 The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) and EUSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with events for athletes with disabilities scheduled to take place at the European Universities Games in 2016.In 2015, A 19 European Universities Championships were organised involving over 3800 participants from 40 different countries, as Sport Climbing and Chess made their first appearance on the Championships programme.In 2016, The biggest edition of the European Universities Games to date was organised in the Croatian cities of Zagreb and Rijeka, which involved 5410 participants in total from 388 universities and 40 different countries.