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2015 Winter Universiade

XXVII Winter Universiade
XXVII Juegos Universitarios de Invierno
XXVII Zimná Univerziáda
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Nations participating 43
Athletes participating 1,551
Events 68 in 11 sports
Opening ceremony 24 January (Nordic & biathlon)
4 February
Closing ceremony 1 February (Nordic & biathlon)
14 February
Officially opened by Andrej Kiska and Felipe VI of Spain
Athlete's Oath Sara Hurtado
Judge's Oath José Cervi
Torch lighter Patricia Muñoz
Main venue Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia)
Palacio de Congresos (Opening)
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada (Closing)

The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in 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, FISU announced that Slovakia would become the co-host of 2015 Winter Universiade. FISU approved to move the Nordic Skiing and Biathlon events to Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie in Slovakia. This decision had been taken to anticipate the difficulties faced by the Granada 2015 Organising Committee in hosting these particular events.

Four sports took place in Slovakia, from January 24 – February 1. From February 4 – 14, the other sports were contested in Granada.

The competition schedule for the 2015 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:

Following is a list of nations that entered athletes at the Universiade:


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