) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = 220 , Sports = 18 , Opening ceremony = 3 July , Closing ceremony = 14 July , Officially opened by = President Sergio Mattarella , Athlete's Oath = Luca Zini , Judge's Oath = Silvia Store , Torch Lighter =

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& Lorenzo Insigne , stadium = Stadio San Paolo , SpreviousS = Taipei 2017 , SnextS = Chengdu 2021 , Sprevious = Krasnoyarsk 2019 , Snext =

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The 2019 Summer Universiade ( it, 2019 Universiade estiva), officially known as the XXX Summer Universiade ( it, XXX Universiade estiva) and also known as Napoli 2019, was held in Naples, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019. It was initially scheduled for Brasília, Brazil in July 2019. However, on 23 December 2014, it was confirmed that Brasília had withdrawn from hosting the event, citing financial problems. International University Sports Federation decided to reopen the bidding process after the withdrawal.

Host selection

On 14 June 2012, the then- Brazilian Minister of Sports,

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, and the president of CBDU (''Confederação Brasileira do Desporto Universitário''), Luciano Cabral, announced that after the failed bid by Brazil for the

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, they would bid again for the 2019 Summer Universiade. Brazil's capital Brasília was appointed as the bid city again after it lost in 2017 to Taipei. Brazil previously hosted the Summer Universiade once in

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in Porto Alegre. On 11 December 2012, Azad Rahimov, the Youth and Sports Minister of Azerbaijan, announced that after the country won the rights to host the first European Games in 2015, they would bid to host the 2019 Summer Universiade. The attempt was the first time that Azerbaijan placed a bid for the Universiade.

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would represent the country as the bid city. On 31 January 2013, Miklós Tóth, the vice-chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, announced that Hungary would make a bid for the 2019 or

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with the aid of Alfréd Hajós' Plan (''Hajós Alfréd Terv''). Budapest previously hosted the

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and was confirmed as the bid city on 19 February 2013. On 3 April 2013, FISU officially confirmed three candidate cities: *

, Azerbaijan * Brasilia, Brazil * Budapest, Hungary On 31 October 2013, Baku officially withdrew from the bidding process for the 2019 Summer Universiade, citing that the city will be busy with other sporting events in the period of 2015–2017 with the

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and the

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. On 8 November 2013, Budapest withdrew because the city could not afford the costs of the event, leaving Brasilia as the only bidding city. On 9 November 2013, FISU nominated Brasilia as host city of the 2019 Summer Universiade. On 5 March 2016, FISU reattributed the 2019 Universiade to Naples, Italy.

Venues

The Organising committee plans to involve already existed sports facilities after their renovation. ; Naples venues * Stadio San Paolo – ceremonies and athletics *PalaVesuvio – Artistic gymnastics and

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– Basketball * Mostra d'Oltremare – Diving, Judo and

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*Ex Born – Rugby sevens *Circolo del Remo and Vela Italia – Sailing * Felice Scandone pool – Swimming *Tennis and Caracciolo boardwalk – Tennis ;

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venues *

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–

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* Palasport Del Mauro – Basketball ; Baronissi venues * University Sports Center CUS Salerno – Fencing ; Caserta venues * Royal Palace of Caserta –

* Stadio Alberto Pinto –

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*Swimming Stadium – Swimming ;

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venues *

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– Volleyball

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held at Stadio San Paolo and ran from 21:00 to 00:20 Central European Summer Time including a special performance by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.

Marketing

Logo

The logo of the games was an image of Mount Vesuvius, a somma-

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located on the Gulf of Naples which was remodeled into five chromatic trails of both the Olympics and Universiade that resembles a race track. The lines meeting at the top and ending with a puff of multicoloured smoke symbolise different people’s involvement with a unique objective of sharing and contributing to development, progress, solidarity, and coexistence.

Mascot

The mascot of the games was a Siren named "Partenope", which was designed by Melania Acanfora, young Neapolitan student of the “Accademia delle Belle Arti” (Academy of Fine Arts). The Mascot is described as a gymnast with her fish tail that could be transformed into scaly legs which allow her to run, jump, dance, just as a real athlete. In the opening ceremony, Mariafelicia Carraturo interpreted the mascot.

Sports

* Aquatics ** ** ** * * * * * * ** Artistic gymnastics (14) **

(8) * * * * * * * *

Participants

''in order of appearance, Parade of Nations'':

Schedule

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 14 July 2019 at the Stadio San Paolo and ran from 21:00 to 23:20 Central European Summer Time. The closing ceremony featuring the handover of the FISU flag to the Chinese city of

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as the host city of the

. Along with the FISU, protocol the ceremony had the performances by rapper

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, singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2019 runner-up Mahmood and Austrian DJ Sonic Snares.

Medal table

References

External links

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