Summer Games

The Executive Committee of the Polish University Sports Association (ASZ) and the Authorities of the City of Poznan regretfully informed FISU they resign from further bidding to organize the 2015 Summer Universiade. ‘The financial crisis in the world’s economy disables the Polish government from providing financial guarantees to cover the costs’, the official communiqué read. […]

On Saturday March 7th, the first part of general training of Universiade Beograd 2009 volunteers started. Training session will be held on the premises of Tourism College in Novi Beograd. The first session was a motivational training. More than 300 volunteers turned up. All training sessions are compulsory. They will be held every weekend until […]

FISU CT Chair Mr. Julius Kralik and FISU Sports Department Manager Michal Buchel had the opportunity to meet Mr. Mohamed El Motakawel, the FEI Chair of the Referees Committee in Lyon during the Junior Women Foil World Cup. The main topic of the meeting was to set up the nomination of the upcoming Summer Universiade […]

The Expo Hall will serve as dining hall for the athletes FISU Director of the Summer Universiade Marc Vandenplas, FISU Sports Manager, Michal Buchel, and the Assistant to the Secretary General Hedwige Hankart visited the Belgrade OC 2009 from March 26th to the 30th. One of the main reasons of their visit was to advise […]

  Today, January 28th, delegates from the Gwangju 2015 Bidding Committee visited the FISU Headquarters in Brussels. The delegates met with FISU Secretary-General/CEO Eric Saintrond for a working session to have answers to their last questions to prepare the bidding dossier which must be delivered at the FISU HQ on March 14th. The city of […]

Working meeting with Poznan delegates Yesterday, delegates of the Poznan 2015 Universiade Bidding Committee visited the FISU Headquarters. Mr. Hubert Piotrowicz and Mr. Lukasz Miadziolko met with FISU Secretary-General Eric Saintrond, FISU Director for the Summer Universiade Marc Vandenplas and FISU Sports Manager Michal Buchel for a working session to have answers to their last […]