2017 Winter Universiade

There were two candidates to host the event.

• Almaty. This is the third time that a former soviet country has hosted the Winter Universiade. Russia hosted two times the Summer Universiade – Moscow (1973), Kazan (2013) and will host the Winter Universiade two years later in Krasnoyarsk.
• Trentino, Italy. Until 2011, Italy hosted the Universiade 9 times (4 Summer Universiades and 5 Winter Universiades). A week before the announcement of results of the bidding campaign, in connection with the economic crisis, the Italian government decided to withdraw its candidacy.

«Given the difficult economic situation in Italy and the high financial obligations to the International Federation for the moment, the Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento sees no possibility to raise funds for the Universiade in 2017 and therefore removes the candidature of the city.»

Later Trentino was invited to host the 2013 Winter Universiade, after Maribor withdrew to host the event.[3]

Formal decision on the Universiade in Almaty was taken on a vote of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) on November 29, 2011, which was held in Brussels (Belgium).

Thus, due to the lack of competitors, Almaty was declared the host city of the 28th Winter Universiade in 2017.

The competition schedule for the 2017 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:[5] The opening ceremony of the 28th Winter Universiade was held on 29 January 2017. A total of 1,604 athletes from 56 countries arrived in Almaty to compete in 85 events and 12 types of sports.[6][7]

January/February	28 Sat	29 Sun	30 Mon	31 Tue	01 Wed	02 Thu	03 Fri	04 Sat	05 Sun	06 Mon	07 Tue	08 Wed	Events
Ceremonies		OC										CC
Alpine skiing		●	2	●	2		1	1	1	1	1		9
Biathlon			●	2	●	2	2	●	1	●	2		9
Cross-country skiing			2	2		2		1		2	1	1	11
Curling			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Figure skating					●	1	●	2					3
Freestyle skiing			2	1		2	2			●	2		9
Ice hockey	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	1	2
Nordic combined		●	●		1	●	1	●	1				3
Short track speed skating									2	2	4		8
Ski jumping			●	●	2		●	1	2				5
Snowboarding			2	2	●	2			2		2		10
Speed skating				2	2	2	2	2	2	2			14
Total events			8	9	7	11	8	7	11	8	14	2	85
Cumulative total			8	17	24	35	43	50	61	69	83	85
January/February	28 Sat	29 Sun	30 Mon	31 Tue	01 Wed	02 Thu	03 Fri	04 Sat	05 Sun	06 Mon	07 Tue	08 Wed	Events

56 national university sports federations sent a total of 1,604 athletes.[10] The numbers in parenthesis represent the number of participants. The International University Sports Federation (FISU) declared there were no positive doping cases at the 28th Winter Universiade.[11]

  *   Host nation (Kazakhstan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	29	27	15	71
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)*	11	8	17	36
3	South Korea (KOR)	11	5	5	21
4	Japan (JPN)	6	12	10	28
5	Poland (POL)	5	2	5	12
6	China (CHN)	4	4	2	10
7	France (FRA)	4	2	2	8
8	Italy (ITA)	4	0	0	4
9	Belarus (BLR)	3	2	1	6
10	Ukraine (UKR)	2	3	4	9
11	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	2	5	9
12	Austria (AUT)	1	2	5	8
13	Canada (CAN)	1	1	1	3
14	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	0	1
16	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	1	4
17	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	3	5
18	Germany (GER)	0	2	1	3
19	Australia (AUS)	0	2	0	2
	Finland (FIN)	0	2	0	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	0	2
22	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	3	4
23	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
24	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	2	2
25	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 nations)		85	85	85	255

2016 stamp of Kazakhstan showing the mascot of the 2017 Winter Universiade, an eyas.

The logo of the Winter Universiade 2017 was created considering the following images:[12]

• Letter "U" – is an essential attribute of all Universiade logos
• Wings – symbolizes the aspiration to win

The logo was created in bright and soft colors that emphasize the modernity and the eco-friendly approach, which is one of the most important elements of the general concept of the Games.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017 Winter Universiade.

• Universiade-2017 in Almaty
• Results book