Student-athletes from 18 countries will run, jump, hang and aim over four days to be crowned best university pentathletes in the world. The Madrid 2026 FISU World University Championship Modern Pentathlon will take place in Spain from 16 to 19 August 2026, bringing together the new generation of university pentathletes in one of the most […]
University triathletes switch as easily from their computers to their running shoes as from swimming to cycling. And in Nyon, the Germans do it a little better than the rest, claiming the world titles in both men’s sprint and team relay. Hungary’s Dominika Peszleg won the women’s gold. The lakeside of Nyon was buzzing with […]
Over 130 student-athletes from 32 countries and regions representing all five continents will compete over two days on 8-9 August in the beautiful Swiss scenery. Who better than the Organising Committee President, Yannick Grivel to introduce the event? “This Championship is hosted within the Nyon Triathlon, which celebrates its 37th edition this year. Welcoming over […]
The 3×3 basketball competition at the European Universities Games sends women from Vytautas Magnus University (LTU)? and men from University of Seville (ESP) to the FISU World Cup on 23-25 October. During the second week of the European Universities Games in Salerno, Italy a total of 24 men’s and 20 women’s university teams competed in […]
Thanks to Cécile Calandry, Guilhem Verove, Antoine Becaert and the overall strength of their team, the “Tricolores” claimed four out of the six gold medals in Portugal during a hot and thrilling FISU World University Championship. Throughout the four days of competition in the streets and forests of Vila Real, France and Finland battled in […]
The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) just after the opening of the European Universities Games in Salerno (Italy), reaffirming their shared vision and collaboration. International university sport cooperation was further strengthened on 19 July 2026, in Salerno, where the European University Sports Association (EUSA) and the International University Sports Federation (FISU) signed […]
FISU Secretary General and CEO Matthias Remund and Deputy Secretary General Fernando Parente travelled to evaluate Portugal’s potential candidature to host the 2033 Universiade, with Coimbra proposed as host city and the wider region involved in the project. The visit came at a particularly relevant moment for the city, which is undergoing a large-scale cycle […]
With five medals out of nine, the host nation proved that Spain really is one of the homes of the sport. Italy and France shared the remaining spots on the podiums in Málaga. History was written in the heated atmosphere of the padel club in Málaga where the very first FISU World University Championship of […]
