2015 Winter Universiade

The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid.[2]

XXVII Winter Universiade
XXVII Universiada de invierno
XXVII Zimná univerziáda
Host cityGranada, Spain
Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia (Nordic & Biathlon)
Nations30 (SVK)
34 (ESP)[1]
Athletes1,551
Events68 in 11 sports
Opening24 January 2015 (Nordic & biathlon)
4 February 2015
Closing1 February 2015 (Nordic & biathlon)
14 February 2015
Opened byAndrej Kiska and Sebastian Pérez Ortiz
Athlete's OathSara Hurtado
Judge's OathJosé Cervi
Torch lighterPavol Hurajt (Slovakia)
Patricia Muñoz (Spain)
Main venueŠtrbské Pleso (Slovakia)
Palacio de Congresos (Opening)
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada (Closing)
Winter
Summer

On 25 June 2014, FISU announced that Slovakia would become the co-host of 2015 Winter Universiade. FISU approved to move the Nordic Skiing and Biathlon events to Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie in Slovakia.[3] This decision had been taken to anticipate the difficulties faced by the Granada 2015 Organising Committee in hosting these particular events.[4]

Sports

Four sports took place in Slovakia, from January 24 – February 1. From February 4 – 14, the other sports were contested in Granada.[5]

Granada

Slovakia

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2015 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:[6]

Štrbské Pleso/Osrblie
OCOpening ceremony 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony
January/February 24
Sat		 25
Sun		 26
Mon		 27
Tue		 28
Wed		 29
Thu		 30
Fri		 31
Sat		 01
Sun		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Biathlon 2 2 2 1 2 9
Cross-country skiing 2 1 2 2 1 1 9
Nordic combined 1 1 1 3
Ski jumping 2 1 1 1 5
Total events 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 26
Cumulative total 4 6 10 14 16 20 24 26
January/February 24
Sat		 25
Sun		 26
Mon		 27
Tue		 28
Wed		 29
Thu		 30
Fri		 31
Sat		 01
Sun		 Events

Granada
OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Event finals EGExhibition gala CCClosing ceremony
February 03
Tue		 04
Wed		 05
Thu		 06
Fri		 07
Sat		 08
Sun		 09
Mon		 10
Tue		 11
Wed		 12
Thu		 13
Fri		 14
Sat		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 10
Curling ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Figure skating ● 1 1 1 1/EG 4
Freestyle skiing 2 2 ● 2 2 8
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Short track speed skating 2 2 4 8
Snowboarding 2 2 2 2 8
Total events 3 5 4 2 2 2 5 4 12 3 42
Cumulative total 3 8 12 14 16 18 23 27 39 42
February 03
Tue		 04
Wed		 05
Thu		 06
Fri		 07
Sat		 08
Sun		 09
Mon		 10
Tue		 11
Wed		 12
Thu		 13
Fri		 14
Sat		 Events

Venues

Granada
  • Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Granada — opening ceremony
  • Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada — men's ice hockey and closing ceremony
  • Pabellón de Mulhacén — women's ice hockey
  • Pabellón de Universiada — curling
  • Sierra Nevada Ski Station - alpine skiing
  • Universiade Igloo - figure skating and short track speed skating

Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie, Slovakia
  • Štrbské Pleso - cross country skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping, opening and closing ceremonies
  • Osrblie - biathlon

Participants

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

  •  Andorra (9)
  •  Australia (13)
  •  Austria (37)
  •  Belarus (15)
  •  Belgium (3)
  •  Bulgaria (4)
  •  Canada (82)
  •  China (94)
  •  Croatia (4)
  •  Czech Republic (71)
  •  Estonia (6)
  •  Finland (33)
  •  France (60)
  •  Georgia (6)
  •  Germany (20)
  •  Great Britain (15)
  •  Hong Kong (2)
  •  Hungary (4)
  •  Italy (39)
  •  Japan (97)
  •  Kazakhstan (89)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (4)
  •  Latvia (7)
  •  Lithuania (6)
  •  Mexico (2)
  •  Mongolia (6)
  •  Netherlands (6)
  •  New Zealand (1)
  •  Norway (33)
  •  Poland (72)
  •  Russia (178)
  •  Singapore (1)
  •  Slovakia (56) (co-host)
  •  Slovenia (17)
  •  South Africa (1)
  •  South Korea (86)
  •  Spain (78) (co-host)
  •  Sweden (42)
  •  Switzerland (51)
  •  Turkey (24)
  •  Ukraine (51)
  •  United States (117)

Combinated Medal table

  *   Host nations (Spain, Slovakia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)20181856
2 South Korea (KOR)59216
3 Kazakhstan (KAZ)56011
4  Switzerland (SUI)51410
5 China (CHN)5049
6 Norway (NOR)5016
7 Germany (GER)3418
8 Czech Republic (CZE)33511
9 Italy (ITA)3227
10 Japan (JPN)2529
11 Poland (POL)24410
12 United States (USA)2338
13 Austria (AUT)2125
 Ukraine (UKR)2125
15 Bulgaria (BUL)2002
16 Slovakia (SVK)*1348
17 France (FRA)1269
18 Canada (CAN)0235
19 Andorra (AND)0213
20 Spain (ESP)*0202
21 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (24 entries)686868204

References
  1. "27th Winter Universiade". FISU. 2015.
  2. 2015 Universiades Candidates Deliver Bidding Books at FISU HQ Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Slovak Republic Officially Co-Host of 2015 Winter Universiade". FISU. June 25, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  4. "2015 Winter Universiade: Change of Location for Nordic Skiing and Biathlon Events". FISU. February 5, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  5. FISU 2015 Winter Universiade Schedule
  6. Competition Schedule – Winter Universiade 2015
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