The Ministry of Education and sports and The Sport and youth Directorate identity the Students sport Association of Montenegro as the National Sports Federation, a fully member of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee and also as a member of the European and World Universities Sports Associaitons (EUSA,FISU).
Although it has been founded in 1979, the Students Sport Association of Montenegro has reached the height of success only after the Montenegrin independence declaration and the UN acknowledgement, main condition for being admitted by EUSA (2006) and FISU (2007). In August 2007,our waterpolo players won the first place at the Universiade held in Bangkok, Thailand. This has been the first and the really meaningfull result in team sports fro the country of Montenegro.
We cover four types of International championship in almost every sport:
• Universiade (summer and winter edition)
• World University Championships
• European Universities Championships
• EUSA Games
Since 2007, we took part in
• six Universiades (Bangkok, Thailand, 2007; Belgrade, Serbia, 2009; Erzurum, Turkey, 2011; Shenzen, China, 2011, Kazan, Russia, 2013, Gwangju, Korea);
• ten World University Championships: in karate (Wroclaw, Poland, 2008; Podgorica, Montenegro, 2010; Bratislava, Slovakia, 2012; Bar, Montenegro, 2014; Braga, Portugal, 2016), in futsal (Koper, Slovenia, 2008; Novi Sad, Serbia, 2010); in savate (Nantes, France, 2010); in archery (Tainan, Chinese Taipei, 2008); in taekwondo (Belgrade, Serbia, 2008);
• twelve European Universities Championships: in karate (Podgorica, Montenegro, 2007; Vigo, Spain, 2009; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011; Budapest, Hungary, 2013; Zabljak, Montenegro, 2015); in futsal (Wroclaw, Poland, 2008; Podgorica, Montenegro, 2009); in volleyball (Rijeka, Croatia, 2007); in tennis (Moscow, Russia, 2008; Dublin, Ireland, 2009; Bar, Montenegro, 2013); table tennis (Nis, Serbia, 2009)
• three edition of EUSA games (Cordoba, Spain, 2012; Roterdam, Netherlands, 2014; Zagreb & Rijeka, Croatia 2016)
Our most important international successes are:
• first place in 2007 (waterpolo) at Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand
• five 1st places in 2007 at the European Universities Championship (karate, Podgorica, Montenegro)
• two 3rd places in 2008 at the WUC karate, Wroclaw, Poland
• two 5th places (men and women team) in 2007 at EUC volleyball, Rijeka, Croatia
• 4th place in 2008 at EUC futsal, Wroclaw, Poland
• 5th place in 2008 at WUC taekwondo, Belgrade, Serbia
• 5th place in 2009 at EUC futsal, Podgorica, Montenegro
• 1st place in 2009 at EUC karate (kata team women), Vigo, Spain
• two 2nd places in 2009 at EUC karate, kumite, Vigo, Spain
• two 2nd places in 2010 at WUC karate, Podgorica, Montenegro
• two 3rd places in 2010 at WUC karate, Podgorica, Montenegro
• two 1st places, five 2nd places, and five 3rd places in 2011 at EUC karate, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• one 1st place, two 2nd places and two 3rd places in 2012 at WUC karate, Bratislava, Slovakia
• two 1st places, three 2nd places, five 3rd places in 2013at EUC karate, Budapest,Hungary
• 3rd place in 2013 at EUC tennis (women), Bar, Montenegro
• one 1st place and three 3rd places in 2014, at WUC karate, Bar, Montenegro
• 1st place in Regional University basketball league 2014 (University of Montenegro)
• 4th place at Universiade Gwangju 2015, High jump women
• 5 medals on European Universities karate championship 2015 (three gold, and two bronze)
• 1 st place on WUC karate 2016 in Braga, Portugal, kumite +84kg
• 5 medals on EUSA games 2016 (karate – one silver, one bronze, judo – one silver, one bronze, taekwondo – one bronze)
• Award for best University in Judo on EUSA games 2016 – University Donja Gorica
Really meaningful part of our labor are the national competitions. Students sport Association of Montenegro organizes competitions for all the Montenegrin students in athletics, skiing, beach-volleyball, tennis, karate, cross country, table tennis, chess, street ball, swimming. There are also leagues in team sports - futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, basketball 3x3 and mini football.
We organize competitions for sports which are most attract students. In wide range of our activities, there are also scientific meetings, sports and recreational activities on the snow, the election of the best student-athlete, non-competitive motivational sports activities (hiking, biking, archery, golf, kayaking, dance, fitness, trainings in nature...), etc.]
The National University Championships not only put together a great number of competitors, but also raise interest in those who are not competing but like to keep up to date with our events. Our website www.unisport.me and the Facebook page Studentski sportski savez are visited by a great number of competitors who collect information about scores, announcement of competitions...
We are proud to say that students taking part in our championships don't have to pay. The SSAM pays all the costs, and for what concerns the leagues, we also pay the sports equipments and travel fees.
International Championships organized by SSAM
No date sport name of competition level of the competition Location
1. July 2003 karate 1st European Universities karate Championship European University Championship Podgorica, Montenegro
2. July 2007 karate 3rd European Universities karate Championship European University Championship Podgorica, Montenegro
3. July 2009 futsal 6th European Universities futsal Championship European University Championship Podgorica, Montenegro
4. July 2010 karate 7th World University karate Championship World University Championship Podgorica, Montenegro
5. September 2013 tennis 9th European Universities tennis Championship European University Championship Bar, Montenegro
6. June 2014 karate 9th World University karate Championship World University Championship Bar, Montenegro
7. July 2015 karate 7th European Universities karate Championship European University Championship Zabljak, Montenegro