2027 Summer World University Games
Multi-sport event in Chungcheong Province, South Korea
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The 2027 FISU Summer World University Games, also known as Chungcheong 2027, is a multi-sport event scheduled from 1 to 12 August 2027 in the cities of the historical Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The region was confirmed as the host for the Games on 12 November 2022.[2] This will be the third time that the event will be held in South Korea, after Daegu in 2003 and Gwangju in 2015.
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| Host city | Chungcheong Province, South Korea |
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| Motto | Mega Challenge. Mega Change. (Korean: 끝없는 도전, 위대한 변화)[1] |
| Sport | 248 in 18 sports |
| Opening | 1 August 2027 |
| Closing | 12 August 2027 |
| Main venue | Daejeon World Cup Stadium (opening ceremony) Sejong Central Park (closing ceremony) |
| Website | chungcheong2027 |
Bidding process
Chungcheong Region (South Korea) and North Carolina (United States) were the candidates in the running to host the 2027 edition. Chungcheong was selected on 12 November 2022 at the FISU executive committee in Brussels, Belgium, while North Carolina was awarded the 2029 edition.[3]
Development and preparations
Venues
31 venues will be used, spread across the cities of Daejeon, Sejong City, and the provinces of North Chungcheong and South Chungcheong.[3]
Daejeon
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daejeon World Cup Stadium | Opening ceremony | 40,535 | Existing |
| Daejeon Yongun International Aquatics Center[4] | Aquatics (swimming, diving) | 3,003 | |
| Daejeon Convention Center[4] | Fencing | TBA |
Sejong City
North Chungcheong Province
| City | Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheongju | Cheongju Multipurpose Indoor Gymnasium[5] | Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic) | 6,000 | New |
| Cheongju Gymnasium[7] | Basketball | 4,180 | Existing | |
| Ochang Industrial Complex Gymnasium[7] | TBA | New | ||
| Olympic Memorial National Living Center[7] | TBA | Existing | ||
| Kim Soo-nyung Archery Field[7] | Archery | TBA | TBA | |
| Chungju | Tangeum Lake[8] | Rowing | TBA | Existing |
| Chungju Indoor Gymnasium[7] | Taekwondo | TBA | ||
| Ho-am Gymnasium[7] | Badminton | TBA | ||
| Chungju Stadium[7] | Athletics | 15,000 | ||
| Jeungpyeong County | Jeungpyeong Sports Center[7] | Basketball | 5,000 |
South Chungcheong Province
| City | Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asan | Baemi Swimming Pool[7] | Aquatics (water polo) | TBA | Existing |
| Yi Sun-sin Gymnasium[7] | Volleyball | 3,200 | ||
| Boryeong | Boryeong Beach Volleyball Stadium | Beach volleyball | TBA | Temporary |
| Cheonan | Yu Gwan-sun Gymnasium[7] | Volleyball | 5,482 | Existing |
| Dankook University Gymnasium[7] | TBA | |||
| Cheonan Sangnok Country Club[7] | Golf | TBA | ||
| Hongseong County | Chungnam International Tennis Stadium[9] | Tennis | 3,000 1,000 500 x4 |
New |
| Yesan County | Yoon Bong Gil Sports Gymnasium | Volleyball | TBA | Existing |
The Games
Sports
In addition to the 15 compulsory sports, up to three optional sports can be chosen, while respecting the infrastructure and local demands. The bid committee originally proposed rowing and sailing as optional sports. This would have been the third time in a row that rowing has been chosen as an optional sport, as it was in 2021 and 2025, while sailing was planned to return after for the first time since 2019.[10] Despite this, infrastructure issues led to changes in plans and the Organizing Committee reviewed its planning in 2024, and decided that, in respect with local demands, retained rowing and replaced sailing and football (the latter of which was excluded from the program in staring in 2021) with golf (which returns after 2017) and beach volleyball, which remains in this status for two consecutive editions.[11][12] On 12 January 2025, it was announced that para taekwondo will be part of the program.[13][14]
- Aquatics
Diving (15) ()
Swimming (42) ()
Water polo (2) ()
Archery (10) ()
Athletics (51) ()
Badminton (6) ()
Basketball (2) ()
Fencing (12) ()
Golf (4) ()
Gymnastics ()
- Artistic gymnastics (14)
Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
Judo (15) ()
Rowing (11) ()
Table tennis (7) ()
Taekwondo (38) ()
Tennis (7) ()- Volleyball
Beach volleyball (2) ()
Volleyball (2) ()
Schedule
- All times and dates use Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)[15]
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| July/August 2027 | July | August | Events | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Sat |
1 Sun |
2 Mon |
3 Tue |
4 Wed |
5 Thu |
6 Fri |
7 Sat |
8 Sun |
9 Mon |
10 Tue |
11 Wed |
12 Thu | |||
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/a | ||||||||||||
| Aquatics | |||||||||||||||
 Diving
| ● | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||||||
 Swimming
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 42 | |||||||
 Water polo
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Archery
| ● | ● | ● | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||
 Athletics
| 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 51 | ||||||||
 Badminton
| ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 5 | 6 | |||||
 Basketball
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
 Fencing
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
 Golf
| ● | ● | ● | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||
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| ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
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| ● | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
 Judo
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
 Rowing
| ● | ● | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
 Table tennis
| ● | ● | ● | 2 | ● | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
 Taekwondo
| 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 38 | |||||
 Tennis
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||
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| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||||||
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| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Daily medal events | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 37 | 8 | 248 | |
| Cumulative total | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 44 | 66 | 83 | 104 | 136 | 166 | 203 | 240 | 248 | ||