Nations participating 43 Events 68 in 11 sports | Athletes participating 1,551 | |
Opening ceremony 24 January (Nordic & biathlon)4 February Closing ceremony 1 February (Nordic & biathlon)14 February Officially opened by Andrej Kiska and Felipe VI of Spain | ||
The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid.
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On 25 June 2014, FISU announced that Slovakia would become the co-host of 2015 Winter Universiade. FISU approved to move the Nordic Skiing and Biathlon events to Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie in Slovakia. This decision had been taken to anticipate the difficulties faced by the Granada 2015 Organising Committee in hosting these particular events.
Sports
Four sports took place in Slovakia, from January 24 – February 1. From February 4 – 14, the other sports were contested in Granada.
Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2015 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:
Granada
Štrbské Pleso/Osrblie, Slovakia
Participants
Following is a list of nations that entered athletes at the Universiade: