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Here's also another recap on WUG stuff...

"World University Games

Montreal has officially declined to bid for the 2011 World University games. Canada is putting forward Edmonton as its 2011 Candidate.

        Shenzen, China announced in January of this year that it is a very serious candidate for the games.

       Taipei has previously made brief  mentions of interest, most recently at the 2005 Universiade in August.

       Early on, Germany talked of putting forward Leipzig as a candidate and has talked to all of the cities that were candidates for the 2012 Olympic games, and Munich.

       Utrecht, Holland has been briefly mentioned, but these suggestions seem to have developed into serious         consideration.

       Bristol, England has been mentioned in passing and Belfast, Northern Ireland has put forth the idea of going for the 2011 or 2013 Universiade.

       2007 Host: Bangkok, Thailand

       Winter World University Games

      Erzurum Turkey, which lost to Harbin for the 2009 University Games, has decided to run for the 2011 Winter Universiade. Calgary is a possible nominee from Canada according to the         Edmonton Sun.  World Police and Fire Games City sources in Fairfax, Virginia are looking at the opportunity for Fairfax County to bid for the World Police and Fire Games in 2013.

World Transplant Games -- Gold Coast , Australia seems to be the main city interested in hosting the 2009 World Transplant Games.

       2007 Host: Turin, Italy

       2009 Host: Harbin, China

Source:  Guardian's Int'l Games Archives

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Are these Games still interesting? Hardly any coverage and some sports are lacking serious competitors...

Not really. The only media coverage one would really get for these Games is by the Internet. And, only by those who are really interested in them.

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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.

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I really think they should cancel these Games and replace them with European Games.....

I suggest Amsterdam is a perfect candidate for the first European Games, perhaps in 2013? Or otherwise Athens can use the excisting facilities once more in 2009.....

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You are really doing some Amsterdam promotion are you :D Too bad the people of Amsterdam aren't exactly sportlovers compared to other Dutch cities...

Utrecht might be suited for the Universiade, depending on what the demands for the venues are. It is home to the biggest University in the country which also happens to be one I'm currently studying  :P

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Amsterdam has bid for 1992 Olympic but they didn't get much support from the citizens.

But if Amsterdam bid again I'll sure support it... coz this city is so lovely!

The Dutch in general and the people of Amsterdam in particular are real nimby's. It is almost impossible to organise something in that place without problems.

For instance, they had a lot of problems organising the Amsterdam Marathon a few years ago. Shop owners downtown were complaining about their accessibility. In the end they had to build several temporary bridges over the roads. As a result the biggest part of the marathon now takes place outside the city. Not a real problem because the people of Amsterdam don't seem to be interested in it anyway. There are many more examples where that came from but I won't bore you with them.

It is too bad, Amsterdam is the only Dutch city that might have a very slim chance to ever host the olympics again. When the attitude of the people over there isn't going to change that is never going to happen though.

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Too bad.....but you're right about Amsterdam. Unfortunately it is the only dutch city, with international "fame" so changes of Amsterdam organising any major sport events in the near future are very slim.....
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Now that Torino has finished its "main event" for this year and it is about to host the Paralympic Winter Games, the city has next year's Winter Universiade to contend with. Of course, how the Olympic venues will be used is still anyone's guess.
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Too bad.....but you're right about Amsterdam. Unfortunately it is the only dutch city, with international "fame" so changes of Amsterdam organising any major sport events in the near future are very slim.....

Isnt the national university and also the biggest university in the Netherlands at Den Hague?

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Two Asian candidate cities for the 2011 Summer Universiade so far: Shenzhen, PR China and Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei.

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one european:Murcia (Spain)

That would be only 12 years after Palma de Mallorca hosted.

Does anyone have any facts about Murcia's sports infrastructures (f.e. capacity of their new football stadium)? Which is the city's population btw...around 500000?

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That would be only 12 years after Palma de Mallorca hosted.

Does anyone have any facts about Murcia's sports infrastructures (f.e. capacity of their new football stadium)? Which is the city's population btw...around 500000?

estoy de acuerdo contigo,pero este pais es asi,todo el mundo quiere su minuto de gloria

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Here is the situation as of today: here at 2011 bid cities.

For winter : Maribor and Erzurum

For summer :Shenzhen - China

Kaohsiung - Chinese Taipei

Kazan - Russia

Poznan - Poland

Murcia - Spain

Yep, and no Canadian bid, despite the news about Edmonton really wanted the University of Alberta to do it. Plus, that prevented Calgary from bidding the 2011 Winter Universiade in the process. Got to love our FISU committee. :angry:

So, Erzurum is going to try again, huh? This time, it is going to against a Slovenian bid for it.

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The evaluations for the 2011 Summer Universiade has begun. The first city on the list: POZNAN, Poland.

Links:

1. FISU: Evaluation Visit Poznan 2011 (Day 1)

2. FISU: 2011 SU Evaluation Commission In Poznan (Day 2)

3. FISU: 2011 SU Evaluation Commission In Poznan (Day 3)

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The city evaluations continues on. This time, one of the 2011 WINTER Universiades cities was on the FISU spotlight. It was ERZURUM, Turkey.

Links:

1. FISU: 2011 WU Evaluation Commission Inspects Erzurum (Day 1)

2. FISU: 2011 WU Evaluation Commission In Erzurum (Day 2)

3. FISU: 2011 WU Evaluation Commission In Erzurum (Day 3)

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