The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013.

This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade in same the year and in the end of the year and missing two months for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Originally, it was planned to take place in Maribor, Slovenia in late January and early February,Universiades for 2013 attributed but the Government of Slovenia overturned its decision to partially fund the project due to financial problems in February 2012. In March 2012, the International University Sports Federation decided that it would organise the Universiade elsewhere. FISU officially announced that the Trentino region of Italy would host the event.

The motto of the event was "Inspired by U". The torch, made by the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Trento, recalled a flower of gentian with five petals in the shape of a ski, with colors that recall the Olympic colors and the five stars of the universes. It was officially lit by Pope Francis in Rome on 6 November 2013.

Bid selection The city of Maribor (Slovenia) was the only one bidding city for the event. On May 31, 2008, Maribor won the right to host the event, but later withdrew.

After the FISU revoked the rights of Maribor, they began secret negotiations with the region of Trentino that, for financial reasons and a lack of sponsors, had withdrawn their bid to host the 2017 Winter Universiade. Two weeks after the resignation of Maribor, negotiations were completed and Trentino was formalized as the new host region. The factor that gave a boom for the negotiations was that their infrastructure was ready and in use. As they, did not need improvement works. Later, the event was a scope to the winning bid for Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and the region will act as satellite venue hub.[=http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-moves-2013-Winter-Universiade-away-from-Maribor-to-Trentino-to-safeguard-the-26th-Edition-2644.html?idProduit=2180 ]

Venues The following venues have been named to host the various events at the 2013 Winter Universiade:

Baselga di Piné

Venue Sports Capacity Ref. Stadio del Ghiaccio Speed skating, curling 5,000

Monte Bondone Venue Sports Capacity Ref. Pista Canalon, Monte Bondone Snowboarding (parallel giant slalom) not Pista Lavanman, Monte Bondone Snowboarding (snowboard cross), freestyle skiing (ski cross) not Snowpark di Monte Bondone Snowboarding, freestyle skiing not

Pergine Valsugana Venue Sports Capacity Ref. Pergine Valsugana Ghiaccio Hall Ice hockey (women's) 1,802

Trento Venue Sports Capacity Ref. Trento Ghiaccio Arena Figure skating, short track 2,160 Piazza Duomo, Trento Opening ceremony, medal plaza not

Val di Fassa Venue Sports Capacity Ref. Alloch Piste, Pozza di Fassa Alpine skiing (slalom/giant slalom) not Nuova Cima Uomo, Passo San Pellegrino - Moena Alpine skiing (super-G/downhill) not Stadio del Ghiaccio "Gianmario Scola" (Ice stadium), Canazei Ice hockey (men's), closing ceremonies 1,500 Piaz de Sotegrava - Moena Medal plaza not

Val di Fiemme

Venue Sports Capacity Ref. Stadio del Fondo di Lago di Tesero, Tesero Biathlon, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined (XC) 8,000 Stadio del Salto "Giuseppe Dal Ben", Predazzo Nordic combined (SJ), ski jumping 12,000 Stadio del Ghiaccio di Cavalese, Cavalese Ice hockey (men's) 1,600 Piazza Santi Apostoli Filippo e Giacomo, Predazzo Medal plaza not

Sports The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. The two optional sports chosen for the 2013 Winter Universiade were freestyle skiing and speed skating.

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

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Medal table

Schedule The competition schedule for the 2013 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Event finals EG Exhibition gala CC Closing ceremony December 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat Events Ceremonies OC CC Alpine skiing

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| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 1 | 11 Curling

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| 5 Freestyle skiing

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| 3 Speed skating

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| 12 Short track speed skating

| bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 4 | | 8 Ski jumping

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| bgcolor=#3399ff | ● | bgcolor=#ffcc00 | 2 | 8 Total events ! ! ! 5 ! 9 ! 10 ! 9 ! 3 ! 8 ! 10 ! 6 ! 15 ! 4 ! 79 Cumulative total ! ! ! 5 ! 14 ! 24 ! 33 ! 36 ! 44 ! 54 ! 60 ! 75 ! 79 ! December 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun 16 Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat Events

References

External links

Result Book