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27-430: The FISU stages its events every two years. They currently include three World University Games (beach,summer and winter) and 34 World University Championships. It also organizes conferences, forums and seminars to promote sport as a component of the educational system. FISU sanctions other competitions open to university students, such as the biennial World University Bridge Championships in contract bridge , "played under

54-616: A European competition became a truly global one, with the inclusion of Brazil, Japan and the United States among the competing nations. The increased participation ultimately led to the establishment of the Universiade as the primary global student sport championship. Not recognized by FISU as Universiade or World University Games: Unlike other sporting events, the World University Games are recognized for

81-646: A new branding system by the FISU, it was stated that the Universiade was to be officially branded as the FISU World University Games . The most recent summer event was the 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu , China from 28 July – 8 August 2023, after being postponed three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It effectively replaced the 2023 Summer World University Games , that

108-520: A similar event was created in Germany in 1909 in the form of the Academic Olympia . Five editions were held from 1909 to 1913, all of which were hosted in Germany following the cancellation of an Italy-based event. At the start of the 20th century, Jean Petitjean of France began attempting to organise a "University Olympic Games". After discussion with Pierre de Coubertin , the founder of

135-620: A snowflake, representing the six cantons hosting the Games (with Lucerne represented by a point at the centre of the emblem). Wuli, the Lucerne 2021 mascot was designed by Luisa Zürcher, an animation student at the Lucerne School of Art and Design , and was unveiled at a ceremony marking the one-year milestone before the Games. Zürcher's design was inspired by yeti folklore, the mountains and myths of Central Switzerland, and Fasnacht ,

162-477: Is a cancelled multi-sport event for student and youth athletes that was scheduled to take place from 11 to 21 December 2021 in Lucerne , Switzerland , with preliminary competition in some events beginning 6 December 2021. The Games were to be hosted at venues in cantons of Central Switzerland , including Lucerne , Nidwalden , Obwalden , Schwyz , Uri , and Zug . Lucerne, which was the only city to bid for

189-569: Is at the list of the optional sports,a fourth could be choose. While the Universiades are held in odd years, the FISU World University Championships are held in even years. It includes individual/team sports, indoor/outdoor sports, combat sports, mind sports and summer/winter sports. The International Day of University Sport is celebrated every year on 20 September by the FISU and UNESCO . In light of

216-461: The 1930 International University Games . The CIE's International University Games was held four more times in the 1930s before having its final edition in 1947. A separate group organised an alternative university games in 1939 in Vienna , in post- Anschluss Germany. The onset of World War II ceased all major international student sport activities and the aftermath also led to division among

243-610: The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , FISU suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes and national university sports federation officials from participating in FISU competitions and activities until at least the end of 2022, cancelled two FISU University World Cups in Russia and a FISU World University Championships in Belarus scheduled for 2022 (the FISU University World Cup Powerlifting from Moscow,

270-741: The Universiade , is an international multi-sport event , organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad ". The Universiade is referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games ; however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students. In July 2020 as part of

297-540: The 1949 formation of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), which now hosts the Universiade, and even the first World University Games held in 1923. English peace campaigner Hodgson Pratt was an early advocate of such an event, proposing (and passing) a motion at the 1891 Universal Peace Congress in Rome to create a series of international student conferences in rotating host capital cities, with activities including art and sport. This did not come to pass, but

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324-829: The FISU University World Cup Rugby Sevens from Kazan, and the FISU World University Championship Waterski & Wakeboard from Belarus), and cancelled Russia's hosting of the FISU University World Cup Combat Sports and associated meetings scheduled for 2022. The FISU also suspended the hosting rights and cancelled the 2023 Summer World University Games , to be held in Yekaterinburg . World University Games The FISU World University Games , formerly

351-477: The Games, was named host In March 2016. On 29 November 2021, the Games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Omicron variant . The Games were originally scheduled to be held 21–31 January 2021, but were postponed indefinitely on 31 August 2020 due to COVID-19 . In November, new dates in December 2021 were announced. On 29 November 2021, only one week prior to the start of preliminary competition, it

378-546: The Universiade, is an international sporting event staged every two years in a different city. There were 10,622 participants in Shenzhen, China, in 2011, and 174 participating countries in Daegu, Korea, in 2003. The Summer Universiade includes 12 compulsory sports (15 compulsory disciplines): The Winter Games includes eight compulsory sports and one to four optional sports are chosen by the host country or city.If speed skating

