2009 Summer Universiade

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XXV Summer Universiade
XXV Летња универзијада
XXV Letnja univerzijada
2009 Summer Universiade.svg
Host city Belgrade, Serbia
Nations145
Athletes6,300
Events15 sports
OpeningJuly 1, 2009
ClosingJuly 12, 2009
Opened by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković
Athlete's Oath Ivana Đerisilo (volleyball)
Judge's OathIvanka Raković (waterpolo)
Torch lighterPetar Filipović-Kusturica (waterpolo)
Main venue Belgrade Arena
Website universiade-belgrade2009.org (archived)
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The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Province), close to Belgrade. It was the largest sporting event ever to be organised by the city. At this Universiade the biggest star was the Russian rhythmic gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva, who won 5 gold medals. Russia was the leading nation in the medal table, with the most gold medals (27) and most medals (76).

Contents

Bidding process

Bid cities
CityCountry
Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Monterrey Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Poznań Flag of Poland.svg Poland

The bidding process for the 2009 Summer Universiade games began in early 2004. Together with Belgrade, another two cities bid for the event – Monterrey in Mexico and Poznań in Poland. Working in Belgrade's favour were the various major sporting events the city was awarded to host in the then-upcoming 2005–2007 period such as EuroBasket 2005, the 2005 European Volleyball Championship, the 2006 European Water Polo Championship, and the European Youth Olympic Festival 2007. Furthermore, the city launched two unsuccessful candidate bids to organize the Summer Olympic Games (1992 and 1996); for the 1992 Summer Olympics bidding process, Belgrade was eliminated in the third round of International Olympic Committee voting, with the games ultimately being awarded to Barcelona. Belgrade was also eliminated (this time in the first round) in the 1996 Summer Olympics bidding process, with said games ultimately being awarded to Atlanta. [1] [2]

On 10 January 2005, Belgrade was announced as the host city of the 2009 Summer Universiade in Innsbruck, Austria. The host city announcement ceremony was attended by the now-deceased Belgrade mayor Nenad Bogdanović.

Mascot

Srba - 2009 Summer Universiade mascot Univerzijada Terazije.jpg
Srba – 2009 Summer Universiade mascot

The mascot of the 2009 Summer Universiade is a sparrow bird. The organisers chose the sparrow not only because of its symbolic ties to the host city but also because it represents a fast, dynamic and skillful bird, attributes needed for those competing at Universiade. The mascot received a new more modern look in 2009 and a competition began to name the Belgrade sparrow. The three final names for the sparrow were published in the Serbian media in April 2009, with the finalists being Srba, Cvrle and Dživdžan. The final voting was left to the 10,000 Universiade volunteers who overwhelmingly chose the name "Srba". [3]

Venues

The 2009 Summer Universiade took place in 69 venues across Belgrade and near bycities Inđija, Novi Sad, Obrenovac, Pančevo, Smederevo, Vršac and Zrenjanin. [4] Obrenovac hosted the water polo and volleyball competition, Inđija, Pančevo and Vršac the basketball, Novi Sad the athletics and volleyball, while Zrenjanin hosted the swimming competition. The venue for each sport can be found on the official website of the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade.

The opening and closing ceremonies took place at the Belgrade Arena, with a capacity of 20,000. A range of sports halls have undergone intense reconstruction to meet standards for the Universiade games. A number of venues were also newly constructed.

Vršac

Novi Sad

Smederevo

Lazarevac

Inđija

Jakovo

Universiade Village

The Universiade Village was home to all athletes participating at the 2009 Summer Universiade games. Often referred to as Belville, the village has been newly built and comprises 14 buildings containing modern apartments. The Belville complex consists of a residential area comprising 120,000m², commercial and business facilities comprising 34,800m² and educational facilities comprising 6,100m². The complex also includes 22,000m² of office space. The Belville complex was completed in May 2009 and officially opened in June 2009. 2000 Apartments have been offered for sale in spring of 2008, and the new owners will be allowed to move in during October 2009.

Each building has been named after a flower. They are Iris Marigold, Dandelion, Violet, Lily of the Valley, Sunflower, Mimosa, Cyclamen, Gillyflower, Syringa, Jacinth, Rose, Tulipa, and Lily. During the construction of the village it was the largest development site in the Balkans. It is located in New Belgrade with the closest venues to it being Belgrade Arena (basketball and table tennis), EXPO XXI (taekwondo) and TK Gazela (tennis).

Sports

Participants

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Serbia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)27222776
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)22211558
3Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)21111547
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)20213273
5Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)13131339
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)7111331
7Flag of Chinese Taipei for Universiade.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)75517
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)6141131
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)610824
10Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)*55919
11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)5218
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)5218
13Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France  (FRA)48921
14Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)42511
15Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)40610
16Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)35513
17Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)331117
18Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)3137
19Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)3115
20Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)3025
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)3025
22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)27615
23Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)2259
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)2259
25Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2226
26Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)2125
27Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)2024
28Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)2002
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)2002
30Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)1348
31Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1258
32Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1247
33Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1214
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)1214
35Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1146
36Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)1113
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)1113
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)1113
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)1113
40Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1012
41Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras  (HON)1001
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)1001
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1001
44Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)0246
45Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)0213
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)0213
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)0213
48Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)0167
49Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)0134
50Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)0123
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0123
52Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0112
53Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)0101
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0101
Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador  (ECU)0101
56Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0011
Totals (56 entries)204203262669

Schedule

 ● Opening Ceremony ● Competitions ● Finals ● Closing Ceremony
June/July30010203040506070809101112Total
Ceremonies
Archery 2 8 10
Athletics 2 6 10 9 9 10 46
Basketball 2 2
Diving 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 12
Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Football 2 2
Artistic gymnastics 1 1 2 10 14
Rhythmic gymnastics 2 6 8
Judo 4 4 4 4 2 18
Swimming 4 5 5 7 4 7 8 40
Table tennis 2 1 2 2 7
Taekwondo 5 4 4 4 4 21
Tennis 2 5 7
Volleyball 1 1 2
Water polo 1 1 2
Total Gold Medals87102112171921354211203

Broadcasting

The host broadcaster of the 2009 Summer Universiade was Serbia's RTS, the national broadcasting corporation. It used its first and second channel to broadcast the games as well as its digital channel. The games were produced and broadcast in high-definition television. Eurosport provided cable broadcasting to European nations. [5]

References

  1. "History of the Olympic Committee of Serbia". Olympic Committee of Serbia. Archived from the original on 2009-01-10. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  2. "Atlanta 1996". Official Website of the Olympic Movement. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  3. "Maskota Univerzijade – Srba". Na Dlanu. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  4. "Trećina Univerzijade biće održana u Vojvodini". Blic. Retrieved 2008-10-22.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Universiade Belgrade 2009 on Eurosport". Universiade Belgrade 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-05-08.