SELL students games 2007

History

On the 11^th of April 1923 I Tartu Student Unions of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed a programme of cooperation. One of the parts of this program foresaw that student sports games be held on a regular basis. In autumn of 1923 in Tartu the first Baltic Students Olympics were held. The students competed in field athletics, tennis and football. Later those Games were named SELL Games by the first letter of countries). Winter Games were started in 1929. Later, beginning with the year 1937 the SELL chess matches were held there. The last prewar SELL Games were held on the 2-3 of March 1940 in Otepe (Estonia). For over 50 years the Games were disrupted because of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic countries. On the 21^st of April of 1997 representatives of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed a declaration about the revival of the SELL Games. It was decided the 15^th SELL Games to be held in Tartu (Estonia). Students from all countries throughout the world were invited to participate in the Games. Over 800 athletes from 15 countries representing 52 universities took part in these Games.

SELL Summer Games SELL Winter Games SELL Chess Tournaments
I 1923 TARTU I 1929 RIGA I 1937 RIGA
II 1924 RIGA II 1931 HELSINKI II 1938 TARTU
III 1926 HELSINKI III 1933 KAUNAS (canceled) III 1939 HELSINKI
IV 1929 KAUNAS IV 1935 RIGA, SIGULDA
V 1930 TALINN V 1938 ZARASAI
VI 1931 RIGA VI 1940 OTEPE
VII 1932 HELSINKI
VIII 1933 KAUNAS
IX 1934 TARTU
X 1935 RIGA
XI 1936 HELSINKI
XII 1937 KAUNAS
XIII 1938 TARTU
XIV 1939 RIGA (canceled)
1940 - 1997 were not held
XV 1998 TARTU
XVI 1999 KAUNAS
XVII 2000 JELGAVA
XVIII 2002 TARTU
XIX 2003 KAUNAS
XX 2004 FINLAND
XXI 2005 LATVIA
XXII 2006 ESTONIA