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| Host city | Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| Motto | Welcome Home!, Bienvenue à la maison” |
| Edition | 30th |
| Events | 60 events in 10 sports (proposed) |
| Opening | 11 December 2021 (cancelled) |
| Closing | 21 December 2021 (cancelled) |
| Dates | Cancelled |
| Main venue | Swissporarena |
| Website | winteruniversiade2021.ch (archived) |
The 2021 Winter Universiade, officially known as the XXX Winter Universiade or 30th Winter Universiade, and commonly known as Lucerne 2021, is a cancelled multi-sport event for student and youth athletes that was scheduled to take place from 11 to 21 December 2021 in Lucerne, Switzerland, with preliminary competition in some events beginning 6 December 2021. The Games were to be hosted at venues in cantons of Central Switzerland, including Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Zug.
Lucerne, which was the only city to bid for the Games, was named host In March 2016.[1] On 29 November 2021, the Games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Omicron variant.
- ^ "Lucerne awarded 2021 Winter Universiade". Inside the Games. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2020.