Because of the 50 year-long Soviet annexation it was imposible to hold regular SELL Games but students never stopped making the countries of their parents and ancestors famous in the Olympic Games, in European and World championships, universiades and other international sports events. Arrival in Kaunas on May 11, departure - on May 17. The SELL Games are guided by the Organizing Committee confirmed by the Government of the Lithuanian Republic. Competitions in different sports are directed by the Lithuanian Students' Sports Association together with sports federations. The Games are held by common efforts of the Lithuanian Students' Sports Association, the Department of Physical Education and Sport, by the Government of the Lithuanian Republic, the universities of different countries and other sports organizations.
Foreign sportsmen participating in the SELL Games have to be insured.
The opening ceremonies of sports and ceremonies of doing honour to prize winners are held in the place of competitions. The sportsmen winners and team - winners and prise holders are established in accordance with the regulations of different sports. All the winners of the 16th SELL Games will be awarded special prizes of the Organizing Committee. The Organizing Committee will officially announce the participants of the SELL Games according to the kind of sport till March 14, 1999. The travel expenses of all the participants of the SELL Games are payed by the organisation that has sent them to the Games.