The European Universities Football Championship concluded on July 27 following an exciting Closing Ceremony at Boadilla del Monte in Madrid, Spain.

Over 600 participants representing 32 Universities from 16 countries took part in this year’s edition of the event.

In men’s finals, the title of champion went to Russia’s Kuban State University who won a thrilling final match against Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University from Ukraine, with the final scoreline reading 4-2 to the Russians.



Portugal’s Coimbra University were crowned champions in the women’s competition, beating German rivals Frankfurt University 2-1 in a closely-fought encounter.



The medals and awards were presented by Mr José Luis Lesma, President of the Organising Committee; Mr Juan Pablo Cerezo, Representative of the Spanish High Council of Sports; Mr Juan Padilla, General Secretary of Camilo José Cela University; Mr Filipe Santos, Representative of the EUSA Executive Commitee; Ms Ourania Foskolou, EUSA Technical Delegate Advisor; Mr Andreas Demetriu, EUSA Technical Delegate; Mr Carlos Velasco Carballo, President of Referees Technical Committee of RFEF; Mr Javier Úbeda, Major of the City of Boadilla del Monte and Mr Francisco Díez Ibáñez, President of the RFFM.

FINAL STANDINGS

Women’s Competition
1. Coimbra University (POR)
2. Frankfurt University (GER)
3. Kharkiv Academy (UKR)

Men's Competition
1. Kuban State University (RUS)
2.Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University (UKR)
3. Universidad De Almería (ESP)

The full set of results are available at results.eusa.eu.

The Fair Play Trophy in the women’s competition was awarded to Frankfurt University, while German compatriots Karlsruhe Institute of Technology claimed the men’s Fair Pay Trophy.



Yana Malakhova from Ukraine’s Kharkiv State Academy was handed the women’s Top Scorer prize, with Thomas Alvares from France’s Université d’Orléans top-scoring in the men’s competition.

The Best Goalkeeper Award was given to Sina Autino from Switzerland’s University of Basel among the women participants, while Erik Eire Jor de Sogn from Norway’s Fjordane University College claimed the same accolade in the men’s competition.

The Most Valued Player among women went to Frankfurt University’s Saskia Matheis while the men’s MVP prize went to Tavakkyul Mamedov from Kuban State University.



The next EUC Football will take place in Tirana, Albania in 2021, but not before next year’s football competition at the fifth edition of the European Universities Games in Belgrade, Serbia.