About UL Sports Centre

Address: Aspazija Boulevard 5, Riga, 119.
Email: sports@lu.lv

Contact details of sports centre staff and coaches are sought here.

The sports life of the University of Latvia is organised by the UL sports Centre (SC) in sports halls of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (Aspazija Boulevard 5, Riga), Rimi Olympic Centre (Groston Street 6b, Riga) - these are the basic sports bases of UL students.

UL sports life also takes place at other sports bases: Riga's 1 st medical College gym (Thomson Street 37) and UL faculty gyms.

In collaboration with the students' Council, events and competitions are held in various sports.
The most popular are UL basketball, volleyball and football leagues, night tournaments and other unconventional active recreation events.

Taking care of employees' health provides exercise to reduce the adverse effects of sitting and static work. Recreational activities are also organised. Annual sports games of UL employees have become a tradition, bringing together a large number of participants.

The UL sports Center offers:

Up to 40 different sports in 8 sports – basketball, martial arts, fitness group classes, football, florball, table tennis, general fitness, volleyball, cheerleaders and self-defence;
The possibility of choosing the sport best suited to you, both in terms of intensity of the workload and in terms of individual interests;
Coaching under professional coaches.
UL – opportunity for dual career:

UL is one of the first universities in the Baltics to offer high-level athletes the opportunity to acquire higher education combined with the athlete's career, thus providing a future perspective for the best athletes in Latvia. The university's role is special in Latvian sport, as it provides a transition period from youth sport to professional sport, thus supporting young athletes to continue to reach the peak of their potential. The University of Latvia basketball system is noteworthy, where any interested person will find a place. From simple workouts, competitions for students and staff, to youth team players being given the opportunity to train and play in a professional environment. Similar conditions are also made in football, florball and volleyball.

UL represents the following teams in the different level of championships:

Men's basketball teams “University of Latvia”;
Florball team “University of Latvia/FS Masters”;
Volleyball Team “RVS/University of Latvia”
The best LU students who are also professional athletes have the opportunity to receive tuition fee discounts, scholarships, as well as participate in high-level sports competitions:

Latvian student games;
SELL in student games;
European Student Championships;
World student games, etc.