The 2021 Summer Universiade ( zh, 2021年夏季世界大学生运动会), the XXXI Summer World University Games, commonly known as the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games, is a multi-sport event sanctioned by the

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(FISU), scheduled to be held from 28 July to 8 August 2023 in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

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. These will be the third edition of the Games to be hosted by China, and the second edition to be branded under the "World University Games" title rather than "Universiade". The Games were originally scheduled 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

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, with scheduling to be announced at a later date. The Games will continue to be branded as ''Chengdu 2021''. In May 2021, FISU confirmed that the Games had been rescheduled for June 2022. 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

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, whose rights to host the Games had been stripped due to the

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Host selection

On 1 September 2014, FISU opened bids for the 2021 Winter and Summer Universiades.

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, Romania and Santiago de Cali,

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announced intents to submit bids for the Summer Universiade. Turkmenistan was offered to host the Games, but declined. On 14 October 2018, it was reported that the FISU had proposed a joint bid between

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and

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, during a meeting between

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Park Won-soon and the FISU's secretary-general Eric Saintrond. On 13 December 2018, it was reported that a representative of

, China had signed a "pre-attribution contract" with the FISU at a meeting of its steering committee in

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. On 1 March 2019 prior to the Winter Universiade in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

, 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 Dongan may refer to: People * Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dongan * Dongan Baronets, in the Baronetage of Ireland Dungan people, a Muslim population of Chinese origin living in central Asia Places Yunfu City (), Guangdong, Chin ...
Sports Complex

Dong'an Lake Stadium Dongan may refer to: People *Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dongan *Dongan Baronets, in the Baronetage of Ireland *Dungan people, a Muslim population of Chinese origin living in central Asia Places *Yunfu City (), Guangdong, China. ...

- Opening and closing ceremonies * Multi-Purpose Gymnasium –

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

(Artistic) *Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Centre – Swimming

Shuangliu District

*Shuangliu Modern Pentathlon Centre –

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

and

Water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

*Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium –

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

* Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium –

Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

Sichuan International Tennis Centre Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of th ...

–

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Xindu District

*Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre Natatorium -

Wuhou District

* Sichuan Gymnasium -

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

* Sichuan University Gymnasium -

Jinniu District Jinniu District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It is bordered by Chenghua District to the east, Qingyang District to the southwest, Pi County to the north ...

*Fenghuangshan Arena –

* Chengbei Gymnasium –

Wushu Wushu may refer to: Martial arts * Chinese martial arts, the various martial arts of China * Wushu (sport), a modern exhibition of traditional Chinese martial arts * Wushu stances, five key stances utilized in both contemporary wushu and traditio ...

Pidu District

* Pidu Sports Centre Natatorium –

Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

Xihua University Xihua University (西华大学: "XHU（West China University)) is a public comprehensive university located in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Approved by the State Ministry of Education, Xihua University (XHU) was founded on April 16, 2003, f ...

Gymnasium - –

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Longquanyi District

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Gymnasium –

(Rhythmic)

Xinjin District

*Sichuan Water Sports School – Rowing

Qingbaijiang District Qingbaijiang District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, covering parts of the northeastern suburbs. It borders the prefecture-level city of Deyang Deyang ( ...

* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium –

Wenjiang District Wenjiang District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, covering part of the western suburbs. It is bordered by Qingyang District to the east, Shuangliu County t ...

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Wenjiang Campus Gymnasium –

and

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Hongyi Gymnasium-

Jinjiang District Jinjiang District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It is bordered by Longquanyi District to the east, Shuangliu County to the south, Wuhou District to the w ...

* Sichuan Water Sports School – Rowing *

Jinjiang International Event Centre __NOTOC__ Jinjiang may refer to the following locations in China: * Jinjiang District (锦江区), Chengdu, Sichuan * Jinjiang, Fujian (晋江市) Shanghai * Jinjiang Action Park (锦江乐园) ** Jinjiang Park Station (锦江乐园站), on Sh ...

–

Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

* Chengdu High-tech Sports Centre –

Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University () is located in national central city Chengdu, Sichuan Province, affiliated to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It's a national key university co-supported by the Ministry of Education o ...

Xipu Campus Gymnasium –

* University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium –

Qingyang District Qingyang District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It is bordered by Jinniu District to the northeast, Jinjiang District to the southeast, Wuhou District t ...

Sichuan Normal University Sichuan Normal University (SICNU; ) is the oldest normal university (teacher's college) located in Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronu ...

, Wanjiang Campus Gymnasium – Taekwondo * Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Guanghua Campus Gymnasium-

Jianyang City Jianyang () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Situated only 48 kilometers south east of the city center (urban districts) of Chengdu, Jianyang is administ ...

* Cultural and Sports Centre Gymnasium –

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* Cultural and Sports Centre Natatorium –

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

Sports

Because of the creation of the

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in 2019, the sport will no longer be part of the Summer

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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. *

Aquatics Aquatics may refer to: *Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming *Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...

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

Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coord ...

(8) * * * * * * * *

Marketing

Motto

The official motto of the games is Chengdu Makes Dreams Come True or in

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Logo

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" (), a

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, was unveiled on 30 December 2019. "蓉" stands for Chengdu and "宝" means baby.

Schedule

Participating nations

The

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ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty WADA had placed on Russia. The ruling allowed Russia to participate in the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as a "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team." The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation. On 19 February 2021, it was announced that

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will compete under the acronym "ROC" at the

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and

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after the name of the

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, although the name of the committee itself in full could not be used to refer to the delegation and this penalty was expanded for the all affiliated events with the

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. After this, Russia would be represented by the flag of the Russian University Sports Federation. It was expected that Russia would host the 2023 games in

Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrat ...

. However, on 12 March 2022, the FISU Steering Committee issued a statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and decided to ban athletes and officials from Russia and

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from participating or hosting events until the end of 2022.

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announced that it will not participate in the Universiade on 11 February 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

announced on 28 February 2022 that it will not participate in the Universiade due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

announced that it would not participate in the Universiade on 11 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Notes

References

External links

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