2005 World Interuniversity Games

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VII World Interuniversity Games
Rotterdam 2005
OpeningOctober 10, 2005 (2005-10-10)
ClosingOctober 14, 2005 (2005-10-14)

The 2005 World Interuniversity Games were the seventh edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from October 10 to October 14, 2005.

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Hosting

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was INHOLLAND University College . Erasmus University and Hogeschool Rotterdam acted as a co-hosts.

Competitions

Teams participated in four different competitions (three sports), this included the new addition of the Basketball Men competition.

Final standings

Football Men

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg University of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Moscow State ESI University Moscow, Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Gubkin State University Moscow

Flag of Romania.svg ASE Bucharest

Moscow, Russia

Bucharest, Romania

Football Women

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Technical University of Munich Munich, Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg University of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Hague University

Flag of the Netherlands.svg University of Groningen

The Hague, the Netherlands

Groningen, the Netherlands

Futsal Men

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Ukhta Technical State University Ukhta, Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg North-West Academy, St Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Serbia.svg University of Economics, Belgrade

Flag of the Netherlands.svg TU Delft

Belgrade, Serbia

Delft, the Netherlands

Basketball Men

Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg, Russia
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg North-West Academy, St Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Polytechnic of Karlovac

Flag of Russia.svg Urals Railway State University

Karlovac, Croatia

Yekaterinburg, Russia

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