European University Sports Newsletter

European University Sports

NEWSLETTER05-2006

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8th EUSA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Valencia, a wonderful Spanish city was the venue of the 8th EUSA General Assembly, which took place from De-cember 1-3, 2006. The representatives from 33 EUSA member federations participated on the event. Beside them, also many guests were present, including a huge number of FISU Executive Committee members, EUSA Technical Delegates, EUC 2007 Organisers and members of European bidding cities for Universiades 2011 such as Poznan, Kazan, Murcia, Maribor and of the Belgrade Universiade 2009.

After a cultural program, including a visit of Valencia Har-bour, host of the next America’s Cup, the Ciudad Artes y Ciencias and an Old city tour, Friday was the day of the Seminar “University, Tourism and Sport” as well as of the Convention for the European Universities Championships 2007 Organisers.

CONVENTION FOR THE EUC 2007 ORGANISERS During the Convention the representatives of EUSA, Mat-jaz Pecovnik, Secretary General and Michel Bonfils, EUSA Technical Commission Chair, gave a general briefing on the terms and conditions as well as on examples for best prac-tice of organisation of the European Universities Champi-onships. Subsequently the Technical Delegates met with the Organising Committees of their respective sport in order to check all details of the organisation. Around 30 representatives from all the EUC 2007 Organising Com-mittees and EUSA Technical delegates were present on the Convention.

EUSA SEMINARIn the EUSA Seminar, which took place at the same time, four key note speakers took the floor and stressed the



important relationship between University, Tourism and Sport. Lluis Bellvis, Professor of the Department of Com-mercialisation and Markets Investigation of the University of Valencia expressed the local point of view. He showed the importance of great events like the America’s Cup for Valencia. Leonz Eder, member of the EUSA Board and also FISU Assessor, pointed out the economical effects of university sport activities in tourist regions, with the ex-ample of Winter-sports in Switzerland. The East Europe point of view was presented by the two Russians Ekat-erina Furman, Member of the board of Russian Student Sports Union and Elena Demidovich, Vice President of the Students league of the Republic of Tatarstan. They under-lined the importance of the role of student sports in Russia.

The very active day before the General Assembly finished with the visit of Carmen Opera, a contemporary dance ver-sion of Bizet’s Carmen in the Teatro Principal Valencia.

GENERAL ASSEMBLYOn Saturday the official part of the General Assembly start-ed in the La Nau-University building. The participants were welcomed by the representatives of the Spanish University Sports Federation (CEDU), University of Valencia, City of Valencia and EUSA President. The Gaudeamus Igitur An-them was performed by the student choir of the University of Valencia.

Before EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri presented the an-nual report to the Assembly, FISU President George E. Kil-lian took the floor and invited the EUSA Executive Commit-tee to host its next meeting in February 2007 in the FISU Headquarters in Brussels. He congratulated the EUSA for its great activities and for the continues support of FISU.

In the annual report of the Executive Committee, EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri underlined the fact, that “the act of creating a new dimension of EUSA exclusively for indi-vidual Universities and their representatives instead of a national University team, has resulted in widespread suc-cess in all the situations where this was implemented: from the Universities with their Rectors to the European Sports Federations and from the FISU to the European Olympic Committees Association. After one year’s work based on

intense contacts, a stronger and a different image of EUSA has emerged. We believe this in only the beginning of a path which requires some time and constancy, will be able to bring our Association to reach a relevant position within the fields of culture and University Sport in Europe, with clearly visible worldwide repercussions,” he added.

EUSA organised the EUCs in 9 sports. The number of participants has increased from 1,530 participants in 2005 to 2,200 in 2006, which represents a 44% growth. The number of participating university teams has increase from 200 in 2005 to 255 in 2006, which represents a 28% growth. 26 European countries participated at the champi-onships in 2006.

Referring to the relationship with FISU, EUSA President Gualtieri said, that Europe has also played a very impor-tant role in the FISU activities by organizing 21 World Uni-versity Championships in 2006. “We think that EUSA and its members would be part of new projects for the future of FISU,” he said.

