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BADMINTON EUROPE
CONFEDERATION
After the successful signing of the Memorandum of
Understanding between the European University Sport
Association (EUSA) and Badminton Europe Confederation
(BEC) in 2015, both organisations contributed to
development of a closer and active cooperation between
each other, showcasing positive results over the years.
One of the main goals of this
MOU, was working together
on activities and projects
promoting university sport in
Europe, with a special focus
on badminton competitions for
students, and to promote and
develop badminton competitions
among students, taking part
in the sport program of EUSA
European Universities Games
and Championships.
EUSA introduced badminton
to the sport calendar in 2004,
and badminton competitions
have been annually organised
ever since as the European
Universities Championships and
Games.
In 2023, the European
Universities Badminton
Championship was successfully
organised and hosted by
Miskolc, Hungary, serving as one
great test event before being
one of the organising parties
of the European Universities
Games in 2024.In 2023, on the invitation of
Badminton Europe (BEC),
Adam Roczek, EUSA President
and Matjaz Pecovnik, EUSA
Secretary General, attended the
Annual BEC Awards Gala, which
was organised on April 22, 2023,
in Baku, Azerbaijan.The event followed the BEC
Members’ Forum and the
Annual Delegates’ Meeting,
during which the delegates
elected Sven Serre as new BEC
President.At the gala evening, the Europe’s
best-performing players,
coaches and technical officials
of the past year were honoured,and the new members of
the BEC Hall of Fame were
introduced.After the award winners were
announced, the BEC President
Serre announced Budapest
(HUN) as the host city for 2024.During their stay in Baku,
EUSA representatives met and
discussed the foreseen common
activities with BEC President,
Mr Serre, Secretary General, Mr
Agerbak and Deputy Secretary
General, Mr Andersen together
with EUSA Technical Delegate
for Badminton, Mr Jovovic.Badminton is on the programme
of the European Universities
Games in Debrecen-Miskolc
2024 and Salerno 2026; while
the 2025 European Universities
Badminton Championship will
be organized in 2025 in Madrid.