2009 Winter Universiade

XXIV Winter Universiade
Slogan : "Youth, Future, Ice and Snow"
Teams participating	---
Athletes participating	---
Events	12 sports
Opening ceremony	18 February 2009 (2009-02-18)
Closing ceremony	28 February 2009 (2009-02-28)
Officially opened by	Liu Yandong
Athlete's Oath	Wang Fei
Torch Lighter	Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao

The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games.

Selection

Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host city Erzurum. They were the only two candidates.

Sports

Ice disciplines

• Speed skating
• Short track
• Figure skating
• Ice Hockey
• Curling

Snow disciplines

• Alpine skiing
• Cross country skiing
• Ski jumping
• Nordic combined
• Freestyle skiing
• Snowboarding
• Biathlon

Competition venues

Harbin now has four stadiums for international ice games and five training stadiums. Among the venues, the following are mentioned in the official web site:

• Yabuli Olympic Snow Sports Center, about 100 km from Harbin
• Heilongjiang University
• Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center

These venues were used for the Asian Games and were part of Harbin's unsuccessful application for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

There will be two athlete's villages, the main one in Harbin and the second one in Yabuli.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	18	18	12	48
2	Russia	18	14	19	51
3	South Korea	12	7	9	28
4	Japan	9	8	3	20
5	Switzerland	7	3	4	14
6	Austria	4	3	2	9
7	France	2	6	5	13
8	Poland	2	4	8	14
9	Netherlands	2	1	1	4
10	Sweden	2	0	0	2
11	Canada	1	4	1	6
12	Czech Republic	1	3	5	9
13	Ukraine	1	2	4	7
14	Germany	1	2	3	6
15	Israel	1	0	0	1
16	Finland	0	2	2	4
17	Slovakia	0	1	2	3
18	Italy	0	1	1	2
19	Belarus	0	1	0	1
19	Norway	0	1	0	1
Total		81	81	81	243

See also

• Sports in China

External links

• Official web site of Harbin 2009

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