) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = 220 , Sports = 18 , Opening ceremony = 3 July , Closing ceremony = 14 July , Officially opened by =

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, Athlete's Oath = Luca Zini , Judge's Oath = Silvia Store , Torch Lighter = Carlotta Ferlito & Lorenzo Insigne , stadium =

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, SpreviousS = Taipei 2017 , SnextS = Chengdu 2021 , Sprevious = Krasnoyarsk 2019 , Snext = Lake Placid 2023 The 2019 Summer Universiade ( it, 2019 Universiade estiva), officially known as the XXX Summer

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( it, XXX Universiade estiva) and also known as Napoli 2019, was held in

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, Italy, between 3 and 14 July 2019. It was initially scheduled for

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in July 2019. However, on 23 December 2014, it was confirmed that Brasília had withdrawn from hosting the event, citing financial problems.

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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''),

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, 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

was appointed as the bid city again after it lost in 2017 to

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

previously hosted the Summer Universiade once in

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. On 11 December 2012,

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, the Youth and Sports Minister of Azerbaijan, announced that after the country won the rights to host the first

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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

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, announced that

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would make a bid for the 2019 or 2021 Summer Universiade with the aid of Alfréd Hajós' Plan (''Hajós Alfréd Terv'').

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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 *

, 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. ;

venues *

– ceremonies and

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*PalaVesuvio –

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and

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 ...

PalaBarbuto PalaBarbuto, also known by its sponsorship name of PalaEldo, is an indoor sporting arena located in Naples, Italy. The facility is located in ''Viale Giochi del Mediterraneo'', in close proximity to the Olympic swimming pool Piscina Felice Sca ...

–

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– Diving,

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and

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*Ex Born – Rugby sevens *Circolo del Remo and Vela Italia –

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ...

* Felice Scandone pool –

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

*Tennis and Caracciolo boardwalk –

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;

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venues *

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–

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* Palasport Del Mauro –

; Baronissi venues * University Sports Center CUS Salerno –

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;

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venues *

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–

* Stadio Alberto Pinto –

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*Swimming Stadium –

;

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venues * PalaSele –

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Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held at

and ran from 21:00 to 00:20

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including a special performance by Italian tenor

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Marketing

Logo

The logo of the games was an image of

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, a somma-

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located on the

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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 ** ** ** * * * * * * **

(14) **

(8) * * * * * * * *

Participants

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

Schedule

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 14 July 2019 at the

and ran from 21:00 to 23:20

. The closing ceremony featuring the handover of the FISU flag to the Chinese city of

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese provin ...

as the host city of the 2021 Summer Universiade. Along with the FISU, protocol the ceremony had the performances by rapper

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, singer and

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runner-up Mahmood and Austrian DJ Sonic Snares.

Medal table

References

External links

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