The 2009

World Interuniversity Games The World Interuniversity Games is an international sports event, which was organised by IFIUS (International Federation for Interuniversity Sport) each year in October. It is currently organised by Committee Panathlon Clubs of Universities, after I ...

were the 11th edition of the Games (organised by

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, and took place in

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, from October 12 to October 16, 2009.

Hosting

After 5 years, the Games were once again held in

. After Rome 2003,

in the

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hosted the 2009 Games. The

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially the Catholic University of Milan () or simply the Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in B ...

acted as the host university.

Competitions

Teams participated in 8 different competitions (5 sports). For the first time a

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

and Pitch&Putt competition was held. *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

Men * Football Women *

Futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

Men *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

Men * Basketball Women *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Men * Volleyball Women *

and Pitch&Putt

Football Men

Results of the Final Round:

Football Women

Results of the Final Round:

Final standings

Football Men Football Women Futsal Men Basketball Men Basketball Women Volleyball Men Volleyball Women Golf and Pitch & Putt

External links

IFIUS Milan 2009
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