With three months to go for the start of the 2020 World University Championship season, preparations are in full swing at the first few Championships that will take place. In the Netherlands, Olympic champion speed skater Esmee Visser is helping to create quite a buzz as ambassador of the World University Speed Skating Championship to […]
LAUSANNE – In exactly three months, the 2020 World University Championships seasonwill kick off with the Cross-country Championship in Marrakech on 7 March 2020. It promises to be a long, action-packed season with 29 events dotted through the year, concluding with the Badminton Championship in Thailand in late November. On the 2020 calendar, FISU welcomes […]
LAUSANNE – The first-ever Combat Sports World University Championship will be held in in 2022 in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg, which is also the host of the Summer Universiade 2023. Ekaterinburg was among almost 40 cities around the world who were attributed the right to host a FISU World University Championship in the years […]
LAUSANNE – Intending to provide opportunity to students both on and off the competitive field of play, FISU just launched the third edition of the International FISU Volunteer Programme. Centred around the 2020 World University Championship events, students from around the world are invited to apply as a way to further their organisational abilities and jumpstart their sports […]
LAUSANNE – More than 40 bids, from 25 countries hoping to host 25 events that will take place in 2022 and 2024; this summarises the FISU World University Championship evaluation week that just concluded at the FISU Headquarters on Friday. The FISU evaluation team, comprising the Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Technical Committee […]
LAUSANNE – The 2020 World University Championship season is just under five months away and already the plans for 2022 and 2024 will take clear shape over the next week. From 7-11 October, representatives from over 40 prospective host cities will present their bids at the FISU Headquarters in Lausanne. Hungary’s Viktor Viola in the […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Some of the best players in the world will participate in the FISU World University Badminton Championship to be held in Bangkok, in November 2020. Coming close on the heels of Tokyo 2020, the WUC Badminton will be one of the main events on the calendar after the Olympic Games. The […]
LAUSANNE – Next year’s World University Sailing Championship may just set the bar very high. Slated to be held in Campione del Garda, Italy, from 30 June to 4 July 2020, the sailing championship will be staged at a venue that is truly world class. “Several Olympic national sailing teams train from this regatta […]
