Universiade History

Summer Universiade 1961 was the second Summer Universiade that took place in Sophia (Bulgaria) from August 25 to September 3, 1961. It took place in the universal Vasil Levski stadium. 1270 participants (899 men and 371 women) joined the Universiade.

Winter Universiade 1962 was the second Winter Universiade; it was held in the highland resort Villar-sur-Ollon in canton Vaud in Switzerland, from 6 to 12 March 1962..

Summer Universiade 1963 was the III Summer Universiade held in Porto-Alegre (Brazil) from August 30 to September 8 1963, at the stadium Olympico Monumental. 713 athletes from 27 countries of the world took part in the competitions. The Universiade was the first international competition that took place in South America.

Winter Universiade 1964 was the III Winter Universiade that took place in winter resort Špindleruv Mlýn located in the mountain range of Krkonoše, in the territory of modern Czech Republic, from February 11 to 18, 1964.

Summer Universiade 1965 is the IV Summer Universiade that took place in Budapest (Hungary) from August 20 to 30, 1965. 1729 athletes from 32 countries took part in the Universiade.

Winter Universiade 1966 was the IV winter Universiade that took place in the winter resort of Sestriere from February 5 to 13, 1966.

Summer Universiade 1967 was the V Summer Universiade that took place in Tokyo (Japan) from August 27 to September 4, 1967.

Winter Universiade 1968 was the V Winter Universiade that took place in the Austrian town of Innsbruck from January 21 to 28, 1968.

Winter Universiade 1970 was the VI Winter Universiade that took place in Finish city Rovaniemi from April 3 to 9 of the year 1970.

Summer Universiade 1970 was the VI Summer Universiade that took place in Turin (Italy) from August 26 to September 6, 1970.

Winter Universiade 1972 was the VII Winter Universiade. It took place in Lake Placid (USA) from February 26 to March 5, 1972. It was the first Universiade held beyond the boundaries of Europe.

Summer Universiade 1973 was the VII Summer Universiade, which took place in Moscow, USSR, from August 15 to 25, 1973. The programme included competitions on ten kinds of sports; over 4000 athletes took part in the event. The main site of the Universiade was the Lenin Central Stadium.

Winter Universiade 1975 was the VIII Winter Universiade that took place in Italian Alpine city of Livigno, Sondrio province, from April 6 to 13, 1975.

Summer Universiade 1975 was the VIII Summer Universiade that took place in Rome (Italy) from September 18 to 21, at the Roman Olympic stadium. VIII Summer Universiade was carried out in the form of all-university world track-and-field championship. However, 468 athletes from 38 countries of the world took part in the event.

Summer Universiade 1977 was the IX Summer Universiade that took place in Sophia (Bulgaria) from August 17 to 28, 1997, at Vasil Levski stadium. 2 939 athletes from 78 countries of the world took part in the competition. Before that, Bulgaria had hosted the II Summer Universiade in the year 1961.

Winter Universiade 1978 was the IX Winter Universiade that took place in Czechoslovakian resort Špindleruv Mlýn located in the territory of Krkonoše mountain range from February 5 to 12, 1978.

Summer Universiade 1979 was the X Summer Universiade. It took place in Mexico City (Mexico) from September 2 to 13, 1979. 2974 athletes from 94 countries of the world took part in the competition (which was a doubtless record of the Universiade).

Summer Universiade 1981 was the XI Summer Universiade that took place in Bucharest (Romania) from July 19 to 30, 1981. 2912 people from 86 countries took part in the competition. The main stages of the competition were held at Lia Manoliou Stadium in Bucharest. During 11 days the event was visited by nearly 200 000 spectators.

Winter Universiade 1981 was the X Winter Universiade that was held in the city of Jaca (Spain) from February 25 to March 4, 1981.

Summer Universiade 1983 was the XII Summer Universiade. It took place in Edmonton (Canada) from July 1 to 12, 1983. 2400 athletes from 73 countries took part in the competition. The competition programme included ten kinds of sports.

Winter Universiade 1983, the XI Winter Universiade, was held in the Bulgarian capital Sophia in 1983.

Winter Universiade 1985 was the XII Winter Universiade. It took place in the Italian city of Belluno in 1985.

Summer Universiade 1985 was the XIII Summer Universiade that took place in Kobe (Japan) from August 24 to September 4, 1985. 2 783 athletes from 106 countries of the world took part in the event.

Winter Universiade 1987 was the XIII Winter Universiade. It took place in Štrbské pleso (Czechoslovakia) in 1987.

Summer Universiade 1987 was the XIV Summer Universiade that took place in Croatian Zagreb (Yugoslavia) from July 8 to 19, 1987. 6423 athletes from 122 countries of the world took part in the event. The competition took place at Maksimir stadium.

XV Summer Universiade took place in Duisburg (the Federative Republic of Germany) from August 22 to 30, 1989. 1 785 athletes from 79 countries of the world took part in the event.

Winter Universiade 1989 was the XIV Winter Universiade. It took place in Sophia (Bulgaria), in the year 1989.