The Student Commission report 2006 was presented by the STC Chairman, Rafael Gil Salinas.The delegates of 33 countries (out of a total of 39) ac-cepted the annual report, but also the annual accounts for 2006 and the budget 2007, presented by Treasurer Adam Roczek. The General Assembly of EUSA, chaired by Roch Campana, accepted Montenegro as a new member, as it became an independent and sovereign state since May 21st, 2006.

The General Assembly also approved on the change of the Statutes. The mandate of the members of the EUSA EC and the Auditors will from 2007 on be 4-years.Jelka Gosnik (CRO) and Olaf Tabor (GER) were elected as EUSA Auditors until the next General Assembly, which will take place in Belgrade in December 2007.

After the General Assembly, all the members were invited to see a pilota-match in a near venue, not far from the univer-sity. In the evening the Closing Dinner was held in the Pala-cio de la Exposition, on which the EUSA President thanked again the representatives of CEDU, the City and University of Valencia for the superb organisation of the event.



EUSA YEAR MAGAZINE PUBLISHEDAt this year’s EUSA General Assembly, which took place in Valencia, Spain from December 1-3, the EUSA Year Magazine 2006 was presented. The Magazine will be published annually, and will contain all the relevant infor-mation from the championships and other EUSA events. The 2006 Magazine is available for download on EUSA website but you can also contact us and request the printed versions of the publication to be sent out to you. We generally grant the requests made from university sports or-ganisations throughout Europe, and also from other parts of the world.

EUSA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

The EUSA Executive Committee 04-2006 was held on November 30, 2006 at the University of Valencia, Spain. The meeting started with welcome speech from Rafael Gil Salinas, the Vice Rector of the University of Valencia. The EUSA President Alberto Gualtieri welcomed all the mem-bers of the Executive Committee and thanked the hosts for the organisation of the meeting. All members of the Execu-tive Committee were present, except Phil Attwell and Tiina Beljaeva, who excused their absence. Among others, the EUSA Executive Committee decided:

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPSThe following dates for the EUC 2007 were confirmed:

- Table-Tennis Ostrava/CZE 20.06. – 24.06.2007

- Karate Podgorica/MNE 06.07. – 08.07.2007

- Badminton St. Petersburg/RUS 09.10. –14.10.2007

EUSA SYMPOSIUM 2007The proposal for the change of the venue and date of the Symposium 2007 from St. Petersburg to Moscow was received from the Russian University Sports Federation. It was agreed, that the EUSA Symposium will be held in Moscow / RUS from September 27-30, 2007

STUDENT COMMISSIONMembers discussed about the future work of the Student Commission. It was decided, that Mr. Rafael Gil Salinas will be the only responsible EC member for the STC. Sali-nas will by the next EC meeting prepare the proposals for the future STC work.

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EUROPEAN CANDIDATES FOR THE 2011 UNIVERSIADES

SUMMER UNIVERSIADEKAZAN26th Summer Universiade Kazan 2011http://www.kazan2011.com

MURCIA26th Summer Universiade Murcia 2011http://www.murcia.es

POZNAN26th Summer Universiade Poznan 2011http://www.sportin.poznan.plThe decision on the organisers will be taken in Torino (ITA) on January 16, 2007 at the FISU Executive Committee Meeting just be-fore the start of the 2007 Winter Universiade. After the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok (THA), the Summer Universiade 2009 will be held in Belgrade (SRB), while Harbin (CHN) will host the 2009 Winter Universiade.

