IFIUS (International Federation for Interuniversity Sport) was a democratic non-profit organisation whose main objective was to organise the yearly World Interuniversity Games, in which teams of students from different universities and colleges worldwide competed in different sport competitions. In 2011, IFIUS was disbanded and integrated into Panathlon.
History Until 2003 the games were held on weekends during the year. From 2004 they were held in a one-week period in October.
Competitions
Official competitions included: Football Men Football Women Futsal Men Basketball Men Basketball Women Volleyball Men Volleyball Women Golf and Pitch & putt Individual golf Individual pitch and putt
● Competitions held ● Competitions expected
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Objectives
The main IFIUS objectives were: (1) Offer each student in the world the opportunity to compete on an international interuniversity sports level. (2) Protect the rights of interuniversity sports playing students and universities. (3) Promote international interuniversity sports in every way it deems fit.
IFIUS Games
YearGamesHost cityHost UniversityRemarks19991 Antwerp, Belgium(none)Only Football Men competition20002 Paris, France(none)Football Women competition added20013 Amsterdam, the Netherlands(none)20024 Barcelona, SpainAutonomous University of Barcelona20035 Rome, Italy(none)Futsal Men competition added20046 Antwerp, BelgiumUniversity of Antwerp20057 Rotterdam, the NetherlandsINHolland university of applied sciences co-hosts: Erasmus University; Hogeschool RotterdamBasketball Men competition added20068 Dublin, IrelandUniversity College Dublin co-host: Dublin City UniversityVolleyball Men and Women competitions added20079 Vienna (Austria)TU Wien200810 Budapest, HungaryBMEBasketball Women competition added200911 Milan, ItalyUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreGolf and Pitch & putt competition added201012 Valencia, SpainUniversidad CEU Cardenal Herrera201113 Amsterdam, the NetherlandsINHolland University of Applied SciencesIndividual golf and individual pitch & putt added201214 Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of BelgradeGolf and pitch & putt, individual golf and individual pitch & putt competitions dropped201315 Antwerp, Belgium)University of Antwerp
Games council
President: Bahram Ghadimi (Islamic Azad University) Secretary General: Gabriel Anicet Kotchofa (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas) Treasurer: Javier Sanchez Milan (CEU Cardinal Herrera University)
Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities Executive Board
President: Peter Verboven (PCU Antwerp, Belgium) Secretary General: Ambassador Gabriel A. Kotchofa (PCU Mghakis Moscow, Russia) Treasurer: Javier Sanchez (PCU Valencia, Spain) Games Council Representative: Bahram Ghadimi (PCU Teheran, I.R. Iran) Tournament Council Representative: Daniel Muñoz (PCU Valencia, Spain) Panathlon International Representative: Simona Callo (Secretary General Panathlon International, Italy)
External links Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities
References