Winter Games

  The Winter Universiade 2019 Pavilion Was Opened on the Tatyshev Island On June 10, an opening ceremony of the 29th Winter Universiade 2019 Pavilion was held on the Tatyshev island. The festive programme began with drums and went on with performances of creative bands, musical master class and ballooning. Accompanied with applauses, the Universiade […]

Organising Committee of the Winter Universiade 2019 uses experience of the Games held in Almaty KRASNOYARSK – The Winter Universiade Almaty 2017 Debriefing Meeting with participation of the delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and representatives of the Winter Universiade 2017 Organising Committee from Kazakhstan is completed in Krasnoyarsk. For three days, colleagues […]

FISU representatives will discuss in Krasnoyarsk the results of the Winter Universiade 2017 in Almaty From May 20 to 26, the delegation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) is visiting Krasnoyarsk. As part of another working visit of guests to the region’s capital, the debriefing will be held concerning the results of the Winter Universiade […]

  Selection events for Winter Universiade 2019 volunteers launched in Krasnoyarsk KRASNOYARSK – On May 21, selection events to choose volunteers to work at the 29th Winter Universiade 2019 have been officially launched. The festive occasion took place on the territory of the Fun Park Bobrovy Log, the Universiade venue and investment project of the […]

  LUCERNE – The 2021 Winter Universiade will take place at seven different venues in Central Switzerland. Each venue will have a dedicated local team that organises the sport and non-sport programmes assigned to its venue. “We chose this approach because it ensures that the event will be locally embedded and each venue has very […]

  The Swiss Sport Parliament unanimously approved the candidacy of Sion 2026 to be the official bid from Switzerland to host the Olympic Winter Games 2026. Before this important voting Urs Hunkeler, Managing Director of the Winter Universiade 2021 in Lucerne, had the opportunity to present the vision and the concept of the Winter Universiade […]

  LAUSANNE – The bidding project of Lake Placid for the organisation of the 2023 Winter Universiade is taking shape. A delegation from the city of Lake Placid met with the FISU Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond, Winter Universiade Director Milan Augustin and WU Executive Assistant Jiho Kim at the FISU headquarters on 20 – 21 […]

    FISU President Oleg Matytsin joins a top-level meeting to discuss preparations for the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade Krasnoyarsk – FISU President Oleg Matytsin took part in a top-level meeting in Krasnoyarsk, chaired by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, to review progress of the preparations for the 2019 Winter Universiade and to mark two […]