# 2015 Winter Universiade

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.
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.

## Sports

Four sports took place in Slovakia, from January 24 – February 1. From February 4 – 14, the other sports were contested in Granada.

### Granada

* Alpine skiing (10) (details)
* Curling (2) (details)
* Figure skating (4) (details)
* Freestyle skiing (8) (details)
* Ice hockey (2) (details)
* Short track speed skating (8) (details)
* Snowboarding (8) (details)

### Slovakia

* Biathlon (9) (details)
* Cross-country skiing (9) (details)
* Nordic combined (3) (details)
* Ski jumping (5) (details)

## Schedule

The competition schedule for the 2015 Winter Universiade is shown as follows:

### Štrbské Pleso/Osrblie

| OC | Opening ceremony | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| January/February | 24 Sat | 25 Sun | 26 Mon | 27 Tue | 28 Wed | 29 Thu | 30 Fri | 31 Sat | 01 Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies | OC | | | | | | | | CC | |
| Biathlon | | 2 | | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | | 9 |
| Cross-country skiing | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Nordic combined | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 |
| Ski jumping | | | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 5 |
| Total events | | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| Cumulative total | | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | |
| January/February | 24 Sat | 25 Sun | 26 Mon | 27 Tue | 28 Wed | 29 Thu | 30 Fri | 31 Sat | 01 Sun | Events |

### Granada

| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
| February | 03 Tue | 04 Wed | 05 Thu | 06 Fri | 07 Sat | 08 Sun | 09 Mon | 10 Tue | 11 Wed | 12 Thu | 13 Fri | 14 Sat | Events |
| Ceremonies | | OC | | | | | | | | | | CC | |
| Alpine skiing | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Curling | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | 2 |
| Figure skating | | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/EG | | | | | | | 4 |
| Freestyle skiing | | | 2 | | | | 2 | ● | 2 | | 2 | | 8 |
| Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 |
| Short track speed skating | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 8 |
| Snowboarding | | | | 2 | 2 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | 8 |
| Total events | | | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 42 |
| Cumulative total | | | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 39 | 42 | |
| February | 03 Tue | 04 Wed | 05 Thu | 06 Fri | 07 Sat | 08 Sun | 09 Mon | 10 Tue | 11 Wed | 12 Thu | 13 Fri | 14 Sat | Events |

## Venues
### Granada

* Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Granada — opening ceremony
* Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada — men's ice hockey and closing ceremony
* Pabellón de Mulhacén — women's ice hockey
* Pabellón de Universiada — curling
* Sierra Nevada Ski Station - alpine skiing
* Universiade Igloo - figure skating and short track speed skating

### Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie, Slovakia

* Štrbské Pleso - cross country skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping, opening and closing ceremonies
* Osrblie - biathlon

## Participants

Following is a list of nations that entered athletes at the Universiade:
* Andorra (9)
* Australia (13)
* Austria (37)
* Belarus (15)
* Belgium (3)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (82)
* China (94)
* Croatia (4)
* Czech Republic (71)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (33)
* France (60)
* Georgia (6)
* Germany (20)
* Great Britain (15)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (4)
* Italy (39)
* Japan (97)
* Kazakhstan (89)
* Kyrgyzstan (4)
* Latvia (7)
* Lithuania (6)
* Mexico (2)
* Mongolia (6)
* Netherlands (6)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (33)
* Poland (72)
* Russia (178)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (56) (co-host)
* Slovenia (17)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (86)
* Spain (78) (co-host)
* Sweden (42)
* Switzerland (51)
* Turkey (24)
* Ukraine (51)
* United States (117)

## Combinated Medal table

* Host nations (Spain, Slovakia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 20 | 18 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | United States (USA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Slovakia (SVK)* | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | Andorra (AND) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Spain (ESP)* | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 68 | 68 | 68 | 204 |