2013 Summer Universiade

XXVII Summer Universiade

Host city	Kazan, Russia
Nations	162[1]
Athletes	10,442[1]
Events	351 in 27 sports[1]
Opening	6 July 2013
Closing	17 July 2013
Opened by	President Vladimir Putin
Athlete's Oath	Aliya Mustafina
Judge's Oath	Yevgeny Sadovyi
Torch lighter	Yekaterina Gamova, Irek Zaripov, Nail Yakupov and Tagir Khaibulaev
Main venue	Kazan Arena
Website	Official website
Summer
← Shenzhen 2011 Gwangju 2015 →
Winter
← Trentino 2013 Granada-Štrbské Pleso 2015 →

The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (Russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада; Tatar: XXVII Җәйге Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade.^[2] Over 10,400 university athletes from 162 countries participated in 13 mandatory and 14 optional sports,^{[citation needed]} making the 2013 Universiade the biggest ever in the history of the event. For the first time in history a Cultural Universiade was also included, with many festivals and shows held simultaneously with the sporting events. The Universiade was organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and by the authorities of the Russian Federation.