CROATIA
Situated in South East Europe, in a region lapped by the waves of the Mediterranean, Croatia has always been a country of interesting intertwinement of central European and Mediterranean cultural circles. To the north it borders with Slovenia and Hungary, to the east with Serbia, to the south and east with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, while with Italy and Slovenia it has a sea b
order. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia, a modern metropolis with a rich history and culture, and which today has almost a million inhabitants. Other than Zagreb, the larger cities in Croatia are Split, Rijeka and Osijek, which at the same time also represent the largest economic, sports and cultural centres. Since 1 July 2013, Croatia is 28th member of EU. Croatia has:
• 8 national parks and 11 nature parks
• 3000 protected cultural monuments
• 5835 kilometres of indented coastline
• 1246 islands, small islands and islets
THE CROATIAN ACADEMIC SPORTS FEDERATION (CASF)
...is the main organisation of student sports in the Republic of Croatia. Together with its members, it organises a whole series of events and competition attended by about 78,000 Croatian students. This makes us one of the biggest and most massive sports systems in the Republic of Croatia with great potential for growth and development in the years to come. About 80 employees look after the system of student sports in the Republic of Croatia, for the most part physical education teachers and professional heads of sports activities at Croatian universities. Some of the most important student sports events organised by the Croatian Academic Sports Federation are:
• University Sports Championships of the Republic of Croatia - national student
championships in 20 sports - 2,500 participants
• Student's Sport Day - Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek - 5,000 participants
• St. Duje Regatta - Split, international rowing regatta - 500 participants
• University eight-oar race - Zagreb, international rowing regatta - 400
participants
• Christmas tournament - Dubrovnik, international tournament in basketball and
volleyball - 400 participants
• Semper Primus - Dubrovnik, international rowing regatta - 300 participants
