XXXIII Summer Universiade
XXXIII 하계 유니버시아드
Host cityChungcheong Province, South Korea
MottoStep, Jump, Leap
(Korean: 스텝, 점프, 도약, romanized: Seuteb, Jeompeu, Doyag)
Edition33rd
Teams33
SportTBA in 17 sports
Opening1 August 2027
Closing12 August 2027
Opened byPresident of South Korea (expected)
Torch lighterTBA
Main venueDaejeon World Cup Stadium (opening ceremonies)
Sejong Stadium (closing ceremonies)
Websitewww.2027chungcheong.com

The 2027 FISU Summer World University Games, known also as the XXXIII Summer World University Games, or the 33rd Summer Universiade, and commonly known as Chungcheong 2027, is a multi-sport event scheduled from 1 to 12 August 2027 in Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The province was confirmed as the host city for the games on 12 November 2022.[1] This will be the fourth time in the history that the event will be held in South Korea after being held for the third time after the most recent 2015 Summer Universiade held in Gwangju.

Bidding process

Chungcheong and North Carolina (United States) were the candidates in the running to host the 2027 edition. Chungcheong was selected on 12 November 2022 at the FISU executive committee in Brussels, Belgium.[2]

Sports

In addition to the 15 mandatory sports, the organizing committee could choose up to three more respecting the infrastructure and local demands.The bid committee proposed rowing and sailing as optional sports. This will be the third time in a row that rowing has been chosen as an optional sport, as it was in Chengdu 2021, while sailing returns after for the first time since Napoli 2019[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Chungcheong Megacity announced as host of 2027 FISU World University Games Summer". FISU. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Chungcheong Megacity awarded 2027 FISU World University Games". InsideTheGames. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rhine-Ruhr and Turin confirmed as 2025 World University Games hosts". www.insidethegames.biz. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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