Coimbra Municipality has approved a 2.8 million euros investment in European Universities Games 2018. The approval came yesterday during a board meeting.

The investment will be used to requalify different areas of Coimbra in order to assure the best access to all venues.

Part will also be destined for the transportation of athletes and security, two key parts for EUG's 2018 success.

Remember that Coimbra EUG2018 aim to be the best European Universities Games ever, with high technical and sport expertise, ensuring a significant increase in the daily practice of physical activity in the university population and leaving a significant legacy in sport equipment in the city of Coimbra, becoming an international sport’s reference and a unique university experience shared by all people participating.

This legacy includes the rehabilitation or creation of several university sports facilities in Coimbra, such as Hall 1, 2 and 3, University football Stadium, rugby field, among others, in a total investment of four million euros.

The EUG2018 organization is sure this will be decisive for the growth of the number of players attending Portuguese universities as well as for the investment the country is carrying out. Coimbra is facing the perfect opportunity to redesign its organization, by providing the Academy with a new strategy, new services and renewed sport facilities, that’s why we believe that EUG2018 will me a decisive and remarkable moment in our history.