Ruhr area. In July 2025, 8,000 young athletes will come to the World University Games on the Rhine and Ruhr. All information about sports, locations, concerts, tickets and dates.
Like the title under which the FISU World University Games from the July 16 to 27, 2025 run, it already reveals: With Rhine-Ruhr 2025 For the first time, an entire region – the Ruhr area – will host the world’s largest multi-sport event for top student athletes.
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But the World University Games are not completely unknown here. Back then known as the Universiade, the games took place once in 1989 Duisburg instead of. The host cities will come in 2025 Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Hagen added. In addition, a few competitions will be held in… Berlin take place.
World University Games 2025: All sports and venues
The latter is related to the cancellation of Düsseldorf as a venue, where the University Games 2025 were initially supposed to take place. For western Germany, the five Ruhr area cities mentioned are now the sole hosts of most of the around 8,000 athleteswho come from the world university sports elite 170 countries are expected. In 19 different sports compete for their countries at the World University Games 2025.
Still a construction site: The Lohrheide Stadium in Bochum-Wattenscheid is scheduled to be completed in time for the World University Games 2025.
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The Lohrheide Stadium in Bochum-Wattenscheid will be the central location for the track and field athletes become. The renovation there is progressing and, according to the city of Bochum, is on schedule. These disciplines also take place in the respective cities:
- Bochum: athletics, 3×3 basketball and 3×3 wheelchair basketball
- Food: basketball, archery, judo, taekwondo, gymnastics, fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, tennis, table tennis
- Mülheim an der Ruhr: Badminton
- Duisburg: rowing, basketball, beach volleyball, water polo
- The garden: Basketball
- Berlin: swimming, diving, volleyball
Table tennis, judo and fencing, among other things, will be held at the World University Games in July 2025 in the halls on the Messe Essen site.
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It is similar to the Lohrheide Stadium in Bochum Essen fair of central importance for the University Games 2025. The various exhibition halls serve as venues for most sports in Essen and generally at Rhine-Ruhr 2025. In Essen there are also the Grugahalle for basketball, the Sports hall at Hello for basketball and archery (qualification), the Zollverein Coal Mine for the archery finals and the ETUF facility for the tennis games.
It’s in Bochum Century Hall Basketball venue in Duisburg Walter Schädlich Hall. The badminton matches will be held in the Westenergie sports hall held in Mülheim an der Ruhr. Rowing is almost a given on the Duisburg regatta coursethe Sportpark Duisburg is home to the beach volleyball tournament, the hall of the ASC Duisburg the water polo.
World University Games 2025: Ticket prices
They are designed in the spirit of a young student event Entrance fees for the World University Games in the Ruhr area in 2025 is relatively low. The simplest and, in the long run, cheapest option for watching all sport live on site would be the so-called “Ground Pass”. He’s the one, so to speak Season ticketwhich gives you access to all sports competitions on all days in all cities and venues. The Full price for the Ground Pass is 79 euros, reduced price 67.15 euros.
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There are also discounts for children, young people and families. But there is also Day tickets also available from €9.75 for all sports competitions on one day in one city.
Ayliva, Ski Aggu and Deichkind in Duisburg and Essen – concerts at the World University Games 2025
In addition to all the sport, the World University Games also offer many cultural highlights – all in the spirit of the young target group. To the official one Opening ceremony on July 16, 2025 in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg from 8 p.m The superstar from the Ruhr area delivers first Ayliva the right sound. The Recklinghausen native is currently filling arenas with her number 1 album. Tickets for the opening ceremony of the World University Games ab 29€ available.
Deichkind will provide the musical highlight at the closing ceremony of the World University Games on July 27th in the Landschaftspark Duisburg.
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From the July 17th to 20th, 2025 The World University Games then cooperate with those taking place in parallel Ruhr Games at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum. The indoor basketball games of the University Games are then joined by the urban arts, live concerts and action sports of the Ruhr Games. The supporting program highlight is a Concert by superstar Ski Aggu. Ticket information will follow.
The crowning one Completion of the World University Games Then the celebrations are on July 27th from 8 p.m. in the Duisburg North Landscape Park. The highlight of the evening will be the performance of the Hamburg hip-hop and electropunk band Deichkindwhich will certainly make another bizarre full-throttle appearance. Tickets for this start at €39.
FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr 2025
The World University Games (officially: FISU World University Games, Universiade until 2020) are something like the Olympic Games for students. Conditions of participation for athletes: You must be studying or enrolled at a university worldwide and must be a maximum of 25 years old.
The international multi-sport event has taken place every two years since 1959. With up to 13,000 participants from 141 nations (as of 2017), the World University Games in summer are the second largest multi-sport event in the world after the Summer Olympics.
The World University Games will take place from July 16 to 27, 2025 in Essen, Bochum, Duisburg, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Hagen and Berlin.
The complete overview of all sports and venues is available HERE.
You can find the exact schedule for all competition days HERE.
You will receive tickets, prices and information about the admission tickets after a short registration. HERE.
