2016 European Universities Games
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| File:European University Games 2016 logo.png EUG2016 logo | |
| Country |  Croatia |
|---|---|
| Motto | Heart believes, mind achieves |
| Events | 21 |
| Website | www |
Summary
Throughout 15 days in July 2016, 5000 students from 45 European countries and 250 different universities will compete in 21 different sports, what makes this one of the biggest sport events in Croatian history. European Universities Games, are popullary known as "European Universiade" - the only differences are, except being organized on continental level, that competitors in EUG represent their universities, while in the case of Universiade, which is held on world level - competitors represent their countries. Croatia has experience in organising this type of event, because in 1987 it organised 14th summer Universiade with its capital city, Zagreb, as its host and the memory of it is still very alive in people. European Universities Games 2016 are organized by EUSA (European University Sports Association) and CASF (Croatian Academic Sport Federation) with cooperation with hosting cities Zagreb and Rijeka and also University of Zagreb and University of Rijeka.
Bid selection
The second day of the EUSA Executive Committee meeting, held on June 1, 2013 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, was completely devoted to the European Universities Games 2016. The Croatian bidding presentation of Zagreb-Rijeka was held first, as decided by the draw made at the EUSA Executive Committee meeting the day before. The delegation was led by Mr Gordan Kozulj, the Chairman of the Bidding Committee, and other members of the delegation were Mr Zeljko Jovanovic, Minister of Science, Education and Sports; Mr Pero Lucin, Rector of the University of Rijeka; Petra Radetic, President of Student Council of the University of Zagreb; Mrs Jelena Pavicic Vukicevic, Deputy Mayor of the City of Zagreb and Mr Zrinko Custonja, the President of the Croatian University Sports Federation (CASF). The presentation was followed by a questions and answers session, and the same system applied also for the Portuguese delegation with the bidding city of Coimbra, which came next.
Before the announcement of the winning city was done, EUSA President Mr Roczek stressed the quality of both bids and presentations, and opened the envelope with the results:
"The 3rd European Universities Games in 2016 will be organised in: Zagreb-Rijeka in Croatia" [1]
University sports in Croatia
The first student sports club was founded 112 years ago at the University of Zagreb. The Federation of Academic Sports Clubs at the University of Zagreb was founded 92 years ago. Mandatory physical education classes were introduced in Croatian universities 52 years ago. Twenty eight years ago the first University Games, also known as Universiade was organized in Zagreb. The Croatian Academic Sports Federation was founded 22 years ago.
Organized primarily as a cultural and a social event, the 1987 Universiade in Zagreb has remained to present day the most important sporting event in Croatian history which has also brought an infrastructural renaissance to the capital city of Croatia and created the prerequisites for the significant advancement of Croatian sport as a whole.
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