2025 Winter World University Games

XXXII Winter Universiade
XXXII Universiade invernale
Host cityTurin, Italy
MottoPiemonte land of sport, Piemonte terra di sport
Edition32nd
Events96 in 11 sports
Opening13 January 2025
Closing23 January 2025
Opened byPresident Sergio Mattarella (expected)
Main venueInalpi Arena (opening) / Piazzetta Reale(closing)
Websitewugtorino2025.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 January 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 7th time in the history that the event will be held in Italy and 2nd time in the city, as the 2007 Winter Universiade was also held there. The city is considered the birthplace of the event, as in 1959 Summer Universiade, its first summer and winter edition was also held there. Torino also hosted the 1970 Summer Universiade and is the second dual World University Games host city, as Sofia in Bulgaria is the first.

If one counts the summer editions, this is the 12th time that the World University Games have been held on Italian soil, as the most recent 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples.

The 2025 FISU Winter World University Games will be the first World University Games event to feature para-athletes competing in para-sport events, alongside the existing able-bodied events as part of FISU’s long-term strategy of inclusiveness and social sustainability.

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.[2] The bid, known as "Torino 2025," included intentions to host parasports events, in tandem with the 2025 World Winter Special Olympics in Piedmont. The Italian government's Minister of Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora, confirmed his strong support for the candidature on July 7, 2020.[3] 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. Rome hosted the Games in 1975, while Sicily hosted it in 1997 and Naples in 2019, who replaced Brasilia as host city. The neighboring Sestriere hosted the 1966 games with Turin serving as the host city for the ice events. And just as in 2007, it will be the sub-venue for snow events. Livigno in Sondrio Province, the 1975 Winter Games. In 1985, it was the turn of the resort of Belluno in Veneto. Another resort, Tarvisio in 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 during the bid process to the 2026 Winter Olympics with some venues who were part of the project.

The other three countries that announced their intentions to host the event were Lucerne, Switzerland, after the 2021 Winter Universiade to be held in said city was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a joint bid from Finland and Sweden, led by Stockholm as main host.[4]

The Games

Events in 11 sports will be contested during the Games, with the nine compulsory sports, and two optional sports: ski mountaineering—which will make its World Winter University Games debut, and ski orienteering—which will return for the first time since 2019, and is also scheduled to debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics. As was proposed in the Turin bid, events for disability classifications will be held as part of the Games for the first time.[5][6]

  • Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. This number also consider the parasport events

Schedule

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
January 11
Sat 		12
Sun 		13
Mon 		14
Tue 		15
Wed 		16
Thu 		17
Fri 		18
Sat 		19
Sun 		20
Mon 		21
Tue 		22
Wed 		23
Thu 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Alpine skiing 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Para alpine skiing 6 6 12
Biathlon 2 1 2 2 2 9
Cross-country skiing 2 2 1 2 2 11
Para Cross-country skiing 6 6 12
Curling ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 3
Figure skating ● 1 2 3
Freestyle skiing ● ● ● 2 ● ● 2 ● 2 ● 2 2 10
Ski Mountaineering 2 1 2 5
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● 1 2
Short track speed skating 2 4 3 9
Ski-orienteering 2 1 3
Snowboarding ● ● ● 2 ● ● 2 ● 2 ● 2 2 10
Total events 9 11 10 14 11 8 6 8 11 8 96
Cumulative total 9 20 30 44 55 63 69 77 88 96 96
January 11
Sat 		12
Sun 		13
Mon 		14
Tue 		15
Wed 		16
Thu 		17
Fri 		18
Sat 		19
Sun 		20
Mon 		21
Tue 		22
Wed 		23
Thu 		Events

References

  1. ^ Davide Petrizzelli (15 May 2021). "Accettata la candidatura: le Universiadi invernali 2025 si terranno a Torino". TorinoToday. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ Leonardo di Paco (6 July 2020). "A Torino le Universiadi invernali del 2025". La Stampa. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Universiadi, il ministro Spadafora sta con Torino: Fermo sostegno alla candidatura". La Repubblica. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ Mariachiara Giacosa (15 May 2021). "Universiadi, Torino batte Stoccolma e si aggiudica i Giochi invernali studenteschi del 2025". La Repubblica. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  5. ^ "The Torino 2025 World University Games Winter: the historic first Universiade open to para-student athletes". insidethegames.biz. 14 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Torino 2025, the first Universiade without barriers: Para-athletes at the starting gate of the FISU Games". wugtorino2025.com. 14 November 2023.