SELL Student Games is a multi-sport event that is open for all university and college students all over the world. The name of the games are according to the first letters of the hosting countries, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in their respective languages (Finnish: Suomi, Estonian: Eesti, Latvian: Latvija, Lithuanian: Lietuva) The principles of the games are that everyone can participate and therefore the event combines top sports and joyful student event. Nowadays the games gather together around 1800–2000 students.
Events
The main disciplines of the games are athletics, swimming, orienteering, judo and chess as individual events. Basketball, volleyball (mini) football and floorball / unihockey are as team events. Also tennis, badminton, table tennis, wrestling, ultimate, aesthetic group gymnastics and ice-hockey has appeared in the games.
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Students and sports belong together! Let the thought of participating in the SELL Games give you another boost of motivation and energy to follow through winter trainings and compare your performance during the international competition that takes place already next spring in Tartu. I have always considered competing at the SELL games to be important – both while gaining the result of 20m less than that of world’s top athletes [...]
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