Football

EVENTS University World Cup Football

2019

FISU University World Cup Football

Jinjiang

21 Nov - 1 Dec 2019

2023

FISU University World Cup Football

Jinjiang (CHN)

27 Oct - 7 Nov 2023

The next edition is coming in 2023!

After resounding success in its inaugural edition in 2019, FISU’s newest sports property, the University World Cup Football is all set for a bigger, better version 2.0 in 2023. Held every two years, the next edition of this event will once again see the best university football teams from around the world battle it out in Jinjiang, People's Republic of China.

Here are the continental Qualifying Tournaments for the 2021 event edition

FISU UWC Football – To be announced
CUSFs	Dates	Location	Format	FISU Deadline for team selection
AUSF	TBC	TBC	Both gender	TBC
EUSA	TBC	TBC	Both gender: Women tournament: 7 players
FASU	TBC	TBC	Both gender
FISU America	TBC	TBC	Both gender
FISU Oceania	TBC	TBC	Both gender

The 2019 edition

The KELME 2019 FISU University World Cup Football set the bar high with its inaugural edition in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, from 21 November to 1 December 2019. Following the immense success of the format in 3x3 Basketball four years ago, the tournament paved the way for the future of university-versus-university competition in the world’s most popular sport.

Sixteen of the best men’s teams and eight women’s teams had booked their ticket to China through five continental qualifying tournaments that were held through 2018. There were also quotas allotted to Federation of University Sports of China (FUSC) for home teams, as well as two wildcard teams in both the men’s and women’s draw. After two weeks of scintillating action, the University of Ottawa in Canada and the University of the Republic in Uruguay won the women's and men's titles, respectively.