FIN) Coimbra Organizing Committee had done a tre- 11. Maastricht University (NED) mendous work ensuring players very good con- 12. WG Munster (GER) ditions for playing tennis, living and socializing,” 13. University of Lisbon (POR) adding that we are very proud that as a result of Tennis EUC, Coimbra students and community have now more courts to practice tennis. Next year the Championship will take place in St. Gallen, Switzerland. http://www.euctennis2010.com

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7th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP Zagreb, Croatia: July 18-25, 2010 ZAGREB 2010 agreb, Croatia hosted the 7th European Uni- FINAL STANDINGS Zversities futsal championship between July 18th and 25th. 25 university teams from 23 coun- MEN tries, with over 400 participants took part in the 1. University of Zagreb (CRO) championship. For the very first time in EUSA’s 2. University of Minho (POR) history, the futsal championship held not only a 3. Slovyansk State Pedagogical University (UKR) men tournament but also a women competition. 4. Academy of Health Education in Lodz (POL) 5. University of Malaga (ESP) The championship was organised by the Univer- 6. University of Ni{ (SRB) sity of Zagreb, Croatian University Sports Federa- 7. University of Jyvaskyla (FIN) tion and the University of Zagreb Sport Federa- 8. University Evry Val Essonne (FRA) tion. The organisers, an astonishing group of 101 9. WG Munster (GER) volunteers, in cooperation with referees, EUSA 10. South-East European University-Tetovo (MKD) representatives and technical delegates, made 11. Teesside University (GBR) sure the event was organised as smoothly as pos- 12. Norwegian School of Economics and Business sible, and were rewarded by record participation. Administration (NOR) In the final matches, watched by the full sports 13. Institute of Technology Carlow (IRL) hall, the University of Coimbra (POR) beat Uni- 14. Netanya Academic College (ISR) versity of Artois (FRA) 4:2 in women’s final. And 15. University of Cyprus (CYP) in the men’s final match, the host team of the 16. University of St. Gallen (SUI) University of Zagreb won against the University of Minho (POR) 6:2. WOMEN 1. University of Coimbra (POR) At the closing ceremony, which followed after the 2. University of Artois (FRA) finals, representatives of the Organising Committee, 3. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway the University of Zagreb and EUSA representa- 4. Kocaeli University (TUR) tives awarded the medals to the top three teams 5. University of Zagreb (CRO) in each category. In addition, the best scorer, best 6. University of Rijeka (CRO) goalkeeper, best player and the fair play award 7. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (POL) were attributed in each category. 8. University College Cork (IRL) 9. University of Oulu (FIN) After the closing speeches by prof. dr. Tonko ]urko, Vice-rector of the University of Zagreb, Mr Mladen Sedar, Vice-President of the Organis- ing Committee EUC Futsal 2010, Mr Olaf Tabor, EUSA EC Member, the EUSA flag was passed to the organiser’s of next year’s event, which will be held in Tampere, Finland.

http://www.futsal2010.info

12 8th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Warsaw, Poland: July 18-25, 2010 WARSAW 2010 ship which was taking place in Warsaw, Poland between July 18 and 25, 2010. EUSA flag was in the end passed to Head of Delegation of Halic Uni- versity, Turkey, as the next championship will take place in Istanbul, Turkey where teams are warmly welcomed to join the 9th European Universities Football Championship next year.

FINAL STANDINGS MEN n the men’s final, the title of champions went 1. Halic University (TUR) Ito Halic University, Turkey who won a thrill- 2. Holly Cross University in Kielce (POL) ing final match against Holly Cross University in 3. Ternopil Pedagogical University (UKR) Kielce, Poland. 4. Warsaw University of Technology (POL) 5. The Interregional Academy of Personnel In women’s final, the title of champions went to Management in Kiev (UKR) University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw, 6. Polytechnic Institute of Porto (POR) Poland who won an exciting final match against 7. Kuban State University (RUS) University of Lausanne, Switzerland. 8. University de Montpellier (FRA) 9. University of Wurzburg (GER) Medals and awards were presented by 10. University of Almeria (ESP) 11. Nakhchivan State University (AZE) Antonis Petrou and Andreas Demetriou - 12. University of Jyvaskyla (FIN) EUSA Technical Delegates for Football, Adam Roczek - EUSA Sports Manager, Marek Konop- WOMEN czynskiª - OC President, Zdzisław Brzezinskiª - 1. University School of Physical Education in Mayor of Piastów and Suleyman Rana and Sylwia Wroclaw (POL) Szmytelska from Rasio Sport Company. 2. University of Lausanne (SUI) 3. University of Montpellier (FRA) Apart from medals, Best Player award, Best 4. University of Goettingen (GER) Scorer award and Fair Play award were attributed 5. Siberian Federal University (RUS) in both tournaments. 6. University of Coimbra (POR) 7. University of Warsaw (POL) 12 men and 7 women teams participated in this year’s European Universities Football Champion- http://football2010.azs2.waw.pl

