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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox recurring event The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad".

The Universiade is 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. In July 2020 as part of a new branding system by the FISU, it was stated that the Universiade was to be officially branded as the FISU World University Games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The most recent summer event was the 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China from 28 July – 8 August 2023, after being postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It effectively replaced the 2023 Summer World University Games, that was set to be held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, which were cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The most recent winter event was the 2025 Winter World University Games held in Turin, Italy from 13 to 21 January 2025.

PrecursorsEdit

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A student football match held at the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students
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During the 1989 Summer Universiade
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During the 2011 Summer Universiade

The idea of a global international sports competition between student-athletes pre-dates the 1949 formation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), which now hosts the Universiade, and even the first World University Games held in 1923. English peace campaigner Hodgson Pratt was an early advocate of such an event, proposing (and passing) a motion at the 1891 Universal Peace Congress in Rome to create a series of international student conferences in rotating host capital cities, with activities including art and sport. This did not come to pass, but a similar event was created in Germany in 1909 in the form of the Academic Olympia. Five editions were held from 1909 to 1913, all of which were hosted in Germany following the cancellation of an Italy-based event.<ref name=DB>Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. Template:ISBN.</ref>

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Opening ceremony of the 2017 Summer Universiade

At the start of the 20th century, Jean Petitjean of France began attempting to organise a "University Olympic Games". After discussion with Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Petitjean was convinced not to use the word "Olympic" in the tournament's name.<ref name="DB" /> Petitjean, and later the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE), was the first to build a series of international events, beginning with the 1923 International Universities Championships. This was followed by the renamed 1924 Summer Student World Championships a year later and two further editions were held in 1927 and 1928. Another name change resulted in the 1930 International University Games. The CIE's International University Games was held four more times in the 1930s before having its final edition in 1947.<ref name="PU">World Student Games (pre-Universiade). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.</ref><ref>FISU History Template:Webarchive. FISU. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.</ref>

A separate group organised an alternative university games in 1939 in Vienna, in post-Anschluss Germany.<ref name=PU/> The onset of World War II ceased all major international student sport activities and the aftermath also led to division among the movement, as the CIE was disbanded and rival organisations emerged. The Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE) incorporated a university sports games into the World Festival of Youth and Students from 1947 to 1962, including one separate, unofficial games in 1954. This event principally catered for Eastern European countries.<ref>World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.</ref>

After the closure of the CIE and the creation of the first UIE-organised games, FISU came into being in 1949 and held its own first major student sport event the same year in the form of the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week. The Sports Week was held biennially until 1955. Like the CIE's games before it, the FISU events were initially Western-led sports competitions.<ref name=PU/>

Division between the largely Western European FISU and Eastern European UIE eventually began to dissipate among broadened participation at the 1957 World University Games. This event was not directly organised by either group, instead being organised by Jean Petitjean in France (which remained neutral to the split), but all respective nations from the groups took part. The FISU-organised Universiade became the direct successor to this competition, maintaining the biennial format into the inaugural 1959 Universiade. It was not until the 1957 World University Games that the Soviet Union began to compete in FISU events. That same year, what had previously been a European competition became a truly global one, with the inclusion of Brazil, Japan and the United States among the competing nations. The increased participation ultimately led to the establishment of the Universiade as the primary global student sport championship.<ref name=DB/><ref name=PU/>

Precursor eventsEdit

Not recognized by FISU as Universiade or World University Games:

