2017 Winter Universiade

Winter Universiade 2017, the XXVIII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 29 January to 8 February 2017. On 29 November 2011, FISU announced that Winter Universiade 2017 would be hosted in Almaty.[1]

XXVIII Winter Universiade
XXVIII Qysqy Universiada
XXVIII Зимняя Универсиада
Host cityAlmaty, Kazakhstan
Motto"Spread Your Wings!"
Nations56
Athletes1,604
Events85
Opening29 January 2017
Closing8 February 2017
Opened byNursultan Nazarbayev
Athlete's OathAiza Mambekova
Judge's OathAskar Valiyev
Torch lighter16 well known Kazakh athletes
Main venueAlmaty Ice Palace
Winter
Summer

Student-athletes from all over the world between the ages of 17 and 28 arrived in Almaty to take part in Winter Universiade organized by FISU.[2]

Host selection

There were two candidates to host the event.

  • Almaty. This is the third time that a former soviet country has hosted the Winter Universiade. Russia hosted two times the Summer Universiade – Moscow (1973), Kazan (2013) and hosted the Winter Universiade two years later in Krasnoyarsk.
  • Trentino, Italy. Until 2011, Italy hosted the Universiade 9 times (4 Summer Universiades and 5 Winter Universiades). A week before the announcement of results of the bidding campaign, in connection with the economic crisis, the Italian government decided to withdraw its candidacy.As

«Given the difficult economic situation in Italy and the high financial obligations to the International Federation for the moment, the Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento sees no possibility to raise funds for the 2017 Winter Universiade in and therefore removed the candidature of the province.»

Later Trentino was invited to host the 2013 Winter Universiade, after Maribor withdrew to host the event,as the province didn't even need to build a specific competition venue for the event and the candidacy had an excellent technical level.[3]

Formal decision on the Winter Universiade at the city was taken on a vote of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) on November 29, 2011, which was held in Brussels (Belgium).

Thus, due to the lack of competitors, Almaty was acclaimed the host city of the 28th Winter Universiade in 2017.

Sports

As the FISU regulations determine, the Organizing Committee of each edition can choose up to 3 optional sports for each edition and the Almaty 2017 Organizing Committee chose: Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

Venues

Almaty

Earlier it was reported that Kazakhstan would spend $950 million on Winter Universiade 2017. An Ice Palace, two ice rinks, an Athletic Village and international airport terminal and many more other sport and non-sport venues were to be built in Almaty for the event. The cost is considered small, and it is because some of the objects had already been built for the 7th Asian Winter Games,[4] part of the competition which also took place in Almaty, and certain existing and remodeled venues. Kazakhstan chose bandy, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing and speed skating as optional sports, with bandy being in the form of demonstration. However, after tightening the budget, bandy was removed.

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Almaty Ice PalaceIce hockey12,000
Halyk Arena Curling5,000
Medeu Alpine Ice ArenaSpeed skating25,000
Shymbulak Alpine Sport ResortAlpine skiing10,000
Sunkar International Ski Jumping ComplexSki jumping, Nordic combined20,000

Almaty Region
Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Alatau Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski ComplexBiathlon, Cross-country skiing12,600
Tabagan Alpine Resort and CSKA Alpine BaseFreestyle skiing, Snowboarding12,000

Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2017 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:[5] The opening ceremony of the 28th Winter Universiade was held on 29 January 2017. A total of 1,604 athletes from 56 countries arrived in Almaty to compete in 85 events and 12 types of sports.[6][7]

OCOpening ceremony 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony ●Event competitions EGExhibition gala
January/February 28
Sat		 29
Sun		 30
Mon		 31
Tue		 01
Wed		 02
Thu		 03
Fri		 04
Sat		 05
Sun		 06
Mon		 07
Tue		 08
Wed		 Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing ● 2 ● 2 1 1 1 1 1 9
Biathlon ● 2 ● 2 2 ● 1 ● 2 9
Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 11
Curling ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Figure skating ● 1 ● 2 3
Freestyle skiing 2 1 2 2 ● 2 9
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Nordic combined ● ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 3
Short track speed skating 2 2 4 8
Ski jumping ● ● 2 ● 1 2 5
Snowboarding 2 2 ● 2 2 2 10
Speed skating 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 14
Total events 8 9 7 11 8 7 11 8 14 2 85
Cumulative total 8 17 24 35 43 50 61 69 83 85
January/February 28
Sat		 29
Sun		 30
Mon		 31
Tue		 01
Wed		 02
Thu		 03
Fri		 04
Sat		 05
Sun		 06
Mon		 07
Tue		 08
Wed		 Events

Withdrawn events

Bandy was supposed to debut as a demonstration sport.[8] However, after tightening of the budget, Bandy was no longer part of the programme.

