About Us

PANATHLON INTERNATIONAL (PI)

Panathlon International was established in 1951 in Venice (Italy) and associates 300 Panathlon Clubs worldwide. Panathlon International is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (resolution 11/6/1982), is a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), of the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) and of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE). It also has systematic contacts with UNESCO. The main aim of Panathlon International is the achievement of the sporting ideal and the establishment of its cultural and moral values as a means towards the development and advancement of the individual and solidarity between men and people. Among many initiatives the “Panathlon Charter on Rights of Children in Sport” is the most known, adapted by almost all sport federations worldwide. The PCU Committee is the university sport oriented platform of Panathlon International. The President of Panathlon International is Pierre Zappelli, member of the International Olympic Committee Cultural Commission. The most important Panathlon International Charters and Declarations:

PANATHLETE CHARTER

FAIR PLAY CHARTER

CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN SPORT

PANATHLON DECLARATION ON ETHICS IN YOUTH SPORT

CHARTER OF DUTIES OF PARENTS IN SPORT

More information on www.panathlon-international.org.

PCU COMMITTEE

The PCU Committee is the university sport oriented platform of Panathlon International which organizes and endorses university sport events with the focus on fair play and ethics in student sport. With resolution n° 21/11/CI dated 29/9/2011, Panathlon International authorized the establishment of the Committee of Panathlon Clubs of Universities (PCU Committee). In 1999 the basis of the PCU Committee was established as an independent initiative of Belgian and Dutch students, the “European Student Football Championship”. Over the years the number of sports was extended and the initiative was incorporated in the non-profit association IFIUS. In 2011, the association became part of Panathlon International and the initiative was welcomed by the 2011 President of the International Olympic Committee J. Rogge as expressed in this letter. The PCU Committee unites all Panathlon Clubs of Universities, supervises their sports and cultural initiatives, organizes the PCU Games, the PCU Drawing and Photo Contests and endorses – co-organizes – the PIUTT Tennis, the PCU Bridge Trophy and the PCU Chess Cup. A Panathlon Club of a University is a Panathlon Club connected to and named after a university or university college.

Statutes and Regulations PCU Committee, click here. The 2015 Amendments to the Statutes and Regulations PCU Committee, click here.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The Executive Board is elected each 4 years by the General Assembly of all Panathlon Clubs of Universities and is completed with the Secretary General of Panathlon International and the President of the PCU Games Council. The 2017 elections offered the following composition:

• President, Peter Verboven (Belgium)
• Secretary General, His Excellency Prof. Dr. A. G. Kotchofa (Russia)
• Treasurer, Prof. Dr. Francis baron Van Loon (Belgium)
• President PCU Games Council, Prof. Dr. Bahram Ghadimi (Iran)
• Secretary General Panathlon International, Simona Callo (Italy)

PCU CLUBS (Panathlon Clubs of Universities)

Universities and University Colleges that consider ethics in sport and Fair Play an added value for the development of their students are welcome to create a Panathlon Club connected to the university. Participants of the PCU Games are automatically granted Panathlon International membership as a PCU Club. The establishment and working modalities of a PCU Club are simple and are explained in detail upon request at info@pcucommittee.com. The PCU Club advantages can be summarized as follows:

• Member of an IOC recognized association with emphasis on ethics in sport
• Representation and voting right Panathlon International General Assembly
• Representation and voting right PCU Committee General Assembly
• Network of more than 300 Panathlon Clubs worldwide
• Each member receives the Panathlon Magazine a number of times per year
• Free participation in the PCU Games

PCU NETWORK MEMBERS

Universities or University Colleges which participate in any of the PCU Committee initiatives and events are considered PCU Network Members. The PCU Network Member status is granted to a university (college) after registration for any of the PCU Committee initiatives and events by a student of the university (college), the university (college) sports office or any other service of the university (college). Besides the specific participation regulations applicable for any of the PCU Committee initiatives and events, no institutional or financial obligations are connected to the PCU Network Member status. The PCU Network Member advantages can be summarized as follows:

• Being a network member of an IOC recognised federation
• Access to a network of 300+ Panathlon Clubs worldwide and 150+ PCU Network Members

192 UNIVERSITIES IN 67 COUNTRIES

PCU MEMBER CLUBS 2019-2020

PCU Antwerp (Belgium)

PCU Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (Germany)

PCU Teheran (Iran)

PCU Dubna State University (Russia)

PCU Mendel University in Brno (Czech Republic))

PCU Edinburgh (Scotland/UK)

PCU University of Paris – Saclay (France)

PCU De Montfort University (England)

PCU Moscow Financial University (Russia)

PCU Verona (Italy)

PCU University of Gjirokastër ‘Eqrem Cabej’ (Albania)

PCU University of Mostar (Bosnia Herz.)

