EUSA Year Magazine 2022-2023

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES

GAMES LODZ 2022

JULY 17-

Another edition of the European Universities Games successfully

happened, this time in Lodz, Poland. The Lodz University of

Technology, and the City of Lodz were the home of university

sport in Europe for two weeks, full of sports and competitions.

Poland’s third-biggest city Lodz,

was the hosting city for the

sixth edition of the European

Universities Games. This event

took the title of the biggest

university sport event organised

in Poland since the Winter

Universiade in 2001.

Over 6000 people were

directly engaged in the event,

recording 4459 participants,

representing 417 universities

from 37 countries, competing in

20 sports. Over 800 volunteers

contributed to the success

of the event, and other key

people making the event a

reality were members of the

Organising Committee, EUSA

representatives and staff, as

well as a strong delegation

of referees and judges, many

of them nominated through

European sport governing

bodies.

The European Universities

Games in Lodz represents the

largest multi-sport event in

Europe this year. The biannual

event, which was celebrating

its 10th anniversary this

year, started with the official

opening ceremony on July

17 at the Atlas Arena, where

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