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2015 Winter Universiade
The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event with the host ducties were shared by Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid. On 25 June 2014, after Granada announced that it could not host cross-country skiing events for environmental and logistical reasons, FISU announced that Slovakia was invited to be a co-host of the 2015 Winter Universiade. FISU approved moving the Nordic skiing and biathlon events to Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie in Slovakia. In this way, Slovakia was allowed to add another sport to its program, ski jumping.
Sports
Four sports took place in Slovakia, from January 24 – February 1. From February 4 – 14, the other sports were contested in Granada.
Granada
Slovakia
Schedule
The competition schedule for the 2015 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:
Štrbské Pleso/Osrblie
Granada
Venues
Granada
Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie, Slovakia
Participants
Following is a list of nations that entered athletes at the Universiade:
Combinated Medal table
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