World Cups

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China – Emma Lefebvre’s growing popularity at the University World Cup – Football brought three men’s teams out to the Jinjiang Sports Centre stadium, to watch the game between University of Ottawa and Siberian Federal University of Russia.   Emma Lefebvre, University of OttawaLefebvre’s two goals scored in the Canadians’ opening […]

A Beijing Institute of Technology player hits the playing pitch hard during their game against Bangkok Thonburi University In football as in photography, style is less the product of one’s personal expression than it is of developing one’s craft through poise, patience, and infinite care. Most people who kick a ball, like most people who […]

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China – The physiological demands of playing a football match are high, among the highest in sport. The intense 90-minute action, the added time and the relentless travel to and from the stadium take a toll. So how do athletes get up and ready to go once again within 48 hours […]

It’s another big day of football with the final day of Group Stage play here in Jinjiang, China for the inaugural University World Cup – Football.   In the Game of the Day, the University of Malaga takes on Taiyuan University of Technology in the glittering new Jinjiang Football Park Stadium that was constructed in […]

It’s another big day of football here in with day two of the women’s tournament as the high-scoring University of Sydney (AUS) take on Beijing Normal University (CHN), University of Lausanne (SUI) line up against Paulista University (BRA), the College of Asian Scholars battle Siberian Federal University (RUS), and the University of Ottawa lock horns […]

Julius-Maximilians University of Wurzburg’s David Bröer 921) celebrates the team’s first goal with Ferdinand Hansel (14) as the German student-athletes rolled to a 6:0 victory of Taiyuan University of Technology JINJIANG, Peoples Republic of China – Uncertainty is an emotion a footballer feels stepping onto the pitch when both necessity and opportunity converge to rest […]

JINJIANG, People’s Republic of China – It was a case of Brazilian flair versus Chinese resilience as Paulista University took on Beijing Normal University at the Economic Development Zone Stadium here in the southeastern corner of Fujian Province.   A day after the men’s tournament opened, eight women’s teams came out to play their first […]

The University World Cup – Football action really heats up in the Group Stage as all 16 men’s teams take on their second game of the tournament. Find out which of these top university football teams will take the lead and put themselves into the driver’s seat and earn their spot into the knock-out stage! […]