EUG2022 registrations update

The registration for participation at the European Universities Games Lodz 2022 has been extended. National University Sports Associations may register additional teams and individuals (where applicable) - and/or make sure the general entry deposits are paid, until the quotas are full; but latest until April 15.

Please note, however, that in most team sports we have almost reached the maximum numbers, but there are 1-2 places available in Basketball (w), Football, Handball (w). For Badminton, Beach Handball, Beach Volleyball, Chess, Sport Climbing, Swimming, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Water Polo (m), there are 2-3 places available. For combat sports - Judo, Karate, Kickboxing, Muai Thai, and Taekwondo, as well as Para Table Tennis, there are still more places available. We encourage you to also contact the national federations in these sports with this information and register as soon as possible.

According to the decision of EUSA, following the recommendations by other governing sports bodies, participation of universities from Russia and Belarus and the representatives of the National University Sports Associations from Russia and Belarus have been suspended from all the EUSA events until further notice. EUSA also established a special Solidarity Fund, dedicated exclusively to support the National University Sports Association of Ukraine. Also other organisations and individuals are invited to contribute to the fund!

For the confirmed teams, quantitative entries are open, and should be filled out as soon as possible (deadline is April 15). If you are unsure about the payment status of your entries, please log in at event registration platform and check your status.

The Organising Committee also invites you to communicate to your national and local volunteers the opportunities to join the international volunteer team. The deadline to apply has also been extended; and is now March 31.

We would also like to inform you that the dates of the NUSA Coordination Meeting (HOD visit) for the upcoming European Universities Games has been set. Representatives of the national university sports associations are asked to save the dates and start planning the participation; other details will be communicated shortly: May 16th: Arrivals; May 17th & 18th: Meetings and Visits; May 19th: Departures.

Apart of daily work in preparing for the European Universities Games and having weekly online meetings with EUSA, the local hosts in Lodz are otherwise also busy with test events; they have just concluded semi-finals of the Polish Academic Championships in Badminton!

The European Universities Games in Lodz are being organised under the licence of the European University Sports Association (EUSA) by the Lodz University of Technology, University Sports Association of Poland (AZS) and City of Lodz, in cooperation with the EUSA Institute and several partners, inlcuding the Ministry of Education and Science, national and local tourism organisations, Polish Olympic Committee, national and local sports organisation, media outlets and is also supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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What sports can do

The world today is in pieces, pieces that will have to be put together. How can we put those pieces together and start to look for a better way then violence? Many times before people have turned to sport in hard times. Maybe we can do so again. This month’s student column explores the power of and opportunities in sport.

In 2000, at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards, Nelson Mandela said: “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination.”

Mandela himself used sport to unify a country. He fought segregation not with violence but with sports. A national team has the power to unite a country. We see people that normally disagree come together to cheer on their national team. Which is seen at almost every international sporting event. When people see their countrymen go out on the pitch and give it their very best it makes you feel proud to be apart of that country.

FIFA World cup, Olympic games, ICC cricket World cup, the list can go on and on about sporting events that bring people together. Not just as a country but as a people. We see people celebrating together even though they don’t cheer for the same country. The pleasure of meeting people who speak the language of sport is all they need. No matter their flag, sport will speak for them.

Sport has brought this author around the world and by doing so also have given me friends all over the world. Friends that I will cherish my entire life. Sport gave me that chance, it made me broaden my horizons and step out of my comfort zone. And I’m not alone in being given that chance through sports. It makes peoples life better, makes them believe in something bigger.

Discrimination, unity, believing, these are just some of the thing’s sports contribute. We could go on and on with more things that sport gives us but with the world looking like it does today these are utterly important. Together we will overcome the horrors of today and maybe sport can help us get there.

The author Hampus Herne is a member of the EUSA Student Commission. He is a student of Sports Management at Malmö University.

Are you a student with an opinion? We are looking for new contributors for our student column every month. Feel free to contact stc@eusa.eu to offer a piece or propose a topic.

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