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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".

FISU World University Games
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The flag of the International University Sports Federation.
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Frequencybiennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1959 (1959) (summer)
1960 (1960) (winter)
Organised byFISU

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 will be officially branded as the FISU World University Games.[1]

The most recent summer event was the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. The most recent winter event was the 2023 Winter World University Games held in Lake Placid, United States from 11–21 January 2023, after the 2021 edition scheduled to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland was cancelled due the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3][4] The 2021 Summer World University Games were scheduled to be held in Chengdu, China, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been postponed three times and will now be held in 2023,[5] after the 2023 Summer World University Games, set to be held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, were postponed after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] At this moment the 2023 Summer World University Games has the postponed status according to the official FISU website.[7]

PrecursorsEdit

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 very 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.[8]

 
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.[8] 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.[9][10]

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

A separate group organised an alternative university games in 1939 in Vienna, in post-Anschluss Germany.[9] 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.[11]

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.[9]

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.[8][9]

Precursor eventsEdit

Not recognized by FISU as Universide:

Precursor events
Number Year Event Organiser Host city Host country
1 1923 International Universities Championships CIE Paris   France
2 1924 Summer Student World Championships CIE Warsaw   Poland
3 1927 Summer Student World Championships CIE Rome   Italy
4 1928 Summer Student World Championships CIE Paris   France
5 1930 International University Games CIE Darmstadt   Germany
6 1933 International University Games CIE Turin   Italy
7 1935 International University Games CIE Budapest   Hungary
8 1937 International University Games CIE Paris   France
9 1939 International University Games CIE Monte Carlo   Monaco
10 1939 International University Games CIE Vienna   Germany
11 1947 International University Games CIE Paris   France
12 1947 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Prague   Czechoslovakia
13 1949 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Budapest   Hungary
14 1949 Summer International University Sports Week FISU Merano   Italy
15 1951 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE East Berlin   East Germany
16 1951 Summer International University Sports Week FISU Luxembourg   Luxembourg
17 1953 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Bucharest   Romania
18 1953 Summer International University Sports Week FISU Dortmund   West Germany
19 1955 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Warsaw   Poland
20 1955 Summer International University Sports Week FISU San Sebastián   Spain
21 1957 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Moscow   Soviet Union
22 1957 World University Games CIE Paris   France
23 1959 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Vienna   Austria
24 1962 World Festival of Youth and Students UIE Helsinki   Finland

Summer World University GamesEdit

Location mapEdit

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Locations of host cities excluding those in Europe.
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Locations of host cities in Europe.

