2021 Winter Universiade

The 2021 Winter Universiade, officially known as the XXX Winter Universiade or 30th Winter Universiade, and commonly known as Lucerne 2021, was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes that was scheduled to take place from 11 to 21 December 2021 in Lucerne, Switzerland, with preliminary competition in some events beginning 6 December 2021. The Games were to be hosted at venues in cantons of Central Switzerland, including Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Zug.

Lucerne 2021
XXX Winter Universiade
  • XXX Winter-Universiade (German)
  • XXX Universiade d'hiver (French)
  • XXX Universiade invernale (Italian)
  • XXX Universiade d'enviern (Romansh)
Host cityLucerne, Switzerland
MottoWelcome Home!, Bienvenue à la maison”
Edition30th
Events60 events in 10 sports (proposed)
Opening11 December 2021 (cancelled)
Closing21 December 2021 (cancelled)
DatesCancelled
Main venueSwissporarena
Websitewinteruniversiade2021.ch

Lucerne, which was the only city to bid for the Games, was named host In March 2016. On 29 November 2021, the Games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Omicron variant.

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