European Universities Games 2020 Bidding opened

European Universities Games 2020 Bidding opened

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) announces the start of the bidding procedure for the 2020 European Universities Games.

European Universities Games (EUG) is a multi-sport university sports competition governed by the European University Sports Association (EUSA). Participants in these events are European university teams.

Basketball - one of the sports at the European Universities Games

The Games are organised on a biannual basis, starting with 2012, with European Universities Championships being organised in even years. The Games as such represent the largest European multisport student event.

The first edition of the Games in 2012 attracted over 2500 participants, representing 154 universities from 32 countries and the second edition in 2014 witnessed over 2800 participants from 34 countries, representing 174 universities from 34 countries.

Many universities take part in the EUG


Sports:
- Compulsory (8) - men and women: Basketball, Football, Futsal, Handball,
Volleyball, Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis
- Optional (4) - men and women: other sports in the EUC program in the year of attribution

Handball - one of the sports at the EUSA Games

Bidding schedule and procedure:
01.06.2015 Opening of the bidding procedure
15.09.2015 Deadline for Letters of Intention
15.10.2015 EUG 2020 Seminar for interested cities
01.12.2015 Bidding fee payment
01.02.2016 Deadline for submitting the bid
15.02.2016 Evaluation visits (by 15.03.2016)
08.04.2016 Presentation of the Bids and Attribution

Looking back to the Opening of the 2012 EUSA Games

EUSA members, National University Sport Associations, should contact the EUSA Office for more information, or log into the internal area for documentation.

Please see our section on the European Universities Games for more information about the past and attributed events.

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