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2022 Antwerp Program launched

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Less than two days left before the competitions.
Meanwhile the program of the 2022 Antwerp FISU World University Championship Mind Sports is underway.

Many participants arrived in Antwerp today, checked into their hotels and got to know each other. Volunteers meet teams in the Airport arrival hall and in the main hall of Antwerp Central Station, one of the most beautiful train stations in the world!

The first part of accreditation took place on Saturday 10 september from 18:00 to 20:15.

All participants must obtain accreditation approved by the FISU International Control Commission (CIC) and from the Organizing Committee.

Find Accreditation Schedule for tomorrow here.

Meet our team

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Event Manager – Nils Van de Velden
Project Manager / Media Contact – Elien Hendrickx
Team Services Manager / Info desk – Vicky Desart
Competition Manager – Astrid Kamst
Marketing Manager – Bram Vogels
Volunteer Manager – Stijn Lemmens
Community Manager – Alina Baranova

Our volunteers in red T-shirts and staff in blue are always ready to help you.

Bridge Players announcement

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Welcome Bridge players of the 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports:

♠️ 16 teams
♥️ 88 Players from 11 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium (BEL) Royal Belgian Bridge Federation
💮 Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association
🇨🇿 Czech Republic (CZE) Czech Bridge Federation
🇨🇵 France (FRA) French Bridge Federation
🇩🇪 Germany (GER) German Bridge Federation
🇱🇻 Latvia (LAT) Latvian Bridge Federation
🇵🇱 Poland (POL) Polish Bridge Union
🇷🇸 Serbia (SRB) Bridge Association of Serbia
🇹🇭 Thailand (THA) Contract Bridge League of Thailand
🇹🇷 Türkiye (TUR) Turkish Bridge Federation
🇺🇬 Uganda (UGA)

Download here the list of bridge participants to the WUC Mind Sports 2022 in Antwerp

Chess players announcement

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Welcome Chess players of the 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports:

♟️ 71 Players from 15 countries

33 Women:

  • 1 Woman Grandmaster (WG)
  • 7 Woman International Master (WIM), including 1 FM
  • 10 Woman FIDE Master (WFM)
  • 15 unranked

38 Men:

  • 3 Grandmaster (GM)
  • 6 International Master (IM)
  • 10 FIDE Master (FM)
  • 1 Candidate Master (CM)
  • 18 unranked

Download the list of FISU Mind Sports 2022 Chess players

One Month Countdown Starts to the 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports

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See you in one month in Antwerp!

The 2022 𝙁𝙄𝙎𝙐 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 Mind Sports Chess & Bridge will be hold from 12 to 17 September at the University of Antwerp.

The University of Antwerp will manage the organization and is ready to continue its long-standing tradition in organizing mind sports events. We are honoured to welcome the best chess & bridge students from around the world!

Fans are also welcome to follow competitions at the Hof van Liere Campus of the University of Antwerp and live on FISU TV.

Check out the video to see the amazing venue where competitions will take place.

Reminder: Quantitative Entry Deadline

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Quantitative Entry Deadline for the 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports Chess & Bridge is on 11 June 2022.

By submitting quantitative entries, NUSFs confirm their participation, indicating the number of officials and participants for each sport event.

Also, 25% of the total Participation Fee is due by bank transaction to the FISU WUC Mind Sports 2022 Organization Committee by 11/06/2022.

Find more information about registration here.

2022 FISU WUC Mind Sports participating countries

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We received registrations for the 2022 FISU Championships Mind Sports from National University Sports Federations of 18 countries:
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇦🇷 Argentina 
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇧🇷 Brazil
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇩🇪 Germany
🇮🇷 Iran
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇵🇱 Poland
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇺🇬 Uganda
🇺🇦 Ukraine

1 month left until the Quantitative Entry Deadline: 11/06/2022. By submitting quantitative entries, NUSFs confirm their participation, indicating the number of officials and participants for each sport event.

Registration is only possible through your National University Sports Federation (NUSF). Visit the FISU website for the NUSF contact list.

Welcome to Antwerp, host city

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Antwerp is the host city of the 2022 FISU World University Championship Mind Sports.

Antwerp is the economic capital of Belgium and the largest and most important city of Flanders, the Dutch speaking and most populated region of Belgium.

The city center has a population of 529,000 inhabitants, the metropolitan area over 1.1 million inhabitants and the Antwerp Province over 1.8 million inhabitants. Internationally, Antwerp is the largest diamond trade center in the world, the second largest port of Europe and the Antwerp Fashion Academy is considered one of the best in the world, ensuring the highest concentration of fashion shops and flagship stores within Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. On a sports level, Antwerp hosted the Olympic Games in 1920 and was the European Capital of Sport in 2013. The city also welcomed 4 FISU World University Championships and many international interuniversity championships. All tourist information is available on www.visitantwerp.be.

2022 WUC Mind Sports Invitation campaign

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All the best chess & bridge students from around the world are welcome to 2022 FISU Championship Mind Sports in Antwerp, Belgium.

Registration is only possible through your National University Sports Federation (NUSF). Invitations have been sent to all NUSF and we have already received many entries.

For individual entry, contact your National Federation. Find NUSF contacts on the FISU website.

Keep in mind Entries Deadlines:
11/03/2022 – General
11/06/2022 – Quantitative
11/08/2022 – Individual

Looking forward to your participation!

FISU Technical Chair Chess visited Univeesity of Antwerp

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FISU Technical Chair Chess Lukasz Turlej (Poland) visited the WUC 2022 Mind Sports venue, the University of Antwerp’s Hof van Liere and met with Geert Bailleul (president of the Belgian Royal Chess Federation) and Nils Van de Velden (event coordinator, University of Antwerp). All is looking great to welcome the world’s top student chess (and bridge) players in Antwerp in september!

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