2017 Winter Universiade

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

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 will host 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.

«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 Universiade in 2017 and therefore removes the candidature of the city.»

Later Trentino was invited to host the 2013 Winter Universiade, after Maribor withdrew to host the event.[3]

Formal decision on the Universiade in Almaty 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 declared the host city of the 28th Winter Universiade in 2017.

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 Palace Ice hockey 12,000
Ak-Bulak Ice Rink Curling 5,000
Medeu Alpine Ice Arena Speed skating 25,000
Shymbulak Alpine Sport Resort Alpine skiing 10,000
Sunkar International Ski Jumping Complex Ski jumping, Nordic combined 20,000

Almaty Region

Venue Sports Capacity Ref.
Alatau Biathlon and Cross-Country Ski Complex Biathlon, Cross-country skiing 12,600
Tabagan Alpine Resort and CSKA Alpine Base Freestyle skiing, Snowboarding 12,000

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]

OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony ● Event competitions EG Exhibition 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
Ceremonies OC CC
20px Alpine skiing ● 2 ● 2 1 1 1 1 1 9
20px Biathlon ● 2 ● 2 2 ● 1 ● 2 9
20px Cross-country skiing 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 11
20px Curling ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
20px Figure skating ● 1 ● 2 3
20px Freestyle skiing 2 1 2 2 ● 2 9
20px Ice hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
20px Nordic combined ● ● 1 ● 1 ● 1 3
20px Short track speed skating 2 2 4 8
20px Ski jumping ● ● 2 ● 1 2 5
20px Snowboarding 2 2 ● 2 2 2 10
20px 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

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.[8]

Participating nations

56 national university sports federations sent a total of 1,604 athletes.[9] The numbers in parenthesis represent the number of participants.

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Medal table

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1 Template:FlagIOC2 29 27 15 71
2 Template:FlagIOC2 11 8 17 36
3 Template:FlagIOC2 11 5 5 21
4 Template:FlagIOC2 6 12 10 28
5 Template:FlagIOC2 5 2 5 12
6 Template:FlagIOC2 4 4 2 10
7 Template:FlagIOC2 4 2 2 8
8 Template:FlagIOC2 4 0 0 4
9 Template:FlagIOC2 3 2 1 6
10 Template:FlagIOC2 2 3 4 9
11 Template:FlagIOC2 2 2 5 9
12 Template:FlagIOC2 1 2 5 8
13 Template:FlagIOC2 1 1 1 3
14 Template:FlagIOC2 1 0 0 1
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16 Template:FlagIOC2 0 3 1 4
17 Template:FlagIOC2 0 2 3 5
18 Template:FlagIOC2 0 2 1 2
19 Template:FlagIOC2 0 2 0 2
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22 Template:FlagIOC2 0 1 3 3
23 Template:FlagIOC2 0 1 1 2
24 Template:FlagIOC2 0 0 2 2
25 Template:FlagIOC2 0 0 1 1
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Total 85 85 85 255

Logo of the Winter Universiade 2017

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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:[10]

  • 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. ↑ Template:Cite web
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  4. ↑ Asian Winter Games at Olympic.cn, see Sports arenas Asian Winter Games in 2011
  5. ↑ [1]
  6. ↑ Almaty 2017: Results
  7. ↑ Template:Cite web
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  10. ↑ http://almaty2017.com/en/news/novyi-logotip-talisman.html

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