Palacký University Sports Day will take place on Wednesday, 14 May 2025.
The Rector's leave is announced for this day and all physical activities within the Sports Day will be free of charge for both workers and students at UP.
A detailed schedule of the sports activities on offer can be found below, further details including links to registration will be added in the coming days.
What the UP Sports Day looked like last year will be revealed in the rich photo galleries on this page.
Playing sports with the Academic Sport Center UP
A rich programme ranging from yoga, archery, canoeing to sauna is traditionally prepared for the UP Sports Day by the UP Academic Sport Centre (ASC). The list of indoor and outdoor sports, team tournaments and individual disciplines for which it will be possible to register will be published on this website.
Tourist trip
An indispensable and popular part of the UP Sports Day for fans of hiking is a trip with Martin Višňa from the UP Communication Office aka Moravian Tourist (in Czech). This year's route, timetable and link to registration will appear on this website in the next few days.
Memorial of Jiří Hronek
The 10th jubilee edition of the Jiří Hronek Memorial (in Czech) - a run through Olomouc parks - is prepared by the Department of Computer Science of the Faculty of Science on the UP Sports Day. The running event traditionally offers several different course lengths from recreational to 42 marathon kilometres. Further details, registration form and start time in Smetanovy sady will be available on this website and on the memorial website.
All-University Chess Tournament
For the third year, anyone studying or working at UP who likes to play chess can take part in a tournament organized by the student organization Academic Czech-Mates in cooperation with the chess club SC A64 Olomouc and the Faculty of Science as part of the UP Sports Day. The tournament regulations including registration will be published on this website in due course.
Traditional football competition of the departments of the Faculty of Philosophy for the Dean's Cup
As part of the UP Sports Day, the Faculty of Philosophy traditionally organizes for its employees and students a football tournament for the Dean's Cup. This year's tournament will start at 8:30 am on the fields of FK Slavonín. Details including the registration form will be published on this website and on the faculty website.
Individual trips and sports - photo contest of the barbecue set
Those who do not choose any of the Sports Day activities organized by the UP components, but still go with colleagues to play sports or go on a trip, have the opportunity to send a photo from the trip with a short description to the e-mail sportovniden@upol.cz and after the draw to win a set of telescopic forks Zapárkuj and knife Rybička.
After the sports, the Majáles or a fun afternoon with ASC
An active day can end at the Olomouc Majáles, which starts at 2 pm in the courtyard of the Armoury/Zbrojnice and offers concerts, workshops, a refreshment zone and much more.
The Akademik Sport Centre is also traditionally preparing an afternoon sitting in the area of the UP Sports Hall on the lawn in front of the shipyard, where visitors have the opportunity to rent sports equipment, a programme will be prepared for children, and there will also be refreshments.
Previous UP Sports Days
Archive of Sports Day 2024 including detailed photo gallery
Archive of Sports Day 2023 including detailed photo gallery
Photo reportage from UP Sports Day 11 May 2022
Invitation to UP Sports Day 11 May 2022
Invitation to UP Sports Day 15 May 2019
Photo reportage from UP Sports Day 9 May 2018
Invitation to UP Sports Day 9 May 2018
Photo reportage from UP Sports Day 10 May 2017
Invitation to UP Sports Day 10 May 2017