On 31 January 2013, Miklós Tóth, the vice-chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, announced that Hungary would make a bid for the 2019 or 2021 Summer Universiade with the aid of Alfréd Hajós' Plan ("Hajós Alfréd Terv"). Budapest previously hosted the 1965 Summer Universiade and was confirmed as the bid city on 19 February 2013.