2013 Winter Universiade

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XXVI Winter Universiade
XXVI Universiade invernale
President Ugo Rossi
Torch lighterFranco Nones
Main venueTrento Dome Square
Stadio del Ghiaccio de Gianmario Scola
Websitewww.universiadetrentino.org
Winter
Summer

The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter

Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino
, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013.

This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade in same the 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]

The motto of the event was "Inspired by U". The torch, made by the Department of Industrial Engineering of the

gentian with five petals in the shape of a ski, with colors that recall the Olympic colors and the five stars of the universes. It was officially lit by Pope Francis in Rome on 6 November 2013.[5]

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 revoked the rights of Maribor, they began secret negotiations with the region of Trentino that, for financial reasons, had withdrawn their bid to host the 2017 Winter Universiade. Two weeks after the resignation of Maribor, negotiations were completed and Trentino was formalized as the new host region. The factor that gave a boom for the negotiations was the fact that their infrastructure was ready and did not need improvement works.Some of venues will be used during the 2026 Winter Olympics.[6]

Venues

The following venues have been named to host the various events at the 2013 Winter Universiade:[7]

Baselga di Piné

Ice Rink Piné
Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Stadio del Ghiaccio Speed skating 5,000
Stadio del ghiaccio 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
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

Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben
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", 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.[8]

Participants

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (

Australia0011 Chinese Taipei0011 Lithuania
0011Totals (32 entries)797877234

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2013 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:[10]

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 Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
  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. ^ "Papa Francesco ha acceso la fiaccola delle Universiadi". Trentino Corriere Alpi. 2013-11-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  6. ^ [=http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-moves-2013-Winter-Universiade-away-from-Maribor-to-Trentino-to-safeguard-the-26th-Edition-2644.html?idProduit=2180 Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today]
  7. ^ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – Sport venues". events.unitn.it. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – The Universiade". events.unitn.it. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  9. ^ Trentino 2013 Medal Tally Page
  10. ^ "XXVI Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 – Competition Schedule" (PDF). universiadetrentino.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

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