EUSA Year Magazine 2020-21

altitude climbed in a one-
hour period, with the winner
recording an 17.48 kilometres
and 29 metres in altitude.

Hungary

Hungary’s main IDUS
celebration was the popular
5vös 5km running race, which
received a total of 343 entries,
including 201 students from
11 different universities. Apart
from this, online challenges,
performance tours combined
with a sports quiz, hiking tours
and indoor games in small
groups, of which volleyball
and badminton were the most
popular, were also organised.

Italy

In Italy, two FISU Ambassadors
shared their experiences and
highlighted the importance of
IDUS, while CUS Milano and
University Bicocca organised a
conference titled “Equality goal.
For a new governance in sport”,
debating the goal of gender
equality in the governance of
world sport.

Kosovo

Together with Albania, Kosovo’s
university sport authorities
organised an international
conference, where the role
of the COVID-19 pandemic
in particular was discussed.
Students from various
universities within the country
then joined together on a hike
up to Ljuboten, a peak in the Sar
Mountains.

Latvia

Cities across Latvia involving

ten Latvian higher education

institutions hosted a variety

of sporting events to

commemorate this year’s

IDUS which included running

competitions, relay races, non-

traditional sports games, as

well as football, baseball and

orienteering competitions.

Lithuania

An international Student

Sports Festival was hosted in

Lithuania, with competitions

organised in volleyball, football

and basketball, and medals and

prizes awarded to all winners.

Montenegro

The Student Sports Federation

of Montenegro celebrated

IDUS with an active weekend

for students, organising both

a mountaineering tour in the

Moracka mountains as well as

a Student Tennis Championship

with 23 participants involved.

Norway

Due to Covid-19, the Norwegian

Association of University Sports

promoted the celebration of

IDUS as a digital campaign. The

campaign encouraged healthy

values and the importance

of university sports, and was

spread through social media.

Poland

IDUS 2020 was promoted during

two sports events in Warsaw,

with a men’s basketball and

sport climbing competition

involving 300 student athletes.

Additionally, a training seminar

for AZS employees and staff was

held, where the topic of IDUS

was discussed and presented.

Portugal

An online conference titled

“Sports and Mental Health of

Students” was organised for

IDUS 2020 in Portugal, with

several discussions and round

tables surrounding both the

physical and psychological

well-being of students. Later,

60 participants gathered for an

enjoyable 5km canoeing course

down the Zezere and Tejo rivers.

Russia

Sports, educational and cultural

and entertainment events were

organised across Russia with

over 50 entities of the Russian

Federation involved. Events

included competitions in table

tennis, mini-football, basketball,

arm wrestling, athletics and

tug-of-war, volleyball, quizzes

as well as an educational

programme involving lectures

and seminars on the history

and development of the student

sports movement in Russia.

Slovenia

Students from the Slovenian

coastal city of Koper celebrated

IDUS in the town square on inline

skates at an event called “Zrolani

Koper”. The fun-filled event saw

a section of the square cordoned

off for participants to enjoy

rollerblading and scooters, while

there was also a court for inline

hockey and inline soccer.

EUSA staff working from

the EUSA Office in Ljubljana

celebrated the 2020 edition

of IDUS by participating in

an enjoyable bicycle ride

through the beautiful Slovenian

countryside, before also

engaging in the European fitness

badge battery test and taking up

FISU’s Cheerleading Challenge.

Switzerland

Activities took place in both

Zurich and Lausanne to celebrate

IDUS, which included a Sports

Week festival, as well as Zumba

and after workout classes.

Turkey

In Turkey, IDUS celebrations

included a dance challenge

conducted via social media,

where students were

encouraged to share dance

videos on their social media

accounts using the #letsidus

#beactive #myeusa hashtags.

Ukraine

Several different events took

place across Ukraine, with

students taking part in flash

mobs, volleyball, twist jumps,

e-sports, rugby 7s, rowing, table

tennis, relay races and physical

training sessions.

United Kingdom

In the UK, IDUS celebrations

were taken to social media,

where followers were asked to

publish what they love most

about university sport, with high

engagement and reposting of

many replies and responses.

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