European University Sports Association - First 10 years: 1999-2009

28 EUSA

first 10 years

1999-2009 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION From foundation on

T

he year 2007 will be remembered mainly by the success-

ful organisation of twelve European Universities Cham-

pionships, FISU General Assembly in Bangkok that brought

recognition to the Continental University Sports Federations

and the elective EUSA General Assembly held in Belgrade.

The participation on the European Universities Champion-

ships continued to grow as 2800 participants and 361 uni-

versity teams from 36 countries took part on the events. All

the numbers represented the highest participation up to

then. The sports program was enlarged, as for the first time,

the European Universities Championships in Rugby 7’s and

Table Tennis were organised in Grenoble and Ostrava.

The EUSA Executive Committee met four times in 2007, in

Brussels, Magglingen, Lefkosia and Belgrade. One extraor-

dinary meeting was held during the Summer Universiade in

Bangkok. In the beginning of the year new members were

nominated to the Student Commission for the next two year

period. Ms. Iris Olberding was nominated as the chairwoman.

The third student commission’s main duty has been to con-

tribute to the achievement of the volunteer program, and to

its development with a constant growth of the applications.

In July, EUSA was a co-organiser of the International Semi-

nar on the University Sport that was held in Ljubljana, Slo-

venia. The event was organised under the patronage of FISU

in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana and the Slo-

venian University Sports Association. Around 50 participants

discussed the topics “The new FISU – The role of Europe and

Continental University Sports Federations”. The FISU General

Assembly held just prior to the start of the 24th Summer Uni-

versiade in Bangkok, Thailand brought significant changes to

the development of the continental federations. The modi-

fications to the FISU Statute brought Europe and other Con-

tinents a place in FISU Executive Committee which was not

anymore composed of the elected Members only, but also of

the Continental University Sports Federations Delegates. On

the proposal of Mr. George E. Killian, the General Assembly

also decided to financially support the continental activities

and projects.

The Russian Student Sports Union hosted the 5th EUSA Sym-

posium organised from September 27 to 30, 2007 in Mos-

cow, Russia. More than 30 participants from ten European

countries exchanged their experience of the organization of

student’s sports in their countries, and had a chance to ex-

plore the cultural and social life in the Russian capital.

2007

EUC Rugby 7’s enters the EUSA Program

Miss Iris Olberding, STC Chairwoman

Participants of the EUSA Symposium