The European Universities Championship 2023 were a main discussion point as the European University Sports Association (EUSA) met in Istanbul for its second executive committee meeting of the year ©EUSA

The European Universities Championships 2023 were a main discussion point as the European University Sports Association (EUSA) met in Istanbul for its second executive committee meeting of the year.

Next year’s Championships will be organised in 20 sports and will be hosted in 15 cities all across Europe.

EUSA will also launch the European Universities Winter Sports Championship in 2023, with the first edition proposed to be held in mid-December.

Details will be discussed in the following months and presented to the EUSA members before being made public.

Later editions of the European Universities Games were also discussed; namely the 2024 edition Debrecen-Miskolc in Hungary, and the 2026 edition Salerno in Italy.

The EUSA executive committee also opened the bidding procedure for the 2028 edition of the European Universities Games.

The European Universities Games Lodz 2022 (EUG2022) were reviewed at the EUSA executive committee meeting in Istanbul ©EUSA
The European Universities Games Lodz 2022 (EUG2022) were reviewed at the EUSA executive committee meeting in Istanbul ©EUSA

Interested parties should contact the EUSA Office; deadline to submit the letters of intention is set to end of September 2023, and the event is planned to be attributed in spring 2024.

There was a review of 2022 activities also at a meeting where EUSA President Adam Roczek began by thanking the hosts, the Turkish University Sports Federation (TUSF).

EUSA secretary general Matjaz Pecovnik highlighted the main achievements of the organisation this summer, especially the successful organisation of the European Universities Games Lodz 2022 (EUG2022) and the European Universities Rowing Championship Istanbul 2022.

The EUG2022 were then reviewed in more detail by EUSA sports manager Miha Zvan.

The event attracted 4,459 participants representing 422 universities from 38 countries, coming together to compete in 20 sports and enjoy an educational and cultural programme.

That figure included 285 participants from Ukraine who took part in 16 sports.

A review of the European Universities Rowing Championship was given by assistant sports manager Mariano Carcatella.

This event welcomed 534 participants, representing 71 universities from 16 countries, and 20 races in all boat classes were held, from single sculls to eights.