FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Futsal in FISU In terms of FISU competitions, Futsal today ranks among the sports that attract the largest number of teams and exhibit a very high level of technical skill. This was not always the case. During the inaugural FISU World University Championship Futsal held in São Paulo, […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources History of Football in FISU Long before our era, many cultures played a certain kind of ball game. But contemporary football as we know it today traces back to England in the 1900s, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses. From there on, football experienced an […]
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.
