The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes, by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games.
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
| Summer Universiade
| Winter Universiade
|
| 1959 | Turin, Italy | —
|
| 1960 | — | Chamonix, France
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| 1961 | Sofia, Bulgaria | —
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| 1962 | — | Villars, Switzerland
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| 1963 | Porto Alegre, Brazil | —
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| 1964 | — | Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia
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| 1965 | Budapest, Hungary | —
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| 1966 | — | Sestriere, Italy
|
| 1967 | Tokyo, Japan | —
|
| 1968 | — | Innsbruck, Austria
|
| 1970 | Turin, Italy | Rovaniemi, Finland
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| 1972 | — | Lake Placid, New York, United States
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| 1973 | Moscow, Soviet Union | —
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| 1975 | Rome, Italy | Livigno, Italy
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| 1977 | Sofia, Bulgaria | —
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| 1978 | — | Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia
|
| 1979 | Mexico City, Mexico | —
|
| 1981 | Bucharest, Romania | Jaca, Spain
|
| 1983 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Sofia, Bulgaria
|
| 1985 | Kobe, Japan | Belluno, Italy
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| 1987 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Strbske Plesko, Czechoslovakia
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| 1989 | Duisburg, Germany | Sofia, Bulgaria
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| 1991 | Sheffield, United Kingdom | Sapporo, Japan
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| 1993 | Buffalo, New York, United States | Zakopane, Poland
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| 1995 | Fukuoka, Japan | Jaca, Spain
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| 1997 | Sicily, Italy | Muju, South Korea
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| 1999 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Poprad Tatry, Slovakia
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| 2001 | Beijing, People's Republic of China | Zakopane, Poland
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| 2003 | Daegu, South Korea | Tarvisio, Italy
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| 2005 | Izmir, Turkey | Innsbruck / Seefeld, Austria
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| 2007 | Bangkok, Thailand | Turin, Italy
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| 2009 | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Harbin, People's Republic of China
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Future Universiades
The bid process for the selection of the host cities of the 2009 Universiades is closed. The choice was announced on January 10, 2005. Belgrade and Harbin have been selected.
The bid cities for the 2009 Winter Universiade were:
The candidates for the 2009 Summer Universiade were:
For 2011, Shenzhen will be the candidate of the People's Republic of China.
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