2025-07-16
FISU World University Games
16 – 27 July 2025
Welcome to the games
In 2025, the world will come together in the Rhine-Ruhr region to celebrate sport, science and culture. We are looking forward to great sports, enthusiastic visitors, full sports facilities and many new friendships. We are looking forward to seeing you!
16
Jul
27
Jul
12
DAYS
approx.
8.500
ATHLETES & OFFICIALS
up to
150
COUNTRIES
18
SPORTS
Four cities
one region
This is where standards are set. The densest university landscape in Europe meets the most sports clubs in Germany in an exceptionally sports-mad region. In short: The perfect place for the FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES!
- Bochum
- Duisburg
- Essen
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
The Rhine-Ruhr Region
The Rhine-Ruhr region invites you to an international sports spectacle. Athletes will compete for twelve days in 18 sports in 4 cities. Where can you watch and celebrate your favorite sport? Click through and find out more.
Sports
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Bochum
3x3 Basketball
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Bochum
3x3 wheelchair basketball
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Mülheim an der Ruhr
Badminton
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Essen
Basketball
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Partner Cities
Basketball
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Duisburg
Basketball
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Duisburg
Beach Volleyball
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Essen
Archery
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Essen
Fencing
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Essen
Artistic Gymnastics
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Essen
Judo
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Bochum
Athletics
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Essen
Rhythmic Gymnastics
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Duisburg
Rowing
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Partner Cities
Swimming
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Essen
Taekwondo
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Essen
Tennis
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Essen
Table Tennis
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Partner Cities
Volleyball
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Duisburg
Water Polo
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Partner Cities
Diving
Become part
of the team
An exceptional team for an extraordinary event:
There is a place for you in the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 family.
Get in touch
Send us an email
info@rhineruhr2025.comContact for press inquiries
media@rhineruhr2025.comContact for Delegation Services inquiries
delegationservices@rhineruhr2025.comContact for inclusion topics
inclusion@rhineruhr2025.comContact for education and science initiatives
education@rhineruhr2025.comcontact for sponsorship inquiries
sponsoring@rhineruhr2025.com
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In my career, there was no sporting event where I made more friends than at the World University Games.
Fabian Hambüchen
News
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26 July 2024 – Düsseldorf
Looking to Paris - and then to Rhine-Ruhr 2025
The long wait is over - the Olympic Summer Games begin this Friday in Paris. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) will be sending a strong team - 428 athletes will make up the largest team at the Games after the USA and the hosting nation France.
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25 July 2024 – Bochum
FISU inspects Lohrheidestadion for Rhine-Ruhr 2025
Over the past fortnight, the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 team has welcomed representatives from the FISU International Technical Committee as part of their regular inspection visits in various sports. On 22 July, the team visited the Lohrheidestadion and its surrounding facilities in Bochum, currently undergoing significant construction to prepare for the exhilarating athletics competitions in July 2025.
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24 July 2024 – Bochum
3x3 basketball to bring top beats to Bochum
It is a fast, frenetic, and fun new sport- and a perfect fit with the innovative approach being taken to the hosting of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games.
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19 July 2024 – Debrecen
Rhine-Ruhr 2025 takes part in EUSA Forum 2024
At the European Universities Games which are currently taking place in Hungary, Rhine-Ruhr 2025 was invited to speak at the EUSA (European University Sports Association) Forum 2024 held in Debrecen on Saturday 13 July.
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17 July 2024 – Essen
Ruhr Games 25 teams up with Rhine-Ruhr 2025
An outstanding summer of sport awaits North Rhine-Westphalia in one year's time. From 16 to 27 July 2025, an entire region will host the FISU World University Games for the first time: the world's largest multi-sport event of the year 2025 will present top-level student sport at several locations on the Rhine and Ruhr. The RUHR GAMES 25 will take place from 17 to 20 July 2025 in Bochum as part of the second largest multi-sport event in the world after the Summer Olympics, whose core athletic target group largely coincides with that of the RUHR GAMES.
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16 July 2024 – Dieburg
One Year To Go: New concept for Rhine-Ruhr 2025
The countdown is on! The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will start in 365 days - the world's largest multi-sport event will open next year on 16 July 2025. A new concept presented by the Organising Committee of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will ensure the FISU World University Games can be delivered within the negotiated financial framework next summer.
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12 July 2024 – Düsseldorf
European Universities Games begin in Hungary
From 12 to 24 July, the sixth European Universities Games (EUG) 2024 take place in the Hungarian cities of Debrecen and Miskolc. A total of 59 German universities will participate in 14 of the 18 sports offered, sending a contingent of around 400 athletes, making it one of the largest teams at the EUSA Games.
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5 July 2024 – Düsseldorf
"Goosebump moment" at volunteering experience
As the UEFA EURO 2024 football championships enters the final stages, it is not only the surviving teams who want to stay in it until the end. Behind-the-scenes, a total of 16,000 volunteers have been working hard since before the tournament even began to ensure the continental showpiece runs smoothly. Among them are members of the Organising Committee of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games - the next major sporting event in Germany where volunteers will play a key role.
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3 July 2024 – Düsseldorf
Delegation Webinar: over 80 delegations took part
The inaugural Delegation Webinar for the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games Summer took place on 1 July 2024. This key event was attended by delegations from all continents and offered essential information to aid in their preparations.
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2 July 2024 – Düsseldorf
FISU Young Reporters: 'A game-changer'
It can test skills you never knew you had, open doors to a career you did not think possible, and mould new friendships from all over the world. For 22-year-old German student Annika Saunus, the FISU Young Reporters Programme has been all this, and more. Even if, by her own admission, she was sceptical at first.
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23 June 2024 – Düsseldorf
Sarah Voss: Balancing act between the Olympics and Rhine-Ruhr 2025
‘Move, learn and discover’: if ever an athlete has embodied the theme of Olympic Day, it is Germany’s Sarah Voss. The champion gymnast is combining her work behind-the-scenes of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games with her online studies in sports management, while hoping to find herself in the women’s all-around final at the Olympic Games in Paris next month.
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18 June 2024 – Düsseldorf
Macron named official supplier
The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games are delighted to announce the signing of a landmark deal with internationally renowned clothing supplier Macron, who will now set to work on designing and producing a collection unique to the world's largest multi-sport event in 2025.
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11 June 2024 – Düsseldorf
Volunteer brochure published
Volunteers are essential to the successful organisation of major sporting events. They are particularly important for the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games, where the Organising Committee is currently looking for a total of 12,000 volunteers. All important information about volunteering at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games is now available in an information brochure.
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10 June 2024 – Düsseldorf
First NUSF Delegation Webinar
The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games are excited to announce that the first National University Sports Federations (NUSF) delegation webinar will take place on Monday, 1 July 2024 at 13:00 CET. This informative session will be hosted via Zoom and invite representatives from delegations around the world to come together and hear an overview of the upcoming FISU Summer Games.
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4 June 2024 – Düsseldorf
Sustainability: Pre-Games paper published
The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will pave the way for a more sustainable future in and through sport. Plans and objectives for this endeavour are now available in a pre-Games paper which underscores how sustainability has not only become a key concept in the planning of multi-sport events but has also been integrated into their operation. The paper sets the benchmark for the FISU World University Games. There has never been such an elaborate concept and it will set new standards for international university sport.
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