OUR SPORTS
The following fifteen sports are part of the fixed programme of the summer edition of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games: Badminton, Basketball, Archery, Fencing, Apparatus Gymnastics, Judo, Athletics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Swimming, Taekwondo, Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo and Water Diving.
The optional three sports 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball and rowing complete the programme of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games. They were selected for the major event on the basis of a procedure based on seven indicators.
There are also plans to integrate individual Para-sport competitions into the programme.
Badminton
- Competitions: Men, Women, Mixed, Team
- Number of medal events: 6
- Expected athletes: approx. 260
beach-volleyball
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 2
- Expected athletes: approx. 64
FENCING
- Competitions: Men, Women, Team
- Disciplines: Epee, foil, sabre
- Number of medal events: 12
- Expected athletes: approx. 450
DIVING
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Disciplines: 1m springboard, 3m springboard, platform, 3m springboard synchronous, 10m platform synchronous
- Number of medal decisions: 13+2
- Expected athletes: approx. 110
judo
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 16
- Expected athletes: approx. 420
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
- Competitions: Women, Team
- Disciplines: Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon
- Number of medal decisions: 8
- Expected athletes: approx. 85
SWIMMING
- Competitions: Men, Women, Team
- Disciplines: Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke, Butterfly
- Number of medal events: 42
- Expected athletes: approx. 860
tennis
- Competitions: Men, Women, Mixed
- Number of medal decisions: 5+2
- Expected athletes: approx. 225
volleyball
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 2
- Expected athletes: approx. 390
basketball
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 2
- Expected athletes: approx. 390
ARCHERY
- Competitions: Men, Women, Mixed, Team
- Disciplines: Recurve Bow, Compound Bow
- Number of medal decisions: 10
- Expected athletes: approx. 240
GYMNASTICS
- Competitions: Men, Women, Team
- Disciplines: Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Vault, Rings, Parallel Bars, High Bar, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam
- Number of medal decisions: 14
- Expected athletes: approx. 200
ATHLETICS
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Disciplines: Short and Long Sprint, Long Distance Running, Hurdles, Steeplechase, 20km walk, Half Marathon, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay, High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Decathlon or Heptathlon.
- Number of medal decisions: 46+4
- Expected athletes: approx. 1,270
ROWING
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 15
- Expected athletes: approx. 160
taekwondo
- Competitions: Men, Women, Mixed
- Kyorugi, Poomsae
- Number of medal decisions: 23
- Expected athletes: approx. 550
TABLE TENNIS
- Competitions: Men, Women, Mixed, Team
- Number of medal decisions: 7
- Expected athletes: approx. 320
WATER POLO
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 2
- Expected athletes: approx. 290
3x3 basketball
- Competitions: Men, Women
- Number of medal decisions: 2
- Expected athletes: approx. 100
Contact
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