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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.