Apply for the European Universities Championships 2026
The European Universities Championships are held every two years in connection with the multi-sport event European Universities Games and every two years as separate European Championships. 2026 will be the year of the European Eusa Games Salerno, Combat sport Tirana and rowing Zagreb. The Games also offer a great opportunity to test the level of European elite sports, as many national team-level athletes will be taking part in them. The athletes will represent their own higher education institution in the Games.
Place and time:
EUSA Games 18.7.-1.8. Salerno, Italy
3x3 Basketball
Badminton
Basketball
Beach handball
Beach Volley
Football
Futsal
Handball
Inclusive dance
Padel
Rugby 7's
Sitting volleyboll
Table tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
Water polo
Rowing 26-29.8. Zagreb, Croatia
Combar sport 8-11.9. Tirana, Albania
Judo
Karate
Kickboxing
Taekwondo
Registration:
The Finnish Student Sports Federation will select the athletes for the Games based on the applications. Application form at the end. Finland has one guaranteed spot for each sport, and it is also possible to apply for more than one team or athlete for the same competition series. For this reason, we will rank the applicants, and we hope to get several representatives for the Games. For most individual sports, there are more than one spot for each competition series. The applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 30.
The applications must be sent by 8th February 2026.
Further information: Markku Rantahalvari +358 44 780 0217 or markku.rantahalvari@oll.fi
NOTE! Even though the Finnish Student Sports Federation will select the athletes from among students studying in Finnish higher education institutions, it will only enrol and assist athletes from higher education institutions that are members of the Federation.
Students from the following higher education institutions won't be registered by the Finnish Student Sports Federation.
Diak UAD, XAMK, JAMK, Police University College, TAMK, Turku UAS, VAMK, Karelia UAS, Centria UAS, Lapland UAS, OAMK, Novia UAS, Svenska Handelshögskolan, University of Eastern Finland, University of Lapland, Uniarts Helsinki, University of Turku and University of Oulu.
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