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Members in the Picture: Vienna University of Technology (Austria)

The Vienna University of Technology, located in the heart of Austria's Capital, is among the most successful technical universities in Europe and with its 17.000 students, Austria's largest scientific-technical research and educational institution.

Milan : A sportive and fashionable host for 2009

IFIUS has the great honour and pleasure to inform you that the 2009 World Interuniversity Games will be hosted by Milan (Italy). The Italian city, home of Football Clubs AC and Inter Milan, is renowned as a world capital of fashion and design. For the organization of the Games, IFIUS will be cooperating with Mr. Alberto Tanghetti of Eurosportevents Milan and stewards will be recruited from the Milan universities. After Budapest, another major city will be added to the list of IFIUS Host Cities.

Appointment Host City 2009 on Monday 12 May 2008

The IFIUS PC will meet from 8 to 11 May 2008 to decide on the host city 2009. After 2 consecutive organisations in Central Europe – Vienna 2007 (Austria) and Budapest 2008 (Hungary) – the Federation is now examining the possibilities and opportunities in the South of Europe. Don’t forget to check this website on Monday 12 May!

Members in the picture: The University of Sannio (Italy)

The University of Sannio is a fairly small (about 5000 enrolled students) institution in Benevento, South Italy. The men’s basketball team is participating for the 4th year in a row in the IFIUS World Interuniversity Games. 

Budapest 2008: Also interactive records

All Budapest 2008 figures are showing a successful growth and not only in the number of participation requests. IFIUS welcomes also a significant increase in the daily amount of visits on the official website - every day more than 300 visitors are counted.

Budapest 2008 beats all records!

A record number of women’s teams registered for Budapest 2008. The basketball women competition finally deserves a place at the Games with 9 registered university teams. In addition, the partcipating universities will represent more countries than ever, 29 in total already at this moment. Finally, the total number of participating teams has increased with nearly 35 % in comparison with the already successful Vienna 2007 Games.

Although the registration period for the Budapest 2008 Games is officially finalized and some competitions have already reached participation limits, IFIUS will still allow entry requests for some weeks. With this decision, the Federation hopes to help the many Middle East and Asian Universities requesting an extension of the registration deadline. Mid April 2008, when all participation formalities are finalized, IFIUS will place an overview of all participants per sport on this website.

IFIUS Members in the Picture

Over the next weeks, David Van den Bosch, will interview each IFIUS member on an interactive basis. As a result, IFIUS will introduce each Budapest 2008 participant on this website, including a presentation of the university (teams) and the Budapest 2008 expectations. A unique chance to get to know all the members of the worldwide IFIUS family.

Russian Olympic Committee Congratulations

Mr. Alex Tveritin, member of the Russian Olympic Committee and specialized in the Russian Youth Sports Platform, underlines in an open letter, directed to all universities of the Russian Federation, the efforts of many Russian IFIUS members to participate in the World Interuniversity Games.  

Happy Holidays

IFIUS wishes everybody in the university community Happy Holidays. The Federation is also very happy to inform you that registration for the 10th IFIUS World Interuniversity Games Budapest 2008 is running fluently with interest for all sports from all the continents of the world.
During the Season’s Holidays, IFIUS will still be reachable on
info@ifius.com.

Budapest 2008 Ferencvaros Football and Futsal venue, also administrative centre

The Ferencvaros venue will not only welcome all football (6 pitches) and futsal (2 pitches) games, it will also serve as an administrative centre where IFIUS staff, temporary staff, commission members and EC members will be accommodated, incorporating the necessary meeting and catering modalities.

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