European Universities Games - Cordoba 2012

The happiest team was certainly the Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University from Russia, which won the badminton team event, held in Encinarejo. Second came the team of University of Duisburg-Essen from Germany and third place shared between the Université de Bordeaux from France and University of Bern from Switzerland.

The President of EUSA Mr Adam Roczek, the President of the Organising Committee Mr Manuel Torres, the Mayor of Encinarejo Mr Ruiz Madruga and the Vice-President of FISU Mr Stefan Bergh awarded the medals.

The Fairplay Trophy was donated to the University of Münster by the decision of the referees panel led by Mrs. Carmen Martinez Villanueva

On July 14th, the rest day,  all participants joined a wonderful opening ceremony with the athletes parade, welcome speeches by EUSA, the City of Cordoba and the University of Cordoba and a short cultural program featuring parachute gliders arriving to the stadium from the air, an acrobatics program, traditional show of flamenco dancing and complex and detailed art of rope-skipping – all performed by the local youth groups.

EUSA flag was then brought to the stadium, being raised accompanied by life performance of Gaudeamus Igitur, the EUSA anthem and the EUSA Games were declared open.

On July 15/16/17 the individual tournament will take place with the players winning medals in the team event being favorites in the individual events as some big guns are missing due to their Olympic participation.
For more information, please see www.eusagames2012.com

Final team ranking:
1)    N.I. Lobachevsky State University Nizhny Novgorod (RUS)
2)     University of Duisburg-Essen (GER)
3)    University of Bern (SUI) and Université de Bordeaux (FRA)
4)    Universidad de Granada (ESP)
5)     University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn (POL)
6)     Saratov State Social-economic University (RUS)
7)     Stockholms Universitet (SWE)
8)     University of Hamburg (GER)
9)    University of Münster (GER)
10)     Université de Geneva (SUI)
11)    Université de Rouen (FRA)
12)    University Saarland (GER)
13)    Uludag University (TUR)
14)     Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (NED)
15)    University of Coimbra (POR)
16)    Ahi Evran Üniversitesi in Kirsehir (TUR)
17)    Universidade do Minho (POR)
18)    University of Ulster in Jordanstown/Nordirland (IRL)
19)    Kauno Technologijos Universitetas (LTU)

The results are linked:
Team Tournament: http://www.badminton.es
Individual tournament: http://www.badminton.es

A photo gallery is featured by the Spanish Badminton Federation:
http://www.badminton.es
Bastian Kruse (TD Badminton EUSA)