Six Snow Volleyball teams per gender to feature at inaugural EUSA European Universities Winter Championships
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On Monday, December 18 in Val di Zoldo, Italy, the first edition of the EUSA European Universities Winter Championships will get underway with the opening ceremony. Hosted in the iconic Dolomites until Thursday, December 21, the event will start with the usual parade of nations involving all participating athletes, followed by addresses from the local, national, and international authorities and a show.
A total of 230 participants have registered for the event, and they will compete for medals in Alpine skiing, snowboarding and Snow Volleyball. As many as 45 universities are taking part, thereby representing 18 nations (Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and hosts Italy).
The most represented country is Italy with 53 participants from nine universities, followed by Poland (35 participants from seven universities); the university with the largest contingent of athletes is IUAV University of Venice (15), followed by the University of Warsaw (13), Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (11 apiece).
The Snow Volleyball competition will feature six teams in each gender, representing six countries in total. The following universities are due to contest the much-anticipated Snow Volleyball event in Val di Zoldo:
Men
University of Klagenfurt (Austria)
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (Czechia)
Technical University Darmstadt (Germany)
IUAV University of Venice (Italy)
University of Milan (Italy)
Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Romania)
Women
University of Vienna (Austria)
College of Applied Sciences Lavoslav Ružička, Vukovar (Croatia)
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
University of Parma (Italy)
University of Milan – Bicocca (Italy)
Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Romania)
Massimo Zanotto“We would like to thank all those who have placed their trust in us for the organisation of the first edition of this important event, which has already been marked with success through so many registrations. “We must also mention the large number of applications for volunteers, an indispensable support to the organisational machine: there were 140, among whom a selection of boys and girls was made, who will eventually work on site.”
President of the local Organising Committee and of CUS Venezia
The inaugural EUSA European Universities Winter Championships are organised by CUS Venezia (the City’s University Sport Centre) under the aegis of EUSA (European Universities Sport Association), in cooperation with FederCUSI and the Venetian universities of Ca’ Foscari and IUAV. The event enjoys the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), as well as the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) and the Italian Volleyball Federation (FIPAV), the contribution of the Province of Belluno, Veneto Region, and the support of the Val di Zoldo municipality, Val di Zoldo Tourism Consortium, and Val di Zoldo Funivie.