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 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 |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Motto | Sommer Cum Laude (German and Latin) (English): A Summer With Distinction |
| Sport | 20 |
| Events | 255 |
| Opening | 16 July 2025 |
| Closing | 27 July 2025 |
| Main venue | Merkur Spiel-Arena (opening ceremony) Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord (closing ceremony) |
Host selection
Sports
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.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 in 2023.[1]
- Aquatics
Diving (15) ()
Swimming (42) ()
Water polo (2) ()
Archery (10) ()
Athletics (51) ()
Badminton (6) ()- Basketball
Basketball (2) ()
3x3 basketball (4) ()
Fencing (12) ()
Gymnastics ()- Artistic gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
Judo (16) ()
Rowing (15) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (23) ()
Tennis (7) ()- Volleyball
Beach volleyball (2) ()
Volleyball (2) ()
Venues
The organising committee is planning to use existing sports facilities, with some 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 5 cities in the region: Düsseldorf (which acts as the main venue cluster), Bochum, Duisburg, Essen and Mülheim.[2]
- Düsseldorf venues
- Merkur Spiel-Arena - opening ceremony and gymnastics (artistic)
- Arena-Sportpark - 3x3 basketball, 3x3 wheelchair basketball, archery and beach volleyball
- Castello Düsseldorf - basketball
- Comenius-Gymnasium Düsseldorf - basketball
- PSD Bank Dome - basketball
- Messe Düsseldorf - aquatics (swimming), table tennis and volleyball
- Mitsubishi Electric Halle - basketball
- Bochum standalone venue
- Lohrheidestadion - athletics
- Duisburg venues
- Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord - closing ceremony
- Wedau - rowing
- ASC Duisburg - water polo
- DSV 98 Duisburg - water polo
- Essen venues
- Messe Essen - gymnastics (rhythmic), fencing, judo and taekwondo
- Grugahalle - basketball
- Grugabad - aquatics (diving)
- Essen Tennis Club - tennis
- Mülheim standalone venue
- Innogy Sporthalle - badminton