SELL Student Games SELL Student Games is a multi-sport event that is open for all university and college students all over the world . The name of the games is according to the first letters of the hosting countries – Finland , Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania – in their respective languages. The principles of the games are that everyone can participate and therefore the event combines top sports and joyful student event. Nowadays the games gather around 1800–2000 students .Events The main disciplines of the games are athletics , swimming , orienteering , judo and chess as individual events . Basketball , volleyball football and floorball / unihockey are as team events. Also tennis , badminton , table tennis , wrestling , ultimate , aesthetic group gymnastics and ice-hockey has appeared in the games.History In 1923 student organizations of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania established an extensive co-operation agreement , which resulted in first regional student competition for the university students of the respective countries in Tartu, Estonia . The competitions lasted until 1940 when the last winter games were held before the ties between Baltic States were severed by World War II . During this period there were organized separately summer games, winter games and chess tournaments . After Baltic States became independent again the tradition of competition was restored in a meeting held 21 .4. 1997, and the SELL Games were organized in 1998 in Tartu . The competition has been open to all university students around the world since then.Hosts SELL summer games Year Host I 1923 Tartu, Estonia II 1924 Riga , LatviaIII 1926 Helsinki , FinlandIV 1929 Kaunas , LithuaniaV 1930 Tallinn , EstoniaVI 1931 Riga, Latvia VII 1932 Helsinki, Finland VIII 1933 Kaunas, Lithuania IX 1934 Tartu, Estonia X 1935 Riga, Latvia XI 1936 Helsinki, Finland XII 1937 Kaunas, Lithuania XIII 1938 Tartu, Estonia XIV 1939 Riga, Latvia 1940–1997 Not held XV 1998 Tartu, Estonia XVI 1999 Kaunas, Lithuania XVII 2000 Jelgava , LatviaXVIII 2002 Tartu, Estonia XIX 2003 Kaunas, Lithuania XX 2004 Tampere , FinlandXXI 2005 Riga, Latvia XXII 2006 Tartu, Estonia XXIII 2007 Kaunas, Lithuania XXIV 2008 Espoo , FinlandXXV 2009 Jelgava, Latvia XXVI 2010 Tartu, Estonia XXVII 2011 Kaunas, Lithuania XXVIII 2012 Espoo, Finland XXIX 2013 Riga, Latvia XXX 2014 Tartu, Estonia XXXI 2015 Kaunas, Lithuania XXXII 2016 Tampere, Finland XXXIII 2017 Riga, Latvia XXXIV 2018 Tartu, Estonia
SELL winter games Year Host I 1929 Riga, Latvia II 1931 Helsinki, Finland III 1933 Kaunas, Lithuania IV 1935 Riga & Sigulda , Latvia V 1938 Zarasai , LithuaniaVI 1940 Otepää , Estonia
Year Host I 1937 Riga, Latvia II 1938 Tartu, Estonia III 1939 Helsinki, Finland
Records has been one of the sports held at the Games since the inaugural edition.Men's athletics Women's athletics
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