Precursor events
# Year Event Body Host city Host country
1 1923 International Universities Championships CIE Paris Template:Flag
2 1924 Summer Student World Championships CIE Warsaw Template:Flag
3 1927 Summer Student World Championships CIE Rome Template:Flag
4 1928 Summer Student World Championships CIE Paris Template:Flag
5 1930 International University Games CIE Darmstadt Template:Flag
6 1933 International University Games CIE Turin Template:Flag
7 1935 International University Games CIE Budapest Template:Flag
8 1937 International University Games CIE Paris Template:Flag
9 1939 International University Games CIE Monte Carlo {{#invoke:flag Monaco}}
10 1939 International University Games NSDStB Vienna Template:Flag
11 1947 International University Games CIE Paris Template:Flag
12 1947 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Prague Template:Flag
13 1949 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Budapest Template:Flag
14 1949 Summer International University Sports Week FISU Merano {{#invoke:flag Italy}}
15 1951 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE East Berlin Template:Flag
16 1951 Summer International University Sports Week FISU Luxembourg {{#invoke:flag Luxembourg}}
17 1953 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Bucharest Template:Flag
18 1953 Summer International University Sports Week FISU Dortmund Template:Flag
19 1955 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Warsaw Template:Flag
20 1955 Summer International University Sports Week FISU San Sebastián Template:Flag
21 1957 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Moscow Template:Flag
22 1957 World University Games PUC Paris Template:Flag
23 1959 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Vienna {{#invoke:flag Austria}}
24 1962 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Helsinki {{#invoke:flag Finland}}

EditionsEdit

Summer GamesEdit

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Overview of summer Universiade events
Games Year Host country Host city Opened byTemplate:Efn Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top nation
1 1959 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Turin President Giovanni Gronchi 26 August – 7 September 43 985 7 60 Template:FlagIOC2
2 1961 Template:Flag Sofia Chairman Dimitar Ganev 25 August – 3 September 32 1,270 9 68 Template:FlagIOC2
3 1963 Template:Flag Porto Alegre Minister Paulo de Tarso Santos 30 August – 8 September 27 713 9 70 Template:FlagIOC2
4 1965 Template:Flag Budapest Chairman István Dobi 20–30 August 32 1,729 9 74 Template:FlagIOC2
5 1967 Template:Flag Tokyo Emperor Hirohito 27 August – 4 September 37 958 10 83 Template:Nowrap
6 1970 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} TurinTemplate:Efn President Giuseppe Saragat 26 August – 6 September 58 2,084 9 82 Template:FlagIOC2
7 1973 Template:URS Moscow Chairman Leonid Brezhnev 15–25 August 61 2,773 10 111 Template:FlagIOC2
8 1975 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} RomeTemplate:Efn President Giovanni Leone 18–21 August 38 468 1 38 Template:FlagIOC2
9 1977 Template:Flag Sofia President Todor Zhivkov 17–28 August 78 2,939 10 101 Template:FlagIOC2
10 1979 Template:MEX Mexico City President José López Portillo 2–13 September 94 3,074 10 97 Template:FlagIOC2
11 1981 Template:Flag Bucharest President Nicolae Ceaușescu 19–30 July 82 2,912 10 133 Template:FlagIOC2
12 1983 Template:CAN Edmonton Prince Charles 1–12 July 73 2,382 10 118 Template:FlagIOC2
13 1985 Template:Flag Kobe Crown Prince Akihito 24 August – 4 September 105 2,383 11 123 Template:FlagIOC2
14 1987 Template:Flag Zagreb President of the Presidency Lazar Mojsov 8–19 July 121 3,398 12 139 Template:FlagIOC2
15 1989 Template:Flag DuisburgTemplate:Efn Chancellor Helmut Kohl 22–30 August 79 1,785 4 66 Template:FlagIOC2
16 1991 Template:Flag Sheffield Anne, Princess Royal 14–25 July 101 3,346 11 119 Template:FlagIOC2
17 1993 Template:USA Buffalo Primo Nebiolo 8–18 July 117 3,547 12 135 Template:FlagIOC2
18 1995 Template:Flag Fukuoka Crown Prince Naruhito 23 August – 3 September 162 3,949 12 144 Template:FlagIOC2
19 1997 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Sicily President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 19–31 August 124 3,496 10 129 Template:FlagIOC2
20 1999 Template:Flag Palma de Mallorca Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo 3–13 July 125 4,076 12 142 Template:FlagIOC2
21 2001 Template:Flag Beijing President Jiang Zemin 22 August – 1 September 165 4,484 12 170 Template:FlagIOC2
22 2003 Template:Flag Daegu President Roh Moo-hyun 21–31 August 173 4,460 13 189 Template:FlagIOC2
23 2005 {{#invoke:flag Turkey}} İzmir President Ahmet Necdet Sezer 11–22 August 131 5,346 14 195 Template:FlagIOC2
24 2007 Template:THA Bangkok Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn 8–18 August 151 6,093 15 236 Template:FlagIOC2
25 2009 Template:Flag Belgrade Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković 1–12 July 122 5,566 15 203 Template:FlagIOC2
26 2011 Template:Flag Shenzhen President Hu Jintao 12–23 August 151 7,156 24 302 Template:FlagIOC2
27 2013 {{#invoke:flag }} Kazan President Vladimir Putin 6–17 July 159 7,966 27 351 Template:FlagIOC2
28 2015 Template:Flag Gwangju President Park Geun-hye 3–14 July 140 7,432 21 274 Template:FlagIOC2
29 2017 Template:NowrapTemplate:Efn Taipei President Tsai Ing-wen 19–30 August 134 7,377 22 272 Template:FlagIOC2
30 2019 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} NaplesTemplate:Efn President Sergio Mattarella 3–14 July 109 5,899 18 220 Template:FlagIOC2
31 2021 Template:Flag Chengdu President Xi Jinping 28 July – 8 August 2023Template:Efn 116 5,056 18 269 Template:FlagIOC2
– 2023 {{#invoke:flag }} Yekaterinburg colspan=7 Template:N/a
32 2025 Template:GER Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region 16–27 July 18 234
33 2027 Template:KOR Chungcheong Province 1-12 August 18 242
34 2029 Template:USA North Carolina<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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11-22 July 18 222