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10th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Poznan, Poland: July 18-25, 2010 POZNAN 2010 n the men’s final, the title of European champi- FINAL STANDINGS Ions went to Vytautas Magnus University, Lithu- ania who defeated The Leningrad State University MEN named after A. S. Pushkin, Russia on a 94:84 score. 1. Vytautas Magnus Univ. (LTU) In the women’s final, the title of European cham- 2. University of Pushkin (RUS) pions went to University of Belgrade, Serbia who 3. University of Bologna (ITA) won an exciting final match against Istanbul Uni- 4. National Univ. “Lvivska Politekhnika” (UKR) versityversity,, TurkeyTurkey,, 74:70. 5. University of Nis (SRB) 6. Bahcesehir University (TUR) MedalsMedals and awards were ppresentedresented bbyy SSini{a Jasni} 7. University of Technology (POL) – Vice-President of EUSA,EUSA, Michalis KirKiritsisi – EUSA 8. Kozminski University (POL) TechnicalTechnical DDelegate,elegate, TTomaszomasz KKayserayser - DDeputye Mayor 9. Paul Sabatier University (FRA) of Poznan, GGrzegorzrzegorz GGanowiczanowicz - CChairmanhair of the 10. Istanbul Bilgi University (TUR) Poznan CCityity CCouncil,ouncil, Waldemar WitkoWitkowskiw - Repre- 11. Academic Center of Law & Business (ISR) sentativessentatives of the MaMarshalrshal of WielkoWielkopolskapol Region, 12. University of Amsterdam (NED) IzabelaIzabela KaKaczmarekczmarek - ReRepresentativepresentative ooff the Polish 13. WG Koln University (GER) BasketballBasketball AAssociationssociation aandnd TomTomaszasz SSzponder - 14. University of National and World Economy (BUL) ChairmanChairman of the OOrganizingrganizing CCommittee.ommitte 15. University of Coimbra (POR)

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141 10th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Warsaw, Poland: July 22-29, 2010 WARSAW 2010 he 10th European Universities Volleyball Cham- FINAL STANDINGS Tpionship has concluded on July 29th 2010 with an exciting Closing Ceremony in Szturmowa SC MEN in Warsaw. The championship hosted 13 men 1. Mordovskiy State University (RUS) and 12 women university teams, coming from 2. Eindhoven University (NED) 13 countries. 3. Gazi University (TUR) 4. University of Warsaw (POL) In men finals, the champion title went to Mordovskiy 5. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa (POL) State University who won the final match against 6. University of Nis (SRB) Eindhoven University of Technology. This breath- 7. WG Berlin (GER) taking match finished with the result 3:0. 8. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (LAT) In women’s final, the European title went to 9. Sheffield Hallam University (GBR) Bahcesehir University who won the final match 10. Tampere University of Technology (FIN) against University of Belgrade 3:0. 11. Anadolu University (TUR) 12. TU Dresden (GER) Medals and awards were presented by EUSA Del- 13. Polytechnic Institute of Porto (POR) egate Mr. Wolf Fruhauf, EUSA Technical Delegate Jean Loup Miguet and Jacek Kasprzyk Treasurer WOMEN of University Sport Association of Poland, chief of 1. Bahcesehir University (TUR) Warsaw University Sport Association Włodzimierz 2. University of Belgrade (SRB) Lesniewskiª and vice rector of Warsaw University 3. Kazan State Institute (RUS) Tadeusz Tomaszewski. 4. University of Almeria (ESP) 5. WG Hamburg (GER) In the end, EUSA flag was passed to Milica Ter- 6. University of Minho (POR) zic, the captain of the University of Belgrade 7. University of Warsaw (POL) team, as the next EUC Volleyball will take place 8. University of Mainz (GER) in Kragujevac where university teams across 9. The University of Haute Alsace (FRA) Europe are invited to participate in 2011. 10. Czestochowa University of Technology (POL) 11. University of Neuchatel (SUI) http://volleyball2010.azs.waw.pl 12. Tampere University of Technology (FIN)

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4th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES RUGBY 7s CHAMPIONSHIP Cordoba, Spain: July 14-17, 2010 CORDOBA 2010 male and 6 female teams participated in this FINAL STANDINGS 8year's edition of the championship, coming from France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and MEN United Kingdom and representing 11 Universities. 1. University of Coimbra (POR) 2. University of Montpellier (FRA) In the women’s final, the title of European cham- 3. Dublin City University (IRL) pions went to the University of Bordeaux (France) 4. Bristol University (UK) who beat in the final match University of A Co- 5. University of Barcelona (ESP) runa (Spain) by 10-7. In men’s final, the title of 6. New University of Lisbon (POR) champion went to the University of Coimbra 7. Mainz University (GER) (Portugal) who won a thrilling final match against 8. University of Cordoba (ESP) the University of Montpellier (France) by 7-0. WOMEN Medals and awards were presented by Mr. Dinos 1. University of Bordeux (FRA) Pavlou, EUSA Executive Committee Representa- 2. University of A Coruna (ESP) tive, and Prof. Manuel Torres Aguilar, Vicerector 3. University of Barcelona (ESP) of the University of Cordoba and Chairman of the 4. Lille Nord University (FRA) Organising Committee. 5. University of Coimbra (POR) 6. University of Marburg (GER) The EUSA flag was passed to Mr. Alain Flavigny, Chairman of next year’s EUC Rugby 7s Organis- http://www.eusarugby2010.com ing Committee, to be held in Lille, France end of June 2011.

www.eusarugby2010.com

16 7th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BEACH-VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP KAZAN 2010 Kazan, Russia: July 5-7, 2010

he 2010 championship, which was held in Ka- MEDALLISTS Tzan, Russia between July 5 and 10 saw partici- pation of 13 men's and 14 women's teams from 9 MEN countries, representing their universities. 1. Sebastian Sobczak / Piotr Janiak, University of Lodz (POL) 2. Raffael Buehler / Andreas Catschegn, Right after the finals, the medal and prize giving Technical Federal Institute Zürich ETH (SUI) ceremony took place on the central court, fol- 3. Marco Foelmli / Florian Lier, lowed by the closing ceremony. In the beginning University of Bern (SUI) the officials greeted the referee team and the volunteers who helped the athletes on the courts. The women's medal ceremony was held by Direc- tor General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Board Mr Vladimir Leonov, EUSA CT Chair Mrs Daniela Erni and Russian representative on the FIVB Council Mr Ilya Volodarsky. Amid camera flashes and ap- plause they presented three best women's tan- dems with the cups, medals and commemorative diplomas, with the Russian tandem of Victoria Rastykus/Daria Yarzutkina from the Moscow In- stitute of Business and Law topping the podium.

