VIDEO: Ghana's UDS win FISU Universities World Football Tournament in China
The University for Development Studies (UDS) in Ghana is the 2025 FISU Universities World Football Tournament champions.
The boys from Ghana put up an outstanding performance to beat the defending champions, the Paulista University from Brazil 2:1 in the final of the 2025 World University Games in Dalian, China.
The encounter, held under the floodlights in Dalian, delivered all the ingredients of classic tournament football: nervy starts, heated challenges and missed chances.
Granada University picked the bronze medal after Paulista University's silver medal.
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In a match soaked in tension, sweat, and suspense, Ghana’s University for Development Studies (UDS) carved its name into the annals of history, edging past a determined Granada University side in a dramatic penalty shootout in the semi final to book a place in the finals of the FISU Universities World Football Tournament.
The semi finals also held under the floodlights in Dalian, also delivered all the ingredients of classic tournament football: nervy starts, heated challenges, missed chances, furious debates with referees, and the raw theatre of penalties.
But ultimately, it was UDS that emerged victorious, winning 5-4 on penalties after a goalless draw in regular time and earned a place in the final to face Paulista University from Brazil in South America.
