2025 Summer World University Games

The 2025 FISU Summer World University Games, officially known as the XXXII Summer World University Games and also known as Rhine-Ruhr 2025, is a multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 16 to 27 July 2025, in five cities in Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in Germany. The region previously hosted the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg, who also host sports during these games.

Originally, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, was to host several events, including the opening ceremony, but the city's sport venues were withdrawn a year before the games as part of a new cost-cutting streamlined approach, which would see the shortening of transport routes and improvement of regional synergies.

Sports
In addition to the 15 compulsory sports, up to three optional sports can be chosen, while respecting the infrastructure and local demands. The organizing committee has proposed beach volleyball, rowing and 3x3 basketball, along with some Paralympic disciplines (which marks the first Summer World University Games to feature para-athletes and para-sport events, following its introduction at the 2025 Winter World University Games), as its optional sports. This will be the first time that 3x3 basketball will be part of the World University Summer Games program, while beach volleyball returns since it was last held at the 2013 Summer World University Games, while rowing remains after returning for the 2021 Summer World University Games.


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 * Basketball
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Venues
The organising committee is planning to use existing sports facilities, with some being renovated for these games. Unlike previous editions, this edition will be completely decentralized. Instead of an athlete's village, athletes will stay in hotels and university residential buildings in the region. The competition venues are spread over 5 cities in the region: Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Hagen and Mülheim.


 * Bochum venues
 * Lohrheidestadion - athletics
 * To be announced - 3x3 basketball, 3x3 wheelchair basketball


 * Duisburg venues
 * Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord - ceremonies
 * Wedau - rowing
 * ASC Duisburg - water polo
 * DSV 98 Duisburg - water polo
 * To be announced - basketball, beach volleyball


 * Essen venues
 * Messe Essen - gymnastics (rhythmic), fencing, judo and taekwondo
 * Grugahalle - basketball
 * Essen Tennis Club - tennis
 * To be announced - archery, gymnastics (artistic), table tennis


 * Hagen standalone venue
 * To be announced - basketball


 * Mülheim standalone venue
 * Innogy Sporthalle - badminton


 * Venue to be announced
 * Diving, swimming, volleyball