Milan 2009
Milan 2009, 11th World Interuniversity Games, 12 to 16 October
Milan 2009 welcomes men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, football and futsal (only men). Additionally a combined Golf (36 holes) and Pitch & Putt (36 holes) trial competition is organized with the objective to introduce the discipline as an official part of the program in the future.
The games are open for all Universities and Colleges worldwide. To ensure your participation, please visit the Milan 2009 website.
Host city 2010: Valencia, Spain!
The 12th World Interuniversity Games are organized in 2010 in Valencia, Spain. The local host organization will be managed by Antonio Blasco Munoz, Professor at the Department Master Gestion Deportiva UPV, and Daniel Munoz Sirera. The host university will be the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Department Master Gestion Deportiva), directed by Cesar Iribarren Navarro.
More news and details available soon on this website.
Host City 12th IFIUS World Interuniversity Games 2010
Although the Milan 2009 Games are approaching quickly, IFIUS is preparing the future. Negotiations with the candidates for the organization of the 12th IFIUS World Interuniversity Games in 2010 are nearly finalized and the 2010 Host City will be announced during the week of 10 May.
Additionally candidates have already presented themselves to host the World Interuniversity Games in 2011, 2012 and 2013 ensuring the continuity of the IFIUS Games.
IFIUS EC meets to finalize registration period Milan 2009
This Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the IFIUS EC will meet at the General Secretariat in Antwerp to conclude the registration period for the Milan 2009 Games. It is already clear that for Milan 2009 the number of teams has increased strongly compared to former editions. Not only the new Golf and Pitch & Putt competition (10 teams) ensures this growth, also all the other competitions add to a total of 83 teams. Additionally, the IFIUS EC will discuss a number of informal participation requests from America, Asia, Europe and Africa, with the objectives to extend the number of participants, to increase the number of countries where the universities are located (24 at the moment) and to welcome for the first time teams from four continents.
Prolongation registration deadline until 27 March success
Due to the prolongation of the registration deadline for the Milan 2009 Games until 27 March, the number of countries where the participating universities are located keeps increasing. In addition to other teams, the University of Tetova from FYR Macedonia and the Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez of Chilli are now added to the list. This results in a total of 24 different nationalities. Furthermore, the Games are experiencing an increase in the number of participants with already more than 70 university teams.

