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The 2025 FISU Summer World University Games, officially known as the XXXII Summer World University Games and also known as Rhine-Ruhr 2025, is a multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 16 to 27 July 2025, in five cities in Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region and Berlin as an outlying venue in Germany. The region previously hosted the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg, who also host sports during these games.
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| Host city | Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Motto | A Summer With Distinction (German: Sommer Cum Laude) |
| Sport | 18 |
| Events | 234 |
| Opening | 16 July 2025 |
| Closing | 27 July 2025 |
| Main venue | MSV-Arena |
| Website | rhineruhr2025 |
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The organising committee is planning to use existing and temporary sports facilities, with some existing being renovated for these games. Unlike previous editions, this edition will be completely decentralized. Instead of an athlete's village, athletes will stay in hotels and university residential buildings in the region. The competition venues are spread over five cities in the region (Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Hagen and Mülheim) and Berlin.
Originally, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, was scheduled to host some sporting events and the opening ceremonies,but due to changes related to logistics and financial issues,the city withdraw to host and all sporting venues and the schedule had to be replanned.[1][2] After this change,in September 2024, it was announced that Hagen and Berlin where added to the Games: Hagen will host some basketball games and Berlin will host swimming, diving and volleyball events.[3]
| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohrheidestadion | Bochum | Athletics | 16,223 |
| Jahrhunderthalle (Bochum) | Basketball (3x3, wheelchair) | TBA | |
| MSV-Arena | Duisburg | Opening ceremony | 31,514 |
| Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord | Closing ceremony | 15,000 | |
| Wedau | Rowing | TBA | |
| ASC Duisburg | Aquatics (water polo) | 5,000 | |
| Walter-Schädlich-Halle | Basketball | 800 | |
| Sportpark Duisburg | Volleyball (beach) | TBA | |
| Messe Essen | Essen | Fencing, Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic), Judo, Taekwondo, Table tennis | TBA |
| Grugahalle | Basketball | 7,700 | |
| Essen Tennis Club | Tennis | 5,000 | |
| Sporthalle Am Hallo | Basketball | 2,500 | |
| Sportpark Am Hallo Stadion | Archery (preliminaries) | 3,800 | |
| Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex | Archery (finals) | TBA | |
| Ischelandhalle | Hagen | Basketball | 3,145 |
| Innogy Sporthalle | Mülheim | Badminton | 3,000 |
| Venue | City | Sports | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe SportPark Aquatics Centre | Berlin | Aquatics (swimming, diving) | TBA |
| Max-Schmeling-Halle | Volleyball | 9,200 |
In addition to the 15 compulsory sports, up to three optional sports can be chosen, while respecting the infrastructure and local demands. The organizing committee has proposed beach volleyball, rowing and 3x3 basketball, along with some Paralympic disciplines (which marks the first Summer World University Games to feature para-athletes and para-sport events, following its introduction at the 2025 Winter World University Games), as its optional sports.[4]
This will be the first time that 3x3 basketball will be part of the World University Summer Games program, while beach volleyball returns since it was last held at the 2013 Summer World University Games, while rowing remains after returning for the 2021 Summer World University Games. [5]
Diving (13) ()
Swimming (42) ()
Water polo (2) ()
Archery (10) ()
Athletics (51) ()
Badminton (6) ()
Basketball (2) ()
3x3 basketball (4) ()
Fencing (12) ()
Gymnastics ()
Artistic gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
Judo (15) ()
Rowing (14) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (23) ()
Tennis (7) ()
Beach volleyball (2) ()
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