IFIUS

International Federation for Interuniversity Sport

Abbreviation	IFIUS
Formation	1998
Extinction	2011
Headquarters	Antwerp (Belgium)
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	Universities & Colleges
Official language	English
President	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 inside Panathlon.

History

Until 2003 the Games were held on Weekends during the year - from 2004 onward the Games were held in a one-week period in October, establishing a true World Championship Format.

Competitions

Official competitions included:

• Football Men
• Football Women
• Futsal Men
• Basketball Men
• Basketball Women
• Volleyball Men
• Volleyball Women
• Golf and Pitch & putt
• Individual golf
• Individual pitch and putt

●	Competitions held	●	Competitions expected

Sport		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Football Men
Football Women
Futsal Men
Basketball Men
Basketball Women
Volleyball Men
Volleyball Women
Golf and Pitch&Putt
Individual golf
Individual pitch and putt

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

Year	Games	Host City	Host University	Remarks
1999	1	Antwerp (Belgium)	(none)	Only Football Men competition
2000	2	Paris (France)	(none)	Football Women competition added
2001	3	Amsterdam (the Netherlands)	(none)
2002	4	Barcelona (Spain)	Autonomous University of Barcelona
2003	5	Rome (Italy)	(none)	Futsal Men competition added
2004	6	Antwerp (Belgium)	University of Antwerp
2005	7	Rotterdam (the Netherlands)	INHolland university of applied sciences co-hosts: Erasmus University; Hogeschool Rotterdam	Basketball Men competition added
2006	8	Dublin (Ireland)	University College Dublin co-host: Dublin City University	Volleyball Men and Women competitions added
2007	9	Vienna (Austria)	TU Wien
2008	10	Budapest (Hungary)	BME	Basketball Women competition added
2009	11	Milan (Italy)	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Golf and Pitch & putt competition added
2010	12	Valencia (Spain)	Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
2011	13	Amsterdam (the Netherlands)	INHolland University of Applied Sciences	Individual golf and individual pitch & putt added
2012	14	Belgrade (Serbia)	University of Belgrade	Golf and pitch & putt, individual golf and individual pitch & putt competitions dropped
2013	15	Antwerp (Belgium)	University of Antwerp

Games Council

• President: Dr. Bahram Ghadimi (Islamic Azad University)
• Secretary General: Dr Gabriel Anicet Kotchofa (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas)
• Treasurer: Javier Sanchez Milan (CEU Cardinal Herrera University)

Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities Executive Board

• President: Peter Verboven (PCU Antwerp, Belgium)
• Secretary General: His Excellency, Ambassador Gabriel A. Kotchofa (PCU Mghakis Moscow, Russia)
• Treasurer: Javier Sanchez (PCU Valencia, Spain)
• Games Council Representative: Dr. Bahram Ghadimi (PCU Teheran, I.R. Iran)
• Tournament Council Representative: Daniel Muñoz (PCU Valencia, Spain)
• Panathlon International Representative: Leo Bozzo (Secretary General Panathlon International, Italy)

External links

• Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities

References