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first 10 yearsEUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION International University Sports 1999-2009
The Winter Universiade consists of 6 compulsory sports:
Skiing: Alpine Skiing & Nordic Skiing (ski jumping, cross
country & Nordic combined) - Biathlon - Ice Hockey (M &
W) – Skating: Short Track Speed Skating, Figure Skating (In-
dividual – Pairs – Dancing) & Synchronized Skating - Curling
- Snowboarding and optional sports also chosen by the host
country. The event gathers some 2,500 participants from 50
countries.
World University
Championships
The World University Championships are organized every
even-numbered year in sports which do not appear on the
compulsory Universiade programme:
Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing,
Bridge, Canoe Sprint, Chess, Cross-Country, Cycling, Eques-
trian, Field Hockey, Floorball, Futsal, Golf, Handball, Kara-
te, Match Racing, Orienteering, Rowing, Rugby 7, Sailing,
Savate, Softball, Sport Shooting, Squash, Taekwondo, Tri-
athlon, Waterskiing, White Water Canoeing, Weightlifting,
Woodball and Wrestling.
Every championship-year, some 30 different WUCs are staged
all over the world.
Educational Activities
Besides these sporting events, FISU also organises a number
of educational activities, such as the FISU Conference, the
FISU Forum and the Rectors’ Forum.Every two years, the FISU Forum offers an opportunity for
the students and officials from the university sports move-
ment of the FISU member associations to meet each other.
The main objective of the Forum is to offer conditions for
meeting and exchange, associating culture and education
with physical and sporting activities. By establishing this
Forum more than ten years ago, FISU authorities wanted
students, teaching staff and sports leaders from different
backgrounds to get to know and understand each other in
order for all stake-holders to be enriched by all the different
aspects of their diversity.