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Archery competition pioneered by FISU added to the Olympic Games programme

Championships 14 June 2017

  LAUSANNE – The words “today’s stars, tomorrow’s leaders” are more than tagline at FISU. This spirit was on full display at the Executive Board meetings for the International Olympic Committee as they approved archery mixed team competition for future editions of the Summer Olympics – a sport first tested and developed in FISU’s World […]

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2018 WUC Golf Preparations Countdown

Championships 17 May 2017

  LUBAO – Preparations begin in earnest as FISU gave its stamp of approval to the Pradera Verde Golf and Country Club in Lubao, Pampanga as the host site of the 2018 FISU World University Golf Championship to be organized by the Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP) from 16 to 19 […]

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WUC Seminar in Lausanne

Championships 28 April 2017

  LAUSANNE – From 26 to 28 April, FISU’s World University Championships Department hosted its traditional WUC Seminar to prepare future World University Championship hosts for their job to come. Around 100 delegates, representing the Organising Committees of 31 WUCs to be staged in 2018 were present in Lausanne. Organized every two years, the seminar […]

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2018 WUC Cross-country: Inspection Visit in St. Gallen

Championships 12 April 2017

  GALLEN – The FISU inspection team for the 2018 WUC Cross-country, composed by the Technical delegate Carlos Cardoso, WUC Assistant Pauline Hamonic and Paola Matringe, travelled to the City of St. Gallen, Switzerland in order to evaluate the progress of the local Organizing Committee. They met with OC Chair Daniel Studer, Technical Chair Hanspeter […]

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A First for Rowing at 15th Edition

Championships 10 April 2017

    SHANGHAI – Rowing is arguably one of the most popular sports worldwide – and in the University Sports Movement, this is also true. Since the debut in 1984 in Milan (ITA), the sport has been hosted in Amsterdam and Groningen (NED), Poznan (POL), Zagreb (CRO), Nottingham (GBR), Brive-la-Gaillarde and Gravelines (FRA), Trakai (LTU), […]

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2018 FISU WUC Seminar

Championships 10 April 2017

  LAUSANNE – In less than three weeks, FISU will host its 2018 World University Championship OC’s Seminar. More than thirty Organising Committees from four different continents will be welcomed in Lausanne, the home of international sport, from 26 to 28 April 2017.   In order to prepare the 2018 FISU WUC season in the […]

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Ten Years on, China is preparing again for Bridge

Championships 22 March 2017

    XUZHOU – The popular mind sport of Bridge started its path in FISU in 2002, with the first World University Championship being held in Bruges (BEL). Since then, the sport has had uninterrupted events in Istanbul (TUR), Tianjin City (CHN), Lodz (POL), Kaohsiung (TPE), Reims (FRA) and Opatija (CRO). In 2016, the city […]

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FISU announces Call for Candidatures for 2020 WUC Season

Championships 9 January 2017

    LAUSANNE – FISU is again pleased to announce that the bidding procedure for the 2020 FISU World University Championships has been officially launched. This will be the 29th season of Championships hosted by FISU which started this format of competition in 1963 with the first competition being Handball, hosted in Lund (Sweden). Over 300 WUCs […]