2025 Winter World University Games

Multi-sport event in Turin, Italy

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XXXII Winter Universiade
XXXII Universiade invernale

Host city| Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Motto| Piemonte land of sport, Piemonte terra di sport
Edition| 32nd
Teams| TBA
Events| 72 in 11 sports
Opening| 13 January 2025
Closing| 23 January 2025
Opened by| President Sergio Mattarella (expected)
Torch lighter| TBA
Main venue| Pala Alpitour
Website| wugtorino2025.com

<- 2023 Lake Placid

2027 TBA ->

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[edit]

On July 6, 2020, representatives from the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont Region, University of Turin, Polytechnic of Turin, CUSI Turin, EDISU and University of Eastern Piedmont formally announced their candidature to host the 2025 games.[4] The bid, known as "Torino 2025," included intentions to host para-sports events, in tandem with the 2025 Winter Special Olympics. The Italian government's Minister of Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora, confirmed his strong support for the candidature on July 7, 2020.[5] The city has hosted the 1959 and 1970 Summer Universiades, the 2007 Winter Universiade, the 2006 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and has a tradition of hosting international sporting events. The capital Rome hosted the Games in 1975, while Sicily hosted it in 1997, replacing Milan and Naples in 2019. The neighboring Sestriere hosted the 1966 Games and acted as sub-site in 2007, Livigno in Sondrio Province, the 1975 Winter Games. In 1985, it was the turn of the resort of Belluno at Veneto. Another resort, Tarvisio at the most northeastern part of the country with neighboring cities Austria and Slovenia, co-hosted the 2003 winter event. In 2007, it was the city's first turn to host the Winter Games. And in 2013, the province of Trentino hosted the event.

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[edit]

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 2021 Summer Universiade, held in Chengdu, China. Ski mountaineering will be an optional sport for the 2026 Winter Olympics, which will also be held in Italy, and ski orienteering will be a compulsory sport starting at the 2027 Winter Games.

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) (details)
* Biathlon (9) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (11) (details)
* Curling (2) (details)
* Figure skating (3) (details)
* Freestyle skiing (6) (details)
* Ice hockey (2) (details)
* Short track speed skating (9) (details)
* Ski orienteering (7) (details)
* Ski mountaineering (5) (details)
* Snowboarding (10) (details)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Davide Petrizzelli (15 May 2021). "Accettata la candidatura: le Universiadi invernali 2025 si terranno a Torino". TorinoToday. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
2. ^ "Torino 2025, the first Universiade without barriers: Para-athletes at the starting gate of the FISU Games". wugtorino2025.com. 14 November 2023.
3. ^ "The Torino 2025 World University Games Winter: the historic first Universiade open to para-student athletes". insidethegames.biz. 14 November 2023.
4. ^ Leonardo di Paco (6 July 2020). "A Torino le Universiadi invernali del 2025". La Stampa. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
5. ^ "Universiadi, il ministro Spadafora sta con Torino: Fermo sostegno alla candidatura". La Repubblica. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
6. ^ Mariachiara Giacosa (15 May 2021). "Universiadi, Torino batte Stoccolma e si aggiudica i Giochi invernali studenteschi del 2025". La Repubblica. Retrieved 15 May 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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* Lucerne 2021§
* Lake Placid 2023
* Turin 2025
* TBD 2027

* †Postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* ‡Cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* §Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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