| International Federation for Interuniversity Sport | |
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| Abbreviation | IFIUS |
| Formation | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Antwerp (Belgium) |
| Region served | Worldwide |
| Membership | Universities & Colleges |
| Official languages | 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) is a democratic non profit organisation whose main objective is to organise the yearly World Interuniversity Games, in which studentteams from different Universities and Colleges worldwide compete in different sport competitions.
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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.
On May 16, 2009 Valencia (Spain) was announced as the host for the 2010 Games.[1]
Official competitions at this moment include:
| ● | Competitions held | ● | Competitions expected |
| Sport | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
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| Golf and Pitch&Putt | ||||||||||||||
The main IFIUS objectifs are:
(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.
Additionally, in 2008 the position of Ambassadorship towards Academic Authorities was created and the post is occupied by Prof. Dr. Francis Baron Van Loon (honorary Rector University of Antwerp)[2]
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