Championships

LAUSANNE – Alternating with the Universiades, every two years FISU organises World University Championships for the sports accepted by the General Assembly and the Executive Committee. We are pleased to officially launch the candidatures for the World University Championships for 2016. The sports at the program of the FISU Championships are: Badminton, Baseball, Basketball 3×3, […]

MACEIÓ – Germany, Czech Republic, United States, Spain and Canada reached the semi-finals of the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship. In the women’s tournament, the German team Laboureur/Schumacher lost against the Spanish Hopf/Simon while Ross/Day (USA) beat Bonnerova/Hermannova (CZE). In the men’s semi-finals the Spanish duo Garcia/Marco played Canadians Pedlow/O’Gorman and Luciano/Alvaro (BRA) competed […]

MACEIÓ – Forty games marked another round of the playoffs of the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship, this Friday (14/09). And after three days of competition, eight pairs stand out as favorites to the title and have just one game to get the semi-finals of the WUC in Maceió (AL). Laboureaur/Schumacher (GER) vs. Luana/Julia […]

MACEIÓ – Thursday September 13th, marked the beginning of the play-off matches of the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship in Maceió (AL). After more than 60 games for the classification round, the pairs went on the court seeking for a spot in the knock-out round of the tournament. In the women’s competition Laboureur/Schumacher (GER), […]

MACEIÓ – The opening round of the 6th World University Beach Volleyball Championship in Maceió (AL), was played under a bright sun and with temperatures above 29ºC, yesterday September 12th, at Pajuçara beach. The athletes faced the heat and played over forty games for the qualifying phase of the tournament. “And in the main square […]

MACEIÓ – Over forty games mark the opening round of the 6th World University Championship of Beach Volleyball in Maceió (AL), this Wednesday September 12th, from 8am. The arena in Pajuçara Beach receives more than fifty pairs, from twenty countries, playing for the word university title. Before the games on the sands of Alagoas, a […]