Paulo Ferreira, Luciano Cabral & Leonz Eder BRUSSELS – On Monday 7 November 2013, at the FIDSU headquarters in Brussels, the Evaluation Committee started its first day of assessment of the candidates for the organization of the 2016 World University Championships. With more than 35 applications for more than 30 sports, FISU turns a […]
LAUSANNE – The World University Championships department has continued its series of work meetings with FISU partner International Federations. Last week the WUC delegates were joined by their Winter Universiade counterparts Milan Augustin (Director) and Jiho Kim (Executive Assistant) when convening with the International Ski Federation (FIS). Sarah Lewis (FIS Secretary General) was welcomed […]
ST GALLEN – From August 22nd to 23rd, the World University Championships Department of FISU met in the premises of the University of St. Gallen (SUI), its athletic director being none other than Leonz Eder, FISU Vice-President and Chairman of the WUC Committee. At this meeting, the WUC Department worked on the preparations of […]
In 2014, 29 World University Championships will be held on five continents, and for the first time in the FISU history, New Zealand will be the host of the Triathlon event. After several competitions held in Australia (the 2010 WUC Squash took place in Melbourne), it’s now the turn of Wellington, the New Zealand Capital […]
LAUSANNE – Following a breathtaking 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan (RUS) where no more than eleven (11) Championship sports where present, as well as a successful year of World University Championships in 2012, where 27 events took place in 17 countries over 4 continents, the 2014 edition of WUCs is at hand. Starting […]
BRUSSELS – Every two years, FISU organizes a seminar for the Organising Committees of the upcoming World University Championships. In 2014, more than 25 Championships will take place around the globe, and with the exception of only one, delegates of all the Organising Committees of these events were gathered at the ‘Château de la Solitude’ […]
BRUSSELS – In order to prepare the FISU Seminar for World University Championship Organising Committees on May 16th and 17th, the CTI WUC chaired by Vice-President Leonz Eder and one of its Vice-Presidents Luciano Cabral, met at the Château de la Solitude, the FIDSU Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on May 14th. During this preparatory meeting […]
LAUSANNE – On the afternoon of January 23rd, the CTI Working Session was held with the attendance of the Chairperson of the CTI-SU John WARNOCK, the Chairperson of the CTI-WU Roger ROTH, the Chair person of the CTI-WUC Leonz EDER, Director of the Summer Universiade Marc VANDENPLAS, Director of the Winter Universiade Milan AUGUSTIN, Director […]
