Last Saturday, March 19 finals of International Erasmus Games organised by Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Lithuania took place in Vilnius. Teams of basketball, volleyball and futsal from 10 institutions of higher education played in the finals; in total around 160 international degree and exchange students with their fans gathered together for the international student sports event.
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) was represented by students from Lithuania, India, Azerbaijan, France, Spain and Nigeria. The most successful was KTU’s volleyball team, which won the second place in the finals. According to the team members, the key to success was successful communication between team members during the game.
KTU’s futsal team started with great energy, but finally had to surrender to the more successful rivals. However, the joint futsal team of KTU and Vytautas Magnus University international students won the second place in the finals, proving that the spirit of cooperation and friendship is the most important in sports.
Unfortunately, KTU’s basketball team did not make it to the quarter finals.
The winners of each competition were awarded the opportunity to represent ESN Lithuania in International Erasmus Games in Milan, Italy. However, according to organisers – ESN Lithuania sections in different universities – the winning is not as important as participation: the event gathered together people from different countries, of different nationalities and race offering them quality time together. All the activities were organised by volunteers.
