The 2027 FISU Summer World University Games, officially as the XXXIII Summer World University Games and also known as Chungcheong 2027, is a multi-sport event scheduled from 1 to 12 August 2027 in the cities of the historical Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The region was confirmed as the host for the games on 12 November 2022.[1] This will be the third time in the history that the event will be held in South Korea as the most recent time was the 2015 Summer Universiade held in Gwangju.
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| Host city | Chungcheong Region, South Korea |
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| Motto | With U, With Heart |
| Edition | 33rd |
| Sport | 242 in 18 sports |
| Opening | 1 August |
| Closing | 12 August |
| Opened by | President of South Korea (expected) |
| Torch lighter | TBA |
| Main venue | Daejeon World Cup Stadium |
| Website | chungcheong2027 |
Bidding process
editChungcheong Region and North Carolina (United States) were the candidates in the running to host the 2027 edition. Chungcheong was selected on 12 November 2022 at the FISU executive committee in Brussels, Belgium.[2]
Sports
editIn addition to the 15 compulsory sports, the organizing committee could choose up to three more respecting the infrastructure and local demands.The bid committee proposed rowing and sailing as optional sports. This will be the third time in a row that rowing has been chosen as an optional sport, as it was in Chengdu 2021, while sailing was planned to return after for the first time since Napoli 2019[3] Despite this, infrastructure issues led to changes in plans and the Organizing Committee reviewed its planning in 2024, and decided that, in respect with local demands and the coasts, maintained rowing and replace sailing and football (which was excluded from the program in 2020) in 2021 with golf (who return after the Taipei 2017), while sailing was planned to return after for the first time since Napoli 2019 and beach volleyball, which it remains in this status for two consecutive editions.[4]
- Aquatics
Diving (13) ()
Swimming (42) ()
Water polo (2) ()
Archery (10) ()
Athletics (51) ()
Badminton (6) ()- Basketball
Basketball (2) ()
Fencing (12) ()
Golf (4) ()
Gymnastics ()
- Artistic gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
Judo (15) ()
Rowing (14) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (23) ()
Tennis (7) ()- Volleyball
Beach volleyball (2) ()
Volleyball (2) ()
References
edit- ^ "Chungcheong Megacity announced as host of 2027 FISU World University Games Summer". FISU. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Chungcheong Megacity awarded 2027 FISU World University Games". InsideTheGames. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Rhine-Ruhr and Turin confirmed as 2025 World University Games hosts". www.insidethegames.biz. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Sports". www.chungcheon2027.com. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.