2013 Winter Universiade

The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013. This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade in same the year and in the end of the year and missing two months for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Originally, it was planned to take place in Maribor, Slovenia in late January and early February,^[1] but the Government of Slovenia overturned its decision to partially fund the project due to financial problems in February 2012.^[2] In March 2012, the International University Sports Federation decided that it would organise the Universiade elsewhere.^[3]

FISU officially announced that the Trentino region of Italy would host the event.^[4]

Bid selection

The city of Maribor (Slovenia) was the only one bidding city for the event. On May 31, 2008, Maribor won the right to host the event, but later withdrew.

After the FISU revoke the rights of Maribor, began secret negotiations with the region of Trentino that, for financial reasons, withdrawn the bidding of 2017 Winter Universiade. Two weeks after the resignation, negotiations were completed and so Trentino was formalized as host region.The factor that gives a boom for the negotiations was the fact that their infrastructure was ready and did not need improvement works.^[5]

Venues

The following venues have been named to host the various events at the 2013 Winter Universiade:^[6]

Baselga di Pinè

Monte Bondone

Pergine Valsugana

Trento

Val di Fassa

Val di Fiemme

Sports

The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. The two optional sports chosen for the 2013 Winter Universiade were freestyle skiing and speed skating.^[7]

Participants

Following is a list of nations that entered athletes at the Universiade:

Medal table

Final medal tally^[8]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	15	16	19	50
2	Poland	10	10	3	23
3	South Korea	8	9	7	24
4	China	5	2	3	10
5	Czech Republic	4	3	6	13
6	Italy	3	5	5	13
7	France	3	4	1	8
8	Ukraine	3	3	3	9
9	Finland	3	2	3	8
10	Austria	3	2	1	6
11	Japan	3	1	4	8
12	Serbia	3	0	1	4
13	Canada	2	3	3	8
14	Slovakia	2	3	0	5
15	Kazakhstan	2	2	1	5
16	Switzerland	1	3	4	8
17	Sweden	1	2	1	4
18	Slovenia	1	1	2	4
18	United States	1	1	2	4
20	Hungary	1	1	1	3
20	Norway	1	1	1	3
22	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
23	Spain	1	0	0	1
23	Monaco	1	0	0	1
23	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
26	Belarus	0	1	1	2
26	Germany	0	1	1	2
28	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
28	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
30	Australia	0	0	1	1
30	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
30	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
Total		79	78	77	234

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2013 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:^[9]

December	10 Tue	11 Wed	12 Thu	13 Fri	14 Sat	15 Sun	16 Mon	17 Tue	18 Wed	19 Thu	20 Fri	21 Sat	Events
Ceremonies		OC										CC
Alpine skiing				2	1	1		1	1		4		10
Biathlon				2		2	2		1		2		9
Cross-country skiing			2		2	1		2		2	1	1	11
Curling			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Figure skating		●	1	1	1	1/EG							5
Freestyle skiing						2			2				4
Ice hockey	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Nordic combined				1			1		1				3
Speed skating				2	2	2		2	2	2			12
Short track speed skating									2	2	4		8
Ski jumping					2			1	1		1		5
Snowboarding		●	2		2		●	2			●	2	8
Total events			5	9	10	9	3	8	10	6	15	4	79
Cumulative total			5	14	24	33	36	44	54	60	75	79
December	10 Tue	11 Wed	12 Thu	13 Fri	14 Sat	15 Sun	16 Mon	17 Tue	18 Wed	19 Thu	20 Fri	21 Sat	Events

References

1. ↑ Universiades for 2013 attributed
2. ↑ "Kresanje mnenj o univerzijadi" [Clash of Opinions About the Universiade]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 19 February 2012. 
3. ↑ "Mariboru odvzeli univerzijado" [Universiade Taken Away from Maribor]. Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 6 March 2012. 
4. ↑ 2013 Universiade moved
5. ↑ [=http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-moves-2013-Winter-Universiade-away-from-Maribor-to-Trentino-to-safeguard-the-26th-Edition-2644.html?idProduit=2180]
6. ↑ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – Sport venues". events.unitn.it. Retrieved 11 November 2012. 
7. ↑ "Trentino 2013 – Winter Universiade – The Universiade". http://events.unitn.it/. Retrieved 7 June 2013.  External link in |publisher= (help)
8. ↑ Trentino 2013 Medal Tally Page
9. ↑ "XXVI Winter Universiade Trentino 2013 – Competition Schedule" (PDF). universiadetrentino.org. Retrieved 7 June 2013. 

External links

• Official website

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