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SELL GAMES 2023

TARTU, ESTONIA

MAY 19-21, 2023

The SELL Games is an international sports competition for students that has a

rich history dating back to 1923. It started as the International Regional Student

Sports Competitions in Tartu and later became known as the SELL Games.

The 38th edition of the SELL
Games, hosted by the Estonian
Academic Sports Federation and
the city of Tartu, marked the
100 th anniversary of the event,
making it a significant milestone
in its history.

Over 900 student-athletes
attended the competition over
the course of three days, in
which the students competed
in 15 different disciplines:
3x3 basketball, mini-football,
athletics, badminton, basketball,
beach volleyball, chess,
powerlifting, swimming, table
tennis, volleyball, wrestling, disc
golf, judo, and orienteering.

The SELL Games provide an

opportunity for students to

showcase their athletic abilities

and compete in a variety of

sports disciplines. At this

edition of the SELL games, 29

universities, coming from 7

different countries, took part in

the competitions, with Estonia

having the highest number of

universities with 9, Lithuania

and Latvia with 8, Finland with

2, and Croatia, Turkey, and USA

with 1 university.

The total medal tally of the

38 th edition of SELL Student

Sport Games was dominated by

Lithuania with 168 medals (71

gold, 50 silver, and 47 bronze),

followed by Latvia with 60

medals (14 gold, 23 silver, and

23 bronze), and Estonia coming

in third place with 57 medals (16

gold, 21 silver, and 20 bronze),

followed by the USA and Croatia

with one gold medal, and

Finland with one silver medal.

The Lithuanian universities

dominated the competition,

as they shared the highest

number of medals at this year’s

SELL Games. Vytautas Magnus

University won 44 medals

taking the title of champions,

Lithuanian Sports University

with 37 medals won the second

place, and Vilnius University

with 30 medals won the third

place.

On May 21, the SELL games

were officially closed, and the

next year’s hosting honour was

given to Kaunas, the second-

biggest city in Lithuania.

SELL Games are organised by

the national university sports

associations in the four founding

countries and held under the

patronage of EUSA and FISU.