{"id":23819,"date":"2014-05-11T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T19:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=23819"},"modified":"2014-05-11T12:46:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T19:46:03","slug":"1000-students-to-compete-in-europes-24th-annual-mba-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/1000-students-to-compete-in-europes-24th-annual-mba-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"1000+ Students to Compete in Europe\u2019s 24th Annual MBA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sports-214x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-23820\" alt=\"sports\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sports-214x300.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>This year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MBA Tournament (MBAT)<\/a>, a three-day sporting event organized by HEC Paris students in which 1,150 students from 13 European business schools compete to take home some sporting glory, will take place this weekend from the 8th-10th. This year there will be 23 sport competitions, including cricket, rugby, football, poker, chess, and ultimate frisbee.<\/p>\n<p>According to MBAT Co-President Katrina Senn, \"The MBAT is one of the best things we do at HEC Paris. The competition brings classmates together as a team and lets us show other schools what we\u2019re capable of. In fact, this year, we\u2019re seeing increased participation from all of the schools coming to compete as it continues to gain in popularity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event, which is the largest gathering of MBA students in Europe, provides students an opportunity to network, develop team skills, and have fun.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s participating schools are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/cambridgejudgebusinessschool.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">University of Cambridge Judge Business School<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Cranfield University School of Management<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/ie.aspx\">IE Business School<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/insead.aspx\">INSEAD<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/londonbusinessschool.aspx\">London Business School<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Manchester Business School<br \/>\n\u2022 University of Oxford Sa\u00efd Business School<br \/>\n\u2022 RSM Erasmus University<br \/>\n\u2022 TiasNimbas Business School<br \/>\n\u2022 ESADE Business School<br \/>\n\u2022 IESE Business School<br \/>\n\u2022 Lancaster University Management School<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/hecparis.aspx\">HEC Paris<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/info.accepted.com\/mba\/where-you-should-apply\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20621 size-full\" alt=\"Download our free special report: Best MBA Programs\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Best_MBA_Programs.jpeg\" width=\"350\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4169\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Accepted.com\" alt=\"Accepted.com\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/logo-small-for-SF.jpg\" width=\"111\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author\">Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best <\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;\">Accepted.com's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/aboutus\/AboutUs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">experienced admissions consultants<\/a> can help you create the most impressive application possible with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/Services\/MBAProgramServices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">comprehensive packages<\/a>,<b><i> <\/i><\/b>or provide targeted assistance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/services\/mba\/admissionsconsulting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">picking perfect programs<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/admissionsresume.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">designing a dazzling resume<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/essayediting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">constructing engaging essays<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/interviewservices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">preparing for intense interview<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/interviewservices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a>\u2026and more! Accepted.com has guided thousands of applicants to acceptances at top MBA programs since 1994 \u2013 we know what works and what doesn't, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/contactus.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> to get started now!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;\"><em>This article originally appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2014\/05\/09\/1000-students-to-compete-in-europes-24th-annual-mba-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog<\/a>, the official blog of Accepted.com.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s MBA Tournament (MBAT), a three-day sporting event organized by HEC Paris students in which 1,150 students from 13 European business schools compete to take home some sporting glory,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,8,1,939,775,113,1336,243],"tags":[187,670],"class_list":["post-23819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-current-events","category-fun-stuff","category-uncategorized","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-applications","category-mba-school-event","category-blog","tag-europe","tag-european-schools","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23822,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23819\/revisions\/23822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}