EUSA Year Magazine 2023-2024

PLEASE SEE

http://www.cev.eu

for more information

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2023-24^158

8. EUSA COOPERATION AND ALLIANCES

EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL

CONFEDERATION

EUSA and the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) have a successful

partnership established in 2017 with the signing of the Memorandum

of Understanding at the headquarters of CEV in Luxembourg.

The aim of the agreement to
strengthen the cooperation and
to lead to a closer partnership
of the two organizations, has
shown fruitful results over the
past 7 years, showcasing great
collaboration on EUSA sport
events in Volleyball, Beach
Volleyball and officially from
this year in Snow Volleyball,
as well.

The concept of Snow Volleyball
as a newly rising sport was
presented during the EUSA-
FISU 2023 seminar, on behalf
of Daniel Horvath, Snow &
Beach Volleyball Coordinator
of the European Volleyball
Confederation (CEV). Daniel
Horvath was also present at
the first European Universities
Winter Championships, as an
observer and support of the
Snow Volleyball competition.

“The inaugural European
Universities Winter

Championships run by the

European University Sports

Association (EUSA) in Val

di Zoldo coincided with the

historic first appearance of

the youngest and coolest

version of the Volleyball game

at a multi-sport event. Snow

Volleyball competitions have

been organised under the

auspices of the European

Volleyball Confederation (CEV)

since 2016, and despite the

constraints brought about by the

coronavirus pandemic between

2020 and 2022, the discipline

continues to experience steady

growth across Europe.

We were happy to welcome six

men’s and five women’s teams

from across six countries to Val

di Zoldo, where Snow Volleyball

was played against the iconic

backdrop of the Dolomites.

The addition of Snow Volleyball

to the programme of such a

multi-sport event is highly

important for the growth of a

winter sport that is still very

much at an early development

stage, especially compared to

other, more-established winter

disciplines.

We are grateful for the positive

and encouraging feedback

that we have received from

our partners and friends at

EUSA and that we could

contribute to the success of the

European Universities Winter

Championships. This event

helped draw attention to Snow

Volleyball and is good news for

its further development across

Europe through the involvement

of young student athletes.

I was also happy to join a panel

discussion at the Winter Forum,

where I could share the CEV’s

perspective and vision on the

sustainability of sports events.

We are ready to look into further

opportunities to expand our

cooperation with EUSA and

hope the experience we shared

in Val di Zoldo will be repeated

at many more events and

locations.” – emphasized Mr

Horvath.

Volleyball and Beach Volleyball

will be taking part of the sports

program of the European

Universities Games 2024 in

Debrecen – Miskolc, Hungary,

followed by: the European

Universities Championship

in Volleyball in 2025, hosted

by the city of Budapest from

July 4-11; and the European

Universities Championship in

Beach Volleyball, hosted by

Malaga, Spain, from September

19- 24, 2025.