The University Sports Association will hold a cross-competition-type university competition "UNIVAS CUP 2020-21" on September 2020, 9 to convey the appeal of university sports and attract more people's interest. It will be held from.
The University Sports Association will hold the first cross-competition-type university competition "UNIVAS CUP 2019-2019" in 20.In order to get more interest in university sports, which until now was only the decisive battle to decide the best university in Japan for each competition, points are added according to the ranking of the designated competition, and the overall university ranking is determined by the total number of points earned. Introduced a mechanism to do.In the first memorable event, Waseda University won the overwhelming victory with 12,323 points, with Nippon Sport Science University (2 points) in second place and Tokai University (6,059 points) in third place.
Of the competitions held by 2020 competition groups of UNIVAS regular members in 32, the competitions in which universities from all over the country participate to decide the number one university in Japan are set as the competitions designated by "UNIVAS CUP 2020-21", and the total number of points earned is set. Compete.
Through this "UNIVAS CUP", the University Sports Association aims to increase the exposure of university sports activities, which are stagnation due to the corona disaster, and to improve the motivation of athletic club students who are active every day.In addition, since there are some competitions where the conventional designated competitions are not held, we will hold them while paying attention to fairness so that the motivation of the participants will not be discouraged.
In addition, in order to support the holding of Incare itself, which is a designated tournament of "UNIVAS CUP", the subsidy of "Reiwa 2nd year sports event resumption support project" of the Japan Sports Agency is also utilized.As a project to prevent the spread of infection, UNIVAS will prepare equipment such as non-contact thermometers, face shields, and alcohol disinfectants and distribute them to the target venues, as well as expanding the number of games for video distribution of designated competitions. Free distribution of match videos on the official UNIVAS website.
Reference: [University Sports Association] Announcement of UNIVAS CUP 2020-21
