The sports teams of the Universitat de València will dispute next 5 February 2025 the first journey of the Autonomous University Sports Championship (CADU), that this year presents a new format due to the consequences of the DANA.
In face of the impossibility to continue with the planned schedule, the regular season of the eight universities of the Valencian Community have been reorganised in two groups of four teams each. The two best of each group will go to semi-finals (1ºA-2ºB y 2ºA-1ºB),and the winners will dispute the big final to decide who is the champion of CADU 2024/2025.
First session: the UV will be pit against the UPV
In this first session, the Universitat de València (UV) will face the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in the Group A, which also has the Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH) and the Universidad Europea de Valencia (UEV).
The encounters will be disputed in the facilities of both universities according to the sports discipline:
• In the Universitat de València: Male and female’s football 11, male and female’s indoors football, and male and female’s basketball.
• In the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia: Male and female’s handball, male and female’s volleyball, paddle tennis and tennis
(The exact schedules and locations of the encounters will be detailed soon).
Statements and expectations
Ana María Gómez Tafalla, Principal of Servei d’Esports de la UV, has positively valued the adaptation of the format: ‘I consider that the change to the new system of CADU is a wise choice. Due to the obvious conditions, it could not be played before and now there is no time for a complete round-robin system of seven games. This format will make each encounter crucial, which without doubt will increase the emotion of the competition.’
Coverage y solidarity
El Servei d'Esports de la Universitat de València will report on the results of the games through social media (@uvesports_ en Instagram) and its official web (UVdeportes).
Before the beginning of each encounter a minute of silence will be observed in honor of the victims of the DANA last October. The Universitat de València expresses its solidarity with every affected people, sending a support message and wishing their soon recovery.
