{"id":32068,"date":"2023-06-19T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vevu.hr\/veliki-uspjeh-vevu-studenata-na-unisport-finalsima\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T10:41:15","slug":"great-success-of-vevu-students-at-the-unisport-finals-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vevu.hr\/en\/great-success-of-vevu-students-at-the-unisport-finals-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Great success of VEVU students at the Unisport Finals 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\ud83d\udcccFrom June 8th<\/sup> to 11th<\/sup>, 2023, the Croatian student championship \u201cUniSport Finals 2023\u201d was held in Pore\u010d, with over 1200 student athletes from 17 higher education institutions competing in 12 sports. At the opening ceremony, Zlatko Mate\u0161a, the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee, emphasized that this was the largest multi-sports event in Croatia this year.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcccOur University \u201cLavoslav Ru\u017ei\u010dka\u201d in Vukovar participated in the finals in 7 sports and returned from Pore\u010d with two bronze medals.<\/p>\n

The women’s teams won bronze medals in futsal and football. \ud83e\udd49\ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcccThe women’s futsal team lost in the semifinals to the University of Zagreb team with a score of 8:2, but they won the match for the third place against the University of Sjever with a score of 12:1. The winners were the students of the University of Zagreb, who defeated the University of Split team with a score of 5:0. The Vukovar team consisted of: Tara Stipanovi\u0107 (captain), Marta Mikinac, Ana Kamerla, Dea Rosandi\u0107, Ivona Perak, Martina Kova\u010di\u0107, Laura Su\u0161ac, Nikolina Jeli\u0107, Leona Ahmeti, Petra Kova\u010devi\u0107, Josipa Josipovi\u0107, Helena Vranjkovi\u0107, Laura Lon\u010dar, and Bruna Gutzmirtl. The coach Ivica Rado\u0161 and the team leader professor Dra\u017een Peji\u0107 deserve credit for the great success of our girls.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcccThe same group of students achieved fantastic results in big football, winning the third place after a loss to Split with a score of 6:1 and a victory against Zadar (3:0 technical win). The VEVU team consisted of the same players, with Ivana Malari\u0107 replacing Bruna Gutzmirtl. The team included: Tara Stipanovi\u0107 (captain), Marta Mikinac, Ana Kamerla, Dea Rosandi\u0107, Ivona Perak, Martina Kova\u010di\u0107, Laura Su\u0161ac, Nikolina Jeli\u0107, Leona Ahmeti, Petra Kova\u010devi\u0107, Josipa Josipovi\u0107, Helena Vranjkovi\u0107, Laura Lon\u010dar, and Ivana Malari\u0107, with team leader and coach Dra\u017een Peji\u0107.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcccAt the Unisport Finals, we also witnessed the chess mastery of teams from the University of Zadar (men’s and women’s), the University of Zagreb (men’s and women’s), the Technical University of Zagreb (men’s and women’s), the University of Rijeka (men’s and women’s), the University of Split (men’s and women’s), the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek (men’s and women’s), College Ivani\u0107-Grad (men’s), the University of Dubrovnik (men’s), the University of Sjever (men’s), and our University \u201cLavoslav Ru\u017ei\u010dka\u201d in Vukovar (men’s and women’s). In the men’s competition, the University of Rijeka students emerged as the best, while in the women’s competition, the University of Zagreb students claimed the top spot. The VEVU men’s chess team achieved fifth place, consisting of Andro Matak, Bruno Bla\u017eevi\u0107 and Franko Alduk. The women’s team from VEVU University achieved fourth place and competed with the following lineup: Maja Kresonja, Ema Volarevi\u0107, and Valentina Ben\u010di\u0107. The team leader of the chess team was Sanja Gongeta.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccc The beach volleyball competition attracted 9 men’s and 13 women’s teams from universities across Croatia. Among all those talented athletes, the students of the University of Zagreb stood out as the best, winning two gold medals. The men’s beach volleyball team from VEVU University achieved sixth place. The lineup of the beach volleyball team consisted of Josip Vrgo\u010d and Vuka\u0161in Kljai\u0107. The female students were slightly more successful, and only a few points separated them from entering the medal competition. They competed with the lineup of Petra Dugand\u017ei\u0107 and Marija Vrban, with Jana Luka\u010devi\u0107 as their team leader.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccc The streetball court at Zelena Laguna Resort was the venue for the national university finals in 3×3 basketball on June 9th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup>. Over the course of two days, five women’s teams and ten men’s teams competed. The team from the University of Split emerged as the winner in both the men’s and women’s categories. The female students from VEVU achieved fifth place and competed with the lineup of Ana Pehar, Ana Mijatovi\u0107, Tea Sara\u010devi\u0107, and Martina Munivrana, with Tatjana Ivi\u0107 Lovrinovi\u0107 as their team leader. The male students, under the leadership of Igor Modalek, secured sixth place and competed with the lineup of Aleksandar Vukovi\u0107, Jovan \u0110uri\u010di\u0107, Mihajlo Ostoji\u0107, and Luka Gavranovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcccThis year, the table tennis finals featured 10 teams in the men’s competition, showcasing representatives from University of Applied Sciences in Karlovac, University of Zagreb, University of Applied Sciences in Zagreb, University of North, University of Rijeka, University of Slavonski Brod, University of Split, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, University of Dubrovnik, and our own University \u201cLavoslav Ru\u017ei\u010dka\u201d in Vukovar. On the other hand, the women’s competition consisted of only five universities (UNIZD, UNIZG, UNIRI, UNIOS, and VEVU), and their matches were played in a round-robin format. In both categories, the University of Zagreb students emerged as the best. The men’s table tennis team from VEVU University secured 7th<\/sup> place and competed with the lineup of Luka Saboci, Tvrtko Pranji\u0107, and Manuel Relati\u0107, with Sandra Lovri\u0107 as their team leader. The women’s table tennis team achieved 4th<\/sup> place and competed with the lineup of Martina Vu\u010dkovac, Jelena Klju\u010devi\u0107, and Jelena \u0110eri\u0107, with Sara Baji\u0107 as their team leader.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udccc\u00a0Students from eight universities (University of Zadar, University of Zagreb, University of North, University of Rijeka, University of Split, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatian Catholic University, and University \u201cLavoslav Ru\u017ei\u010dka\u201d in Vukovar) and female students from six cities (University of Zagreb, University of North, University of Rijeka, University of Slavonski Brod, University of Split, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek) participated in this year’s tennis tournament at the Finals. In the men’s competition, the team from the University of Zagreb emerged as the winner, while in the women’s competition, the team from the University of Split convincingly took the top spot. Our VEVU University participated only in the men’s competition and secured the seventh place. The VEVU team competed with the lineup of Ronald Berti\u0107, Mihael Horvat, and Dario Babi\u0107, with Slobodan Stojanovi\u0107 as their team leader.<\/p>\n

We are extremely proud of this great sporting success and congratulate all the female and male students who represented our VEVU University in Pore\u010d, as well as their team leaders and coaches.<\/p>\n\n\t\t