Summer Games

    Though summer has turned to autumn in the northern hemisphere, plans continue for next summer’s Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games. This includes the release of the competition schedule for events that will take place 28 July – 8 August 2023.   The busiest days of the Chengdu 2021 FISU Games will be […]

From left to right: Jing Zhao, Eric Saintrond, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Leonz Eder and Marian DymalskiThe North Carolina Bid Committee (NCBC) for the 2027 World University Games has hosted the FISU Evaluation Committee in conjunction with NCBC’s bid for the 2027 FISU World University Games Summer.   “We have been thrilled to host […]

From 26 to 31 August, the FISU Evaluation committee assessed the sports venues and infrastructure of the Chungcheong Megacity (Korea), a candidate for the 2027 FISU World University Games Summer.   The visit started with the ‘One Million Signatures’ delivery ceremony. A campaign to collect a million signatures supporting the Chungcheong Megacity 2027 Bid Committee […]

  North Carolina, in the United States, was the site over the last week of the technical evaluation visit for the 2027 FISU World University Games Summer. The Triangle Region, consisting of Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel Hill, along with the Greensboro area would come together to host the FISU Games should the bid be […]

The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games Summer will be held in the North Rhine Westphalia region of Germany from 16-27 July 2025.   Around 10,000 student-athletes, aged 25 and under, and officials from up to 170 countries are expected in the region, for one of the world’s largest multi-sport events after the Olympic and […]

  Another step in the candidature of Chungcheong Megacity, Republic of Korea, was taken this past week in its bid to host the 2027 FISU World University Games Summer as FISU’s Summer Games team visited for an inspection visit.   The Chungcheong Megacity area, a project involving the cities of Sejong and Daejeon as well […]

Following extensive discussions between FISU, the Chengdu 2021 Organising Committee and other stakeholders, a decision has been taken to postpone the FISU World University Games until 2023. The FISU Games had initially been scheduled for the summer of 2021, but were rescheduled following the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.   “The decision to […]