EditionsEdit

Overview of summer Universiade events
Games Year Host country Host city Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top nation
1 1959   Italy Turin Giovanni Gronchi 26 August – 7 September 45 985 7 60   Italy
2 1961   Bulgaria Sofia Dimitar Ganev 25 August – 3 September 32 1270 9 68   Soviet Union
3 1963   Brazil Porto Alegre Paulo de Tarso Santos 30 August – 8 September 27 917 9 70   Soviet Union
4 1965   Hungary Budapest István Dobi 20–30 August 32 1729 9 74   Hungary
5 1967   Japan Tokyo Hirohito 27 August – 4 September 30 937 10 83   United States
6 1970   Italy Turin[a] Giuseppe Saragat 26 August – 6 September 40 2080 9 82   Soviet Union
7 1973   Soviet Union Moscow Leonid Brezhnev 15–25 August 72 2765 10 111   Soviet Union
8 1975   Italy Rome[b] Giovanni Leone 18–21 August 38 450 1 38   Soviet Union
9 1977   Bulgaria Sofia Todor Zhivkov 17–28 August 78 2939 10 101   Soviet Union
10 1979   Mexico Mexico City José López Portillo 2–13 September 85 2974 10 97   Soviet Union
11 1981   Romania Bucharest Nicolae Ceaușescu 19–30 July 86 2912 10 133   Soviet Union
12 1983   Canada Edmonton Charles, Prince of Wales 1–12 July 73 2400 10 118   Soviet Union
13 1985   Japan Kobe Akihito 24 August – 4 September 106 3949 11 123   Soviet Union
14 1987   Yugoslavia Zagreb Lazar Mojsov 8–19 July 122 6423 12 139   United States
15 1989   West Germany Duisburg[c] Helmut Kohl 22–30 August 79 1785 4 66   Soviet Union
16 1991   United Kingdom Sheffield Anne, Princess Royal 14–25 July 101 3346 11 119   United States
17 1993   United States Buffalo Primo Nebiolo 8–18 July 118 3582 12 135   United States
18 1995   Japan Fukuoka Naruhito 23 August – 3 September 118 3949 12 144   United States
19 1997   Italy Sicily Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 20–31 August 122 3582 10 129   United States
20 1999   Spain Palma de Mallorca Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo 3–13 July 114 4076 12 142   United States
21 2001   China Beijing Jiang Zemin 22 August – 1 September 165 6757 12 170   China
22 2003   South Korea Daegu Roh Moo-hyun 21–31 August 174 7180 13 189   China
23 2005   Turkey Izmir Ahmet Necdet Sezer 11–22 August 133 7816 15 195   Russia
24 2007   Thailand Bangkok Vajiralongkorn 8–18 August 150 12000 15 236   China
25 2009   Serbia Belgrade Mirko Cvetković 1–12 July 145 5379 15 203   Russia
26 2011   China Shenzhen Hu Jintao 12–23 August 165 7999 24 306   China
27 2013   Russia Kazan Vladimir Putin 6–17 July 162 10442 27 351   Russia
28 2015   South Korea Gwangju Park Geun-hye 3–14 July 142 12885 21 274   South Korea
29 2017   Chinese Taipei[d] Taipei Tsai Ing-wen 19–30 August 145 11397 22 272   Japan
30 2019   Italy Naples[e] Sergio Mattarella 3–14 July 112 5971 18 220   Japan
31 2023   China Chengdu 28 July – 8 August,2023[f] 18 268
32 2025   Germany Rhine-Ruhr region 16–27 July 18 225
33 2027   South Korea Chungcheong Province 18
34 2029   United States Research Triangle[12] 18
  1. ^ Originally scheduled for Lisbon, Portugal in 1969.
  2. ^ Originally scheduled for Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
  3. ^ Originally scheduled for São Paulo City, Brazil.
  4. ^ The   Republic of China (Taiwan) is recognised as Chinese Taipei by the FISU and the majority of international organisations it participates in due to political considerations and Cross-Strait relations with the People's Republic of China.
  5. ^ Originally scheduled for Brasília, Brazil.
  6. ^ Originally scheduled to be held on 15–27 August 2021 and 25 June – 7 July 2022, but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the eventual cancellation of the 2023 Games in Yekaterinburg due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, this edition will replace the 2023 event.

Medal tableEdit

See also: All-time Universiade medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States5034334181354
2  China4474062541107
3  Russia4323644181214
4  Soviet Union406308273987
5  Japan3433383881069
6  South Korea245201237683
7  Italy184198260642
8  Ukraine178182177537
9  Romania149130147426
10  Hungary11796107320
Totals (10 entries)3004265626798339

Winter World University GamesEdit

Location mapEdit

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Locations of host cities excluding Europe.
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Locations of host cities in Europe.