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Winter GamesEdit

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Winter World University Games editions
Games Year Host country Host city Opened byTemplate:Efn Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top nation
1 1960 Template:Flag Chamonix President Charles de Gaulle 28 February – 6 March 16 151 5 13 Template:FlagIOC2
2 1962 Template:SUI Villars President Paul Chaudet 6–12 March 22 273 6 12 Template:FlagIOC2
3 1964 Template:Flag Špindlerův Mlýn President Antonín Novotný 11–17 February 21 285 5 15 Template:FlagIOC2
4 1966 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Sestriere President Giuseppe Saragat 5–13 February 29 434 6 19 Template:FlagIOC2
5 1968 {{#invoke:flag Austria}} Innsbruck President Franz Jonas 21–28 January 26 424 7 23 Template:FlagIOC2
6 1970 {{#invoke:flag Finland}} Rovaniemi President Urho Kekkonen 3–9 April 25 421 7 24 Template:FlagIOC2
7 1972 Template:USA Lake Placid President Richard Nixon 26 February – 5 March 23 351 7 25 Template:FlagIOC2
8 1975 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Livigno President Giovanni Leone 6–13 April 15 143 2 13 Template:FlagIOC2
9 1978 Template:Flag Špindlerův Mlýn President Gustáv Husák 5–12 February 21 260 4 16 Template:FlagIOC2
10 1981 Template:Flag Jaca King Juan Carlos I 25 February – 4 March 28 394 5 19 Template:FlagIOC2
11 1983 Template:Flag Sofia Chairman Todor Zhivkov 17–27 February 31 535 7 21 Template:FlagIOC2
12 1985 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Belluno President Sandro Pertini 16–24 February 29 538 7 30 Template:FlagIOC2
13 1987 Template:Flag Štrbské Pleso President Gustáv Husák 21–28 February 28 596 6 25 Template:FlagIOC2
14 1989 Template:Flag Sofia Chairman Todor Zhivkov 2–12 March 32 681 8 40 Template:FlagIOC2
15 1991 Template:Flag Sapporo Crown Prince Naruhito 2–10 March 34 668 8 45 Template:FlagIOC2
16 1993 Template:Flag Zakopane President Lech Wałęsa 6–14 February 41 668 8 36 Template:FlagIOC2
17 1995 Template:Flag Jaca King Juan Carlos I 18–28 February 41 765 8 35 Template:FlagIOC2
18 1997 Template:Flag Muju-Jeonju President Kim Young-sam 24 January – 2 February 48 877 9 51 Template:FlagIOC2
19 1999 {{#invoke:flag Slovakia}} Poprad-Vysoké Tatry President Rudolf Schuster 22–30 January 40 929 9 52 Template:FlagIOC2
20 2001 Template:Flag Zakopane President Aleksander Kwaśniewski 7–17 February 41 1007 9 52 Template:FlagIOC2
21 2003 Template:Flagcountry Tarvisio President Renzo Tondo 16–26 January 46 1266 10 59 Template:FlagIOC2
22 2005 {{#invoke:flag Austria}} Innsbruck-Seefeld President Heinz Fischer 12–22 January 50 1449 12 68 Template:FlagIOC2
23 2007 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Turin George Killian 17–27 January 48 1668 11 72 Template:FlagIOC2
24 2009 Template:CHN Harbin State councillor Liu Yandong 18–28 February 44 1545 12 81 Template:FlagIOC2
25 2011 {{#invoke:flag Turkey}} Erzurum President Abdullah Gül 27 January – 6 February 52 1593 11 66 Template:FlagIOC2
26 2013 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Trentino President Ugo Rossi 11–21 DecemberTemplate:Efn 50 1698 12 79 Template:FlagIOC2
27 2015 {{#invoke:flag Slovakia}} Štrbské Pleso–OsrblieTemplate:Efn President Andrej Kiska 24 January – 1 February 42 1546 11 68 Template:FlagIOC2
Template:Flag Granada King Felipe VI 4–14 February
28 2017 Template:KAZ Almaty President Nursultan Nazarbayev 29 January – 8 February 57 1620 12 85 Template:FlagIOC2
29 2019 {{#invoke:flag }} Krasnoyarsk President Vladimir Putin 2–12 March 68 1692 11 76 Template:FlagIOC2
30 2021 Template:SUI Lucerne colspan=7 Template:N/a
31 2023 Template:USA Lake Placid<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Governor Kathy Hochul 12–22 January 47 1417 12 85 Template:FlagIOC2
32 2025 {{#invoke:flag Italy}} Turin Minister Andrea Abodi 13–23 January 54 1503 11 90 Template:FlagIOC2
33 2027 TBA

