FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Golf in FISU Often considered as an elite sport, Golf has lately become very popular amongst university student-athletes. During a visit in Sardinia, Italy in 1984, the former FISU President Dr Primo Nebiolo submitted the idea of including this sport in the competitions organised by the NUSFs. Two […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Futsal in FISU At the first edition of the World University Futsal Championship (WUC) in Sao Paulo in 1984, “football en salle” or “football à cinq”, as it was called then, was considered a difficult sport because of its particular structure, international situation and also the lack of […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources History of Football in FISU Long before our era, many cultures played a certain kind of ball game. But contemporary football as we know it today traces back to England in the 1900s, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses. From there on, football experienced an […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Cycling in FISU After the initial edition in Antwerp, five other Championships have been organised: 1986 Moscow, Russia, 1990 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 2006 in Antwerp (Belgium), 2008 Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and 2014 Jelenia Gora (Poland). These Championships have consistently drawn large numbers of competitors and increasingly […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Cross Country in FISU Between 1968 and 1976, five World University Cross-Country Championships were organised in Europe. The first of them was held in Lausanne, Switzerland. There, FISU gave a boost to the expansion of this sport. Already at the second edition in Coleraine, Great Britain, 90 contestants […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Chess in FISU There will always be people who say chess is not a sport. Here at FISU, we never took this assertion seriously and we integrated the discipline into our programme. Extremely popular in academic circles, chess generated successful World University Chess Championships. This was the case […]
FISU Technical Committee Chairs Resources The History of Cheerleading in FISU Since the International Cheer Union (ICU) joined the international Olympic sports fraternity, it’s no longer up for debate: cheerleading is a sport. Cheerleading competitions are often held in two categories: Cheer and Cheer Dance. Cheer includes acrobatic elements into routines that are accompanied by chants […]
