Summer Games

A giant panda named Rongbao will be the mascot for the Summer World University Games Chengdu 2021   A giant panda named Rongbao will serve as the mascot for the 31st edition of the Summer World University Games in Chengdu in 2021, where the tournament slogan will be ‘Chengdu Makes Dreams Come True’. Both, the mascot and the slogan, were revealed […]

The campaign for the mascot design of the World University Games 2023 was launched with much fanfare in Ekaterinburg. The summer edition of the biggest sports event for university students will be hosted in 2023 in Russia’s third largest city, Ekaterinburg, which is known for its architecture, museums, art and music. The launch programme was […]

For swimming champion Hannah Wilson, the Universiade experience was as much about competition as it was about camaraderie.   Wilson, who competes for Hong Kong internationally and owns several of its swim records, was actually a two-time Olympian before competing at the Belgrade 2009 Summer Universiade.   “Many of my university friends were there also […]

With just over one year to go, the upcoming two Universiades in two venues of the world couldn’t be more different. When the organising committee of a Chinese mega metropolis meets the organising committee of a compact Swiss city, exciting insights come to light   The exchange between the two upcoming organising committees started with […]

 German sailors navigating the course during the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade German university sports is going from strength to strength: one week after taking home World University Championship hosting honours at the FISU Gala Awards, the German University Sports Federation (adh) signalled their intent to host Summer Universiade 2025.    During the 114th General Assembly, […]

EKATERINBURG, Russia – The second inspection visit of the FISU Summer Universiade team to Ekaterinburg, the host city of the 2023 Summer Universiade, was successfully completed. The programme of the inspection visit led by FISU Summer Universiade Director Marc Vandenplas included a check of SK ‘Youth’ and SK ‘Dynamo’ Sports Complexes, as well as an acquaintance with the […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The seventh stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the banks of the Danube River for the Budapest 1965 Summer Universiade.     Building on the success of Porto Alegre two years earlier, the 1965 Summer Universiade, held in the Hungarian capital of […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The fifth stop on the FISU history tour takes us to Brazil – and outside Europe for the first time – for the Porto Alegre 1963 Summer Universiade     The Summer Universiade travelled outside Europe for the first time in 1963, when it was […]