FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
CHANGCHUN fisu world WINTER university games
FISU WORLD WINTER UNIVERSITY GAMES
The FISU World University Games (formerly known as the Universiade) are one of the largest and most prestigious multi-sport events in the world for university athletes. The sports programme of the biennial event, which takes place in both summer and winter editions, includes 15 compulsory sports, with the possibility for the organisers to choose three more. In 2003, a record 174 countries participated in the Summer Universiade in Daegu. Ten years later, at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, a record 11,759 participants took part. At the last Universiade in 2023 in Chengdu, China, 6,500 athletes from 113 countries competed for 269 sets of medals across 18 sports.
CHANGCHUN FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
The next FISU World Winter University Games will take place from January 15 to January 25, in Chinese Changchun. The event will welcome over 2,000 athletes from 50 countries, with Slovak representatives set to compete in sports, including alpine skiing, cross country skiing, biathlon, shortrak, figure skating, ski mounteneering and mwns and womens ice hockey. It will be the first time Slovak University Team will include para athletes in para skiing.
SPORTS PROGRAMME
The sports program of the Changchun 2027 FISU World Winter University Games consists of 14 sports.
The Changchun 2027 Winter Universiade will take place from 15 to 25 January 2027 in the cities of Changchun and Jilin. Centred around ice and snow, the event will provide a broad platform for young people from around the world to exchange ideas and pursue their dreams together.
NOMINATION & TEAM SELECTION
SLOVAKIA UNIVERSITY TEAM
Official Slovakia University Team nomination for the Rhein Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games approved by the Executive Committee of the Slovak University Sport Association on 19 June 2025.
FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
The FISU World University Games (formerly known as the Universiade) are one of the largest and most prestigious multi-sport events in the world for university athletes. The sports programme of the biennial event, which takes place in both summer and winter editions, includes 15 compulsory sports, with the possibility for the organisers to choose three more. In 2003, a record 174 countries participated in the Summer Universiade in Daegu. Ten years later, at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, a record 11,759 participants took part.
CHENGDU 2021 FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES
The upcoming FISU World University Games will be held from 28 July to 8 August 2023 in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province. The Games were originally scheduled for 2021 and 2022 respectively, but due to a number of reasons (the COVID-19 pandemic, shifts in the sporting calendar, pandemic measures taken by the Chinese government), the International University Sports Federation FISU has decided to hold the Games in 2023. Chengdu will become the fourth Chinese city to host this prestigious multi-sport event, after Beijing, Harbin and Shenzhen.
SPORTS PROGRAMME
The sports programme of the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games consists of 18 sports:
- Athletics
- Archery
- Artistic Gymnastics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Diving
- Fencing
- Judo
- Modern Gymnastics
- Rowing
- Sport Shooting
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Voleyball
- Water Polo
- Wushu
NOMINATION & TEAM SELECTION
Slovakia University Team nomination approved by the Executive Committee of the Slovak University Sport Association.
