EUSA Year Magazine 2023-2024

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION YEAR MAGAZINE 2023-24^134

7. EUSA PARTNERS AND NETWORK

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

SPORTS FEDERATION (FISU)

For the International University Sports Federation (FISU),

2023 has been a busy and exciting year. With two FISU

World University Games, two FISU University World Cups,

and the General Assembly all taking place, the value and

importance of university sport shone throughout the year.

Shortly after the calendar

turned from 2022 to 2023, the

Lake Placid 2023 FISU World

University Games Winter got

underway in the North Country

region of New York State in the

United States. Over 11 days,

from 12-22 January 2023, close

to 2,200 athletes, coaches,

and officials from 46 countries

and 545 universities arrived to

compete in 12 sports and 85

medal events.

This was not new for Lake

Placid, accustomed to

welcoming the world in its

beautiful, mountainous terrain,

having hosted the 1972 World

University Games as well as

the 1932 and 1980 Olympic

Winter Games. Historical

venues such as the James C.

Sheffield Olympic Skating Oval

(speed skating), the Olympic

Jumping Complex (ski jumping

and Nordic combined), and the

Olympic Center (figure skating

and ice hockey finals), were all

used during these FISU Games.