Nations participating 44 Events 12 sports | Athletes participating 2,326 Officially opened by Liu Yandong | |
Opening ceremony 18 February 2009 (2009-02-18) Closing ceremony 28 February 2009 (2009-02-28) | ||
The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games.
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Selection
Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host city Erzurum. They were the only two candidates.
Venues
Harbin now has four stadiums for international ice games and five training stadiums. Among the venues, the following are mentioned in the official web site:
These venues were used for the Asian Games and were part of Harbin's unsuccessful application for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
There will be two athlete's villages, the main one in Harbin and the second one in Yabuli.
Ice disciplines
Snow disciplines
References
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