Football at the Summer Universiade

Football at the Summer Universiade
Founded	(Men); (Women)
Current champions	Japan (M); North Korea (W); (2019)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (M); (7 titles); Brazil & North Korea (W); (3 titles each)
	2019 (M), 2019 (W)

Football at the Summer Universiade
Football at the Summer Universiade
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
	1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1970; 1970; 1973; 1972; 1975; 1975; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1981; 1983; 1985; 1987; 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2021; 2025;

Football was the optional sport at the 1979 edition. Between 1985 and 2019, football was a recognized mandatory sport. The women's football competition began in the 1993 edition as optional event. Due the creation of the FISU University Football World Cup in 2019, the sport will no longer be part of the Summer World University Games program starting at that year.^[1]^[2] With this change, the number of mandatory sports will be kept at fifteen, since the place will be occupied by badminton which after five editions as an optional sport turned a compulsory sport.^[3]

Summary (1979-2023)

18 Editions in Men + 11 Editions in Women

Games	Year	Teams (M+W)	Ref
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10	1979	26+0	^[4]
11
12
13	1985	12+0	^[5]
14	1987	16+0	^[6]
15
16	1991	16+0	^[7]
17	1993	16+8	^[8]
18	1995	16+0	^[9]
19	1997	16+0	^[10]
20	1999	16+0	^[11]
21	2001	16+12	^[12]
22	2003	16+12	^[13]
23	2005	16+12	^[14]
24	2007	16+16	^[15]
25	2009	16+16	^[16]
26	2011	16+12	^[17]
27	2013	16+12	^[18]
28	2015	16+15	^[19]
29	2017	16+13	^[20]
30	2019	12+12	^[21]
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History

Format

Men's tournaments

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1979 details	Mexico	Mexico	5–3	Uruguay	Romania	4–1	Netherlands
1985 details	Kobe	North Korea	1–0	Uruguay	China	4–2	Japan
1987 details	Zagreb	Soviet Union	5–0	South Korea	North Korea	3–0	China
1991 details	Sheffield	South Korea	0–0 aet (5–4) pen	Netherlands	Great Britain	2–1	Uruguay
1993 details	Buffalo	Czech Republic	2–1	South Korea	Germany	2–1	Great Britain
1995 details	Fukuoka	Japan	2–0	South Korea	Russia	3–1	Ukraine
1997 details	Palermo	Italy	1–0	South Korea	United States	2–1	Ukraine
1999 details	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	2–1 aet	Italy	Brazil	2–2 aet (5–4) pen	Czech Republic
2001 details	Beijing	Japan	1–0	Ukraine	South Korea	0–0 aet (5–4) pen	China
2003 details	Daegu	Japan	3–2	Italy	Czech Republic	3–1	Morocco
2005 details	Izmir	Japan	3–3 aet (3–2) pen	Italy	Morocco	1–1 aet (4–3) pen	Brazil
2007 details	Bangkok	Ukraine	1–0	Italy	Thailand	1–1 aet (5–3) pen	Canada
2009 details	Belgrade	Ukraine	3–2	Italy	Japan	1–0	Great Britain
2011 details	Shenzhen	Japan	2–0	Great Britain	Brazil	2–0	Russia
2013 details	Kazan	France	3–2 aet	Great Britain	Japan	3–0	Russia
2015 details	Gwangju	Italy	3–0	South Korea	Japan	0–0 aet (7–6) pen	Brazil
2017 details	Taipei	Japan	1–0	France	Mexico	0–0 (5–3) pen	Uruguay
2019 details	Naples	Japan	4–1	Brazil	Italy	2–2 (4–3) pen	Russia

