Sport life and events

Sports Events

We organize competitions and events in a variety of tournament, recreational and intellectual sports.

GSB Faculty Teams

The Graduate School of Business Teams participate annually in the HSE Spartakiad across 11 sports disciplines. Between 2024 and 2026, the Graduate School of Business Teams won the overall HSE Spartakiad standings twice.

Within the GSB Sports Club, the following sports teams are currently represented

• football
• basketball
• volleyball
• table tennis
• rowing
• badminton
• chess
• Russian bench press
• swimming
• athletics (running)

GSB Football Team

The GSB Faculty Football Team is composed of athletes from the Graduate School of Business and has established itself as one of the leading GSB Teams: the football players successfully compete in the internal HSE championships as part of their soccer teams, and the faculty team annually achieves prizes in inter-faculty, inter-campus and other external competitions.

The GSB faculty football team includes the main application of 12 players, however, the faculty has more than 100 students who are partial to the development of football at the Graduate School of Business and actively participate in the internal competitions of our university.

GSB Basketball and Streetball Team

The GSB Faculty Basketball Team is composed of student-athletes from the Graduate School of Business and has secured the status of the leading basketball team among the divisions of HSE - it is no coincidence that in sports circles our University is called the "Higher School of Basketball"

The GSB Basketball Team includes the main application of the 14 best basketball players of the University, meanwhile there are more than 50 amateur players among GSB students.

The captain of the GSB Basketball Team is Mete Chalyshkhan, a 3rd year student of the "Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics" program, who manages the selection, training and game process of the team on a regular basis.

GSB Volleyball Team

The GSB Faculty Volleyball Team is composed of student-athletes of the Graduate School of Business and has established itself as one of the leading teams of HSE - the majority of the HSE University Team players are our students.

The GSB Volleyball Team includes the main application of 14 best volleyball players of the University, while the community includes more than 100 people.

The captain of the GSB Volleyball Team is Elmir Nasyrov, 4th year student of the "Business Management" program @k1lo1s, who manages the selection, training and game process of the team on a regular basis.

Other achievements of our teams:

GSB chess team
- HSE Spartakiad 2023–2024 – 2nd place
- HSE Spartakiad 2024–2025 – 2nd place
- HSE Spartakiad 2025–2026 – 3rd place

GSB badminton team
- HSE Spartakiad 2023–2024 – 2nd place
- HSE Spartakiad 2024–2025 – 3rd place
- HSE Spartakiad 2025–2026 – 3rd place

GSB rowing team
- HSE Spartakiad 2023–2024 – 2nd place
- HSE Spartakiad 2024–2025 – 3rd place
- HSE Spartakiad 2025–2026 – 2nd place

GSB swimming team
- HSE Spartakiad 2024–2025 – 1st place
- HSE Spartakiad 2025–2026 – 1st place

GSB Russian bench press team
- HSE Spartakiad 2024–2025 – 1st place
- HSE Spartakiad 2025–2026 – 1st place

If you are interested in the development of GSB Faculty Teams and want to create your own team in our university, please contact the head of the GSB Sports Club, manager of the Department of Student Affairs, Pokidov Egor in telegram - https://t.me/egorchpok