Winter Games

The event design concept of the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade has been shortlisted for the prestigious Red Dot Design Awards.  The event design for the games of the 29th Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, combined the principle of harsh Siberian nature with that of the “warmth of human hearts”.   The graphics symbolised […]

The Executive Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) met virtually today and approved the proposal to hold the next winter edition of the FISU World University Games in December 2021. LAUSANNE, Switzerland – FISU President Oleg Matytsin opened the virtual meeting of the Executive Committee, by thanking the FISU Family for continuing to […]

When Swiss Alpine skier Lukas Zippert was about to start the Super G race at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade, he discovered a problem with his binding.   “Right before the start I had an issue with my binding and I got really freaked out,” he tells FISU. “We eventually managed to fix it in […]

  Take a trip down memory lane back to Poprad-Tatry in the High Tatras Mountains of Slovakia for the XIX Winter Universiade   The final Winter Universiade of the 20th Century took place in Poprad-Tatry in the north of Slovakia, and it was expertly organised despite a flu bug that initially threatened to derail the […]

The 18th Winter Universiade was the fifth FISU World University Games held in Asia but only the first held outside of Japan, and the South Korean hosts would more than live up to expectations.   Much like the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang held two decades later, the 1997 Winter Universiade was hosted by two separate […]

The local organisers of the World University Games in Jaca, Spain were cautiously optimistic about hosting the 1995 Winter Universiade.   On the one hand, having successfully hosted the 10th Winter Universiade in 1981, they were more than confident in their ability to do it again 14 years later. But on the other hand, having […]

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Adirondack Sports Council hosted a virtual Town Hall to announce the progress being made toward the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The village of Lake Placid and the Adirondack region will host the winter edition of the flagship FISU multi-sport event in January 2023. The virtual meeting was streamed […]

After FISU announced the postponement of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade – originally scheduled for January 2021 – FISU Secretary General-CEO Eric Saintrond says the new dates should be agreed upon within the next two months.   Q1. Let’s start with the decision itself. The decision to postpone the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade was obviously […]