2021 Summer World University Games

2021 Summer World University Games
2021 年夏季世界大学生运动会

Host city	Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Motto	Chengdu Makes Dreams Come True (Chinese: 在成都，成就每一个梦想)
Nations	TBA
Athletes	TBA
Sport	18
Events	268
Opening	28 July 2023
Closing	8 August 2023
Opened by	President Xi Jinping (expected)
Main venue	Dong'an Lake Sports Center

The 2021 Summer Universiade (Chinese: 2021年夏季世界大学生运动会), the XXXI Summer World University Games, commonly known as the Chengdu 2023 FISU World University Games, is a upcoming multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), scheduled to be held from 28 July to 8 August, 2023 and will Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China as main host city (as the diving and judo events will be held on Sports and Culture Center of the neighbour Jianyang County).These will be the fourth edition of the Games to be hosted by China (Beijing host the Summer Games in 2001,Harbin the Winter Games in 2009 and Shenzhen the summer games in 2011), and the first edition to be branded under the "Summer World University Games" title rather than "Summer Universiade".

The Games were originally scheduled for the period from 16—27 August 2021. On 2 April 2021, it was announced that the Games would be postponed by one year to 2022 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and a the clash of dates with the 2020 Summer Olympics with scheduling to be announced at a later date. The Games were planned to continue to be branded as Chengdu 2021. In May 2021, FISU confirmed that the Games had been rescheduled for the 26th June to 7th July 2022 period. On 6 May 2022, FISU announced that the Games had been postponed again to 2023 due to COVID-19 concerns; the Games will effectively replace the 2023 Summer World University Games in Yekaterinburg, whose rights to host the Games had been stripped due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Host selection

On 1 September 2014, FISU opened bids for the 2021 Winter and Summer Universiades.Bucharest, Romania and Santiago de Cali, Colombia announced intents to submit bids for the Summer Universiade.Also,Ashgabat, Turkmenistan was offered to host the Games using the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games venues,but due the size the event declined. On 14 October 2018, it was reported that the FISU had proposed a joint bid between Seoul, South Korea and Pyongyang, North Korea, during a meeting between Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon and the FISU's secretary-general Eric Saintrond.

On 13 December 2018, it was reported that a representative of Chengdu, China had signed a "pre-attribution contract" with the FISU at a meeting of its steering committee in Braga, Portugal. On 1 March 2019 prior to the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Chengdu was officially announced at the host of the 2021 Summer Universiade.

Venues

The following are the venues of the 2021 Summer World University Games:

Dong'an Lake Sports Center

• Dong'an Lake Stadium - Opening ceremonies
• Dong'an Lake Arena – Gymnastics (Artistic) and Closing Ceremonies
• Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Centre – Swimming and Water Polo (finals)
  

  Dong'an Lake Stadium
  

  Dong'an Lake Sports Complex

Shuangliu District

• Shuangliu Modern Pentathlon Centre – Archery and Water polo (preliminares)
• Shuangliu Stadium – Athletics
• Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium – Badminton
• Sichuan International Tennis Centre – Tennis

Xindu District

• Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium -Water polo

Wuhou District

• Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium -Basketball
• Sichuan University Gymnasium -Basketball

Jinniu District

• Fenghuangshan Arena – Basketball
• Chengbei Gymnasium – Wushu
  

  Fenghuangshan Arena

Pidu District

• Pidu Sports Centre Natatorium – Fencing
• Xihua University Gymnasium - – Volleyball

Longquanyi District

• Chengdu Sport University Gymnasium – Gymnastics (Rhythmic)

Xinjin District

• Sichuan Water Sports School – Rowing

Qingbaijiang District

• Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium – Basketball

Wenjiang District

• Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wenjiang Campus Gymnasium – Basketball and Volleyball
• Sichuan Vocational and Technical College of Communications Hongyi Gymnasium- Volleyball

Jinjiang District

• Sichuan Water Sports School – Rowing
• Jinjiang International Event Centre – Basketball

Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone

• Chengdu High-tech Sports Centre – Table tennis
• Southwest Jiaotong University Xipu Campus Gymnasium – Volleyball
• University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium – Basketball

Qingyang District

• Sichuan Normal University, Wanjiang Campus Gymnasium – Taekwondo
• Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Guanghua Campus Gymnasium- Volleyball

Jianyang County

• Cultural and Sports Centre Gymnasium – Judo
• Cultural and Sports Centre Natatorium – Diving

Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony is scheduled to 28 July 2023 at brand new Dong'an Lake Stadium.Along the opening rites and the parade of nations,as the raising of the FISU and the and the oaths of athletes, coaches and judges.A display of Sichuan Province cultural traditions and the lighting of the knowlegde flame were also scheduled to be held.

Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony will be held on 8 August 2023 at Dong'an Lake Arena. It will feature the closing rites, the handover of the FISU flag and symbols to Rhine-Ruhr,in Germany the host of the next edition in 2025 and the extingushing of the World University Games (or the light of knowledge) flame.

Sports

Because of the creation of the FISU University Football World Cup in 2019, the sport will no longer be part of the Summer World University Games program starting at that year. With this change, the number of compulsory sports will be kept at fifteen, since the place will be occupied by badminton which after five editions as an optional sport turned a compulsory sport.

Marketing

Motto

The official motto of the games is Chengdu Makes Dreams Come True or 在成都，成就每一个梦想; zài Chéngdū, chéngjiù měiyī gè mèngxiǎng in Chinese.

Logo

Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament

The logo of the World University Games in Chengdu draws inspiration from the sunbird, a symbol of ancient Sichuan culture and also from the letter 'U' that stands for university sports.

Mascot

The mascot "Rong Bao" (Chinese: 蓉宝), a Giant panda, was unveiled on 30 December 2019. "蓉" stands for Chengdu and "宝" means baby.

Schedule

The original schedule was published on 26 August 2021. However, the FISU announced on 6 May 2022 that the Games had been rescheduled for 2023, so the schedule has been adjusted accordingly.

All times and dates use China Standard Time (UTC+8)

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

July/August		27 Thu	28 Fri	29 Sat	30 Sun	31 Mon	1 Tue	2 Wed	3 Thu	4 Fri	5 Sat	6 Sun	7 Mon	8 Tue	Events
Ceremonies			OC											CC
Aquatics
	Diving			2	1	1	3	2	1	1	4				15
	Swimming			4	6	5	7	5	7	8					42
	Water polo	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Archery						●	●	●	6	4					10
Athletics							2	6	10	7	11	14			50
Badminton					●	●	●	1		●	●	●	5		6
Basketball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Fencing				2	2	2	2	2	2						12
Gymnastics
	Artistic					●	1	1	2	10					14
	Rhythmic			●	2	6									8
Judo						5	4	5	2						16
Rowing							●	●	15						15
Shooting				4	4	2	6	2							18
Table tennis				●	●	●	2	●	1	2	2				7
Taekwondo				2	3	4	4	4	4	2					23
Tennis				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2	5			7
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Wushu				3	3	4	10								20
Daily medal events		0	0	17	21	29	41	28	50	34	20	21	7	1	269
Cumulative total		0	0	17	38	67	108	136	186	220	240	261	268	269

Participating nations

Non-participating countries

Banned countries

Both Belarus and Russia are banned from the games due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Belarus
• Russia

See also

• Previous Universiades celebrated in China
  • 2001 Summer Universiade - Beijing
  • 2009 Winter Universiade - Harbin
  • 2011 Summer Universiade - Shenzhen
• Other international multi-sport events held or set to be held in China in 2023
  • 2022 Asian Games - Hangzhou

External links

• Universiade Chengdu 2021