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 (English: ''Catholic University of the Sacred Heart'', colloquially the ''Catholic University of Milan''), known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 19 ...

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 clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

and Pitch&Putt competition was held. *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Men * Football Women *

Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

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 (appr ...

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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