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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.
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| Host city | Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region[a] |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Motto | A Summer With Distinction (German: Sommer Cum Laude) |
| Sport | 20 |
| Events | 255 |
| Opening | 16 July |
| Closing | 27 July |
| Main venue | Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord |
Host selection
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Development and preparations
editVenues
editThe organising committee is planning to use existing sports facilities, with some 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 region (Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Hagen and Mülheim) and outlying venues in Berlin.
Originally, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, was to host several events, including the opening ceremony, but the city's sport venues were withdrawn a year before the games as part of a new cost-cutting streamlined approach, which would see the shortening of transport routes and improvement of regional synergies.[1][2] In September 2024, it was announced that Berlin would host swimming, diving and volleyball events.[3]
| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohrheidestadion | Bochum | Athletics | 16,223 |
| TBA | Basketball (3x3, wheelchair) | TBA | |
| Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Amphitheatre | Duisburg | Ceremonies | 15,000 |
| Wedau | Rowing | ||
| ASC Duisburg and DSV 98 Duisburg | Aquatics (water polo) | 5,000 | |
| TBA | Basketball, Volleyball (beach) | TBA | |
| Messe Essen | Essen | Fencing, Gymnastics (rhythmic), Judo, Karate, Taekwondo | 12,000 |
| Grugahalle | Basketball | 7,700 | |
| Essen Tennis Club | Tennis | 5,000 | |
| TBA | Archery, Gymnastics (artistic), Table tennis | TBA | |
| TBA | Hagen | Basketball | TBA |
| Innogy Sporthalle | Mülheim | Badminton | 4,000 |
| Warsteiner HockeyPark | Mönchengladbach | Field hockey | 9,000 |
| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | Berlin | Aquatics (diving, swimming), Volleyball | TBA |
The Games
editSports
editIn 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 (15) ()
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 (16) ()
Rowing (15) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (23) ()
Tennis (7) ()- Volleyball
Beach volleyball (2) ()
Volleyball (2) ()
Notes
editReferences
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 venue 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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