2013 Winter Universiade

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
Closing ceremony December 21, 2013
Officially opened by President Ugo Rossi
Torch Lighter Franco Nones
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. This was the first time in a Winter Universiade was happened after the Summer Universiade on same year and in the end of the year and missing two months for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Originally, it was planned to take place in Maribor, Slovenia in late January and early February,[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 city of Maribor (Slovenia) was the only one bidding city for the event. On May 31, 2008, Maribor won the right to host the event, but later withdrew.

After the FISU revoke the rights of Maribor, began secret negotiations with the region of Trentino that, for financial reasons, withdrawn the bidding of 2017 Winter Universiade. Two weeks after the resignation, negotiations were completed and so Trentino was formalized as host region.The factor that gives a boom for the negotiations was the fact that their infrastructure was ready and did not need improvement works.[5]

Venues

The following venues have been named to host the various events at the 2013 Winter Universiade:[6]

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 skiing not

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

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.[7]

Participants

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)

Medal table

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue.

Final medal tally[8]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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
18 United States 1 1 2 4
20 Hungary 1 1 1 3
20 Norway 1 1 1 3
22 Netherlands 1 0 1 2
23 Spain 1 0 0 1
23 Monaco 1 0 0 1
23 New Zealand 1 0 0 1
26 Belarus 0 1 1 2
26 Germany 0 1 1 2
28 Azerbaijan 0 1 0 1
28 Great Britain 0 1 0 1
30 Australia 0 0 1 1
30 Lithuania 0 0 1 1
30 Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
Total 79 78 77 234

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2013 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:[9]

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals EG Exhibition gala CC Closing 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

References

  1. ↑ Universiades for 2013 attributed
  2. ↑ "Kresanje mnenj o univerzijadi" [Clash of Opinions About the Universiade]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 19 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Mariboru odvzeli univerzijado" [Universiade Taken Away from Maribor]. Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 6 March 2012.
  4. ↑ 2013 Universiade moved
  5. ↑ [=http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-moves-2013-Winter-Universiade-away-from-Maribor-to-Trentino-to-safeguard-the-26th-Edition-2644.html?idProduit=2180]
  6. ↑ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – Sport venues". events.unitn.it. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – The Universiade". http://events.unitn.it/. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  8. ↑ Trentino 2013 Medal Tally Page
  9. ↑ "XXVI Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 – Competition Schedule". universiadetrentino.org. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

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