President of the Russian Student Sports Union and EUSA EC member Mr Oleg Matytsin, EUSA representative and EUSA EC member Mr Leonz Eder and Counselor-minister of Education and WOMEN Science of the Russian Federation Mr Nikolay 1. Victoria Rastykus / Dasha Yarzutkina, Plotnikov honored the men's winners. Sebastian Moscow Institute of Business and Law (RUS) Sobczak/Piotr Janiak from the University of Lodz 2. Friederike Malchow / Lisa Schroeder, University of Potsdam (GER) claimed the top spot on the podium in the men’s 3. Paulina Gajewska / Magdalena Saad, competition. Graduate School of Finance and Management in

Mr Matytsin expressed his gratitude to the organ- isers and their partners and Mr Eder congratu- lated all the delegations for their participation and their performances and made a special note of the volunteers' contribution to the Champion- ship. At the end of the closing ceremony, the EUSA flag was handed to the students of the Malaga University, hosts of the next year Championship. http://s-kazan.ru/volleyball/

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4th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Kazan, Russia: June 22-26, 2010 KAZAN 2010 or four days, 42 male and 30 female students MEDALLISTS Ffrom eight countries, representing 16 universi- ties have competed in four disciplines at the 4th TEAM MEN European Universities Table Tennis Championship, 1. Orenburg State University (RUS) which was held in Kazan (RUS): team, individual, 2. Kazan Volga Federal University (RUS) doubles and mixed events. 3. Rzeszow University of Technology (POL)

Executive director of the Olympic Committee of TEAM WOMEN the Russian Federation Marat Bariev, President of 1. Russian State University of Humanities (RUS) the Russian Student’s Sports Union Oleg Matyt- 2. Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa (POL) sin, EUSA Technical delegate Andrzej Hrehorowicz 3. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, and other high representatives congratulated the (RUS) athletes on the Championship’s completion. MIXED DOUBLE Most medals were won by the Russian and Polish students and their university teams but this does 1. Chmiel P., Rzeszow University of technology (POL) not reflect the devotion and matches of other / Voronova A., Kazan Volga Federal University (RUS) participants, as we were able to see high quality matches in Kazan. MEN DOUBLE 1. Merzlikin T. / Martykov S., It was not only the sportsmen that were given Russian State Universityof Humanities (RUS) awards. Mr. Hrehorowicz presented commemora- tive gifts to the Championship organizing com- WOMEN DOUBLE mittee and on behalf of the Russian Student’s 1. Saveleva A. / Voronova A., Sports Union expressed gratitude to the Republic Kazan Volga Federal University (RUS) of Tatarstan, the city of Kazan and the Organizing committee of the IV European Universities Table MEN SINGLE Tennis Championship. “I hope that the V Euro- 1. Gladyshev Mikhail, pean Universities Table Tennis Championship in Orenburg State University (RUS) Madeira will have the same excellent manage- ment next year,” he said. Oleg Matytsin also said WOMEN SINGLE that he felt gratitude to the organizing commit- 1. Voronova Anastasia, tee. The involvement of the local volunteers’ team Kazan Volga Federal University (RUS) was also commended.

Champions Anastasia Voronova and Mikhail Gladyshev were given the honour to hand over the EUSA flag and hand it to the Portuguese stu- dents, as Madeira will host the next year’s Eu- ropean Universities Table Tennis Championship.

http://s-kazan.ru

18 7th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP Nancy, France: June 15-20, 2010 NANCY 2010 he 7th European Universities Badminton Cham- The students enjoyed the old part of the city with Tpionship, hosted by the University of Lorraine the world heritage site Place Stanislas. Everybody welcomed almost 200 players from 45 Universities loved the fantastic nightly illumination show from 15 European countries who came to the love- which was projected on the city hall, where the ly region of Lorraine in the eastern part of France. opening ceremony was held on Tuesday.

A guest university from Laval-Quebec (Canada) http://www.eucbadminton2010.eu was invited to take part in this event and to strengthen the development of the Pan-American MEDALLISTS university badminton. TEAMS 1. University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (POL) 2. National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnical Institute” (UKR) 3. Saarland University (GER) 3. Loughborough University (GBR)

MIXED DOUBLES 1. Rafal Hawel / Kamila Augustyn, University of Humanities and Economics Lodz (POL)

The team event with a record breaking 21 teams MEN DOUBLES took place on Wednesday and Thursday. Finally 1. Dmytro Zavadskyy / Vitaliy Konov, the tournament favourites and defending cham- Kharkov Polytechnic Institute (UKR) pion the University of Humanities and Econom- ics Lodz (POL) won with 3:0 against the second WOMEN DOUBLES seeded Kharkov Polytechnical Institute (UKR). 1. Olga Konon / Agnieszka Wojtkowska, The bronze medals were won by Loughborough University of Humanities and Economics Lodz (POL) University (GBR) and the University of Saarland (GER). The Fairplay Award for the team event do- MEN SINGLES nated by Badminton Europe was won by decision 1. Dmytro Zavadskyy Kharkov, Polytechnic Institute (UKR) of the referee / umpires by AGH University of Sci- ence and Technology Krakow of Poland. The indi- WOMEN SINGLES vidual event was played from Friday till Sunday. 1. Sashina Vignes-Waran, University of Strasbourg (FRA)

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5th EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

NICOSIA 2010 Nicosia, Cyprus: June 13-20, 2010 athletes from 11 countries and 18 FINAL STANDINGS 271 Universities took part in the Champion- ship which was organized in Nicosia/Cyprus from 14th till 20th of June. Wolf Fruehauf – EUSA Ex- ecutive Committee Delegate was impressed how hard Organizing Committee chaired by dr Micha- lis Krashias Cyprus University Sports Federation President in cooperation with EUSA Technical Delegates Mr Frantisek Taborsky and Mr Pascal Denoyer has worked to provide the best condi- tions for the running of the Championship.

