The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad".
The Basketball competitions in the 1967 Summer Universiade were held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 28 to September 3, 1967.
Football was an optional sport at the 1979 edition and two of the optional sports at the 1985 edition of the Universiade. Between 1987 and 2019, it was a recognized mandatory sport. The women's football competition began in the 1993 edition as an optional event. Due to the creation of the FISU University Football World Cup in 2019, the sport is no longer part of the Summer World University Games program, as of that year. With this change, the number of mandatory sports was kept at 15, since the place was occupied by badminton, which, after five editions as an optional sport, became compulsory.
The Basketball competition in the 1959 Summer Universiade was held in Torino, Italy. Only men's event was held.
The Basketball competitions in the 1961 Summer Universiade were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Basketball competitions in the 1965 Summer Universiade were held in Budapest, Hungary.
The Basketball competitions in the 1970 Summer Universiade were held in Torino, Italy.
The Basketball competitions in the 1973 Summer Universiade were held in Moscow, Soviet Union.
The Basketball competitions in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico.
The Basketball competitions in the 1981 Summer Universiade were held in Bucharest, Romania.
The Basketball competitions in the 2003 Summer Universiade were held in Daegu, South Korea.
Volleyball tournaments have been staged at the Universiade since 1959. The men's tournament was introduced in 1959, while the women's tournament was introduced in 1961. The sport was not included in 1975 and 1989.
Water polo has been part of the Universiade program since the first games, in 1959. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2009 Summer Universiade. Water polo was not included in 1975 and 1989.
Speed skating events have been contested at the Universiade since 1968. The sport has a special status at the event, because the host cities are not expected to build a speed skating rink specifically for the Winter World University Games. In years where the Winter World University Games do not take place, or do not include speed skating, the World University Speed Skating Championships are sometimes held instead.
The Basketball competitions in the 2001 Summer Universiade were held in Beijing, China.
An all-time Universiade medal table from 1959 Summer Universiade to 2021 Summer Universiade and 1960 Winter Universiade to 2023 Winter Universiade, is tabulated below. The table is the consequence of the sum of the medal tables of the various editions of the Summer Universiade and the Winter Universiade. The results code are attributed to the IOC country code. NUSF stands for National University Sports Federation
The World Sambo Championships are the main championships in Sambo and Combat Sambo, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS).
Archery is a sport at the Universiade that was contested as an optional sport between 2003 and 2015, and after 2017 became a compulsory sport. Unlike in the Olympic competition, both recurve and compound disciplines are competed.
Gymnastics is a sport at the World University Games. It was first contested in 1961 as an optional sport, and turned compulsory in 1963. Since then, it has been out of the program twice, in 1975 and 1989. In 1973, for the first time, a competition in apparatus was added to the program; it would become mandatory in 1979. In 1991, rhythmic gymnastics was one of the two optional sports chosen by the organizers. It was present with the same status in 1995 and 1997, becoming a compulsory sport in 2001. At the 2011 edition, aerobic gymnastics was also part of the program.
The 2021 Summer World University Games (2021年夏季世界大学生运动会), officially known as the XXXI Summer World University Games and also known as Chengdu 2021, was a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), held from 28 July to 8 August 2023 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It was the fourth time the Games was hosted in China. This is the first time the Games was referred to as the "Summer World University Games" rather than the "Summer Universiade."
Nobuo Futisawa (JPN)
Stoyan Stoyanov (BUL)
Ochirdolgoryn Enkhtaivan (MGL)
Roman Dmitriyev (URS)
Bartchou (ROM)
Dariush Vaezi (IRI)
Sejdiu (YUG)
Shells (USA)