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SportsEdit

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Summer GamesEdit

Unlike other sporting events, the World University Games are recognized for the flexibility in their program, as since the second edition held in 1961, it has been up to the Organizing Committee and the National University Sports Federation of the host country to choose sports or optional competitions. according to their local reality and demands, there is a list of mandatory sports that are defined by the International University Sports Federation and could be reviewed at the end of each edition, as the event also serves as the World University Championship in those sports. At the first edition, held in Turin in 1959, only 8 sports were in the sporting program (athletics, basketball, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, volleyball and water polo). The first sport to be considered optional was diving, which was added to the second edition held in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1961. In addition, optional events were added in basketball and volleyball when women's tournaments were played. In 1963, the women's basketball was dropped from the sporting program. In 1967, the third World University Judo Championship was held in Tokyo and was integrated into the fifth edition of the Summer Universiade as an extra sport, thus gaining the status of an optional sport and thus inaugurating a new type of sport at the event, which is that of the optional sport. Therefore, the sport with this status is not part of the fixed program and could be in the current edition, but not necessarily in the next one.

Compulsory sportsEdit

Team sportsEdit
  1. Basketball at the Summer World University Games
  2. Volleyball at the Summer World University Games
  3. Water polo at the Summer World University Games
Individual sportsEdit
  1. Athletics at the Summer World University Games
  2. Swimming at the Summer World University Games Swimming is a compulsory event since the first edition in 1959. Open water events were held in 2011,2013,2015 and 2017.
  3. Diving at the Summer World University Games
  4. Gymnastics at the Summer World University Games (artistic and rhythmic) Gymnastics (Artistic) was an optional sport in 1961, turned compulsory in 1963. Rhythmic was an optional sport in 1991, 1995 and 1997. Turned compulsory in 2001. An aerobics event was held as an optional event in 2011.
  5. Fencing at the Summer World University Games
  6. Tennis at the Summer World University Games
  7. Table tennis at the Summer World University Games – Compulsory since 2007. Optional sport in 2001.
  8. Judo at the Summer World University Games – Compulsory since 2007. Optional sport in 1967, 1985, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003.
  9. Taekwondo at the Summer World University Games – Compulsory since 2015. Optional sport in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.
  10. Archery at the Summer World University Games – Compulsory since 2019. Optional sport in 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
  11. Badminton at the Summer World University Games – Compulsory since 2021. Optional sport in 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.

