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[marcocrowgdl]

Today the FISU take the decission to award Harbin for 2009 Winter Universiade and Belgrade with the Summer Universiade in the same year.

[MonctonFella]

Heres the link to the article.

Edmonton Sun

[Apple]

Edmonton is in. Here's a quote from the Edmonton Journal from yesterday.....

"Mayor Stephen Mandel said he was pleased to hear people praise Edmonton's facilities and delighted with the life the event injected into the city.

Now, he said, Edmonton is pursuing the 2011 Universiade Games and is talking to masters groups about other events, such as major track and field meets."

[RAP]

Guardian, on Dec. 21 2003,05:48, said:

Hachiko, on Dec. 20 2003,16:38, said:

The USA should seriously consider this as well. LA would be a suitable place for a Summer Universiade, with many of the events at the Home Depot Center. :wwww:

The USA has only hosted one Summer and one Winter Universiade each. With Lake Placid 1972 (winter) and Buffalo 1993 (summer) so far, the country has potential to host more of these Games.

Honestly, I doubt that any city in the USA is interested in the World University Games oe even the Pan AM Games
No TV exposure of these games whatsovever.
A little more interst in the 1970s where there was at least some TV coverage.

[Guardian]

In the interim between Universiades (summer ones, I think), the FISU likes to have world university championships in various sports on the even years. Here's the following that the FISU has given out to various cities around the world:

Archery: MADRID, SPAIN (5th. edition)

Badminton: BANGKOK, THAILAND (8th. edition)

Baseball: TAINAN, CHINESE TAIPEI (2nd. edition)

Beach Volleyball: SONGKHLA PROVINCE, THAILAND (2nd. edition)

Bridge: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (2nd. edition)

Chess: KOYCEGIZ, TURKEY (8th. edition)

Cross Country: COLLEGNO, ITALY (14th. edition)

Cycling: SAINT-PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (4th. edition)

Equestrian: TOKYO, JAPAN (6th. edition)

Futsal: PALMA de MALLORCA, SPAIN (9th. edition)

Golf: NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND (10th. edition)

Handball (Men): CHELYABINSSK, RUSSIA (17th. edition)

Handball (Women): VELIKO TARNOVO, BULGARIA (6th. edition)

Judo: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (14th. edition)

Karate: BELGRADE, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO (4th. edition)

Match Racing: RIMINI, ITALY (2nd. edition)

Orienteering: PILSEN, CZECH REPUBLIC (14th. edition)

Rowing: BRIVE-LA-GAILLARDE, FRANCE (8th. edition)

Rugby: BEIJING, CHINA (FIRST edition)

Sailing: IZMIR, TURKEY (3rd. edition)

Shooting: PILSEN, CZECH REPUBLIC (FIRST edition)

Softball: PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, USA (FIRST edition)

Table Tennis: GYOR, HUNGARY (15th. edition)

Taekwondo: PATRAS, GREECE (8th. edition)

Triathlon: PALMA de MALLORCA, SPAIN (7th. edition)

Woodball: TAIPEI CITY, CHINESE TAIPEI (FIRST edition)

Wrestling: LODZ, POLAND (6th. edition)

Water-Skiing: BALAKOVO, RUSSIA (FIRST edition)

For more information about these FISU world championships, click on the link to the web page below:

Various FISU 2004 World University Championships

[mr.x]

If Hamilton can't hold all the events, then other municipalities near by can such as Toronto which has quite a few venues.

[Guardian]

hektor, on April 06 2004,03:09, said:

For 2009 I have listed the following "potential" bids:
- Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro
- Belfast, United Kingdom
- Edmonton or Montreal, Canada (letter of intent submitted early March 04 - decision on Canadian candidate on May 17th)
- Leipzig, Germany
- The Netherlands
- San Antonio, Texas

and Harbin, PR China for Winter

Any other info ?

This is starting to become the 2007 races again, in basic terms. What I mean by this is the "many" bids for the 2009 SUMMER Universiade while there is only ONE candidate city for the winter counterpart. Is the Winter Universiade losing popularity?

[Guardian]

Very sad news for Izmir 2005. The mayor of Izmir and president of the 2005 Summer Universiade organizing committee has passed away suddenly. Now what for the city and the organizers??

Izmir Mayor And President Of Universiade 2005 Committee Dies Suddenly

:cry:    :shocked:

[hektor]

Belgrade bid for 1992 as well in the aftermath of Sarajevo 1984. Got more votes than Birmingham.

[Guardian]

ghost1, on Sep. 25 2004,15:47, said:

Yes
There were such plans for 1997, but weren't realized and recently for 2011 or 2013 - we shell see!

Which ones does it have in mind?