EUSA Year Magazine 2020-21

MATCH POINT

The objective of Match Point is to combat doping in recreational

environments by setting up a transnational network to

elaborate and conceive engaging, deterring and detecting

educational programmes and innovative open resource online

educational courses, which will lead to the development of an

Ethical Code for behaviour in tennis and grassroots sports.

The project focuses on young

non-professional tennis

athletes’ and coaches’ culture

and attitudes against doping,

protecting their health and

moral ethics and supporting the

integrity of sports as well as its

positive values and principles.

Results from the Match

Point project will be well

disseminated through multiplier

sport events, as well as through

the project’s smart, interactive

web-based platform, allowing

for continuous collaboration

between project stakeholders

as well as for the integration of

new organisations in it during

and after the project lifetime.

Through strengthened

cooperation between the project

partners from five European

countries and different sectors

such as sports, research and

education, Match Point will

promote and support new

anti-doping pathways, raise the

young athletes’ and coaches’

awareness of the doping

threats, develop new prevention

educational anti-doping tools

and contribute to development

of an European sport and

socio-cultural doping free

environment.

Partners in this collaborative

partnership project include the

Bulgarian Tennis Federation

(BUL); Polish Tennis Federation

(POL); Romanian Tennis

Federation (ROU); University of

Vienna (AUT); Austrian Institute

for Sport Medicine (AUT) and

the EUSA Institute (SLO).

The two-year project, co-funded

by the Erasmus+ Programme of

the European Union, was initially

set to conclude in December

2020, but was extended into

2021 as a result of the global

pandemic.

PLEASE SEE

eusa.eu/projects/match-point

for more information

Co-funded by the

Erasmus+ Programme

of the European Union

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