2015 Asia Pacific University Games Explained

2015 Asia Pacific University Games
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Nations:3
Events:3
Opened By:David Ong[1]
FESSAP Executive President
Athlete Oath:Dannel Jay Tormis
Stadium:Cebu Coliseum

The 2015 Asia Pacific University Games was hosted in Cebu City, Philippines. The hosting university of the inaugural games will be the University of Cebu.[2]

The Cebu Coliseum was the venue of the opening ceremony of the games and the men's basketball tournament, the Cebu Capitol Social Hall hosted Table tennis while badminton was played at Metro Sports in Salinas Drive.[3] [4]

Participants

Universities from three countries participated. Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Chinese Taipei were to participate but withdrew from the competition.[5] [6]

NationRepresenting UniversitiesNo. of Universities
JapanNippon Sport Science University1
MalaysiaUniversiti Teknologi MARA1
Philippines (host)University of Cebu4
Cebu Institute of Technology-University
University of San Carlos
University of Southern Philippines Foundation

Sports

Results

Badminton

Participating Universities
2015 APUG Badminton events[7] [8]
EventWinners
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SinglesMen's
Women's
DoublesMen's
Women's

Basketball

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Table tennis

2015 APUG Table tennis events[9]
EventWinners
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TeamMen's
Women's
IndividualUnknown

Medal table

Incomplete, results of the individual table tennis events are unknown.

Notes and References

  1. News: Rosal. Dale. AsPac University Games opens today at USC gym. 6 December 2015. Cebu Daily News. 4 December 2015.
  2. News: Cebu hosts Asian University Games. 3 November 2015. The Standard Sports. 3 November 2015.
  3. News: Liao. Henry. Cebu hosts APUG. 2 November 2015. Bandera. 8 September 2015.
  4. News: Lirazan. Erwin. APUG andam na (Start of APUG). 3 December 2015. Super Balita Cebu. 2 December 2015. Cebuano.
  5. News: Alison. Mars. Philippines splits in basketball as Asia Pacific University Games open in Cebu. 5 December 2015. 5 December 2015. Rappler.
  6. News: Manlosa. Rommel. USPF gets a break. 5 December 2015. Sun Star Cebu. 28 November 2015.
  7. News: Borbon. Rabonni. ... While Malaysian tops badminton. 8 December 2015. Cebu Daily News. 8 December 2015. 25.
  8. News: Manlosa. Rommel. UiTM hauls gold medals. 9 December 2015. Sun Star Cebu. 8 December 2015.
  9. News: Alison. Mars. Philippines excels in Day 2 of Asia Pacific University Games in Cebu. 6 December 2015. Rappler. 6 December 2015.