FISU World University Championships
Having the summer and winter editions of the FISU World University Games every other year was not enough for university sports enthusiasts and competitors. With this in mind, the International University Sports Federation launched the FISU World University Championships in 1963, with Lund, Sweden hosting the Handball event. Today, the Championships season takes place during every even-numbered year, thus filling the gap in the international university sports calendar between the two FISU World University Games events.
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2 seasonsShooting Sport
2 seasons
The story of Shooting Sport in FISU started in Pilsen, Czech Republic, in 2003, where the first edition of the competition was staged after it was postponed due to a flooding of the venue in 2002, the original World University Championships year. An optional sport on the Summer Universiade a coup...
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2 seasonsSpeed Skating
2 seasons
With the roots of speed skating dating back to the 1951 World University Championship Cup, the sport has had a storied history within the university ranks. An optional sport at the Winter Universiade - and one of a handful of winter sports on the World University Championships sports programme as...
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2 seasonsSquash
2 seasons
On the World University Championships sports programme since 1996, Squash is a very popular sport among university students. While the first editions were primarily hosted in Europe, FISU Squash has travelled far and beyond European borders, being played in Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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1 seasonWeightlifting
1 season
Weightlifting entered the programme of the FISU World University Championships in 2008 with a first edition organised in Komotini (GRE). A very popular sport with around 200 athletes from some 30 countries participating in each championship.