Summer Games

Visiting representatives mostly satisfied with progress ahead of the Summer Universiade   NAPOLI, 3 April – The litmus test ahead of the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade took place as the Heads of Delegations (HOD) from about 50 countries visited various sport competition venues over two days, from 2-3 April. The 30thedition of the Summer Universiade will […]

Draws for Football, Water Polo, Basketball, Rugby Sevens and Volleyball   Welcome to live updates of the team draw ceremony for the 30th Summer Universiade, Napoli 2019! The pieces of the puzzle will fall into place over the next two hours or so as we get to know who plays whom in the women’s and men’s tournaments of: Football, Water Polo, […]

The all-important draw for the teams sports takes place on Thursday, 4 April   NAPOLI, 3 April — The final pieces of the puzzle will fall into place on Thursday, 4 April as the team draws are held at the Stazione Marittima in Naples, Italy, the host city of the 30th Summer Universiade. The detailed calendar […]

The home stretch for Summer Universiade 2019 starts now   There are just three months left before the 30th Summer Universiade starts in Italy’s sun-baked Campania region. Naples will host the Summer Universiade 2019 from 1-4 April and with less than 100 days to go, heads of the national delegations of around 50 countries have converged in the host […]

NAPLES, 1 April – They are inspired by Italian cuisine and the purest ingredients the Campania region has to offer, and their design resembles the national dish that we all love so much. This morning, the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade medals were unveiled during a press conference held at the host city’s Mostra D’Oltremare convention center, […]

Applications for volunteering now open!  The campaign for the recruitment of volunteers for the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade, scheduled for July 3-14, was presented today inside the Mostra d’Oltremare and officially launched by Italian sports legend, boxer Patrizio Oliva. Oliva, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow addressed the audience of potential volunteers […]

The final countdown has just begun. One hundred days to go until the start of the Napoli 2019 Summer Universiade, which will be held in the sunny southern Italian city from 3-14 July. Some famous Neapolitan sporting champions such as boxer Patrizio Oliva, water polo player Pino Porzio, judoka Gianni Maddaloni and swimmer Vincenzo Boni came together […]

CHENGDU, People’s Republic of China – With two years and four months to go for the Summer Universiade in Chengdu in 2021, a FISU delegation conducted its very first inspection visit in the host city, after the official attribution of the event.   Led by the Summer Universiade Director Marc Vandenplas, the FISU delegation’s five-day […]