PCU Clausthal University of Technology (Germany)

PCU Aalto University (Finland)

PCU University of Kaiserlautern (Germany)

PCU University of Luzern (Switzerland)

PCU Catalan National University Students (CAT/ESP)

PCU Rome Tor Vergata (Italy)

PCU NETWORK MEMBERS 2019-2020

Academic Sports Association Zurich (Switzerland)

Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Czech Republic)

Airlangga University (Indonesia)

American College of Greece (Greece)

American University of Afghanistan (Afghanistan)

American University of Beirut (Lebanon)

AP University College (Belgium)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Ashoka University (India)

Ballsbridge University Cyprus (Cyprus)

Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia)

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Bangladesh)

Bogdan Voda University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

Brunel University London (England)

Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Romania)

Budapest University Association (Hungary)

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)

Cardiff University (Wales, United Kingdom)

Catholic University Leuven (Belgium)

Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)

CY Cergy Paris University / ILEPS (France)

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)

Deree College (Greece)

Distant Production House University (Rwanda)

Dublin City University DCU (Ireland)

EASD Ramón Falcón (Spain)

Edinburgh College of Art (Scotland)

ENS Rennes (France)

Esslingen University of Applied Science (Germany)

Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (Estonia)

Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade (Serbia)

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Russia)

Free University of Berlin (Germany)

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany)

Ghent University (Belgium)

Goce Delčev University of Štip (North Macedonia)

Harare Institute of Techonology (Zimbabwe)

Heidelberg University (Germany)

Heidelberg University of Education (Germany)

HOGENT University of Applied Sciences (Belgium)

Indian Institute of Public health, Hyderabad (India)

International University of Monaco (Monaco)

ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)

ISM University of Management and Economics (Lithuania)

Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (Colombia)

Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia)

Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)

KdG University College (Belgium)

Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences (Bhutan)

Kozminski University (Poland)

Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art and Design (Ukraine)

Liceo experimental artístico (Chile)

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania)

Macromedia University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

MARA University of Technology (Malaysia)

Maritime Academy Antwerp (Belgium)

Maynooth University (Ireland)

Middlesex University London (England)

Middlesex University Mauritius (Mauritius)

Modern University for Business and Science (Lebanon)

Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Russia)

Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia)

Neapolis University Paphos (Cyprus)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)

Nottingham Trent University (England)

Oxford University (England, United Kingdom)

Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece)

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Russia)

Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal)

Public University of Navarre (Spain)

Pyatigorsk State University (Russia)

Queen Mary University of London (England, United Kingdom)

Radboud University (Netherlands)

Riga Technical University (Latvia)

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (Bahrain)

Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)

Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Russia)

RWTH Aachen University (Germany)

Sacred Heart University (Connecticut, United States of America)

Saint Petersburg State Agrarian University (Russia)

Sakhalin State University (Russia)

Sam Ratulangi University (Indonesia)

Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)

School of Visual Arts, New York (USA)

Sheffield Hallam University (England)

Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded (India)

Solent University (England)

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)

St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria)

St. Mary’s Moscow (Russia)

Syddansk Universiteit (Denmark)

Technical University of Berlin (Germany)

Technological University Dublin (Ireland)

the One Academy of Communication Design (Malaysia)

The University of Melbourne (Australia)

Thomas More University of Applied Sciences (Belgium)

Tilburg University (Netherlands)

Toulouse Business School (France)

Trinity College (Ireland)

UIC Barcelona (Spain)

UNED Distance State University (Costa Rica)

UNEM Business University (Costa Rica)

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador (El Salvador)

Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Universitat Autonoma de Madrid (Spain)

Universität Bremen (Germany)

Universität Konstanz (Germany)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain)

Universität Ulm (Germany)

Université Cathlique Louvain La Neuve (Belgium)

Université des Mascareignes (Mauritius)

Université Libre Bruxelles (Belgium)

Université Paris Dauphine (France)

Universiteit Maastricht (Netherlands)

University College Dublin (Ireland)

University of Adelaide (Australia)

University of Algiers 3 (Algeria)

University of Angers / ENSAI (France)

University of Arts in Belgrade (Serbia)

University of Bielsko-Biała (Poland)

University of Bologna (Italy)

University of California, Irvine (USA)

University of Cambridge (England, United Kingdom)

University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale (Italy)

University of Chile (Chile)

University of Debrecen (Hungary)

University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

University of Dundee (Scotland)

University of East Anglia (England)

University of Eastern Finland (Finland)

University of Essex (England)

University of Greenwich (England)

University of Grenoble-Alpes (France)

University of Groningen (Netherlands)

University of Guam (Guam)

University of La Laguna (Spain)

University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

University of Leeds (England, UK)

University of Leicester (England)

University of Leiden (Netherlands)

University of Leipzig (Germany)

University of Liechtenstein (Liechtenstein)

University of Limerick (Ireland)

University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

University of Maribor (Slovenia)

University of Minho (Portugal)

University of Montpellier (France)

University of Münster (Germany)

University of Nijmegem (Netherlands)

University of Nîmes (France)

University of Novi Sad (Serbia)

University of Padua (Italy)

University of Porto (Portugal)

University of Potsdam (Germany)

University of Rijeka (Croatia)

University of San Andrés (Argentina)

University of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College (Sierra Leone)

University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)

University of Technology of Compiègne (France)

University of the West Indies at Cave Hill (Barbados)

University of the West Indies Open Campus Trinidad (Trinidad & Tobago)

University of Trento (Italy)

University of Tübingen (Germany)

University of Twente (Netherlands)

University of Utrecht (Netherlands)

University of Vigo (Spain)

University of Wolverhampton (England)

University of Zadar (Croatia)

University of Zagreb (Croatia)

UPA University Panamericana (Costa Rica)

Volga Region State Academy of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism (Russia)

Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands)

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (Poland)

World Maritime University (Sweden)

Zanzibar School of Health (Tanzania)

Zone – Helsinki Metropolitan Area Universities of Applied Sciences Sport Services (Finland)