2013 Winter Universiade

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XXVI Winter Universiade

The official logo for the 2013 Winter Universiade
Host city Trentino
Nations participating 51
Athletes participating 1,725
Events 79 in 12 sports
Opening ceremony December 11, 2013 (2013-12-11)
Closing ceremony December 21, 2013 (2013-12-21)
Officially opened by President Ugo Rossi
Main venue Trento Dome Square/Stadio del Ghiaccio de Gianmario Scola
Website www.universiadetrentino.org

The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy, between 11 to 21 December 2013. Originally, it was planned take place in Maribor, Slovenia,[1] but the Government of Slovenia overturned its decision to partially fund the project due to financial problems in February 2012.[2] In March 2012, the International University Sports Federation decided that it would organise the Universiade elsewhere.[3]

FISU officially announced that the Trentino region of Italy would host the event.[4]

Bid selection

The cities of Maribor, Slovenia, Granada, Spain, Oslo, Norway, Changchun, China and Chuncheon City, South Korea were in contention for the Games. On May 31, 2008, Maribor won the right to host the event, but withdrew.

After Maribor's withdrawal, the cities of Trentino, Italy, Vancouver, Canada and Innsbruck, Austria were in contention for the Games. In March 2012, Trentino won the right to host the event.

The Games

Sports

The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. The two optional sports chosen for the 2013 Winter Universiade were freestyle skiing and speed skating.[5]

Participating nations

Following is a list of nations that entered athletes at the Universiade:

  • Australia (21)
  • Austria (32)
  • Azerbaijan (3)
  • Belarus (18)
  • Belgium (9)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)
  • Brazil (1)
  • Bulgaria (12)
  • Canada (106)
  • China (58)
  • Croatia (10)
  • Czech Republic (71)
  • Estonia (14)
  • Finland (34)
  • France (35)
  • Georgia (2)
  • Germany (26)
  • Great Britain (55)
  • Hong Kong (1)
  • Hungary (17)
  • India (10)
  • Iran (3)
  • Italy (101) (host)
  • Japan (119)
  • Kazakhstan (54)
  • South Korea (70)
  • Latvia (28)
  • Lithuania (6)
  • Macedonia (2)
  • Mexico (2)
  • Monaco (1)
  • Mongolia (4)
  • Netherlands (13)
  • New Zealand (7)
  • Norway (34)
  • Poland (85)
  • Russia (184)
  • San Marino (1)
  • Serbia (9)
  • Slovakia (47)
  • Slovenia (34)
  • South Africa (1)
  • Spain (31)
  • Sweden (58)
  • Switzerland (57)
  • Chinese Taipei (6)
  • Thailand (1)
  • Turkey (27)
  • Ukraine (92)
  • United States (106)

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2013 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:[6]

OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals EGExhibition gala CCClosing ceremony
December 10
Tue		 11
Wed		 12
Thu		 13
Fri		 14
Sat		 15
Sun		 16
Mon		 17
Tue		 18
Wed		 19
Thu		 20
Fri		 21
Sat		 Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Alpine skiing 2 1 1 1 1 4 10
Biathlon 2 2 2 1 2 9
Cross-country skiing 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 11
Curling ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Figure skating ● 1 1 1 1/EG 5
Freestyle skiing 2 2 4
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Nordic combined 1 1 1 3
Speed skating 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Short track speed skating 2 2 4 8
Ski jumping 2 1 1 1 5
Snowboarding ● 2 2 ● 2 ● 2 8
Total events 5 9 10 9 3 8 10 6 15 4 79
Cumulative total 5 14 24 33 36 44 54 60 75 79
December 10
Tue		 11
Wed		 12
Thu		 13
Fri		 14
Sat		 15
Sun		 16
Mon		 17
Tue		 18
Wed		 19
Thu		 20
Fri		 21
Sat		 Events

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Final medal tally.[7]

1 Russia 15 16 19 50
2 Poland 10 10 3 23
3 South Korea 8 9 7 24
4 China 5 2 3 10
5 Czech Republic 4 3 6 13
6 Italy 3 5 5 13
7 France 3 4 1 8
8 Ukraine 3 3 3 9
9 Finland 3 2 3 8
10 Austria 3 2 1 6
11 Japan 3 1 4 8
12 Serbia 3 0 1 4
13 Canada 2 3 3 8
14 Slovakia 2 3 0 5
15 Kazakhstan 2 2 1 5
16 Switzerland 1 3 4 8
17 Sweden 1 2 1 4
18 Slovenia 1 1 2 4
United States 1 1 2 4
20 Hungary 1 1 1 3
Norway 1 1 1 3
22 Netherlands 1 0 1 2
23 Spain 1 0 0 1
Monaco 1 0 0 1
New Zealand 1 0 0 1
26 Belarus 0 1 1 2
Germany 0 1 1 2
28 Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
Great Britain 0 1 0 1
30 Australia 0 0 1 1
Lithuania 0 0 1 1
Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
Total 79 78 77 234

Venues

The following venues have been named to host the various events at the 2013 Winter Universiade:[8]

Baselga di Pinè

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Stadio del Ghiaccio Speed skating 5,000
Rink del Ghiaccio di Baselga di Pinè Curling 1,802

Monte Bondone

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Pista Canalon, Monte Bondone Snowboarding (parallel giant slalom) not
Pista Lavanman, Monte Bondone Snowboarding (snowboard cross), freestyle skiing (ski cross) not
Snowpark di Monte Bondone Snowboarding, freestyle skiingnot

Pergine Valsugana

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Pergine Valsugana Ghiaccio Hall Ice hockey (women's) 1,802

Trento

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Trento Ghiaccio Arena Figure skating, short track 2,160
Piazza Duomo, Trento Opening ceremony, medal plaza not

Val di Fassa

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Alloch Piste, Pozza di Fassa Alpine skiing (slalom/giant slalom) not
Nuova Cima Uomo, Passo San Pellegrino - Moena Alpine skiing (super-G/downhill) not
Stadio del Ghiaccio "Gianmario Scola" (Ice stadium), Canazei Ice hockey (men's), closing ceremonies 1,500
Piaz de Sotegrava - Moena Medal plaza not

Val di Fiemme

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Stadio del Fondo di Lago di Tesero, Tesero Biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (XC) 8,000
Stadio del Salto "Giuseppe Dal Ben" di Predazzo, Predazzo Nordic combined (SJ), ski jumping 12,000
Stadio del Ghiaccio di Cavalese, Cavalese Ice hockey (men's) 1,600
Piazza Santi Apostoli Filippo e Giacomo, Predazzo Medal plaza not

References

  1. ↑ Universiades for 2013 attributed
  2. ↑ "Kresanje mnenj o univerzijadi" [Clash of Opinions About the Universiade]. Delo.si (in Slovene). 19 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Mariboru odvzeli univerzijado" [Universiade Taken Away from Maribor]. Slovenske novice (in Slovene). 6 March 2012. 
  4. ↑ 2013 Universiade moved
  5. ↑ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – The Universiade". http://events.unitn.it/. Retrieved 7 June 2013. 
  6. ↑ "XXVI Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 – Competition Schedule". universiadetrentino.org. Retrieved 7 June 2013. 
  7. ↑ Trentino 2013 Medal Tally Page
  8. ↑ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – Sport venues". events.unitn.it. Retrieved 11 November 2012. 

External links

Summer Universiade
Winter Universiade
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