2025 Winter World University Games
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The 2025 FISU Winter World University Games, also known as the XXXII Winter World University Games, or the 32nd Winter Universiade, and commonly known as Turin 2025 or Torino 2025, is a multi-sport event scheduled from Jan. 13-23, 2025, in Turin, Italy. The Piedmontese capital was confirmed as the host city for the games on 15 May 2021.[1] This will be the 12th time in the history that the event will be held in Italy after occurring for the seventh time after the most recent 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples.
The 2025 FISU Winter World University Games will be the first World University Games event to feature para-athletes and para-sport events, alongside the existing able-bodied events as part of FISU’s long-term strategy of inclusiveness and social sustainability.[2][3]
Bidding process
On July 6, 2020, representatives from the
The other three countries that announced their intentions to host the event are Lucerne in Switzerland after the 2021 Winter Universiade was cancelled, and a joint bid from Finland and Sweden, led by Stockholm as main host.[6]
Sports
The sports program at the 2025 FISU Winter Games features 9 compulsory sports and 2 optional sports (ski mountaineering and ski orienteering).
Among several options and studies, the Organizing Committee chose only 2 optional sports in this edition. Ski mountaineering which will debut at the Games, and ski orienteering, which came back after a 4-year hiatus.These two sports were not on the original list presented to FISU during the bidding period, but given the demands of the institution itself and host region, FISU accepted the proposal during the
The 11 sports of the Torino 2025 Games are divided into 6 venues, shared by the Metropolitan City of Turin and Piedmont.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. This number does not consider the parasport events
Alpine skiing (9) ()
Biathlon (9) ()
Cross-country skiing (11) ()
Curling (2) ()
Figure skating (3) ()
Freestyle skiing (6) ()
Ice hockey (2) ()
Short track speed skating (9) ()
Ski orienteering (7) ()
Ski mountaineering (5) ()
Snowboarding (10) ()
References
- ^ Davide Petrizzelli (15 May 2021). "Accettata la candidatura: le Universiadi invernali 2025 si terranno a Torino". TorinoToday. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Torino 2025, the first Universiade without barriers: Para-athletes at the starting gate of the FISU Games". wugtorino2025.com. 14 November 2023.
- ^ "The Torino 2025 World University Games Winter: the historic first Universiade open to para-student athletes". insidethegames.biz. 14 November 2023.
- ^ Leonardo di Paco (6 July 2020). "A Torino le Universiadi invernali del 2025". La Stampa. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Universiadi, il ministro Spadafora sta con Torino: Fermo sostegno alla candidatura". La Repubblica. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Mariachiara Giacosa (15 May 2021). "Universiadi, Torino batte Stoccolma e si aggiudica i Giochi invernali studenteschi del 2025". La Repubblica. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
