The women’s football team of the Universitat de València opened the first day of the CADU on Tuesday 15 November with a crushing win 2-0. The UV women dominated the whole match played in the football field of the Blasco Ibáñez Campus. In the same field, the UV men’s team hammered the UCV 8 scores to 1. The players of the UV showed a clear domination during the whole match, and are driven to face the next CADU matching day. 

The two victories of the local teams of indoor football, took place on Tuesday 15, in the sports centre of the Universitat de València. The women’s team triumphed 3-2 over the Catholic University. When it comes to the masculine teams, the UCV men were not able to slow down the UV indoor football team; the UV had the match sewn up with the scoreboard 5-1. 

The tennis tournament took place on Tuesday 15, in the Anabel Medina sports hall of Torrent.  The teams of the UV and the UCV were faced individually and in the mixed doubles category. The UV tennis player, Gemma Lairon won 62-62. Ricard Soriano was beaten by the UCV representative 61-64. And the UV mixed couple, formed by Sandra Requena and Gonzalo Sánchez, were not able to catch up, losing by 64-76-76. The tournament finished with a global result of 2-1 in favour of the UCV tennis players.

On Wednesday 16 November, the UV sports hall received the university basketball teams. The women’s team gained a victory 80-50 against the UCV girls. However, the men’s team, which fought to the end, lost the game for only two points (66-68). 
The volleyball teams took place in the Toll L’Alberca sports hall of Torrent. The Universitat de València teams obtained an overwhelming triumph, and both, the men’s team and the women’s team ended the matches with the same scoreboard, a crushing 3-0 for starting the league out big.

The handball matches were held in El Quint sports hall of Mislata. The women’s team won the UCV with a final result of 19-39. The men’s handball team dominated the match too, and ended with a 21-29 triumph.
In rugby, the opening day of the CADU was also brilliant. Both UV teams achieved victories in the Rugby Río field. The women’s team won the both matches they played (UCV 7 - UV 43 and UV 20 - UCV 5). The men’s team lose the first match (UCV 26 – UV 22), but recovered on the second match winning UV 17 – UCV 0.

Finally, the paddle tennis team also achieved a victory in the matches that took place in the Parc Central of Torrent, with a global result of 2-1. Representing the UV, played Jorge Ferre and Manuel Arrizabalaga, the men’s paddle tennis team; Nuria Molina and María Torres, in the women’s pairs modality; and the mixed tandem formed by María Chanza and Alberto de León.

The CADU league calendar

The Autonomous University Sports Championship of the Comunitat Valenciana is organised for both team and individual sports. The individual competitions, which include 25 sport disciplines, will start in the second quarter. In contrast, the team sports competitions have a league format, being played from November to March throughout five days. 

The next performance of the CADU league will be on 29 November and will face the teams of the Universitat de València with the teams of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche. Following the CADU calendar, the UV will compete with the University of Alicante on 15 December; with the UJI of Castellón on 9 February; with the Politécnica de Valencia on 21 February; and on 8 March will take place the final matches. 

The aim of this competition is promoting sports among students from various universities that are part of the Comunitat Valenciana, and commanding the vales of equality, participation, inclusion, respect, and, in essence, the promotion of sports on its broadest sense.