At the 2006 EUSA General Assembly, the members of the European bidding cities for Universiades 2011 were also present: Poznan, Murcia, Kazan, Maribor, and also Erzu-rum.You can find more information on their bids on the FISU website and the websites of the candidate cities:

WINTER UNIVERSIADEERZURUM25th Winter Universiade Erzurum 2011http://www.universiadeerzurum.org

MARIBOR25th Winter Universiade Maribor 2011http://www.universiademaribor.org

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007NEW ENTRY PROCEDURE

The EUSA Executive Committee has agreed with the following entry procedure for the EUC 2007: • Invitation, General Entry form (sent out 6 months in advance)

• Deadline General Entry forms (3 months in advance)

• Payment of the deposit to EUSA: Futsal, Handball, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Rugby

- 1000 €/ team Beach-Volleyball, Table Tennis, Karate, Tennis, Badminton, Rowing - 500 €/ team

• Clarification of payments, number of open places, com-munication with »missing« countries, discussion with TD, OC, EC, etc…. (until 2 months before the EUC)

• Information to the member federations regarding the situation on each EUC and the number of open places is sent out (2 months in advance). The EUC is opened for second teams from each country until the maximum number of teams is reached (entry form together with the payment of the deposit). Criteria: date of the entry (first come, first play..).

• If the teams withdraw, the paid deposit will be equally shared with the Organising Committee and EUSA.

EUC BASKETBALL 2007GENEVAGeneva is superbly located on the shores of the largest lake in Western Europe at the foot of the Jura moun-tains and the doorway to the Alps. This city holds a multitude of charms for its visitors. Since the Geneva Academy was founded in 1559 by Cal-vin, Geneva has been a constant centre of University and scientific study of high repute which has attracted eminent



experts and researchers from all horizons.Together with the Division of Sports of the City of Geneva, the State of Geneva and the ACGBA are both proud and pleased to have been chosen to organise the EUSA Euro-pean Basketball Championships. This is an occasion for more than 300 University players throughout Europe to meet for a week-long period. Gene-va and its University extend a warm welcome to all and wish you an excellent European Championships. May it be a celebration!

PROPOSED PROGRAMME • Monday, 23rd July The arrival of the teams, the draw for groups and opening ceremony • Tuesday, 24th July 1st day of competition, preliminary round • Wednesday, 25th July 2nd day of competition, preliminary round • Thursday, 26th July 3rd day of competition, End of preliminary round • Friday, 27th July Rest day, tour of Geneva, • Saturday, 28th July Final games, semi-finals and ranking matches • Sunday, 29th July Finals, medal/prize ceremonies and closing gala • Monday, 30th July Departure of teams

SPORTS FACILITIES:The tournament will be spread over three sites in close proximity to each other. The women’s competition will mostly be held at the Bout du Monde sports centre, which hosts a playing hall that can hold up to 2000 spectators. The men’s competition will take place at the Queue d’Arve sports centre and the salle du Pommier.

ACCOMMODATION:In terms of accommo-dation, students will be housed at the University residence, the Cité univer-sitaire de Genève as well as in various Genevan ho-tels, like the Ramada En-core, the NH and L’Express by Holiday Inn. A shuttle service will be provided to facilitate transport of par-ticipants between the vari-ous sites. Finally, the res-taurant at Uni-mail, Novae, along with the restaurant at Cité universitaire, Cité-Jardin, will be responsible for catering for athletes.

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2007

EUSA-Event Calendar

For more events please see: www.eusa-unisport.org / Event Calendarwww.fisu.net

www.fisu.net

June to be determined EUC Football Rome / ITA 19/06 – 24/06 EUC Beach-Volleyball Protaras / CYP 20/06 – 24/06 EUC Table Tennis Ostrava / CZEJuly 02/07 – 08/07 EUC Handball Lodz / POL 06/07 – 08/07 EUC Karate Podgorica / MNE 13/07 – 23/07 EUC Volleyball Rijeka / CRO 23/07 – 29/07 EUC Futsal Koper / SLO 23/07 – 29/07 EUC Basketball Geneva / SUISeptember 03/09 – 06/09 EUC Rowing Girona / SPA to be determined EUC Rugby 7s Paris / FRA 27/09 – 30/09 EUSA Symposium Moscow / RUSOctober 09/10 – 14/10 EUC Badminton St Petersburg / RUSNovember 30/11 – 02/12 EUSA GA Belgrade / SRBDecember 03/12 – 09/12 EUC Tennis Moscow / RUS

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