Finland is sending a very interesting team to the EC in Poland

The Student European Championships will take place at the multi-sport event the EUSA Games in Lodz in Poland 14–30 July. The Finnish universities will be represented by a team of 64 athletes. Rowing and orienteering, which have brought a lot of success in previous years, are not included in these games, but the Finnish team has a lot of potential for winning medals in several different sports.

The expectations are particularly high for combat sports, as some of Finland’s top athletes are taking part. If they are successful, each of the two-player beach volleyball teams could end up on the podium. In futsal, which Finland has traditionally been strong in, the men's and women’s teams will get to measure themselves against the extremely high level of European student futsal. The football team of the University of Jyväskylä, who made it to the quarter-final in Coimbra in 2018, are hoping to repeat their success. The table tennis team from the University of Jyväskylä is a dark horse.

You can watch the games on the official website and on OLL’s Instagram account.

Competing team:

Beach volley

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Noora Huhtala
Annika Waris

University of Helsinki
Elina Pirttimäki
Tuuli Metsäkoivu

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Santeri Siren
Pyry Topio

Futsal

University of Tampere

Heidi Tahvanainen
Julia Jokiranta
Kiia Immonen
Linnea Nuutila
Elina Harjula
Annette Korin
Janna Tuominen
Riina Pesälä
Venla Viertola
Manta Räsänen
Essi Salonen

LUT University

Iikka Huotari
Julius Frisk
Tuukka Lehtinen
Anselmi Niukko
Lauri Lempiö
Sami Sarkola
Markus Kyläheiko
Erkka Partanen
Kalle Koskinen
Jens Grimbergen
Tuomas Kinnunen

Football

University of Jyväskylä

Jarkko Niskajärvi
Olli Pöylio
Leevi Kemppainen
Ivan Culak
Juuso Eteläpää
Eino-Elmeri Muhonen
Elias Martikainen
Samuli Aatsinki
Noa Joakim Peltoniemi
Samuel Arponen
Sauli Kilpeläinen
Henri Louste
Oskari Kainulainen
Tuure Fagerström
Jonne Forström
Topias Tiainen
Hans Mäenalanen
Ville Vanttaja
Arttu Seikkula
Joonas Madetoja

Judo

Tampere University
Aatu Laamanen
Juho Luoma

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Elviira Kujansuu

Karate

Aalto University
Mari Keskiivari

Häme University of Applied Sciences
Jenna Kylmänen

University of Helsinki
Noora Marttila
Sonja Voutilainen

University of Turku
Aaro Tuominen
Maria Korpela
Melina Leino

Kickboxing

Aalto University
Tatu Maunu

Table tennis

University of Jyväskylä
Konsta Kähtävä
Trung Nguyễn
Pu-Zhao Kow

Taekwondo

University of Turku
Niko Saarinen