Almaty to host 2017 Winter Universiade

30 Nov 2011 | Davide Tuniz

Kazakhstan city was the only candidate and was automatically selected

Kazakh Almaty was automatically selected as 2017 28th Winter Universiade host, after the other claimant, the Italian Trento, had lifted its candidacy in view of economic crisis.
In October Tengrinews.agency reported that International University Sport Federation's (FISU) Commission was satisfied with preparations made by Almaty authorities for the Winter Universiade. The commission visited the sports facilities and met with Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov who promised FISU that that if Kazakhstan wins the right to host the competition, it would be the best Universiade in the history of its existence investing more then one million dollars for the event.
'The 2017 Winter Universiade is an amazing opportunity for Almaty to promote its image as a new winter sports destination and to develop university sports in our city, our country and our region’, Almaty delegate Pavel Shegay said. ‘The bidding process was very exciting, and our team was very enthusiast in working out key reasons to choose Almaty as a new host city for Winter Universiade that are based on FISU philosophy and humanistic values. Unfortunately, our colleagues and competitors from Trentino decided to withdraw its candidature at the almost final stage. Competition with Trentino was very spectacular, intriguing and very useful for us. Nevertheless, we see brilliant prospects for all member countries of FISU to achieve outstanding results in promoting university sports at global stage.’

The next World Student Games will be host by the Russian city of Kazan in 2013