2011 Summer Universiade

XXVI Summer Universiade
第26届夏季世界大学生运动会
Dì 26 jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì

Events	306 in 22 sports
Opening ceremony	12 August
Closing ceremony	23 August
Officially opened by	President Hu Jintao
Main venue	Shenzhen Bay Sports Center

The 2011 Summer Universiade, the XXVI Summer Universiade, was hosted in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Bid selection

Bid logo

The cities of Kazan, Russia, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Shenzhen, China, Murcia, Spain, and Poznań, Poland were in contention for the Games. On 16 January 2007, FISU announced at the conference prior to the 2007 Winter Universiade, that the host would be Shenzhen.^[1] With five candidates, it was the most competitive race to host a Universiade.^[2] Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was also posed to make a serious bid, but withdrew.^[3]

Shenzhen was not considered a favorite, as several other sporting competitions have been assigned to China in recent years, including the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the 2009 Winter Universiade in Harbin, and the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Also, as a city, Shenzhen is only 30 years old as of 2010 and lacks the experience to host a major sporting competition compared to the other candidates' experience.^[4]

Preparation

Shenzhen Airlines was an official partner of the Universiade. Here one of its Airbus A320s is painted in a livery promoting the games.

In preparation for the event, Shenzhen has built numerous infrastructure objects. In particular, several new lines of Shenzhen Metro were opened. The preparation cost was estimated to exceed 180 billion RMB,^[5] including 75 billion RMB spent on new subway lines, 12 billion RMB on facelifting buildings and streets and 4.1 billion RMB spent on the 60,000-seat stadium.

Furthermore, 200 of BYD‟s all-electric eBUS’s and 300 of BYD‟s all-electric e6’s (a 5-passenger sedan that serves well as an eTaxi), this new energy fleet now becomes the largest of its kind in the World. Chuanfu Wang, the Chairman and President of BYD Co., Ltd., signed on behalf of BYD at a formal ceremony with representatives from Shenzhen Bus Group, Shenzhen Eastern Bus Group and Shenzhen Western Bus Co.

After the conclusion of the international multi-sport events at the 2011 Universiade Games, the eBUS‟s and eTaxi‟s will continue serving as public transportation for Shenzhen City.

On the down side, 80,000 residents were evicted from the city for reasons such as lack of regular employment because they were deemed "a threat" to the Universiade. The move was highly controversial and sparked a debate on the legality of the policy.^[6][7]

Residents of apartment buildings close to the stadium were ordered to leave their houses for five hours but to leave the lights on. 15,000 paramilitary police from other cities were deployed in Shenzhen, in addition to Shenzhen's own 5,000-strong force.^[8]

Shenzhen Airport was ordered closed during the opening ceremony, affecting up to 290 flights.

According to the head of Shenzhen's Communist Party division, Wang Rong, all this was done to prevent embarrassment of China in front of the world, as many foreigners will be present in the city during the Games.

The Stadium of opening ceremony: Shenzhen Bay Sports Center

Mascot

The mascot of 2011 Summer Universiade is called UU. Its design is related to the logo of the Universiade, the Happy U. It represents a smiling face, with the image of the first letter "U" in the word "Universiade". Its relationship with the logo, the "Happy U" breaks the traditional mascot design idea to be realistic, and comforts to the spirit of the Universiade.

Tickets

Delegations could obtain complementary tickets before 23 May. As of 24 May (80 days away from the Opening Ceremony), the ticket sale was not yet started. It was announced that tickets will cost between 30 and 300 RMB.^[9] In July 2011, tickets went on sale^[10] to the general public in several phases. Tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies would not be sold to the general public.

Venues

Shenzhen University Stadium

Early reports promised the city would build 12 new stadiums and gyms in the Futian, Nanshan and Luohu districts. A new International Olympic Centre featuring a 60,000-seat main stadium, a 18,000-seat gym, a 13.4-square-kilometre park and other facilities, also were established in Longgang District.^[2] By the end, 21 new venues and stadiums were successfully completed.^[11]

The 2011 Summer Universiade used 54 stadiums including 29 competition halls and 25 training halls. Avant company is the only sports seating facility supplier.

The universiade including Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Sports Center, Shenzhen Sports Center-natatorium, Shenzhen Stadium, Sports City, Shenzhen Gym, Shenzhen natatorium, Shenzhen Sports Team Training Hall, Longgang International Velodrome, Luohu Gym, Bao’an Sports Center, Nanshan Recreation and Sports Activities Center, Shenzhen University Gym, etc.