„Excellent work of the officials, staff and volun- teers make this Championship unforgettable” said EUSA Representative. He underlined that thanks to cooperation between EUSA and European Handball Federation refereeing level was very high. MEN In the women’s final, the University of Vincent Pol 1. INSA Lyon University (FRA) (POL) won against the Belorussian National Techni- 2. University of Minho (POR) cal University (BLR) 37:21, and in the men’s final, 3. Universidad de Malaga (ESP) the result was much tighter, as INSA Lyon Univer- 4. WG Köln University (GER) sity (FRA) beat University of Minho (POR) 33:30. 5. European University of Cyprus (CYP) 6. University of Belgrade (SRB) At the Closing Ceremony EUSA flag was passed 7. Istanbul Bilgi University (TUR) to the representatives of Croatian Student Sport 8. University J.J. Strossmayera (CRO) Federation which will organize next Champion- 9. Radboud University Nijmegen (NED) ship in Rijeka in 2011. 10. University of Groningen (NED) 11. University of Cyprus (CYP) http://handball2010.eusa.eu WOMEN 1. University of Vincent Pol (POL) 2. Belarusian National Technical University (BLR) 3. University of Porto (POR) 4. University of Valence (FRA) 5. Maastricht University (NED) 6. University of Erlangen - Nürnberg (GER) 7. University of Tübingen (GER)

20 EUSA CUPS PATRONAGE EUSA Billiards Cup he 5th Friendship Games 2010, held under the Tpatronage of EUSA, were organised 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 he 1st EUSA Billiards Cup was held between city of Eilat, where they danced and celebrated TAugust 9 and 14 in Tallinn, Estonia, with par- together the end of a great week of basketball ticipants from 11 universities from Estonia, United and friendship. Kingdom, Norway and Finland. The Cup was or- ganized by the Estonian Universities Sports Fed- http://www.thefriendshipgames.com eration, 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 played on August 12 and 9 ball tournament played on August 13. Best individual after 3 days was the Cup Winner.

In men finals, the title of champion went to Terje Olav Hjerpbakk from Soer-Troendelag University College from Norway, winning a thrilling semi- final match of third Day 9 ball competition against Karl Mihkelson from Tallinn University of Technology from Estonia. SELL Games http://www.eusabilliardscup.com rom May 21.-23. SELL Student Games, EUSA patronage event, were held in Tartu, Estonia. InF three days more than 1600 participants from 15 countries and 78 universities took part. The compe- titions took place in 11 sports: athletics, table tennis, basketball, chess, floorball, judo, powerlifting, mini- football, swimming, and volleyball.

At the closing ceremony, the Mayor of Tartu Mr Urmas Kruuse declared the Games closed and the flag of SELL Games was handed over to the president of Lithuanian Students Sport Federation as next games will be in Kaunas, Lithuania.

http://www.sellstudentgames.com

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11 th EUSA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE 10th ANNIVERSARY Vienna, Austria: December 4-6, 2009

he first part of the event was the European were welcomed by Mr Alberto Gualtieri and Mr TUniversity Sports Conference, held on Friday, Wolf Fruhauf. Special recognition was given to December 4, 2009 at the University of Vienna. the presence of guests from the International The opening & welcome speeches were held by Mr University Sports Federation (FISU) - Mr Stefan Wolf Fruhauf, President of the Austrian University Bergh, Vice-President, and Mr Eric Saintrond, Sec- Sport Federation and member of EUSA Executive retary General; and Federation of African Univer- Committee; Alberto Gualtieri, the President of sity Sport (FASU) - Dr Malumbete Ralethe, Vice- EUSA, and Georg Winckler, Rector of the Univer- President. Congratulations letters were read from sity of Vienna. presidents of the international and continental university sport federations who were unfortu- Four main presentations were given at the Con- nately unable to attend the celebration of EUSA. ference. First, Dr. Otmar Weiss, University profes- The President of EUSA also thanked the previous sor for the Sociology of Sports at the University EUSA EC members and Technical Delegates for of Vienna introduced Major Developments & New their presence and contribution to the develop- Perspectives of University Sports. Matja` Pe~ovnik, ment of EUSA in the last 10 years. Secretary General of EUSA presented the new info system, implemented by EUSA, with the support The Assembly was chaired by Mr Stefan Bergh, of FISU. After a short break, Olaf Tabor, EUSA who was also the chair of the EUSA 1st Assembly Executive Committee Member presented a virtual in 1999. After a minute of silence in the memory of preview of what EUSA might be in 10 years, and the late Mr Enno Harms, the Assembly was carried the last presentation was given on Women in out reflecting the achievements and development European University Sports by Iris Olberding, the of EUSA from 1999 to 2009, also thinking about the Chairwoman of the EUSA Student Commission. future direction of the organisation, the importance of cooperation with the EU, and the topic of gender On Saturday, December 5, 2009 the main event equality. The delegates approved the reports of the of the General Assembly was held. The Assembly Executive Committee, Student Commission, Annual itself was held at the University building, which Accounts, Modification of the statutes, activity pro- welcomed the delegates of almost all EUSA gramme and provisional budget 2010 and the date member federations. The delegates and guests and venue of the next General Assembly.