Optional sportsEdit

Team sportsEdit
  1. Baseball at the Summer World University Games – 5 times (1993, 1995, 2015 and 2017, scheduled for 2029)
  2. Beach volleyball at the Summer World University Games – 4 times (2011, 2013, scheduled for 2025 and 2027)
  3. Field hockey at the Summer World University Games – 2 times (1991, 2013)
  4. Rugby sevens at the Summer World University Games – 3 times (2013, 2019 scheduled for 2029)
  5. Basketball at the Summer World University Games (3x3 basketball) – scheduled for 2025
  6. Handball at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2015)
  7. Softball at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2007, scheduled for 2029)
Individual sportsEdit
  1. Rowing at the Summer World University Games – 7 times (1987, 1989, 1993, 2013, 2015, 2021 and scheduled for 2025 and 2027)
  2. Shooting at the Summer World University Games – 6 times (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019 and 2021)
  3. Wrestling at the Summer World University Games – 5 times (1973, 1977, 1981, 2005, 2013)
  4. Golf at the Summer World University Games – 4 times (2007, 2011, 2015, 2017 and scheduled for 2027)
  5. Sailing at the Summer World University Games – 4 times (1999, 2005, 2011, 2019)
  6. Weightlifting at the Summer World University Games – 3 times (2011, 2013, 2017)
  7. Canoeing at the Summer World University Games – 2 times (1987, 2013)
  8. Chess at the Summer World University Games – 2 times (2011, 2013)
  9. Cycling at the Summer World University Games – 2 times (1983, 2011)
  10. Wushu at the Summer World University Games – 2 times (2017, 2021)
  11. Belt wrestling at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2013)
  12. Boxing at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2013)
  13. Roller sports at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2017)
  14. Sambo at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2013)
  15. Synchronized swimming at the Summer World University Games – 1 time (2013)
Removed sportsEdit
  1. Football at the Summer World University Games – Obsolescent since 2019, after the creation of the FISU World Cup. Optional sport in 1979, compulsory from 1985 to 2019.

Winter GamesEdit

Since 1960 until 1989, limited and fixed sports were held. Since the 1991 Winter Universiade the host is allowed to choose some sports that are approved by FISU as optional sports.

Compulsory sportsEdit

Team sportsEdit
  1. Curling at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 2007. Optional sport in 2003.
  2. Ice hockey at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 1966. Optional sport in 1962.
Individual sportsEdit
  1. Alpine skiing at the Winter World University Games
  2. Biathlon at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 1997. Optional sport in 1983, 1989, 1993, 1997 and 1999.
  3. Cross-country skiing at the Winter World University Games
  4. Figure skating at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 1981. Optional sport in 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1968.
  5. Freestyle skiing at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 2023. Optional sport in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
  6. Snowboarding at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 1999. Optional sport in 1995 and 1997.
  7. Ski-orienteering at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 2027. Optional sport in 2019, gained special status in 2025.
  8. Short track speed skating at the Winter World University Games – Compulsory since 1997. Optional sport in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995.

Optional sportsEdit

Team sportsEdit
  1. Bandy at the Winter World University Games – 1 time (2019)
Individual sportsEdit
  1. Nordic combined at the Winter World University Games – 27 times (1960–1970, 1978, 1981–2023). Compulsory sport from 1960 to 1970, and from 1981 to 2007; optional in 1972, 1978, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2023.
  2. Ski jumping at the Winter World University Games – 25 times (1960–1972, 1978, 1981–2017). Compulsory sport from 1960 to 1970, and between 1981 and 2007; optional in 1972, 1978, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2023.
  3. Ski mountaineering at the Winter World University Games – 1 time (2025)
  4. Skeleton at the Winter World University Games – 1 time (2005)
Special sport statusEdit
  1. Speed skating at the Winter World University Games – 11 times (1968–2023). Sport with special status (1968, 1970, 1972, 1991, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2023).

MedalsEdit

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Summer GamesEdit

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Winter GamesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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