Winter Games

    LAKE PLACID, USA – With snow falling throughout the Adirondack Region, the FISU Winter Universiade department joined the Lake Placid 2023 World University Games local organising committee for a weeklong seminar as preparation for the event’s 31st edition, which will take place in the historic northeastern mountain village from 12-22 January 2023.   […]

The next edition of the FISU World Conference on Innovation – Education – Sport will be held from 25 to 27 January 2021 at the University of Lucerne, during the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade.   Under the main topic Challenges and Opportunities in Sport in modern society researchers will focus on three subthemes: Dual career, Digitalization and Women […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The eighth stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the northern Italian cities of Sestriere, Claviere and Torino for the Sestriere 1966 Winter Universiade The 1966 Winter Unviersiade had some big shoes to fill following the great success of Špindlerův Mlýn two years […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The sixth stop on the FISU history tour takes us to the Bohemia region mountain resort of Špindlerův Mlýn for the Winter Universiade 1964.    Few Winter Universiades in the history of the university sports movement have been more successful than the one held in […]

KRASNOYARSK – Nearly nine months after the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade was held in Siberia, the legacy continues as the venues have become hotspots for local teams and families alike. Recently, it was reported that the main Curling venue of the Universiade has now become home ground for the Yenisey volleyball club.   More venues […]

It’s not winter yet, but it’s getting there. The FISU Winter Universiade Supervision Committee was in Central Switzerland for coordination meetings and inspection visits at the Lucerne and Andermatt-Realp event venues. LUCERNE – Acting in its role as a vital link between FISU and an organising committee, the Winter Universiade Supervision Committee was back in […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The second stop on this FISU history tour of the Winter Universiade takes us across Lake Geneva from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to Villars, a mountain village in the western Swiss Vaud Alps     Switzerland has experience hosting premiere sports events, including holding the Winter Universiade in […]

Take a trip back through 60 years of Universiade history. The first edition of the Winter Universiade took place at the legendary ski resort of Chamonix beside Mont Blanc. Fitting for a world event, the area resides in a confluence of France, Italy and Switzerland in the highest, and most storied, Alps mountains.   The […]