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FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Cycling in FISU After the initial edition in Antwerp, five other Championships have been organised: 1986 Moscow, Russia, 1990 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 2006 in Antwerp (Belgium), 2008 Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and 2014 Jelenia Gora (Poland). These Championships have consistently drawn large numbers of competitors and increasingly […]

FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Cross-country in FISU Between 1968 and 1976, five World University Cross-country Championships were organised in Europe. The first of them was held in Lausanne, Switzerland. There, FISU gave a boost to the expansion of this sport. Already at the second edition in Coleraine, Great Britain, 90 contestants from […]

FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Chess in FISU There will always be people who say chess is not a sport. Here at FISU, we never took this assertion seriously and we integrated the discipline into our programme. Extremely popular in academic circles, chess generated successful World University Chess Championships. This was the case […]

FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Cheerleading in FISU Since the International Cheer Union (ICU) joined the international Olympic sports fraternity, it’s no longer up for debate: cheerleading is a sport. Cheerleading competitions are often held in two categories: Cheer and Cheer Dance. Cheer includes acrobatic elements into routines that are accompanied by chants […]

FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Bridge in FISU On the track of the 1st World University Bridge Championship in 2002 in Bruges, Belgium, seven other editions took place on two continents, attracting around 100 participants per edition. The 8th World University Bridge Championship was held in Lodz (POL) in 2016. 

Resources The History of Boxing in FISU The 1st World University Boxing Championship in 2004 in Antalya made boxing one of the youngest sports within the programme of the FISU World University Championships. Attracting around a hundred of the best student boxers for the first four editions in such countries where boxing is one of […]

FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Beach Volleyball in FISU Since 2002, beach volleyball is part of the programme of the World University Championships. After a first edition organised by France on the beaches of Guadeloupe and a second edition held in Thailand, the beach volleyball players came back to continental Europe for the […]