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
IFIUS
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 wor ...
, and took place in
Milan
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,
Italy
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, from October 12 to October 16, 2009.
Hosting
After 5 years, the Games were once again held in
Italy
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. After
Rome 2003,
Milan
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in the
Lombardy
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region
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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
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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
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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
*
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
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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2009 in multi-sport events
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2009 in Italian sport
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International sports competitions hosted by Italy
Multi-sport events in Italy
Sports competitions in Milan
October 2009 sports events in Europe
2009 World Interuniversity Games