Opening Ceremony of the 8th European Universities Futsal Championship was held on Sunday 17.7.2011 at Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre just before the opening match. Participants, 12 women´s and 24 men’s team from 19 different countries all over Europe, were very excited of coming matches and the tournament. This is the first time ever European Universities Championship in any sports organized in the Nordic countries, and is at the same time the largest European Universities Futsal tournament by now. Tournament between July 17 and 24 will be full of skill, style and stars! For sure that action won’t be missing.


 
The audience was thrilled about the ceremony and opening match since both of them gave us great excitement. The ceremony started with a welcome speech by Jussi Kuusela, President of the Organizing Committee. After Mr. Kuusela it was time for EUSA representative Mr. Wolf Frühauf to invite the Minister of Education and Science Mr. Jukka Gustafsson to declare the EUC open.


 
The ceremony as a whole provided the audience with a great deal of pleasure, a little bit humour with Ilkka and some eye candy for the players and audience with the amazing pole dance show and extremely skilful footbaggers. The ceremony and opening match are a great start for the tournament where all the teams want to win the gold medal. About 100 volunteers, EUSA representative Mr Fruhauf and EUSA technical delegates Mr Patrik Perosa and Mr Tomas Aftanski, together with the organization committee work hard to make this tournament run smoothly and offer refreshing experience for all participants.



To stay up-to-date on this event, please visit www.eucfutsal2011.com.