Universiade Universiade Zied Bhairi Category="Multi-sport events"Category="Student sport"The Universiade is an international Multi-sport event, organized for University athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student 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.

YearSummer UniversiadeWinter Universiade
1959 Turin, Italy -
1960 - Chamonix, France
1961 Sofia, Bulgaria -
1962 - Villars, Switzerland
1963 Porto Alegre, Brazil -
1964 - Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia
1965 Budapest, Hungary -
1966 - Sestriere, Italy
1967 Tokyo, Japan -
1968 - Innsbruck, Austria
1970 Turin, Italy Rovaniemi, Finland
1972 - Lake Placid, New York, United States
1973 Moscow, Soviet Union -
1975 Rome, Italy Livigno, Italy
1977 Sofia, Bulgaria -
1978 - Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia
1979 Mexico City, Mexico -
1981 Bucharest, Romania Jaca, Spain
1983 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Sofia, Bulgaria
1985 Kobe, Japan Belluno, Italy
1987 Zagreb, Yugoslavia Strbske Pleso, Czechoslovakia
1989 Duisburg, Germany Sofia, Bulgaria
1991 Sheffield, United Kingdom Sapporo, Japan
1993 Buffalo, New York, United States Zakopane, Poland
1995 Fukuoka, Japan Jaca, Spain
1997 Sicily, Italy Muju, South Korea
1999 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Poprad Tatry, Slovakia
2001 Beijing, People's Republic of China Zakopane, Poland
2003 Daegu, South Korea Tarvisio, Italy
2005 Izmir, Turkey Innsbruck / Seefeld, Austria
2007 Bangkok, Thailand Turin, Italy
2009 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Harbin, People's Republic of China

Future Universiades

On January 10, 2005 Belgrade and Harbin were announced as the host cities of the 2009 Universiades.

The candidates for the 2009 Summer Universiade were:

The bid cities for the 2009 Winter Universiade were:

For 2011, Shenzhen will be the candidate of the People's Republic of China.

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