22 fter the formal conclusion of the Assembly • Most Active NUSA: Aitself, a Gala Dinner was organised in the Ball- University Sport Federation of Poland room of the Parkhotel Schönbrunn. At the Gala • Order of Merit: Mr. George E. Killian Dinner, reflections were given to the 10 amazing years of EUSA, emphasising the importance of • Lifetime Achievement Award: Mr. Enno Harms the initiatives of individuals on one hand and all member federations on the other hand. The Gala Dinner was accompanied by interest- ing cultural programme, carried out by several In the light of the 10th anniversary, special recog- Austrian student groups and performers. In the nitions were given to the people and institutions end, special recognition and thanks was given by which marked EUSA in the past 10 years: Mr. Alberto Gualtieri and Mr. Matjaž Pe~ovnik on • Best University 1999-2009: behalf of EUSA to the host of the Assembly, rep- University of Ljubljana, Slovenia resented by Mr. Wolf Frühauf.

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EUSA AWARDS 2010

BEST UNIVERSITY AWARD The University of Coimbra (POR)

AWARD FOR THE MOST ACTIVE NUSA AZS Poland

ENNO HARMS FAIR STC PHOTO PLAY AWARD COMPETITION WINNER Men Handball Team, The European University of Beate Alderslyst (NOR) Cyprus (CYP)

24 EUSA CONVENTION 2010 Bled, Slovenia: November 12-14, 2010

he 2010 edition of the EUSA Convention, in- ager while Dr Haris Pavleti~, Medical Commission Ttended for the organisers of the European Uni- Chairman, presented the medical commission versities Championships and the European Univer- and safety & health issues. EUSA Volunteer pro- sities Games, took place in Bled, Slovenia between gramme, run by EUSA Student Commission, was November 12 and 14, 2010. presented by Mr Andrej Pi{l, EUSA Communica- tions manager on behalf of EUSA STC. Over 50 participants participated in the event. They were greeted by Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA The representatives of the Organisers of the Euro- President via online address and by Mr Leonz Eder, pean Universities Games, Mr Vicente Martinez Orga EUSA Executive Member and Treasurer, a.i. They and Mr Rifaat Chabouk, presented the concept and stressed the importance of EUSA Conventions as preparations for the 1st European Universities Games, EUSA is working hard to cooperate with the or- which will take place in Cordoba, Spain in 2012. ganisers to enable great events and thanked the technical delegates, medical commission members EUSA Communications Manager presented the EUSA and EUSA Office for doing an excellent job and the online registration and accreditation system which significance of their contribution to the develop- was put in place in 2010 with the support of FISU, ment of EUSA and its sports events. and will be used by the future organisers of the Eu- ropean Universities Championships. Mr Matja` Pe~ovnik, EUSA Secretary General, On behalf of the Organising committee of the briefly presented the European University Sports 2010 Badminton Championship Mr Valentin Dup- Association, its organisation and activities, focus- ouey presented their championship as an example ing on the history and success of the European of good practice, pointing out the topics where Universities Championships. In his presentation, special attention should be given to. Representa- Mr Pe~ovnik also illustrated the growth of EUSA tives of the organising committees of the Euro- sports events and the plan for the future. pean Universities Championships 2011 presented Sports programme, rules and regulations were their events to the participants. presented by Mr Adam Roczek, EUSA Sports Man- Parallel workshops were organised for the or- ganisers and the technical delegates to discuss the details of the championships. EUSA technical delegates also met for their internal meeting to discuss technical aspects. At the same time, the Medical Commission met to discuss the medical matters and the recommendations for the organ- isers of the EUSA events.

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OPENING OF NEW EUSA OFFICES t the occasion of the EUSA Executive Commit- Matytsin, the President of Russian Student’s Atee Meeting 02-2010, the European University Sports Union and EUSA Vice-President; Kemal Sports Association officially opened its new office Tamer, the President of Turkish University Sports in Ljubljana on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Federation and Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, the Presi- dent of Lithuanian Students Sports Association European University Sports Association (EUSA) presented memorial plaquettes as welcome pre- celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009, and in sents to the President of EUSA. Otmar Kugovnik, 2010 it acquired its own offices in order to enable the President of Slovenian University Sports Asso- and support the growth of EUSA, its activities and ciation, gave an art painting as a house-warming functioning of the staff and the elected delegates present, and Jose Savoye, the President of French and representatives. University Sport Federation gave a special indi- vidual present to Mr Gualtieri. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, opened the new EUSA Office in Ljubljana, thanking the former lady The new offices, which have been renovated and Rector of the University of Ljubljana prof. dr. An- fully equipped, are located in the city centre of dreja Kocijan~i~ and President of the Slovenian Ljubljana, and we are convinced that they will University Sports Association prof. dr. Otmar Ku- enable the optimal conditions to offer support govnik for hosting the EUSA office in the past. to our members, organisers of EUSA events and other partners, and actively contribute to the Many congratulations and best wishes were development of the university sport within and expressed in the speeches at the opening. Oleg outside Europe.

26 EUROPEAN ANTI-DOPING INITIATIVE (EADIn) he project is aimed at establishing an Europe- velop a best practice catalogue and an EU Model Tan-wide Anti-Doping mentality in the youth for preventive Anti-Doping Education, implement sector by establishing a moral tenor towards this model in several levels (Local, National, Eu- concepts such as Fair-play, sensitizing and rais- ropean), produce educational training tools to ing awareness on all levels of the complex social support the work of the ADJA and to spread the environment surrounding the doping problem- information and organise seminars and confer- atic and implementing strategies to motivate ences on National and European levels in order to young people to pass on the message and create encourage networking, communication and fu- a strong multiplying effect. ture long-term cooperation between the partners.

