2025 Summer World University Games
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| Host city | Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region[a] |
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| Country | Germany |
| Motto | A Summer With Distinction (German: Sommer Cum Laude) |
| Sport | 18 |
| Events | 234 |
| Opening | 16 July 2025 |
| Closing | 27 July 2025 |
| Main venue | MSV-Arena |
| Website | rhineruhr2025 |
The 2025 FISU Summer World University Games, officially known as the XXXII Summer World University Games and also known as Rhine-Ruhr 2025, is a multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 16 to 27 July 2025, in five cities in Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region and Berlin as an outlying venue in Germany. The region previously hosted the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg, who also host sports during these games.
Host selection
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Development and preparations
[edit]Venues
[edit]The organising committee is planning to use existing and temporary sports facilities, with some existing being renovated for these games. Unlike previous editions, this edition will be completely decentralized. Instead of an athlete's village, athletes will stay in hotels and university residential buildings in the region. The competition venues are spread over five cities in the North Rhine-Westphalia state (Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Hagen and Mülheim) and the german capital Berlin.
Originally,Düsseldorf, was scheduled to host some sporting events and the opening ceremonies,but due to changes related to logistics and the event size,the city withdraw and the event had to be replanned.[1][2] After this change,in September 2024, it was announced that Hagen and Berlin where added as host cities.Even though Berlin is more than 500km from the host region, the most plausible financial option for the organization was to transfer three sports to the city (swimming,diving and volleyball) while the competition area expanded to Hagen which will host some basketball tournament games.[3]
| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohrheidestadion | Bochum | Athletics | 16,223 |
| Jahrhunderthalle (Bochum) | Basketball (3x3, wheelchair) | TBA | |
| MSV-Arena | Duisburg | Opening ceremony | 31,514 |
| Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord | Closing ceremony | 15,000 | |
| Wedau | Rowing | TBA | |
| ASC Duisburg | Aquatics (water polo) | 5,000 | |
| Walter-Schädlich-Halle | Basketball | 800 | |
| Sportpark Duisburg | Volleyball (beach) | TBA | |
| Messe Essen | Essen | Fencing, Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic), Judo, Taekwondo, Table tennis | TBA |
| Grugahalle | Basketball | 7,700 | |
| Essen Tennis Club | Tennis | 5,000 | |
| Sporthalle Am Hallo | Basketball | 2,500 | |
| Sportpark Am Hallo Stadion | Archery (preliminaries) | 3,800 | |
| Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex | Archery (finals) | TBA | |
| Ischelandhalle | Hagen | Basketball | 3,145 |
| Innogy Sporthalle | Mülheim | Badminton | 3,000 |
| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe SportPark Aquatics Centre | Berlin | Aquatics (swimming, diving) | TBA |
| Max-Schmeling-Halle | Volleyball | 9,200 |
The Games
[edit]Sports
[edit]In addition to the 15 compulsory sports, up to three optional sports can be chosen, while respecting the infrastructure and local demands. The organizing committee has proposed beach volleyball, rowing and 3x3 basketball, along with some Paralympic disciplines (which marks the first Summer World University Games to feature para-athletes and para-sport events, following its introduction at the 2025 Winter World University Games), as its optional sports.[4]
This will be the first time that 3x3 basketball will be part of the World University Summer Games program, while beach volleyball returns since it was last held at the 2013 Summer World University Games, while rowing remains after returning for the 2021 Summer World University Games. [5]
- Aquatics
Diving (13) ()
Swimming (42) ()
Water polo (2) ()
Archery (10) ()
Athletics (51) ()
Badminton (6) ()- Basketball
Basketball (2) ()
3x3 basketball (4) ()
Fencing (12) ()
Gymnastics ()
- Artistic gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
Judo (15) ()
Rowing (14) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (23) ()
Tennis (7) ()- Volleyball
Beach volleyball (2) ()
Volleyball (2) ()
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rhine-Ruhr 2025 World University Games: Countdown begins". www.insidethegames.biz. 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Rhine-Ruhr 2025 World University Games and Ber-LA 2026 HPEO Games: Planning for future begins". www.insidethegames.biz. 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024.
- ^ "FISU World University Games 2025: Berlin to host additional venues for the Ber-LA 2026 HPEO Games' two-year countdown". www.insidethegames.biz. 2 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Rhine-Ruhr 2025 Sports Program". Rhine-Rühr 2025. 9 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Rhine-Ruhr and Turin confirmed as 2025 World University Games hosts". www.insidethegames.biz. 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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