405-498: The auspices of the FISU ". A General Assembly elects an executive committee for a four-year term. Oleg Matytsin was elected president for 2015–2019, succeeding Claude-Louis Gallien . The secretary-general and CEO is Eric Saintrond; regional vice-presidents are Leonz Eder, Luciano Cabral, Marian Dymalski, Leopold Senghor and Liguo Yang. Past presidents include: The FISU World University Games , formerly and commonly referred to as

432-634: The end of each edition.As the event also serves as World University Championship in those sports. At the first edition held in Turin in 1959, only 8 sports were in the sporting program (athletics, basketball, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, volleyball and water polo). The first sport to be considered optional was diving, which was added to the second edition held in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1961. In addition, optional events were added in basketball and volleyball, when women's tournaments were played. In Porto Alegre 1963

459-460: The event was a joint project of Central Switzerland's six cantons, the city of Lucerne, and the Canton of Grisons . The Games were to use existing infrastructure, with all sports facilities accessible by public transport. The 2021 Winter Universiade was to consist of 60 events in 10 sports, the smallest programme of a winter Universiade since Tarvisio 2003 . Out of the three slots given to

486-528: The fixed program and could be in current edition, but not necessarily in the next one. Since 1960 until 1989, limited and fixed sports were held. Since 1991 Winter Universiade the host is allowed to choose some sports that are approved by FISU as optional sports. 2021 Winter Universiade The 2021 Winter Universiade , officially known as the XXX Winter Universiade or 30th Winter Universiade , and commonly known as Lucerne 2021 ,

513-669: The flexibility in their program, as since the second edition held in 1961, it has been up to the Organizing Committee and the National University Sports Federation of the host country to choose sports or optional competitions. according to their local reality and demands, there is a list of mandatory sports that are defined by the International University Sports Federation and could be reviewed at

540-563: The modern Olympic Games, Petitjean was convinced not to use the word "Olympic" in the tournament's name. Petitjean, and later the Confederation Internationale des Etudiants (CIE), was the first to build a series of international events, beginning with the 1923 International Universities Championships . This was followed by the renamed 1924 Summer Student World Championships a year later and two further editions were held in 1927 and 1928. Another name change resulted in

567-612: The movement, as the CIE was disbanded and rival organisations emerged. The Union Internationale des Étudiants (UIE) incorporated a university sports games into the World Festival of Youth and Students from 1947 to 1962, including one separate, unofficial games in 1954. This event principally catered for Eastern European countries. After the closure of the CIE and the creation of the first UIE-organised games, FISU came into being in 1949 and held its own first major student sport event

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594-512: The organizing committee to add "optional", discretionary events to the programme, the Lucerne organizing committee added only ski-orienteering . Freestyle skiing –a recurring optional event at the Winter Universiade, was promoted to the core Winter Universiade programme of "compulsory" sports beginning with these Games. The emblem was designed by Peter J. Wardis, consisting of six intersecting " U " letters that are arranged to form

621-416: The same year in the form of the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week . The Sports Week was held biennially until 1955. Like the CIE's games before it, the FISU events were initially Western-led sports competitions. Division between the largely Western European FISU and Eastern European UIE eventually began to dissipate among broadened participation at the 1957 World University Games . This event

648-532: The woman's basketball was dropped from the sporting program. In 1967, the third World University Judo Championship was held in Tokyo and was integrated into the fifth edition of the Summer Universiade as an extra sport, thus gaining the status of an optional sport and thus inaugurating a new type of sport at the event, which is that of the optional sport. Therefore, the sport with this status is not part of

675-726: Was announced that the 2021 Winter Universiade had been cancelled due to travel restrictions imposed by the Swiss government to prevent the spread of Omicron variant . The Games would not be rescheduled. Due to the cancellation, the handover to Lake Placid was held at a ceremony at the University of Turin in January 2022, concurrent with the lighting of the flame for the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu (which, in May 2022, were subsequently postponed to 2023). The organisation of

702-598: Was not directly organised by either group, instead being organised by Jean Petitjean in France (which remained neutral to the split), but all respective nations from the groups took part. The FISU-organised Universiade became the direct successor to this competition, maintaining the biennial format into the inaugural 1959 Universiade . It was not until the 1957 World University Games that the Soviet Union began to compete in FISU events. That same year, what had previously been

729-528: Was set to be held in Yekaterinburg , Russia. It was cancelled after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The most recent winter event was the 2023 Winter World University Games held in Lake Placid , United States from 11 to 21 January 2023, after the 2021 edition scheduled to be held in Lucerne , Switzerland was also cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The idea of a global international sports competition between student-athletes pre-dates

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