Winter Games

The Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade has taken yet another international design top honour since its last awarding in 2019, this year awarded by the iF International Design Awards 2021. These prestigious awards are handed out by the iF World Design Guide that not only supports and promotes good designs, but also raises awareness about designs, […]

Italy’s Head of Delegation, Mr Pompeo LeoneFollowing a summer of celebration littered with several sporting successes, Italy’s student-athletes will be inspired to emulate their national heroes ahead of December’s Winter FISU World University Games in Lucerne, Switzerland.   That’s according to their Head of Delegation Mr Pompeo Leone, who has been diligently working to prepare the Italian team […]

With less than three months to go until the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade, the water relay kicked off in Turin before making its way to FISU headquarters on Thursday 23 September. The torch, also known as the vessel in the case of the water relay, was carried by none other than the Lucerne 2021 Winter […]

A big day for the city of Turin, officials met on the occasion of signing the final agreement for the Turin 2025 FISU World University Games, held in winter of 2025 — making them the official hosts of the Games. A special place for the University Sport Movement, Turin was also host to the 1959 […]

With the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade just less than three months away the official lighting ceremony of FISU University Games Flame Relay took place in Turin—home to the inaugural Universiade and holding great significance to the university sport community—before being transformed into water for the first time and passed on to its bearers. Water is […]

Lucerne 2021 delegation officials visiting StoosWith the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade now less than three months away, Heads of Delegations (HoD) from around the globe gathered in Central Switzerland on 8-10 September following the virtual HoD meeting that was held last June.   Delegations from all over the world reunited in the heart of Switzerland […]

With just under 100 days until the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade, FISU and the Lucerne 2021 Organising Committee (OC) announce their joint decision to maintain the major international multi-sport event for student-athletes, despite the difficult sanitary measures surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. In the event of this decision, FISU and the Organising Committee have come to […]