58 countries from all over the world, 11 winter sports in 6 different municipalities of Piedmont: Turin, Pragelato, Bardonecchia, Pinerolo, Torre Pellice and Sestriere. Torino 2025 FISU World University Games Winter, from 13 to 23 January 2025, is the event you cannot miss!
Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, curling, freeskiing, hockey, ice speed skating, snowboarding, figure skating and biathlon, in addition to the two new optional disciplines, namely ski orienteering and ski mountaineering: there will be many winter sports for which university champions from all over the world will compete.
Location
In Torino, the short track and figure skating competitions will be held at the Palavela, and the women's ice hockey tournament, men's semi-finals and finals, and the men's and women's curling tournaments at PalaTazzoli.
The men's hockey preliminaries will be held in the arenas of Torre Pellice and Pinerolo, while Bardonecchia will host alpine skiing, snowboarding, freestyle and freeskiing, Pragelato will host the biathlon and cross-country skiing competitions, and Sestriere will host the new discipline of ski mountaineering.
The next edition of the World University Winter Games will be the first sports event without barriers of any kind. For the first time, the Universiade will be open to Paralympic athletes, who will be able to compete in snow sports disciplines together with able-bodied athletes, in an event under the banner of inclusiveness and social sustainability.