2027 Summer World University Games

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.^[1] This will be the third time that the event will be held in South Korea, after Daegu in 2003 and Gwangju in 2015.

2027 FISU Summer World University Games
2027년 FISU 하계 세계 대학 경기 대회

Host city	Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Motto	With U, With Heart
Sport	249 in 18 sports
Opening	1 August 2027
Closing	12 August 2027
Main venue	Daejeon World Cup Stadium
Website	chungcheong2027.com/en
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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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Daejeon

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Status
Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Opening Ceremony	40,535	Existing

Sejong City

Venue	Sports	Capacity	Status
Sejong Central Park[3]	Closing Ceremony	TBA	Temporary
Sejong Sports Complex Gymnasium[3][4]	Table Tennis	4,000	New
Sejong Sports Complex Pool[4]	Aquatics (water polo)	3,000

North Chungcheong Province

City	Venue	Sports	Capacity	Status
Cheongju	Cheongju Multipurpose Indoor Gymnasium[3]	Gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic)	6,000	New
Chungju	Tangeum Lake[5]	Rowing	TBA	Existing

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.^[6] 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.^[7][8] On 12 January 2025, it was announced that para taekwondo will be part of the program.^[9]

• Aquatics
  •  Diving (13) (details)
  •  Swimming (42) (details)
  •  Water polo (2) (details)
•  Archery (10) (details)
•  Athletics (51) (details)
•  Badminton (6) (details)
•  Basketball (2) (details)
•  Fencing (12) (details)
•  Golf (4) (details)
•  Gymnastics (details)
  •  Artistic gymnastics (14)
  •  Rhythmic gymnastics (8)
•  Judo (15) (details)
•  Rowing (14) (details)
•  Table tennis (7) (details)
•  Taekwondo (38) (details)
•  Tennis (7) (details)
• Volleyball
  •  Beach volleyball (2) (details)
  •  Volleyball (2) (details)