2013 Winter Universiade

XXVI Winter Universiade
XXVI Universiade invernale
	The official logo for the 2013 Winter Universiade
Host city	Trentino, Italy
Nations	51
Athletes	1,725
Events	79 in 12 sports
Opening	December 11, 2013
Closing	December 21, 2013
Opened by	President Ugo Rossi
Torch lighter	Franco Nones
Main venue	Trento Dome Square ; Stadio del Ghiaccio de Gianmario Scola
Website	www.universiadetrentino.org
Winter
	← Erzurum 2011 Granada-Štrbské Pleso-Osrblie 2015 →
Summer
	← Shenzhen 2011 Kazan 2013 →

The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013.

This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade in same the year and in the end of the year and missing two months for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Originally, it was planned to take place in Maribor, Slovenia in late January and early February,^[1] but the Government of Slovenia overturned its decision to partially fund the project due to financial problems in February 2012.^[2] In March 2012, the International University Sports Federation decided that it would organise the Universiade elsewhere.^[3] FISU officially announced that the Trentino region of Italy would host the event.^[4]

The motto of the event was "Inspired by U". The torch, made by the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Trento, recalled a flower of gentian with five petals in the shape of a ski, with colors that recall the Olympic colors and the five stars of the universes. It was officially lit by Pope Francis in Rome on 6 November 2013.^[5]

^ Universiades for 2013 attributed Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Kresanje mnenj o univerzijadi" [Clash of Opinions About the Universiade]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 19 February 2012.
^ "Mariboru odvzeli univerzijado" [Universiade Taken Away from Maribor]. Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 6 March 2012.
^ 2013 Universiade moved
^ "Papa Francesco ha acceso la fiaccola delle Universiadi". Trentino Corriere Alpi. 2013-11-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.

[1] Universiades for 2013 attributed Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Kresanje mnenj o univerzijadi" [Clash of Opinions About the Universiade]. Delo.si (in Slovenian). 19 February 2012.

[3] "Mariboru odvzeli univerzijado" [Universiade Taken Away from Maribor]. Slovenske novice (in Slovenian). 6 March 2012.

[4] 2013 Universiade moved

[5] "Papa Francesco ha acceso la fiaccola delle Universiadi". Trentino Corriere Alpi. 2013-11-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.

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