Core partners in the project are the Network for The project started in 2010 and will continue in the European Youth Work in Sports within the different phases by the end of March 2012. European Non-Governmental Sports Organisa- tion (ENGSO Youth), European University Sports Success of the project is also a result of a good Association (EUSA), German Sports Youth within cooperation of EUSA and ENGSO Youth, which the German Olympic Committee (DSJ), French has been strengthened in 2010. Olympi Committee (CNOSF), Olympic Committee of Slovenia (OKS), Austrian Athletics Federation The European Anti-Doping Initiative is funded by (ÖLV), Italian Federation of Aerobics and Fitness the EU programme Preparatory Action in the field (FIAF), International Catholic Federation of Physi- of sport, and promotes healthy sports participa- cal and Sporting Education (FICEP) and Doping tion, without drugs. Prevention Center at the Heidelberg University of Education (ZDP).

The actions of the project will be to develop a peer-to-peer network of Anti Doping Junior Ambassador (ADJA) through Youth Camps, de-

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28 1st EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES GAMES Cordoba, Spain: July 13-24, 2012

The First European Universities Games, to be held The event was finally attributed to the Spanish in 2012, were attributed in March 2010 at the City of Cordoba which will host the Games be- EUSA Executive Committee Meeting in Vilnius. tween July 13 and 24, 2012. Three bidding cities – Lisbon (POR), Cordoba (ESP) and Lodz (POL) presented their candidatures to European Universities Games will be the largest the members of the EUSA EC. European multisport student event, featuring ten sports: basketball, handball, football, futsal, rugby The idea of hosting a multi-sport university event 7s, volleyball, badminton, beach-volleyball, table in 2012, bringing together European university tennis and tennis. teams from several sports at the same time was very appealing for all candidates, which all pre- sented excellent bids. http://www.eusagames2012.com

29 OTHER ACTIVITIES 30 Office hasbeenmoved toAmersfoort. Rooijen tookovertheposition.At thesametime, land (SSN)alsogotanewSecretary -MrHansvan dents SportsAssociation-Studentensport Neder- Josef Åhm.IntheNETHERLANDS, theDutchStu- the SwedishUniversity SportsFederation becameMr of USFM.InSWEDEN,thenewSecretary General of ert Brsakoski waselectedasanewSecretary General Former Yugoslav RepublicofMACEDONIA,Mr. Rob- Some NUSAsgotanewSecretary General. Inthe reelecting MrAndreas L.CsonkaasthePresident. sity SportsFederation (SHSV)was heldinBerne, LAND, theGeneral Assemblyof the SwissUniver- President isMr. NebojsaJovanovi}.InSWITZER- tive assemblyinDecemberBelgrade. Thenew Federation ofSERBIA(USSS)alsohelditselec- of University Sport(NSI).TheUniversity Sports as thePresident oftheNorwegianAssociation Bergen, withMrKarl OlavHaalandbeingelected Elective General AssemblywasheldinNORWAY in the electionsnextyear. Dr. VinczePálwillfulfilthePresident’s dutiesuntil President Dr. RobertFrenkl. HUSFVicePresident but atthesametimemourninglossoftheir on filledwithpositiveresults andachievements, garian University SportsFederation (HUSF)was tion andmore news, pleasevisit our member’s activities;fordetailedinforma- federations. We haveprepared aselectionof T FEDERATIONS ACTIVITIES OFEUSAMEMBER In HUNGARY, theGeneral AssemblyoftheHun- not justforEUSA,butalsoitsmember he year2010 wasverybusyandproductive www.eusa.eu . also celebrated their20thAnniversary where the LithuanianStudentsSportsAssociation(LSSA) president isMrBrunoBarracosa. InLITHUANIA 2010, anewboard wasalsoelected andthenew PORTUGAL celebrated its20 FADU –NationalUniversity SportFederation of dr. Kemal Tamer. guests andwelcomedbythePresident ofTUSF ceremony beingattendedbyseveral prominent to itsnewofficesinAnkara, TURKEY; official Turkish University SportsFederation (TUSF)moved dent oftheRepublicMr. ZeljkoKomsic, andthe letes. TheeventwasofficiallyopenedbythePresi- Ceremony washeld,honouringtheirbestath- In BOSNIAANDHERZEGOVINAtheSportsAward celebrating therichhistoryofCAUS. versity SportGamesandpromotion ofthebook ficial ceremony, galaconcert,theNationalUni- Several eventswere prepared includingthe of- (CAUS) celebrated its100 In June,theCZECHUniversity SportsFederation pressed hisjoyaboutthepastachievements. president ofLSSAMr^eslovasGarbaliauskasex- th Anniversary inPrague. th Anniversary. In Organisers also invited EUSA President and Sec- At the International Sport Forum, held in Moscow, retary General, also to award the best students. RUSSIA end of July, many activities were organ- ised. At the Forum, a roundtable on University Sport was held, with presence of also Mr Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr Oleg Matytsin, EUSA Vice President and President of RSSU and Mr Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA Secretary General. Sev- eral important meetings accompanied the event which concluded with a spectacular show wit- nessed by more than 30.000 spectators.

A gala was also held in CYPRUS. At the event of Bulgarian University Sports Association (AUS Aka- the Cyprus University Sports Federation (CUSF), demik) invited EUSA President Mr Alberto Gual- Mr Dinos Pavlou, EUSA EC Member and former tieri and Secretary General Mr Matja` Pe~ovnik President of CUSF, was nominated Honorary to visit BULGARIA in September. They visited the President and received a mark of honour. new Offices and were welcomed by the AUS Aka- demik President Prof Peter Bonov and Secretary In SWEDEN, the Swedish University Sports Fed- General Ms Kamelia Atanasova. During intensive eration had its General Assembly followed by a programme, several meetings with the Ministry, Gala dinner in October where Mrs Johanna St. Olympic Committee and the University were held. Clair Renard was re-elected President and Mr Stefan Bergh was nominated Honorary President and received the mark of honour.