EditionsEdit

Winter World University Games editions
Games Year Host country Host city Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top nation
1 1960   France Chamonix Charles de Gaulle 28 February – 6 March 16 151 5 13   France
2 1962   Switzerland Villars Paul Chaudet 6–12 March 22 273 6 12   West Germany
3 1964   Czechoslovakia Špindlerův Mlýn Antonín Novotný 11–17 February 21 285 5 15   West Germany
4 1966   Italy Sestriere Giuseppe Saragat 5–13 February 29 434 6 19   Soviet Union
5 1968   Austria Innsbruck Franz Jonas 21–28 January 26 424 7 23   Soviet Union
6 1970   Finland Rovaniemi Urho Kekkonen 3–9 April 25 421 7 24   Soviet Union
7 1972   United States Lake Placid Richard Nixon 26 February – 5 March 23 351 7 25   Soviet Union
8 1975   Italy Livigno Giovanni Leone 6–13 April 15 143 2 13   Soviet Union
9 1978   Czechoslovakia Špindlerův Mlýn Gustáv Husák 5–12 February 21 260 7 16   Soviet Union
10 1981   Spain Jaca Juan Carlos I 25 February – 4 March 28 394 7 19   Soviet Union
11 1983   Bulgaria Sofia Todor Zhivkov 17–27 February 28 535 7 21   Soviet Union
12 1985   Italy Belluno Sandro Pertini 16–24 February 34 538 7 30   Soviet Union
13 1987   Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso Gustáv Husák 21–28 February 21 596 6 25   Czechoslovakia
14 1989   Bulgaria Sofia Todor Zhivkov 2–12 March 21 681 8 40   Soviet Union
15 1991   Japan Sapporo Naruhito 2–10 March 34 668 8 40   Japan
16 1993   Poland Zakopane Lech Wałęsa 6–14 February 41 668 8 36   Japan
17 1995   Spain Jaca Juan Carlos I 18–28 February 41 765 9 35   South Korea
18 1997   South Korea Muju-Jeonju Kim Young-sam 24 January – 2 February 48 877 9 51   Japan
19 1999   Slovakia Poprad-Vysoké Tatry Rudolf Schuster 22–30 January 40 926 8 52   Russia
20 2001   Poland Zakopane Aleksander Kwaśniewski 7–17 February 41 1,007 9 52   Russia
21 2003   Italy Tarvisio Renzo Tondo 16–26 January 46 1,266 10 59   Russia
22 2005   Austria Innsbruck-Seefeld Heinz Fischer 12–22 January 50 1,449 11 68   Austria
23 2007   Italy Turin George Killian 17–27 January 48 1,638 11 72   South Korea
24 2009   China Harbin Liu Yandong 18–28 February 44 1,545 12 81   China
25 2011   Turkey Erzurum Abdullah Gül 27 January – 6 February 52 1,593 11 66   Russia
26 2013   Italy Trentino Ugo Rossi 11–21 December [a] 50 1,698 12 79   Russia
27 2015   Slovakia Štrbské Pleso–Osrblie [b] Andrej Kiska 24 January – 1 February 43 1,546 11 68   Russia
  Spain Granada Felipe VI 4–14 February
28 2017   Kazakhstan Almaty Nursultan Nazarbayev 29 January – 8 February 57 1,604 12 85   Russia
29 2019   Russia Krasnoyarsk Vladimir Putin 2–12 March 58 3,000 11 76   Russia
30 2021   Switzerland Lucerne Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
31 2023   United States Lake Placid[13] Kathy Hochul 12–22 January 47 1443 12 85   Japan
32 2025   Italy Turin 15–27 January 12
33 2027 bid submissions accepted until 31 January 2022[14]
34 2029 bid submissions accepted until 31 January 2022[14]
  1. ^ Originally scheduled for Maribor, Slovenia.
  2. ^ Due to environmental problems in Granada, the Nordic skiing events were transferred to Slovakia.

Medal tableEdit

See also: All-time Universiade medal table
RankNUSFGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)207188180575
2  South Korea (KOR)1218678285
3  Japan (JPN)112119107338
4  Soviet Union (URS)*1039267262
5  China (CHN)736576214
6  France (FRA)595961179
7  Poland (POL)566462182
8  Italy (ITA)555966180
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH)*544025119
10  Austria (AUT)505456160
Totals (10 entries)8908267782494

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Pavitt, Michael (28 July 2020). "FISU finalises naming system for events". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade postponed, will not take place in January 2021". FISU. 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ Morgan, Liam (6 November 2020). "Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade rescheduled for December". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Omicron forces student winter games to cancel". SwissInfo. 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games postponed to 2022". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. ^ "FISU suspends Yekaterinburg hosting rights for 2023 World University Games".
  7. ^ "FISU World University Summer Games (Universiade)".
  8. ^ a b c Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  9. ^ a b c d World Student Games (pre-Universiade). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
  10. ^ FISU History. FISU. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
  11. ^ World Student Games (UIE). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-09.
  12. ^ Shaw, Justin (10 January 2023). "North Carolina Wins Bid for 2029 FISU World University Games". SportsTravel. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Lake Placid set to host 2023 Winter Universiade after MoU signed with FISU". Inside the Games. 6 March 2018.
  14. ^ a b "FISU World University Games bidding process will again be open to all cities, worldwide". FISU. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

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