The SELL Student Games made a successful return to Finland

Finland returned as SELL Games organiser after a nine-year break. In Vierumäki, arrangements for the Games were carried out by the Sport Institute of Finland, the Finnish Student Sports Federation, Vierumäki Sports Oy and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. This was the first time the Games took place in Vierumäki, and participants praised the excellent competition areas and other services.

Approximately 500 students from six different countries and 20 universities took part. In addition to the SELL countries, Germany and Denmark were also represented. Championships took place in 12 sports.

The event ran smoothly thanks to the effort of Secretary General Oona Aronen and competition director Kevin Jiang, as well as 70 volunteers, mainly students from Haaga-Helia. As well as sporting achievements, the SELL Games also saw students collecting hundreds of study credits. The Games were perfect for students in subjects such as event production, communications and various sports.

Student games are not just about competing and studies – having fun is also important. At the end of the first day of competing, the participants got to enjoy a sauna and a dip in a lake. On Saturday night, the SELL countries supported each other at a joint Eurovision watch party. This year SELL’s Eurovision winner was Estonia, congratulations!

Medals to 11 Finnish universities

The most valuable medal haul went to Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania, whose athletes took thirteen gold medals, four silver and one bronze. It was, however, the students of both Lithuanian Sports University and Vilnius University

who took away the largest number of medals (20). The medal table is at the end of the release.

Among the Finnish universities, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences reached the highest place on the medal table, coming 10th. Haaga-Helia’s students won two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Students from 10 other Finnish universities also came away with a medal: Aalto University, the Universities of Oulu, Helsinki, Tampere and Eastern Finland, Åbo Akademi, the National Defence University, and LAB, Metropolia and Savonia Universities of Applied Sciences.

More information

• Photo folder
• Results
• More information about the SELL Student Games: events and training specialist Markku Rantahalvari.

All medallists from Finnish universities

Basketball 3 vs. 3, women

Bronze: Taru Kurunsaari, Emilia Vörlin, Erika Mäkelä and Emma Törnblom, University of Tampere

Badminton, doubles, men

Bronze: Lauri Helminen and Ahsan Lemon, Savonia UAS

Beachvolley, women

Bronze: Jutta Tavaila and Eeva Johansson, Haaga-Helia UAS and University of Jyväskylä

Beachvolley, men

Bronze: Vili Manninen and Veli Manninen, Savonia UAS

Chess, blitz, men

Bronze: Volkov Roman, LAB UAS

Football, men

Gold: Haaga-Helia UAS; (HH Palloveikot) Anel Sirbegovic, Jere Ahlmark, Robin Holman, Aatu Kivikoski, Leevi Keisteri, Samuel Pöysti, Tommi Kaukovuo, Sanel Fetahovic, Anton Painilainen, Milo Djateu, Atte Suominen, Gramoz Perquku, Joska Kaunisaho, Einari Tauriainen, Christian Heyno, Arttu Palolahti, Ayub Guled, Eduardo Montero, Miron Juhanpelto and Saad Eddaifi

Silver: National Defence University of Finland; Patrick Lindberg, Vili Ervasti, Tuure Saarikivi, Aleksi Eriksson, Joakim Lajunen, Juho Miettinen, Elias Pelto-Huikko, Konsta Korhonen, Lenni Hakanen, Terad Jaradat, Oskari Jokinen and Nooa Takatalo

Judo, women 52

Bronze: Veera Kohtamäki, University of Oulu

Judo, women 63

Silver: Jenni Sundeberg, Haaga-Helia UAS

Judo, men 60

Gold: Jens Pulkka, University of Eastern Finland

Judo, men 66

Gold: Perttu Hurskainen, Aalto University

Judo, men 73

Gold: Kasperi Niemenkari, University of Oulu

Judo, men 81

Bronze: Lukas Fauli, University of Tampere

Orienteering, sprint, men

Gold: Niklas Heikkilä, Åbo Akademi

Bronze: Tuomas Rokka, Aalto University

Orienteering, midlle, men

Gold: Eetu Korhonen, University of Helsinki

Bronze: Tuomas Rokka, Aalto University

Padel, men

Silver: Juuso Palonki and Juuso Soinila, University of Tampere

Bronze: Aryan Pathange and Kimi Honkanen, Haaga-Helia UAS

Powerlifting, women 84

Bronze: Ella Kainulainen, Haaga-Helia UAS

Powerlifting, men 83

Gold: Perttu Repo, Haaga-Helia UAS

Volleyball, men

Silver: University of Tampere; (Tuni-Veikot) Ville Tuki, Eemeli Sillanpää, Lasse Lepola, Elias Huotari, Kalle Nieminen, Veeti Kosonen, Niko Montonen and Oliver Paakkunainen

Bronze: Aalto University; (Aalto Volley) Elijah Mark Garcia, Olli Luca Glorioso, Tapio Leppänen, Mikolaj Wojnicki, Urho Rytsä, Eerik Alamikkotervo, Kaapo Remes, Kalle Penttinen, Kevin Mäkelä and Oleksii Bulgyn

Volleyball, women

Silver: Metropolia UAS; Sara Aito, Niina Putkonen, Venla Raittinen, Oona Laurell, Netta Hyttinen, Annika Waris, Anni Henell, Sonja Kojo, Elina Lind, Ida Mämmi ja Melissa Karimies

Bronze: Aalto University; Uyen Pham, Florencia Yeh, Elsa Andersson, Nanna Kemppinen, Rosanna Manninen, Ailisunshine Campbell, Kaisa Ahtola and Annika Penttinen

Medal table by university

	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vytautas Magnus University	13	4	1
Lithuanian Sports University	10	4	6
Vilnius University	9	8	3
The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences	5	2	4
Kaunas University of Technology	4	5	5
Tallinn University of Technology	3	3	2
University of Latvia	3	3	1
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University	2	5	5
Mykolas Romeris University	2	4	2
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences	2	1	3
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences	2	1	1
Aalto University	1	1	4
LAB University of Applied Sciences	1	1	0
Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies	1	0	1
University of Oulu	1	0	1
University of Tartu	1	0	0
University of Helsinki	1	0	0
Åbo Akademi University	1	0	0
University of Tampere	0	2	2
Riga Technical University	0	2	0
Klaidepa University	0	1	2
Tallinn University	0	1	2
Latvian Border Guard College	0	1	1
Metropolia Univeristy of Applied Sciences	0	1	0
National Defence University of Finland	0	1	0
The University of Eastern Finland	0	1	0
University of Southern Denmark	0	1	0
Savonia University of Applied Sciences	0	0	2