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VIII World Interuniversity Games
Dublin 2006
OpeningOctober 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)
ClosingOctober 13, 2006 (2006-10-13)

The 2006 World Interuniversity Games were the eighth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Dublin, Ireland, from October 9 to October 13, 2006.

Hosting

Dublin, Ireland, was selected as host city for the Games. The host university was the University College Dublin (UCD). Dublin City University (DCU) acted as a co-host.

Competitions

Teams participated in 6 different competitions (4 sports), this included the new addition of Volleyball Men & Women competitions.

Final standings

Football Men

1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia MESI Moscow Moscow, Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia South Russian State University Shakhty, Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Croatia Faculty of Law, Osijek Osijek, Croatia

Football Women

1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands The Hague University The Hague, the Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germany University of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Germany Munich University of Technology Munich, Germany

Futsal Men

1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia Mendeleyev University of Chemistry Technology Moscow, Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Netherlands Amsterdam College Amsterdam, the Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Romania University Ovidius Constanta

Russia St. Petersburg State University

Constanţa, Romania

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Basketball Men

1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg, Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) England University of Worcester Worcester, England
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Republic of Ireland University College Dublin

Iran Islamic Azad University

Dublin, Ireland

Tehran, Iran

Volleyball Men

1st place, gold medalist(s) Iran Islamic Azad University Tehran, Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia St Petersburg State University of Service and Economics Saint Petersburg, Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia North-West Academy of Public Administration Saint Petersburg, Russia

Volleyball Women

1st place, gold medalist(s) Italy Sannio University Benevento, Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, Illinois, USA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Republic of Ireland University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland

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