XVI Summer Universiade took place in Sheffield, Great Britain. The host country preferred calling it World Student Games. Sheffield City Council regarded this even to be a catalyst for city revival after a slowdown in industrial production. It created a special company called Universiade GD Ltd to work on the games’ infrastructure.

Winter Universiade 1991 was the XV Winter Universiade. It took place in Sapporo (Japan) in the year 1991.

XVII Summer Universiade 1993 took place in Buffalo, USA.

Winter Universiade 1993 was the XVI Winter Universiade. It took place in Zakopane (Poland) in the year 1993.

Summer Universiade 1995 - XVIII Fukuoka, Winter Universiade 1995 – XVII Jaka

Winter Universiade 1995 was the XVII Winter Universiade. It took place in the Spanish city of Jaka from February 18 to 26, 1995.

Winter Universiade 1997 was the XVIII Winter Universiade. It took place in the South Korean county of Muju from January 24 to February 2, 1997. This Universiade was the most Southern located of all the Winter Universiades, including those planned up to the year 2017 (36°04' North).

Summer Universiade 1997 was the 19th Summer Universiade that took place in Italian island of Sicily from August 20 to 31, 1997. The tournament program included ten kinds of sports. The major part of the competitions took place in the cities of Catania, Palermo and Messina. Some football and basketball matches took place in more than ten other towns of Sicily.

Summer Universiade 1999 became the twentieth Summer Universiade. It took place in Palma (Spain) from July 3 to 13, 1999.

Winter Universiade 1999 was the XIX Winter Universiade. It took place in Slovakia, city of Poprad, from January 22 to 30, 1999.

XXI Summer Universiade was held from August 22 to September 1, 2001, in Beijing (China).

Winter Universiade 2001 was the XX Winter Universiade. It was held in the Polish city of Zakopane from February 7 to 17, 2001.

Summer Universiade 2003 was the XXII Summer Universiade. It was held in Daegu (South Korea) from August 21 to 31, 2003.

Winter Universiade 2003 was the XXI Winter Universiade. It took place in the city of Tarvisio (Italy) from January 16 to 26, 2003.

Summer Universiade 2005 was the XXIII Summer Universiade. It took place in Izmir (Turkey) from August 11 to 22, 2005.

Winter Universiade 2005 was the XXII Winter Universiade. It was held in Innsbruck (Austria) from January 12 to 22, 2005.

Winter Universiade 2007 was the XXIII Winter Universiade. It took place in Turin (Italy) from January 17 to 27, 2007.

Summer Universiade 2007 became the XXIV Summer Universiade. It was held in Bangkok (Thailand) from August 8 to 18, 2007. The other cities which pretended to host the Universiade were Monterrey (Mexico) and Poznan.

Winter Universiade 2009 was the XXIV Winter Universiade. It took place in Harbin (China) from February 19 to 28, 2009.

Summer Universiade 2009, official name: XXV Summer Universiade. Took place in Belgrade (Serbia) from June 30 to July 12, 2009. The other cities which pretended to host the Universiade were also Monterrey (Mexico) and Poznan (Poland).

XXV Winter Universiade took place in Erzurum city, Turkey, from January 27 to February 6, 2011. Two times in a row winter Universiade was held in Asia: in the year 2009 the Chinese city of Harbin hosted the event. Summer Universiade 2011 also took place in Asia, in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

Summer Universiade of the year 2011, XXVI World Summer Universiade took place in Shenzhen, China, from August 12 to 23, 2011.

Winter Universiade 2013 (Ital. XXVI Universiade invernale) is the XXVI Winter Universiade, which was held in the Italian province of Trentino from December 11 to 21, 2013.

XXVII World Summer Universiade is a World sport event of students and youth held in the year 2013. It is hosted by Kazan (Russia), the most Northern located city among all the capitals of summer Universiades. 350 sets of medals are hand during the Universiade; this is going to be a record.

The 2015 Winter Universiade is the 27th Winter Universiade and the first one in history that was held in two countries: Slovakia (Strbske Pleso and Osrblie) and Spain (Granada and Sierra Nevada). Spain won the bid, but in 2013 FISU took the decision to hold skiing disciplines in Slovakia. At these Games Team Russia won in total team count, having set a record: 20 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze medals. Team South Korea won the second place (5-9-2) and Team Kazakhstan is third (5-6-0).

Summer Universiade 2015 is the XXVIII World Summer Universiade was held in Gwagju.

The 28th Winter Universiade 2017 was held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and featured competitions in 12 sports. Bandy was included in the Universiade programme as an optional sport. The Russian Federation was the winner in the overall medal standings at the Winter Universiade Almaty 2017 with 29 gold, 27 silver and 15 bronze medals.

The 29th Summer Universiade 2017 was held in Chinese Taipei. Brasilia (Brazil) and Izmit (Turkey) were among the bidding cities to host the Games. On 29 November 2011, at the FISU meeting, Taipei was chosen as the Host City of the 29th Summer Universiade. It was the first time for Taipei to host a Universiade.