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| Host city | Granada, Spain Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia (Nordic & Biathlon) |
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| Nations | 30 (SVK) 34 (ESP)[1] |
| Athletes | 1,551 |
| Events | 68 in 11 sports |
| Opening | 24 January 2015 (Nordic & biathlon) 4 February 2015 |
| Closing | 1 February 2015 (Nordic & biathlon) 14 February 2015 |
| Opened by | Andrej Kiska and Sebastian Pérez Ortiz |
| Athlete's Oath | Sara Hurtado |
| Judge's Oath | José Cervi |
| Torch lighter | Pavol Hurajt (Slovakia) Patricia Muñoz (Spain) |
| Main venue | Štrbské Pleso (Slovakia) Palacio de Congresos (Opening) Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada (Closing) |
| Website | granada2015.org (archived) |
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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.[2]
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.[3] [4]
- ^ "27th Winter Universiade". FISU. 2015.
- ^ 2015 Universiades Candidates Deliver Bidding Books at FISU HQ Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
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