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All football qualifying tournaments have now been played
World Cups
14 December 2024
The road to Dalian is now a direct one for 10 teams, all winners of their respective continental qualifying tournaments. The last ones to secure their ticket came from Asia and Oceania. 2025 will not only be the year of the FISU World University Games, it will also mark the first time the FISU University […]
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Two new teams qualified for the FISU World Cup Football during the FASU Games in Lagos
World Cups
2 October 2024
The 11th edition of the Federation of African University Sports (FASU) Games concluded in Nigeria, with a total of 68 universities from across the continent participating. The nine-day event was jointly hosted by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Lagos State University (LASU). The American University in Cairo – who incidentally will organise the 12th […]
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Fort Hare University further proof women's university football vital to the sport's growth in South Africa
Football
13 December 2023
It’s said the celebrations still haven’t stopped in the remote town of Alice in South Africa, almost a month after the town’s female university team ended their heroic season with promotion to the country’s top-flight football league. Just 16,500 students make up the 107-year-old Fort Hare University, spread across two campuses in East London and […]
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FISU University World Cup Football: Penalties decide a thrilling men's final
World Cups
1 November 2023
The highly anticipated men’s final of the FISU University World Cup Football was decided in penalties with the dynamic team from Paulista University in Brazil prevailing over State University of Trade and Economics (SUTE) of Ukraine. SUTE had arrived at the final as the most prolific scoring team with 13 goals and courtesy a 2-0 […]
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FISU University World Cup Football: Women from Beijing Normal University hit the jackpot
World Cups
1 November 2023
The women Chinese team of Beijing Normal University won the FISU World University of football on home ground and after the penalty shootout. That was a cruel end for the Paulista University from Brazil who would equally have deserved the win. There were some paradoxes at the start of the women tournament’s final match […]
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FISU University World Cup Football: Men's semi-finals prove to be tight in battles for spots in gold medal match
World Cups
30 October 2023
Men’s semi-final number one featured two teams making return appearances at the FISU University World Cup Football. Paulista University of Brazil, seventh place finishers in 2019, took on defending bronze medalists Myongji University of Korea, with both looking to get to this year’s final. Paulista took control in the first 15 minutes with their best […]
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FISU University World Cup of Football: Chinese and Brazilian women teams ease to the final
World Cups
30 October 2023
Those who were expecting some thrilling action in the women semifinals at the FISU University World Cup of Football in Jinjiang (CHN) must have been disappointed. Both matches were quickly and brutally folded by the eventual Chinese and Brazilians winners – and upcoming finalists. The main disillusion came for the University of Bordeaux who played […]
