2025 Winter World University Games

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XXXII Winter Universiade
XXXII Universiade invernale
Torino 2025 logo.png
Host city Turin, Piedmont, Italy
MottoPiemonte land of sport, Piemonte terra di sport
Edition32nd
TeamsTBA
Events72 in 11 sports
Opening13 January 2025
Closing23 January 2025
Opened by President Sergio Mattarella (expected)
Torch lighterTBA
Main venue Pala Alpitour
Website wugtorino2025.com

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.

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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 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

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.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Torino 2025, the first Universiade without barriers: Para-athletes at the starting gate of the FISU Games". wugtorino2025.com. 14 November 2023.
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