Main gymnasium of Universiade center has an area of 45,000 square meters, 4 layers, allowing more than 18,000 spectators to watch matches. Many basketball matches and championships were held here, so it satisfied all standards and specifications of FIBA. Stands were constructed around the whole basketball gymnasium.

Sports

Following is a list of the sports that were contested at the 2011 Summer Universiade:^[12]

Participants

150 countries participated in 2011 Summer Universiade.^[13]

Medal table

The medal count is as follows:^[30]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	75	39	31	145
2	Russia	42	45	45	132
3	South Korea	28	21	30	79
4	Japan	23	26	38	87
5	United States	17	22	11	50
6	Italy	12	5	13	30
7	Ukraine	11	20	13	44
8	Chinese Taipei	7	9	16	32
9	Turkey	7	7	8	22
10	Thailand	7	2	9	18
11	Jamaica	6	2	1	9
12	Hungary	6	1	4	11
13	Poland	5	7	8	20
14	Lithuania	5	5	3	13
15	Australia	5	3	8	16
16	New Zealand	5	3	4	12
17	France	4	12	17	33
18	Romania	3	4	9	16
19	Belarus	3	4	6	13
20	Indonesia	3	1	2	6
21	Germany	2	6	6	14
22	Spain	2	5	5	12
23	Brazil	2	4	12	18
24	South Africa	2	2	3	7
25	North Korea	2	2	1	5
26	Portugal	2	2	0	4
26	Serbia	2	2	0	4
28	Czech Republic	2	1	4	7
29	Great Britain	2	1	2	5
30	India	2	0	1	3
31	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
32	Mexico	1	4	12	17
33	Iran	1	4	3	8
34	Switzerland	1	3	1	5
35	Slovakia	1	2	0	3
36	Morocco	1	1	2	4
37	Algeria	1	1	1	3
37	Estonia	1	1	1	3
39	Moldova	1	0	1	2
39	Armenia	1	0	1	2
41	Croatia	1	0	0	1
42	Canada	0	5	3	8
43	Mongolia	0	4	0	4
44	Kazakhstan	0	3	3	6
45	Azerbaijan	0	2	0	2
46	Vietnam	0	1	3	4
47	Malaysia	0	1	2	3
48	Austria	0	1	1	2
48	Belgium	0	1	1	2
50	Israel	0	1	0	1
50	Philippines	0	1	0	1
50	Singapore	0	1	0	1
50	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
50	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
55	Hong Kong	0	0	3	3
56	Cyprus	0	0	2	2
56	Egypt	0	0	2	2
58	Cuba	0	0	1	1
58	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
58	Georgia	0	0	1	1
58	Greece	0	0	1	1
58	Kenya	0	0	1	1
58	Macedonia	0	0	1	1
58	Mozambique	0	0	1	1
58	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		306	302	360	968

Schedule

One of volleyball events: Norway vs Mexico (20 August)

Australian and Hongkongese referees for volleyball event of Norway vs Mexico (20 August)

Score Monitor in Shenzhen University Gym (20 August)

One of football events:Brazil vs UK

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

August		11th Thu	12th Fri	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tue	17th Wed	18th Thu	19th Fri	20th Sat	21st Sun	22nd Mon	23rd Tue	Events
Ceremonies			OC											CC
Archery					●	●	2	2	8						10
Athletics							2	6	11	10	7	14			50
Badminton							●	●	1	●	●	●	5		6
Basketball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Beach volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	1	1					2
Chess						●	●	●	●	●	●	3			3
Cycling				2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2				16
Diving							2	1	1	2	1	1	4		12
Fencing				2	2	2	2	2	2						12
Football		●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Gymnastics				1	1	2	10				2	4	8		28
Golf								●	●	●	4				4
Judo				4	4	4	4	2							18
Sailing							●	●	●	●	3	6			9
Shooting									8	6	8	4	10		36
Swimming				2	6	7	7	7	7	6					42
Table tennis				●	●	●	2	●	1	2	2				7
Taekwondo									2	3	4	4	4	4	21
Tennis					●	●	●	●	●	●	2	5			7
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Water polo		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Weightlifting				2	2	3	2	3	3						15
Total events				13	17	20	34	28	45	32	37	40	35	5	306
Cumulative total				13	30	50	84	112	157	189	226	266	301	306
August		11th Thu	12th Fri	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tue	17th Wed	18th Thu	19th Fri	20th Sat	21st Sun	22nd Mon	23rd Tue	Events

See also

• Sports in China

References

External links

• Official website
• Shenzhen 2011 Universiade – Photos stadiums and schedule of events
• Universiade news and practical guide
• Stadium Seating Supplier
• Video Ceremony - Shenzhen 2011 Universiade

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