Universiade

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The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad". The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games; however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students, as well.

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[edit] Precursors

Venues:

[edit] World Student Games (UIE)

The first official World Student Games were organised in 1924 and were held under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU) from 1949. An alternative event was organised by the Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE) from 1947–1962, including one unofficial Games in 1954.

Venues:

[edit] Locations of Universiades

The table below gives an overview of all host cities of both the Summer and Winter Universiades. Only actual host cities are listed.

Year Games Summer Universiade Games Winter Universiade
1959 I Turin,  Italy —
1960 — I Chamonix,  France
1961 II Sofia,  Bulgaria —
1962 — II Villars,  Switzerland
1963 III Porto Alegre,  Brazil —
1964 — III Špindlerův Mlýn,  Czechoslovakia
1965 IV Budapest,  Hungary —
1966 — IV Sestriere,  Italy
1967 V Tokyo,  Japan —
1968 — V Innsbruck,  Austria
1970 VI Turin,  Italy VI Rovaniemi,  Finland
1972 — VII Lake Placid,  United States
1973 VII Moscow,  Soviet Union —
1975 VIII Rome,  Italy VIII Livigno,  Italy
1977 IX Sofia,  Bulgaria —
1978 — IX Špindlerův Mlýn,  Czechoslovakia
1979 X Mexico City,  Mexico —
1981 XI Bucharest,  Romania X Jaca,  Spain
1983 XII Edmonton, Alberta,  Canada XI Sofia,  Bulgaria
1985 XIII Kobe,  Japan XII Belluno,  Italy
1987 XIV Zagreb,  Yugoslavia XIII Štrbské Pleso,  Czechoslovakia
1989 XV Duisburg,  West Germany XIV Sofia,  Bulgaria
1991 XVI Sheffield,  United Kingdom XV Sapporo,  Japan
1993 XVII Buffalo,  United States XVI Zakopane,  Poland
1995 XVIII Fukuoka,  Japan XVII Jaca,  Spain
1997 XIX Sicily,  Italy XVIII Muju / Jeonju,  South Korea
1999 XX Palma de Mallorca,  Spain XIX Poprad Tatry,  Slovakia
2001 XXI Beijing,  China XX Zakopane,  Poland
2003 XXII Daegu,  South Korea XXI Tarvisio,  Italy
2005 XXIII İzmir,  Turkey XXII Innsbruck / Seefeld,  Austria
2007 XXIV Bangkok,  Thailand XXIII Turin,  Italy
2009 XXV Belgrade,  Serbia XXIV Harbin,  China
2011 XXVI Shenzhen,  China XXV Erzurum,  Turkey
2013 XXVII Kazan,  Russia XXVI Maribor,  Slovenia2
2015 XXVIII Gwangju,  South Korea XXVII Granada,  Spain
2017 XXIX Taipei,  Taiwan1 XXVIII Almaty,  Kazakhstan


1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by the FISU and the majority of international organizations. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

2 Due to financial problems, Slovenia has withdrawn as a host.

[edit] Future Universiades

[edit] 2011 Universiade city selection

On 16 January 2007, Shenzhen and Erzurum were announced as the host cities of the 2011 Universiades.

For 2011, Shenzhen was the candidate of China.[2] On 28 June 2006, the official bid book had been sent to the FISU HQ to confirm its bid.[3]

For the 2011 Summer Universiade, the bidding cities were the following:

For the 2011 Winter Universiade, the bidding cities were the following:

[edit] 2013 Universiade candidate cities

FISU has officially closed the bidding period for the 2013 Universiades. The following cities have officially entered their candidature within the deadline:

Winter

Summer

The final decision to attribute the 2013 Universiades was taken in Brussels, Belgium, on 31 May 2008, and the selected cities were Maribor and Kazan.[4]

[edit] 2015 Universiade candidate cities

The bid are expected before 15 March 2009, and the election of both host cities is foreseen on 30 June 2009. The bids to host the 2015 Summer Universiade were:

The only bid to host the 2015 Winter Universiade was:

The final decision to attribute the 2015 Universiades was taken in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 May 2009, and the selected cities were Gwangju and Granada.

[edit] 2017 Universiade candidate cities

The bid are expected before 02 May 2011, and the election of both host cities is foreseen on November 2011. The bids to host the 2017 Summer Universiade are:

The candidate city of Kocaeli, Turkey later withdrew.

The only bid to host the 2017 Winter Universiade is:

The candidate city of Trentino, Italy withdrew.

Taipei was selected in Bruxelles, Belgium on November 29, 2011 to host the 2017 Universiade along with Almaty to host 2017 Winter Universiade.[5]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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2011

2013

2015

2017

[edit] References

  1. ^ WORLD STUDENT GAMES (PRE-UNIVERSIADE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
  2. ^ Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU)
  3. ^ Shenzhen Enters 2011 SU Bid
  4. ^ Applicant 2013 Universiades FISU news clip (dated 19 October 2007)
  5. ^ Summer and Winter Universiades 2017 Bidding procedure
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