FISU World University Games

The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes, by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The Universiade is often referred to in English as the World University Games.

Locations of Universiades

The table below gives an overview of all host cities of both the Summer and Winter Universiades. Only actual host cities are listed.

Year	Summer Universiade	Winter Universiade
1959	Turin, Italy	—
1960	—	Chamonix, France
1961	Sofia, Bulgaria	—
1962	—	Villars, Switzerland
1963	Porto Alegre, Brazil	—
1964	—	Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia
1965	Budapest, Hungary	—
1966	—	Sestriere, Italy
1967	Tokyo, Japan	—
1968	—	Innsbruck, Austria
1970	Turin, Italy	Rovaniemi, Finland
1972	—	Lake Placid, New York, United States
1973	Moscow, Soviet Union	—
1975	Rome, Italy	Livigno, Italy
1977	Sofia, Bulgaria	—
1978	—	Spindleruv Mlyn, Czechoslovakia
1979	Mexico City, Mexico	—
1981	Bucharest, Romania	Jaca, Spain
1983	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Sofia, Bulgaria
1985	Kobe, Japan	Belluno, Italy
1987	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	Strbske Plesko, Czechoslovakia
1989	Duisburg, Germany	Sofia, Bulgaria
1991	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Sapporo, Japan
1993	Buffalo, New York, United States	Zakopane, Poland
1995	Fukuoka, Japan	Jaca, Spain
1997	Sicily, Italy	Muju, South Korea
1999	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	Poprad Tatry, Slovakia
2001	Beijing, People's Republic of China	Zakopane, Poland
2003	Daegu, South Korea	Tarvisio, Italy
2005	Izmir, Turkey	Innsbruck / Seefeld, Austria
2007	Bangkok, Thailand	Turin, Italy
2009	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Harbin, People's Republic of China

Future Universiades

The bid process for the selection of the host cities of the 2009 Universiades is closed. The choice was announced on January 10, 2005. Belgrade and Harbin have been selected.

The bid cities for the 2009 Winter Universiade were:

The candidates for the 2009 Summer Universiade were:

For 2011, Shenzhen will be the candidate of the People's Republic of China.

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