2009 Summer Universiade

XXV Summer Universiade
XXV Летња универзијада
XXV Letnja univerzijada
Nations participating 145
Athletes participating 6,300
Events 15 sports
Opening ceremony July 1
Closing ceremony July 12
Officially opened by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković
Athlete's Oath Ivana Đerisilo (volleyball)
Torch Lighter Petar Filipović-Kusturica (waterpolo)
Main venue Belgrade Arena

The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Province), close to Belgrade. It was the largest sporting event ever to be organised by the city. At this Universiade the biggest star was the Russian rhythmic gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva who won 5 gold medals. Russia was the leading nation in the medal table, with most gold medals (27) and most medals (76).

The bidding process

Bid cities
City Country
Belgrade  Serbia
Monterrey  Mexico
Poznań  Poland

The bidding process for the 2009 Summer Universiade games began in early 2004. Together with Belgrade another two cities bid for the event - Monterrey in Mexico and Poznań in Poland. Working in Belgrade's favour were the various major sporting events the city was awarded to host in the upcoming 2005, 2006 and 2007 such as Eurobasket 2005, the 2005 European Volleyball Championship, the 2006 European Water Polo Championship, and the European Youth Olympic Festival 2007. Furthermore the city launched two unsuccessful candidate bids to organize the Summer Olympic Games: for the 1992 Summer Olympics Belgrade was eliminated in the third round of International Olympic Committee voting, with the games going to Barcelona. The 1996 Summer Olympics ultimately went to Atlanta.[1][2]

On 10 January 2005 in Innsbruck, Austria, Belgrade was announced as the host of the 2009 Summer Universiade. The ceremony of the host city announcement was attended by the now deceased Belgrade mayor Nenad Bogdanović.

Mascot

Srba - 2009 Summer Universiade mascot

The mascot of the 2009 Summer Universiade is a sparrow bird. The organisers chose the sparrow not only because of its symbolic ties to the host city but also because it represents a fast, dynamic and skillful bird, attributes needed for those competing at Universiade. The mascot received a new more modern look in 2009 and a competition began to name the Belgrade sparrow. The three final names for the sparrow were published in the Serbian media in April 2009, with the finalists being Srba, Cvrle and Dživdžan. The final voting was left to the 10,000 Universiade volunteers who overwhelmingly chose the name Srba.[3]

Venues

The 2009 Summer Universiade took place in 69 venues across Belgrade and near bycities Inđija, Novi Sad, Obrenovac, Pančevo, Smederevo, Vršac and Zrenjanin.[4] Obrenovac hosted the water polo and volleyball competition, Inđija, Pančevo and Vršac the basketball, Novi Sad the athletics and volleyball, while Zrenjanin hosted the swimming competition. The venue for each sport can be found on the official website of the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade.

The opening and closing ceremonies took place at the Belgrade Arena, with a capacity of 20,000. A range of sports halls have undergone intense reconstruction to meet standards for the Universiade games. A number of venues were also newly constructed.

Vršac

Novi Sad

Smederevo

Lazarevac

Inđija

Jakovo

Universiade Village

The Universiade Village was home to all athletes participating at the 2009 Summer Universiade games. Often referred to as Belville, the village has been newly built and comprises 14 buildings containing modern apartments. The Belville complex consists of a residential area comprising 120,000m², commercial and business facilities comprising 34,800m² and educational facilities comprising 6,100m². The complex also includes 22,000m² of office space. The Belville complex was completed in May 2009 and officially opened in June 2009. 2000 Apartments have been offered for sale in spring of 2008, and the new owners will be allowed to move in during October 2009.

Each building has been named after a flower. They are Iris Marigold, Dandelion, Violet, Lily of the Valley, Sunflower, Mimosa, Cyclamen, Gillyflower, Syringa, Jacinth, Rose, Tulipa, and Lily. During the construction of the village it was the largest development site in the Balkans. It is located in New Belgrade with the closest venues to it being Belgrade Arena (basketball and table tennis), EXPO XXI (wrestling and taekwondo) and TK Gazela (tennis).

Sports

Participants

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 27222776
2  China 22211558
3  South Korea 21111547
4  Japan 20213273
5  United States 13131339
6  Ukraine 7111331
7 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei75517
8  Italy 6141131
9  Poland 610824
10  Serbia 55919
11  Australia 5218
11  Iran 5218
13  France 48921
14  Belarus 42511
15  Spain 40610
16  Mexico 35513
17  Germany 331117
18  United Kingdom 3137
19   Switzerland 3115
20  Netherlands 3025
20  Portugal 3025
22  Canada 27615
23  South Africa 2259
23  Turkey 2259
25  Brazil 2226
26  Cuba 2125
27  Slovenia 2024
28  Azerbaijan 2002
28  Hong Kong 2002
30  North Korea 1348
31  Hungary 1258
32  Kazakhstan 1247
33  New Zealand 1214
33  Romania 1214
35  Czech Republic 1146
36  Kenya 1113
36  Lithuania 1113
36  Moldova 1113
36  Senegal 1113
40  Bulgaria 1012
41  Honduras 1001
41  Latvia 1001
41  Sweden 1001
44  Egypt 0246
45  Croatia 0213
45  Mongolia 0213
45  Vietnam 0213
48  Thailand 0167
49  Slovakia 0134
50  Armenia 0123
50  Belgium 0123
52  Israel 0112
53  Algeria 0101
53  Austria 0101
53  Ecuador 0101
56  Denmark 0011
Total 204203262669

Schedule

 ●  Opening Ceremony  ●  Competitions  ●  Finals  ●  Closing Ceremony
June/July 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
Ceremonies ● ●
Archery 2 8 10
Athletics 2 6 10 9 9 10 46
Basketball 2 2
Diving 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 12
Fencing 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Football 2 2
Artistic gymnastics 1 1 2 10 14
Rhythmic gymnastics 2 6 8
Judo 4 4 4 4 2 18
Swimming 4 5 5 7 4 7 8 40
Table tennis 2 1 2 2 7
Taekwondo 5 4 4 4 4 21
Tennis 2 5 7
Volleyball 1 1 2
Water polo 1 1 2
Total Gold Medals 8 7 10 21 12 17 19 21 35 42 11 203

Broadcasting

The host broadcaster of the 2009 Summer Universiade was Serbia's RTS, the national broadcasting corporation. It used its first and second channel to broadcast the games as well as its digital channel. The games were produced and broadcast in high definition television. Eurosport provided cable broadcasting to European nations.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Olympic Committee of Serbia". Olympic Committee of Serbia. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Atlanta 1996". Official Website of the Olympic Movement. Archived from the original on 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Maskota Univerzijade - Srba". Na Dlanu. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  4. ↑ "Trećina Univerzijade biće održana u Vojvodini". Blic. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Universiade Belgrade 2009 on Eurosport". Universiade Belgrade 2009. Retrieved 2008-05-08.

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