''Alculympics'', founded in 2009, is a sports league and triennial
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
involving participants from the current 18 member schools of the
Association of Local Colleges and Universities
The Association of Local Colleges and Universities or simply ALCU is composed of forty (40) local colleges and universities of the Philippines. ALCU is working closely with the Senate Committee on Education, which is headed by Senator Alan Peter C ...
in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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.
[Alculympics Update](_blank)
Accessed February 04, 2009.
The five-day tournament has 14 sports events,
[Yap, D]
New college sports league formed
. ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''. January 16, 2009. including volleyball, basketball, table tennis, taekwondo, arnis, and track and field.
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''The Manila Times Internet Edition''. January 15, 2009. One of the highlights of this event is the search for "Miss Alculympics".
The first Alculympics was hosted from January 19 to 23, 2009 by the
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina
Marikina (), officially the City of Marikina ( fil, Lungsod ng Marikina), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 456,159 people.
It is locate ...
at the Marikina Sports Center, with the theme "Towards a Dynamic Culture of Sportsmanship."
The third Alculympics was hosted from March 6 to 11, 2011 at Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.
Member schools
Metro Manila
Editions and results
References
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Recurring sporting events established in 2009
Student sport in the Philippines
Local colleges and universities in the Philippines