and strengthen the international
bond with the entire European
Universities community.
On the occasion of the event, for
example, eight new Padel courts
will be built on the Baronissi
University Campus. The whole
infrastructure and the sports
venues of the University of
Salerno will be renovated
and modernised. At the same
time, student residences on
the Fisciano and Baronissi
campuses will be upgraded
to meet the most modern
standards, in order to be able
to host student athletes during
the Games and to subsequently
benefit the resident students
once the Games are over.
All this will significantly
contribute to improving the
quality of students’ lives in
Salerno, thus developing, among
local people and university
community, a favourable attitude
to the visibility of EUG 2026.
Social inclusion and
unity
Furthermore, the event will
be an opportunity to display
once again the fundamental
role that sport can play into
society, especially towards its
use for the elimination of the
barriers that hinder, at any
level, the integration, inclusion
and massive dissemination of
well-being to all, especially for
people with diverse abilities.
Terms such as “inclusion”,
“integration” and “sharing” will
be the keywords of the 2026
EUG edition, with the aim of
raising awareness among the
new generations of European
university students of the need
for the empowerment of the
psychophysical well-being of the
individual. In such a particular
moment for Europe, the
Organising Committee of Salerno
2026 aims to create an occasion
of meeting, joy, solidarity, union
and involvement among the
different souls and cultures that
populate our continent.In other words, the EUG2026
will try to be inclusive in the
broader sense of the term,
to place at the centre of the
stage not just the competitive
side of the sport activity, but
more specifically the moments
of communion, friendship,
respect for others, fair-play and
sportsmanship.To this end, there have
been included in the sports
programme two disciplines that,
in the mind of the Organising
Committee, make it possible for
people with physical disabilities
to compete without any
distinction of gender or ability:
namely, Sitting Volleyball and
Inclusive Show Dance; with the
latter discipline in particular,
foreseeing the participation
of several people of varying
degrees of ability and disability,
that will be for sure one of the
highlights of the event.In the view of the university as
a place of culture that must
disseminate society with the
‘germs’ of unity, inclusion
and solidarity, in order to
foster respect and mutual
understanding, recognition of
others’ freedom, but also the
pursuit of the “common good”.The inclusion of unconventional
sports, therefore, contributes
to promoting the values of
diversity, integration and fair
play among the students
participating in the EUG 2026,
representing the Games not only
as a sports competition but also
as an opportunity to cultivate
cultural and social exchanges
among all the students and
volunteers coming from the
various participating European
Universities.Sport and beyond
In addition to the sporting events,
numerous side cultural activities
and meetings will be organised at
various levels before and during
the Games, on the themes of
inclusion, sustainability and the
protection of the environment,
encouraging interaction and
the exchange of knowledge
within projects between the
European Universities. The
active participation of lecturers,
researchers, managers,
technicians, coaches and athletes
from all over Europe is expected,
also during all the test events
in the years 2024 and 2025that will lead to a successful
organisation of the 2026 Games.This eighth edition of the
EUSA European Universities
Games thus embodies not only
sports challenges and meeting
between different life and
cultural models, but also a great
opportunity for the University
of Salerno, the city of Salerno,
the municipalities and the entire
territory where the University
is located, to promote and
spread the values of inclusion,
integration and friendship among
participants from all European
nations, values that are so much
needed to make our European
students to create a better
Europe and a better world where
to live... chanting the event
slogan “Passion Never Ends!”.Planned Sport Disciplines:- Basketball 3x3
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Beach Handball
- Beach Volleyball
- Football
- Futsal
- Handball
- Inclusive Show Dance
- Rugby 7s
- Sitting Volleyball
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Padel
PLEASE SEE
http://www.eug2026.eu
for more information