On January 17, it was announced the cancellation of pairs competition in the figure skating due to the low number of entrants. Only two pairs from Russia were registered in the event, which forced the cancellation of the same, according to the rules of FISU.[9]

Participating nations

56 national university sports federations sent a total of 1,604 athletes.[10] The International University Sports Federation (FISU) declared there were no positive doping cases at the 28th Winter Universiade.[11]

  •  Afghanistan (1 athlete)
  •  Andorra (1)
  •  Argentina (2)
  •  Armenia (1)
  •  Australia (7)
  •  Austria (19)
  •  Azerbaijan (1)
  •  Belarus (23)
  •  Belgium (4)
  •  Brazil (1)
  •  Bulgaria (3)
  •  Canada (88)
  •  Chile (3)
  •  China (114)
  •  Czech Republic (71)
  •  Estonia (9)
  •  Finland (17)
  •  France (38)
  •  Georgia (8)
  •  Germany (31)
  •  Great Britain (63)
  •  Greece (1)
  •  Hong Kong (1)
  •  Hungary (2)
  •  Iran (3)
  •  Italy (35)
  •  Japan (110)
  •  Kazakhstan (162) (host)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (9)
  •  Latvia (26)
  •  Lebanon (6)
  •  Lithuania (6)
  •  Malaysia (1)
  •  Mexico (2)
  •  Mongolia (10)
  •  Morocco (2)
  •  Netherlands (20)
  •  New Zealand (1)
  •  Norway (19)
  •  Paraguay (1)
  •  Poland (62)
  •  Romania (3)
  •  Russia (210)
  •  Serbia (6)
  •  Slovakia (42)
  •  Slovenia (13)
  •  South Korea (98)
  •  Sweden (50)
  •  Switzerland (35)
  • Chinese Taipei (3)
  •  Tajikistan (4)
  •  Thailand (1)
  •  Turkey (20)
  •  Uganda (1)
  •  Ukraine (59)
  •  United States (73)
  •  Uzbekistan (3)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Kazakhstan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)29271571
2 Kazakhstan (KAZ)*1181736
3 South Korea (KOR)115521
4 Japan (JPN)6121028
5 Poland (POL)52512
6 China (CHN)44210
7 France (FRA)4228
8 Italy (ITA)4004
9 Belarus (BLR)3216
10 Ukraine (UKR)2349
11 Czech Republic (CZE)2259
12 Austria (AUT)1258
13 Canada (CAN)1113
14 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Latvia (LAT)1001
16 Netherlands (NED)0314
17  Switzerland (SUI)0235
18 Germany (GER)0213
19 Australia (AUS)0202
 Finland (FIN)0202
 Slovenia (SLO)0202
22 Sweden (SWE)0134
23 United States (USA)0112
24 Slovakia (SVK)0022
25 Armenia (ARM)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (26 entries)858585255

Logo of the Winter Universiade 2017
2016 stamp of Kazakhstan showing the mascot of the 2017 Winter Universiade, an eyas.

The logo of the Winter Universiade 2017 was created considering the following images:[12]

  • Letter "U" – is an essential attribute of all Universiade logos
  • Wings – symbolizes the aspiration to win

The logo was created in bright and soft colors that emphasize the modernity and the eco-friendly approach, which is one of the most important elements of the general concept of the Games.

References
  1. Almaty officially announced capital of Winter Universiade-2017. tengrinews.kz ()
  2. "Universiade History". almaty2017.com.
  3. "NEWS". www.fisu.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  4. Asian Winter Games at Olympic.cn, see Sports arenas Asian Winter Games in 2011
  5. "Universiade 2017" (PDF). almaty2017.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. "Almaty 2017: Results". almaty2017.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. "28th Winter Universiade declared open in dazzling show". inform.kz. 29 January 2017.
  8. "2017 Almaty Winter Universiade: Dates confirmed". fisu.net. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  9. "Pairs figure skating competition removed from Almaty 2017 schedule". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  10. "Winter Universiade 2017 Participating Athlete List | Universiade 2017". almaty2017.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  11. "Doping Control at the Almaty 2017 Winter Universiade". Eurosport. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  12. "Universiade 2017".
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