Centro Sportivo Italiano:
“EDUCATING TEENAGERS ABOUT
LIFE THROUGH SPORT”
ITALIAN SPORTING SYSTEM
ITALIAN NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
NATIONAL SPORTING ASSOCIATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING SPORTS
• Federazione Italiana Gioco Calcio (FIGC) (SOCCER)
• Centro Sportivo Italiano (CSI)
• Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV) (VOLLEY)
• Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti (UISP)
• Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro (FIP) (BASKET)
• Federazione Italiana Nuoto (FIN) (SWIMMING)
• Ente Nazionale Democratico di Azione Sociale
(ENDAS)
•Federazione Italiana Tennis
• Associazione Italiana Cultura e Sport (AICS)
•....and other 40 associations
•...and other 11 organizations
IN ITALY, THE SPORT ACTIVITY IS ORGANIZED BY C.O.N.I., THAT IS
THE ITALIAN NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. IT INCLUDES BOTH
NATIONAL SPORTING ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
PROMOTING SPORTS; THE FORMER ARE ACTIVE IN COMPETITIVE
AND PROFESSIONAL SPORT, THE LATTER IN AMATEUR SPORT.
ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
OUR ORGANIZATION,
CSI,
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES
WHICH PROMOTES AMATEUR SPORT.
EACH ASSOCIATION REGULATES
A SINGLE SPORT, WHILE EACH AMATEUR
ORGANIZATION REGULATES DIFFERENT
SPORTS,
DEPENDING ON THE AREA WHERE IT IS.
ITALIAN SPORTING SYSTEM
IN ITALY THERE ARE ABOUT:
• 100.000 SPORT CLUBS
• 9 MILLIONS ATHLETES
• 800.000 CLUB MANAGERS
• 400.000 TRAINERS
• 200.000 REFEREES
• 300.000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND
AMATEUR ORGANIZATIONS MANAGERS
• 150.000 STAFF MEMBERS (VOLUNTEERS, CLERKS, ETC()
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SINCE ITS CREATION IN 1944,
CSI HAS BEEN PROMOTING SPORT
ACTIVITY FOR EVERYONE, TEACHING HOW
TO SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
BUT ALSO TO REACH A GOOD LIFESTYLE
ACCORDING TO
HUMAN AND CHRISTIAN VALUES.
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CSI ACTS MAINLY IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:
- AMATEUR CLUBS
- YOUTH GROUPS
- PARISH SPORT GROUPS
- SCHOOLS
- HANDICAPPED ATHLETES
- SPORT ACTIVITY FOR ELDERLY
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CSI HEADQUARTERS IS IN ROME NEXT TO VATICAN STATE.
IN ITALY, CSI NUMBERS:
13.000 CLUBS AND 1 MILLION PEOPLE MEMBERS
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YOU CAN FIND OUR
ORGANIZATION ALL
AROUND ITALY. IN EACH
ITALIAN REGION THERE ARE
A BRANCH OFFICE DEALING
WITH REGIONAL MATTERS
AND SOME BRANCH
OFFICES MANAGING THE
ACTIVITY OF THE CITY
WHERE THEY ARE.
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IN EMILIA ROMAGNA, OUR REGION, THERE ARE 13 BRANCH OFFICES
SITUATED IN THE MAIN CITIES.
CSI in Ravenna
OUR COMMITTEE ORGANIZES CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EVENTS OF:
• SOCCER
• FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL
• VOLLEYBALL
• BASKETBALL
• FIGURE GYM
• EURHYTHMICS
• SWIMMING
• JUDO
• DODGEBALL: WE’RE THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THIS ACTIVITY IN ITALY
THIS SUMMER , OUR COMMITTEE ORGANIZES THE EUROPEAN DODGEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ABOUT 9 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS.
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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS, INVOLVING DIFFERENT SPORTS,
ORGANIZED YEARLY BY OUR COMMITTEE IS
“2 GIORNI MARE” (2 DAYS ON THE BEACH).
NEXT JUNE, THE 34th EDITION OF THIS ENGAGING EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE.
THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE SPORT AND AMUSEMENT GO WELL
TOGETHER TO CREATE THE MOST EXCITING AND BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL FEAST OF
SPORTS ON THE BEACH.
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ACCORDING TO CSI, SPORT IS NOT AN AIM,
BUT AN INSTRUMENT TO IMPROVE OUR LIFE.