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth Place
Japan	7 (1995*, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2019)		3 (2009, 2013, 2015)	1 (1985*)
Italy	2 (1997*, 2015)	5 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)	1 (2019)
Ukraine	2 (2007, 2009)	1 (2001)		2 (1995, 1997)
South Korea	1 (1991)	5 (1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2015*)	1 (2001)
France	1 (2013)	1 (2017)
Russia	1 (1987)		1 (1995)	3 (2011, 2013*, 2019)
Czech Republic	1 (1993)		1 (2003)	1 (1999)
Mexico	1 (1979*)		1 (2017)
North Korea	1 (1985)		1 (1987)
Spain	1 (1999*)
Great Britain		2 (2011, 2013)	1 (1991*)	2 (1993, 2009)
Uruguay		2 (1979, 1985)		2 (1991, 2017)
Brazil		1 (2019)	2 (1999, 2011)	2 (2005, 2015)
Netherlands		1 (1991)		1 (1979)
China			1 (1985)	2 (1987, 2001*)
Morocco			1 (2005)	1 (2003)
Romania			1 (1979)
Germany			1 (1993)
United States			1 (1997)
Thailand			1 (2007*)
Canada				1 (2007)

* = Host

Participating nations

Nation	1979	1985	1987	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019
Algeria	6th	10th	14th	11th
Argentina			12th														8th	12th
Australia				12th	15th	8th		15th
Brazil			16th			12th	8th	3rd	6th		4th	10th	9th	3rd	14th	4th	9th	2nd
Canada	11th				16th	16th				15th		4th	12th	9th	7th	13th	10th
China		3rd	4th				5th		4th	7th	15th			7th	12th	10th
Chinese Taipei																16th	16th
Colombia														10th
DR Congo ( Zaire)	19th
Cuba	20th
Czech Republic					1st	5th	10th	4th	5th	3rd	6th	11th	5th	11th
El Salvador	18th
France	9th	11th	13th						10th				7th		1st	8th	2nd	7th
Germany		9th	11th	13th	3rd
Ghana													15th	15th
Great Britain	13th	8th	10th	3rd	4th	15th	12th	9th	7th	8th	13th	8th	4th	2nd	2nd
Indonesia	22nd
Iran				16th		6th	13th	5th	11th	5th	11th					14th
Iraq	17th
Italy					12th		1st	2nd	13th	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	8th	11th	1st	5th	3rd
Japan	7th	4th	8th	8th	5th	1st	9th	13th	1st	1st	1st	5th	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	1st
Kazakhstan												14th
Kuwait	14th	12th
Kyrgyzstan												15th
Lesotho	23rd
Madagascar	8th
Malaysia												12th		12th	8th	15th	14th
Mexico	1st	6th		15th				7th	14th	14th	5th	6th	16th		9th	11th	3rd	9th
Morocco	12th						16th	8th	8th	4th	3rd	9th	13th
Namibia														16th
Netherlands	4th		5th	2nd	8th		7th
Nigeria			15th	7th	9th	10th	14th	14th	16th	16th
North Korea		1st	3rd	6th
Peru															15th
Republic of Ireland				14th	13th	13th	6th	12th	12th	13th	12th	13th	14th		5th	5th	13th	8th
Romania	3rd			10th
Russia ( Soviet Union)			1st	9th	6th	3rd					7th			4th	4th	9th	6th	4th
Saudi Arabia	16th
Serbia ( Yugoslavia)			9th										8th
Slovakia					7th	11th
South Africa					14th	7th	15th			12th	16th					6th	12th	11th
South Korea	5th	5th	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	6th	3rd	9th	14th		6th	5th		2nd	11th	5th
Spain	10th							1st
Tanzania	24th
Thailand									15th	6th	10th	3rd	10th	13th
Turkey											9th				13th
Ukraine						4th	4th	11th	2nd	11th		1st	1st	14th	6th	12th	7th	6th
United States	15th	7th	6th	5th	11th	9th	3rd										15th
Uruguay	2nd	2nd	7th	4th	10th	14th	11th	10th	9th	10th	8th	7th	11th	6th	10th	7th	4th	10th
Zambia	21st

— Host