2019 Summer Universiade
| Nations participating | 210 - |
|---|---|
| Athletes participating | - |
| Opening ceremony | 20 July (TBC) |
| Closing ceremony | 31 July (TBC) |
| Officially opened by | - |
| Athlete's Oath | - |
| Judge's Oath | - |
| Torch lighter | - |
| Main venue | - |
The 2019 Summer Universiade, the XXX Summer Universiade, will be organised in Naples, Italy, in July (TBC) 2019. It was initially scheduled for Brasília, Brazil in July 2019. This would have been the second time Brazil hosted the event, the second time the event was held in the Southern Hemisphere and the second time it was held during the winter in the host city. Brazil hosted the event for the first time in Porto Alegre in 1963.
However, on December 23, 2014, it was confirmed that Brasília withdrew from hosting the event, citing financial problems.International University Sports Federation decided to reopen the bidding process after the withdrawal.
On 14 June 2012, the Brazilian Minister of Sports, Aldo Rebelo, and the president of CBDU (Confederação Brasileira do Desporto Universitário), Luciano Cabral announced that after the failed bidding of the 2017 they will bid again for the Summer Universiade. Brazil's capital Brasília was appointed as the bid city again after it lost the 2017 Summer Universiade to Taipei.Brazil hosted the Summer Universiade just one time in 1963 in Porto Alegre.
On 11 December 2012, Azad Rahimov, the Youth and Sports Minister of Azerbaijan, announced that after the country wins the bid for the first European Games. Is a first time which Azerbaijan puts a bid for the Universiade, where Baku will represent the country as bid city.
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