IFIUS explained

International Federation for Interuniversity Sport
Abbreviation:IFIUS
Formation:1998
Dissolved:2011
Headquarters:Antwerp (Belgium)
Region Served:Worldwide
Membership:Universities & Colleges
Language:English
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Dr. B. Ghadimi
(Islamic Azad University)
Main Organ:General Assembly
Affiliations:Panathlon International
Website:www.ifius.com

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:

Sport 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 20072008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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Football Women<-- 1999 --><-- 2001 --><-- 2002 --><-- 2003 --><-- 2004 --><-- 2005 --><-- 2006 --><-- 2007 --><-- 2008 --><-- 2009 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 --><-- 2013 -->bgcolor=#00cc33
Futsal Men<-- 1999 --><-- 2004 --><-- 2005 --><-- 2006 --><-- 2007 --><-- 2008 --><-- 2009 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 --><-- 2013 -->bgcolor=#00cc33
Basketball Men<-- 1999 --><-- 2006 --><-- 2007 --><-- 2008 --><-- 2009 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 --><-- 2013 -->bgcolor=#00cc33
Basketball Women<-- 1999 --><-- 2009 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 --><-- 2013 -->bgcolor=#00cc33
Volleyball Men<-- 1999 --><-- 2007 --><-- 2008 --><-- 2009 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 --><-- 2013 -->bgcolor=#00cc33
Volleyball Women<-- 1999 --><-- 2007 --><-- 2008 --><-- 2009 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 --><-- 2013 -->bgcolor=#00cc33
Golf and Pitch&Putt<-- 1999 --><-- 2010 --><-- 2011 --><-- 2012 -->
Individual golf<-- 1999 --><-- 2012 -->
Individual pitch and putt<-- 1999 --><-- 2012 -->

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 UniversityRemarks
19991 Antwerp, Belgium(none)Only Football Men competition
20002 Paris, France(none)Football Women competition added
20013 Amsterdam, the Netherlands(none)
20024 Barcelona, SpainAutonomous University of Barcelona
20035 Rome, Italy(none)Futsal Men competition added
20046 Antwerp, BelgiumUniversity of Antwerp
20057 Rotterdam, the NetherlandsINHolland university of applied sciences
co-hosts: Erasmus University;
Hogeschool Rotterdam
Basketball Men competition added
20068 Dublin, IrelandUniversity College Dublin
co-host: Dublin City University
Volleyball Men and Women competitions added
20079 Vienna (Austria)TU Wien
200810 Budapest, HungaryBMEBasketball Women competition added
200911 Milan, ItalyUniversitĂ  Cattolica del Sacro CuoreGolf and Pitch & putt competition added
201012 Valencia, SpainUniversidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
201113 Amsterdam, the NetherlandsINHolland University of Applied SciencesIndividual golf and individual pitch & putt added
201214 Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of BelgradeGolf and pitch & putt, individual golf and individual pitch & putt competitions dropped
201315 Antwerp, Belgium)University of Antwerp

Games council

Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities Executive Board

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