The Opening Ceremony of the European Universities Volleyball Championship took place on July, 20th 2015 in Camerino at the Piazza Cavour. The Ceremony was attended by Flavio Corradini, Rector of the University of Camerino; Gianluca Pasqui, Mayor of Camerino; Fabio Sturani, Member of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI); Marcello Milani, Federal councillor of the Italian University Sport Centre (CUSI); Franco Brasili, Regional President of Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV); Giovanni Battista Torresi, Sport assessor for the province of Macerata; Renzo Marinelli, Mayor of Castelraimondo; Luciano Ramadori, president of the University Studies Regional Authority (ERSU) and many others.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee participants were welcomed by Stefano Belardinelli, president of University Sport Centre Camerino. EUSA representative, Mr Wolf Fruhauf welcomed all participants and wished all the teams and participants who came to test their skills and abilities great competitions and all the best. He also thanked the Organizing Committee for all their contributions.



The square was full of people, especially students, who wanted to take part in the party and know more about the athletes and their birthplaces. After the welcome dinner, students had the chance to chat and dance with all the delegations, showing that the European Championship will not be just sport, but also an occasion to grow up and learn a lot of new things.



Championship will take place from July 20 to 26 in Camerino and is organized by CUSI, CUS Camerino and the University of Camerino with contribution of Municipalities of Camerino, Castelraimondo, Matelica and Serravalle di Chienti and ERSU Camerino.



EUSA is represented by Mr Wolf Fruhauf, Technical Delegates being Mr. Jorg Forster and Mrs. Ellen Mari Burheim. They will make sure that the event will run smoothly and without problems. The event hosts 14 male and 13 female teams from as many as 26 Universities from 17 countries.



The title of European Universities Champion is defended for the men by the Technical University of Munich, and for the women by the University of Cyprus (as winners of EUC 2013) and Bahcesehir University (as winners of EUG 2014).

More info can be found at www.cuscamerino.it/eucv2015/