The Croatian University Sports Federation (HSSS) held their gala in December in Zagreb, CROATIA, followed by their annual general assembly. Par- ticipants were welcomed by the President of HSSS Mr Zrinko Custonja and invited guests, also EUSA Vice-President Mr Sini{a Jasni}.

In POLAND at the beginning of the new academic In November, on the Invitation of the Albanian sport season a University Sport Gala was organ- Students Sports Association (ASSA) and the Uni- ised in Warsaw. Almost 200 guests were present versity of Sports of Tirana, EUSA President and at the Gala and the next day, a conference “Aca- Secretary General visited ALBANIA. They were demic environment and sport volunteering” was welcomed by ASSA President Prof. Dr. Fatos Gjata also held in Warsaw. and the Rector. As a part of the visit, a meeting with the Minister of Education and Science was also arranged, and a meeting with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports. The visit concluded with the University Sport Workshop.

EUSA Representatives also visited Cordoba in SPAIN as the first visit for the 1st European Universities Games, which will take place be- tween July 13 and 24, 2012. The participants visited the venues and discussed and finalised the sports program of the games, which will consist of 10 sports.

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FISU World University Championships Although there were no universiades on the FISU programme for 2010, as they are celebrated every second year, the preparations for them 2011 Uni- versiades were very intense, with travels to both venues. Heads of delegations visited Erzurum, and FISU EC held its meeting in Shenzhen. A quick re- cap of the upcoming and already attributed Uni- versiades: Erzurum WU 2011, Shenzhen SU 2011, Under the umbrella of the International Univer- Maribor WU 2013, Kazan SU 2013, Granada WU sity Sports Federation – FISU, there were 27 World 2015 and Gwangju SU 2015. FISU also opened University Championships organised around the the bidding process in September 2010 for the globe, with many of them organised in Europe 2017 Universiades. by our common EUSA and FISU member federa- tions. A rookie in the WUC programme in 2010 was Savate which has been added to the list of successfully organised events. For an overview of all World University Championships organised in 2010 and the results, please see www.fisu.net. ERZURU M2011 Forum winteruniversiade The tenth edition of the bi-annual FISU Forum took place from June 21st to 26th, 2010 in Vigo, Spain. Over 200 participants from 74 countries met 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 included Development of Strategic Plans in University Sport at a National Level, Education and Environmen- tal Awareness through University Sport, Women’s Leadership in University Sport and University Sport and Academic Recognition. The next FISU Forum is to take place in Taipei City in spring 2012.

32 Publications City Events FISU published two editions of its magazine in FISU, in partnership with GL Events, successfully 2010; numbered 78 (May) and 79 (October). The ventured into the world of business conferences magazine covers the news and events of univer- and events. Under the slogan “Where cities meet sity sports worldwide, keeping its members, stu- sport,” the first City Events Conference took place dents and interested public well-informed about in Brussels, Belgium between November 17 and the activities of FISU and other topics related to 19, 2010. This year's conference theme "From student sport. In February, FISU also published Sport Event to Citywide Experience" aimed at a book Philately Overview of the International strengthening the bond among all these stake- University Sport Movement & FISU, depict- holders to create events that are much more than ing philatelic items regarding the International just sporting competitions, but which are for the University Sports Movement and the Federation benefit of all. The event was opened by the FISU itself. Apart from the printed publication, FISU President Mr Killian. The organisers managed to manages a well-known website www.fisu.net, attract over 50 city representatives and several sends out electronic newsletters and edits and sports organisers, linking both together. manages videos also on their portal www.fisu.tv.

More For a detailed overview of FISU and its activities, please visit www.fisu.net.

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CONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AFRICA Federation of African University Sports - FASU FASU held its Elective General Assembly in August 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. The meeting gathered over 40 delegates from a total of 18 FASU member countries and a number of invited guests from FISU and other continental member associations, including highest EUSA Representatives. 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. The new board also met later in the year in October in Dakar, Senegal, to discuss the future of FASU. http://www.fasu.za.org

AMERICAS Pan-American University Sport Federation – ODUPA The ODUPA Executive Committee met in Lima, Peru in March and as a re- sult of their development program "Oikos", approved the mission of the organization, i.e. "to contribute from the American University community to develop citizens of the world through sport’". A new website and a magazine have also been established, providing the international university sports community information related to Panamerican events. During the year, several events took place, including the Panamerican Cross Country Cham- pionship, Basketball, Judo and the ODUCC Games. http://www.odupa.org

34 ASIA Asian University Sports Federation – AUSF In September, the representatives of AUSF member countries and regions came to Shenzhen, China for the General Assembly Meeting where general elections and the admission of new members took place. AUSF now has 35 members, and under the Presidency of Mr Xinsheng Zhang plans are made to strengthen ties with other continental federations. In this sense, EUSA President and Secretary General also met with their AUSF counter- parts in Beijing to discuss future cooperation. During 2010, Asian University Championships were organised in Basketball, Table Tennis, Taekwondo and Waterpolo, with ASEAN University Games being organised in December. http://www.ausf.org

OCEANIA Oceania University Sports Federation – OUSA OUSA also had an elective General Assembly in 2010. In July in Brisbane, Australia, the OUSA General Assembly took place and in its meeting pro- ceeded to the elections of a new board. At the assembly, the annual reports were given by the president and secretary general. A development seminar was organised during the assembly, where also the invited FISU representa- tives Mr Bergh, Mr Chen and Mr Gjeloshaj gave presentations. The Assembly adopted a new constitu- tion which main changes consists on the length of the period of service of the Board members. The newly elected President is Mrs Karen Nelson from Samoa. ousasecretariatagmail.com

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TAKE PART IN OUR CHAMPIONSHIPS! e invite our members, National University WSports Federations, European universities, student athletes and volunteers to participate in the European Universities Championships which will take place around Europe in 2011. For your interest, we have prepared a special tour of the events and their destinations.

