Universiade
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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.
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.
External links
- Official website of the International University Sports Federation (FISU)
- Winter Universiade Innsbruck / Seefeld 2005
- Summer Universiade Izmir 2005
- Winter Universiade Torino 2007
- Summer Universiade Bangkok 2007
- Summer Universiade Belgrade 2009
