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27 sports

July 6-17, 2013

800 000 spectators

11 000 participants

The Universiade or the World University Games are an international multi-sport event organised for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) since 1923.

The Games were held for the first time in our country in Moscow in 1973.

160 countries

351 sets of medals

3 bln TV audience

19 970 volunteers

Recognized by the world sports community as the best in the history of the Games

40 years later the World University Games were hosted by Kazan. The 2013 Summer Universiade was the first high-profile multi-sport event in the history of modern Russia.