Registration open for European Universities Championships

We are extremely excited to announce that the registrations for the European Universities Championships 2023 are officially open!

Between the months of June and September, student athletes engaged in their higher education studies at European universities will be able to attend the events and compete in their chosen sports. In December, the registration for international volunteers opened, offering them a chance to actively contribute to the organisation of the events.

Following last year’s very successful European Universities Games in Lodz and European Universities Rowing Championship in Istanbul, we look forward to welcoming university teams from all over Europe taking part in the 20+2 sports events next year: 3x3 Basketball, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Sports (Beach Handball and Beach Volleyball), Combat Sports (Judo, Karate, Kickboxing, Taekwondo), Football, Futsal, Golf, Handball, Orienteering, Rowing, Rugby 7s, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball and Water Polo. In December, Winter Sports (Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding) will be held for the first time!

The European Universities Championships are licensed by the European University Sports Association (EUSA), and are organised in cooperation with the local organising committees in different cities around Europe, offering great competitions and ever-lasting memories.

EUSA is proud of the fact that all events are open for men and women. Current students and recent graduates from European universities aged between 17 and 30 are legible to take part. National university sports bodies in 47 countries in Europe are invited to submit the initial registrations - general entry forms as soon as possible. The deadline to register is February 15 for sports which start in June and July, and March 15 for sports which start in August and September. Registrations for Winter Sports will open in April.

Please see the EUSA Championships page for general overview, and specific event pages for details. Contact the national university sports body in your country to check additional legibility criteria and entry procedure.

At the same time, we also invite volunteers to register their interest to take part in the sports events and contribute to the organisation of the championships. Here, you can get more information and register; with the same deadlines to apply - February 15 for sports which start in June and July, and March 15 for sports which start in August and September.

Values in sport

The first student column of the year is written by a French student Awena Guiner, reflecting on the recent FIFA World Cup and values in sport.

A few weeks ago, the FIFA World Cup was held in Qatar and brilliantly won by Argentina – against my home country France - at the end of a thrilling and unforgettable game. The FIFA World Cup is historically one of the most popular and mediatic event in the world. All around the globe, on every continent, football inspires and brings people together around the common passion of sport.

This year, however, the hosting of the World Cup has been controversial for many. Several supporters decided this time not to follow this emblematic and exciting competition. Maybe you are one of them. Many reasons were raised to justify this “boycott” choice. The human death toll from the construction of the sites is dramatic. The ecological impact of the event is huge, with the construction and the air-conditioning of stadiums in the middle of the desert. Any ambitions to plan a “carbon neutral” event does not erase this total detachment from ecological issues. Finally, the ban on wearing the slightest sign in support of LGBTIQ+ people is another absolute break with the inclusive imperative of sport.

Perhaps it is time to sound the alarm? Sport has always been a mirror of our societies, and as so, it has often been used to lift up our communities. Today, as this new year starts, we have the opportunity, collectively, to reflect on how sport represents us and on how we want to do sport.

Should sport be a tool of division? Is a football stadium – no matter how high profile - more valuable than human lives? Is it acceptable to decide who can and who cannot participate in the collective celebration - depending on who we are, where we come from or who we love?

This World Cup sent a message and held a mirror up to our world and our society. It told us that sport is restricted to some people, and that others have no place in it. It sent a message of division, and lift up of the power of money, all of which is miles away from what actually matters in sport.

My home town’s football club’s supporters decided to boycott the event. These football fans have decided to claim that football – and sport, in general – has greater meaning. No matter the field or the jersey, sport is a way to share, to surpass ourselves, to meet and to make each other better, all together.

Here, as part of the EUSA, young people from all over Europe have the opportunity to debate, to build, to move forward and to make the world a better place – and to promote ecology and human rights as they should be. Sport is a unique and powerful platform to do so. So, to start this year, let’s make a resolution: Let’s all do better, together. That is what sport is all about.

The author Awena Guiner is a Vice-President of the French University Sport Federation (FFSU), member of the EUSA Student Commission and Master's student of social and political sciences at the Sciences Po Toulouse.

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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