The first European Universities Championship in 2011 will be organised in Football and will take If you are a volleyball fan, be sure not to miss place in Istanbul, Turkey between June 19 and 26. the championship in Kragujevac, Serbia between Istanbul is a city with two seas - the Black Sea and July 10 and 17. Located in the centre of Serbia, it the Sea of Marmara, and even two continents - will offer undoubtedly also the genuine Serbian Europe and Asia. hospitality besides the interesting matches.

A day after, the Badminton championship starts in Ukraine. Kharkov (also Kharkiv) as the second largest city in Ukraine, will host the best badminton players from European universities from June 20 until 25.

Next is the perfect event for all basketball lovers. Spanish Cordoba hosts the basketball event from July 13 to 20, and since Cordoba will be the venue of the 1st European Universities Games in 2012, this will be the perfect opportunity to go there now already. Participants, especially students practising martial arts, will be able to enjoy the historic Sarajevo first between June 23 and 26 for the Judo cham- pionship, and then also between July 22 and 25 for the Karate championship. These are the first EUC events to be held in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Futsal enthusiasts will be happy to hear that the organisers in Tampere, Finland hope to attract 24 participating teams for the men’s tournament

End of June, the always welcoming French Lille will host the Rugby 7s championship. From June 29 until July 2, Lille, with its French and Belgian neighbours, will be the focal point of European university rugby. Both men and women teams are expected to participate.

36 and 16 teams for the women’s tournament for and 10. The organisers promise top matches, and the championship held between July 17 and 24. delicious Swiss chocolate for any occasion. Help them break a record! At the same time, two other championships are taking place in Europe. On the Croatian coast, in Rijeka, handball championship will be held and the organisers promise event with strong partici- pation. After the matches, the participants will be able to enjoy and relax in the Adriatic Sea.

For the second time, golf will be also featured in EUSA events. Oto~ec in Slovenia will host the golf championship from September 6 and 10 in an idyl- lic surrounding of forests, rivers and a lake. A special experience will undoubtedly be the medieval castle.

While the futsal and handball enthusiasts will be busy in Finland and Croatia, beach volleyball play- ers will be able to participate in their event to be held in Malaga, Spain between July 17 and 22.

If you excel in mental and tactic games, then do not miss the bridge championship, to take place in War- saw, Poland between September 19 and 24. The Pol- ish capital will make sure that the participants will enjoy the games as well as the leisure programme.

The season will conclude in the capital of Bulgaria – Sofia, which is hosting the first EUC in their Travelling West and South will definitely bring country. The second edition of the taekwondo you to Madeira, Portugal, where the best of best championship held between October 28 and 30 table tennis players will be gathered for EUC Table will be the excellent opportunity also to explore Tennis from July 17 to 23. this beautiful and welcoming city.

Moscow, the Russian capital, will be the venue of the rowing championship. If you want to see the University teams and individual athletes interest- Kremlin, Duma and other historic sights and wit- ed in participating in our events please contact ness excellent rowing performances, Moscow is the the National University Sport Federation in your place to be between August 30 and September 2. country for the registration. Volunteers can apply and register directly at our website. Fans and tennis players will definitely flock to Switzerland during the tennis championship, taking place in St. Gallen between September 4 For details, please visit www.eusa.eu!

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EUSA EVENT CALENDAR 2011

European Universities Championships Football Istanbul (TUR) 19.06.-26.06. Badminton Kharkov (UKR) 20.06.-25.06. Judo Sarajevo (BIH) 23.06.-26.06. Rugby 7s Lille (FRA) 29.06.-02.07. Volleyball Kragujevac (SRB) 10.07.-17.07. Basketball Cordoba (ESP) 13.07.-20.07. Futsal Tampere (FIN) 17.07.-24.07. Handball Rijeka (CRO) 17.07.-24.07. Beach-Volleyball Malaga (ESP) 17.07.-22.07. Table Tennis Madeira (POR) 19.07.-23.07. Karate Sarajevo (BIH) 22.07.-25.07. Rowing Moscow (RUS) 30.08.-02.09. Tennis St. Gallen (SUI) 04.09.-10.09. Golf Otocec (SLO) 06.09.-10.09. Bridge Warsaw (POL) 19.09.-24.09. Taekwondo Sofia (BUL) 28.10.-30.10.

Patronage SELL Games Kaunas (LTU) 12.05.-15.05. Friendship Games Eilat (ISR) 27.05.-03.06.

Conferences General Assembly Eilat (ISR) 03.03.-06-03.

more information: www.eusa.eu

38 BECOME A VOLUNTEER ON EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011! RAISE YOUR COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS IN ORGANISING SPORT EVENT AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL, GET NEW EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT FIELDS, EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE, LEARN ABOUT THE COUNTRY CULTURE, GET NEW FRIENDS ALL OVER EUROPE AND MUCH MORE....

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 3 months before the championship APPLICATION FORMS AND MORE INFORMATION: www.eusa.eu PHOTO COMPETITION for the participants of European Universities Championships 2011

Send us up to 3 photos that you have taken during the Championship.

The author of the best photo will be invited to take part in the EUSA General Assembly in Maribor (SLO) in March 2012.

Deadline: December 1, 2011

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