Asian teams hope to topple American domination during the 6th edition of the WUC Baseball in Chinese Taipei The best college baseball players in the world are pitted against each other at the FISU World University Baseball Championship, which kicked off after a spectacular opening ceremony in the city of Chiayi. Baseball […]
GWANGJU – After 20 years, baseball is back on the programme of the Summer Universiade. The last time it was included into the games was in 1995 in Fukuoka, Japan. Back then, the bronze medal went to the hosting country, silver to Korea and the most precious metal was won by a team from […]
LAUSANNE – After serious consideration and evaluation by FISU and the local Organizing Committee, FISU regrets to inform that the 2012 World University Baseball Championship foreseen from July 13th to 22nd, 2012, in Taoyuan (TPE), will unfortunately have to be cancelled. After having been informed by the LOC of the lack of entries to reach […]
The main stadium TAOYUAN – FISU WUC Director Laurent Briel visited Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei for an inspection visit of the venues and accommodation for the upcoming World University Baseball Championship. His visit was also an occasion to meet with the local OC and members of the CTUSF directly involved in the organization of this championship, […]
CTUSF Secretary-General Ching-Yu Tseng & WUC Director Laurent Briel TAIPEI CITY – The transition day between Yilan County that will organize the 2012 World University Triathlon Championship and the city of Taoyuan, host of the 2012 World University Baseball Championship came in handy for WUC Director Laurent Briel, currently inTaipei, to organize a work meeting […]
COLORADO SPRINGS – It is with great disappointment and regret that the United States International University Sports Federation (USIUSF) and FISU announce the cancellation of the 2012 World University Softball Championship in Colorado Springs, Colorado, scheduled August 4th to 10th. In spite of all efforts, a participation of 6 teams could not be obtained at […]
SHENZHEN – To say the International Softball Federation (ISF) came from humble beginnings is putting it lightly. At the first ISF women’s world championship in 1965, just five nations competed and the facilities in Melbourne, Australia weren’t exactly ideal. “We played our first world championship on a cricket field,” said ISF president Don Porter, […]
GWANGJU – “UniFriends”, the group of university student honorary ambassadors for the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade, met with a Korean baseball legend Kim Seong-han, nicknamed “record-breaking machine” as a player as well as former head coach of Gwangju-based professional baseball team, KIA Tigers. The 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade Organizing Committee held a regular […]
