International Olympic
Case Study Competition
The “International Olympic Case Study Competition (CSC)” is an annual competition organised by the IOC Olympic Studies Centre in collaboration with partner universities, and is offered in two categories for undergraduate and master’s classes:
- CSC for Undergraduate Students, under the academic lead of the European University of Madrid; and
- CSC for Master’s Students, under the academic lead of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz.
The CSC is organised so that university professors can use the case study in “regular” classes (strategic management or similar). Students play the role of agencies consulting for an Olympic Movement organisation on topics related to current strategic management challenges in international sport.
Both categories will take place in a classroom setting and consist of teams of students competing against other teams, first within their own university class, and then against classes from other universities, with which they will be matched. The teams reaching the semi-finals and finals will compete against university teams from all around the world and the finalists will be judged by an international panel of IOC/Olympic Movement representatives and professional and academic experts.