[2] The 1st edition of EUG was attributed by EUSA in March 2010 during the Executive Committee meeting in Vilnius.

Other candidates were also Lisbon, Portugal and Łódź, Poland.

He was inspired by a bronze figure of a deer found in Medina Azahara, and his name comes from the organizing committee, UCO.

At the moment of invitation, the European University Sports Association counted 43 members.

[4] Eventually Córdoba hosted 2583 participants in 253 teams from 151 universities coming from 32 countries.