{"id":41130,"date":"2024-04-26T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=41130"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:12:40","slug":"more-than-600-semmelweis-fans-cheered-on-the-team-at-the-medics-cup-in-debrecen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2024\/04\/more-than-600-semmelweis-fans-cheered-on-the-team-at-the-medics-cup-in-debrecen\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 600 Semmelweis fans cheered on the team at the Medic\u2019s Cup in Debrecen"},"content":{"rendered":"
The women\u2019s basketball and water polo teams of Semmelweis University won first place at the 51st edition of the Medic\u2019s Cup, and the university finished third in the overall points competition. More than 600 Semmelweis supporters, from university leaders to ultras, travelled to Debrecen to cheer on the 140 athletes competing for Semmelweis University.<\/div>\n

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\u201cTwo years ago, in P\u00e9cs, we won the Medic\u2019s Cup with a three-pointer. Last year, in Budapest, we won the all-around by a wide margin. The opponents had been preparing for a year to fight back, and I have to admit that the teams from the universities outside Budapest have improved a lot,\u201d said Rector Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely – who had personally cheered on the players from courtside and poolside all along – in his assessment of the competition. Almost all the matches were close, but unfortunately small details and injuries decided the games, sometimes not to our advantage, he added. The task is to win the cup back next year, and we will be working on that, said the rector, adding that the entrance examination figures already showed that many good athletes would be coming to the university, so there would be no shortage of young talent.<\/p>\n\r\n [slb_exclude]\r\n

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Korn\u00e9lia V\u00e1rszegi, Director of the Physical Education and Sports Center, said that Semmelweis University had won third place in the men\u2019s and second place in the women\u2019s all-around competition. She stressed that<\/p>\n

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the teams from Debrecen and P\u00e9cs scored 24 points each, while Semmelweis was only two points behind them, winning the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The women\u2019s basketball team won the competition, but in most sports, Semmelweis finished second or third due to the goal difference and the fact that the teams beat each other in the round robin in a cyclic manner, she added. One of the lessons is that it is not enough to win by a small goal difference and that you should never let a win slip away, she said, emphasizing that all 140 players had fought with determination, just as the fans had also supported the team enthusiastically throughout. Korn\u00e9lia V\u00e1rszegi stressed that Semmelweis had also won first place in women\u2019s water polo, although this did not yet count in the points competition this year. As a good example of the cooperation between the four medical universities, she mentioned that the cheerleading teams had put together a joint choreography in Budapest in March, which they then performed together in Debrecen.<\/p>\n

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As Korn\u00e9lia V\u00e1rszegi told our website, this year 20 international students joined the Semmelweis team: two players in women\u2019s and four in men\u2019s handball, one in women\u2019s water polo, seven in men\u2019s volleyball, three in women\u2019s and one in men\u2019s soccer, and two in men\u2019s basketball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Muhammad Soban, Deputy Head of Committee of the International Students\u2019 Committee at the Students\u2019 Union, and Event Coordinator Reem Aladin were pleased to notice this year\u2019s increased interest in the Medic\u2019s Cup, witnessed among international players and supporters alike. \u201cI did interviews with many players<\/a>, and when I came back to Budapest, everyone was asking me how they could join the teams, as they didn\u2019t expect the event to be that good. So, our plan for next year is to make Medic\u2019s Cup even more international,\u201d Muhammad Soban said, sharing his first-hand experiences.<\/p>\n

Csenge Gecsey, President of the Students\u2019 Union (H\u00d6K), pointed out that the crowd of 600 supporters had created an extraordinary atmosphere at the games, in which the cheerleaders and the 50-strong ultra team had played a big role. She added that the leaders of the university – Dr. B\u00e9la Merkely, Rector; Dr. L\u00edvia Pavlik, Chancellor; Dr. \u00c9va Szab\u00f3 Feket\u00e9n\u00e9, Vice-Rector for Strategy and Development; Dr. P\u00e9ter Hermann, Vice-Rector for Educational Affairs; Dr. Gabriella D\u00f6rnyei Bedn\u00e1rikn\u00e9, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences; Dr. Andrea Zsebe, Dean of the Andr\u00e1s Pet\u0151 Faculty; Dr. P\u00e9ter Nyir\u00e1dy, Director of the Department of Urology – were also on the spot to cheer on the teams, which provided them with extra motivation. It was a great experience that the supporters arrived in Debrecen by special train and were able to leave their common accommodation to cheer on the teams after having partied together, which further strengthened the Semmelweis community, said the president of H\u00d6K, adding that H\u00d6K and the supporters would do their best to make sure that Semmelweis achieves better results next year.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9ter Pogr\u00e1nyi
\nTranslation: Dr. Bal\u00e1zs Csizmadia
\nPhotos by B\u00e1lint Barta – Semmelweis University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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