The UIPM delegation in Lausanne for the FISU’s World University Championships Seminar

From left: Philipp Waeffler, FISU TD; Paulo Ferreira, FISU WUC Director; Istvan Gallai, Hungarian MP Association Secretary General, Host of MP WUC 2018; Alexandre França, UIPM Operations Manager

FISU’s World University Championships department hosted its biennial WUC Seminar, aimed at preparing future championship hosts, from 26-28 April in Lausanne (SUI).

Around 100 delegates from the Organizing Committees of 31 WUCs to be staged in 2018 were present.

A UIPM delegation attended together with Istvan Gallai, Secretary General of the Hungarian Modern Pentathlon Association.

The Hungarian capital of Budapest will be the host of the inaugural World University Championships in Modern Pentathlon, which will be held in July 2018. Several joint meetings with the WUC 2018 host and respective FISU departments took place to discuss detailed preparations and planning.