Check The Number of Athletes Representing Each Country at World University Games 2025
The global university sports community is well represented at this year’s event, with over 6000 athletes competing under the banners of more than 100 national and regional university sports federations. These delegations reflect the international scope and growing prominence of university sport on the world stage.
This diverse and robust international representation underscores the global appeal and significance of university-level sport, offering a platform for student-athletes from every continent to compete at an elite level. From powerhouse delegations like the United States and Germany to emerging nations in the university sports sphere, this event reflects a truly universal celebration of athletic excellence and academic pride.
Below are the top contributing delegations by number of participating athletes.
- United States International University Sports Federation – 329 athletes
- German University Sports Federation – 309 athletes
- Association of Indian Universities (AIU) – 299 athletes
- Japanese University Sports Board – 250 athletes
- Korean University Sports Board – 227 athletes
- University Sport Association of Poland – 227 athletes
- Centro Universitario Sportivo Italiano – 219 athletes
- Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation (CTUSF) – 196 athletes
- UniSport Australia – 183 athletes
- Hungarian University Sports Federation – 181 athletes
- Individual Neutral Athletes – 150 athletes
- Spanish University Sport Committee – 139 athletes
- University Sports Federation of Türkiye – 138 athletes
- Czech University Sports Association – 135 athletes
- British Universities & Colleges Sport – 134 athletes
- Fédération Française du Sport Universitaire – 126 athletes
- U SPORTS Canada – 125 athletes
- Confederação Brasileira do Desporto Universitario – 122 athletes
- Federación Nacional Universitaria de Deportes de Chile – 119 athletes
- Federation of University Sports of China (FUSC) – 117 athletes
- Sports Students Union of Ukraine – 115 athletes
- Studentensport Nederland – 111 athletes
- University Sport South Africa – 110 athletes
- University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand – 85 athletes
- Portuguese Academic Federation of University Sport – 82 athletes
- swiss university sports – 80 athletes
- Student Sports Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 78 athletes
- Finnish Student Sports Federation – 75 athletes
- University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China (USFHK) – 75 athletes
- Freewill Student Sport Society of Azerbaijan – 72 athletes
- Singapore University Sports Council – 69 athletes
- Belgian University Sport Federation – 67 athletes
- Federación del Deporte Universitario Argentino – 67 athletes
- Mongolian Students’ Sports Federation – 66 athletes
- Romanian Schools and Universities Sport Federation – 64 athletes
- Slovak University Sports Association – 64 athletes
- Ascun Deporte y Actividad Física – 63 athletes
- Malaysian University Sports Council – 63 athletes
- University Sports Board of Thailand – 62 athletes
- Lithuanian Students’ Sports Association – 60 athletes
- Slovenian University Sports Association – 59 athletes
- Sri Lank Universities Sports Association – 57 athletes
- Uzbekistan Students Sports Association – 55 athletes
- Norwegian Association of University Sports – 55 athletes
- Unisport Austria – 53 athletes
- Estonian Academic Sports Federation – 53 athletes
- Sveriges Akademiska Idrottsförbund – 51 athletes
- Latvian University Sports Federation – 50 athletes
- Consejo Nacional del Deporte de la Educación – 45 athletes
- Macau Universitarian Sports Association – 39 athletes
- National University Sports Federation of I.R. Iran – 39 athletes
- Lebanese Federation of University Sport – 38 athletes
- Association of Uganda University Sports – 37 athletes
- Saudi Universities Sports Federation – 36 athletes
- Croatian Academic Sports Federation – 35 athletes
- Sierra Leone University Sports Federation – 35 athletes
- University Sports Federation of Moldova – 31 athletes
- University Sports Federation of Georgia – 29 athletes
- Academic Sport Association – 28 athletes
- Cyprus University Sports Federation – 27 athletes
- Pakistan University Sports Board – 26 athletes
- Egyptian Universtiy Sports Federation – 26 athletes
- Kenya University Sports Federation – 24 athletes
- Student Sport Ireland – 22 athletes
- Cambodian Student Sports Federation – 21 athletes
- Oman Committee for University Sport – 20 athletes
- Armenian Student Sports Federation – 20 athletes
- Zambia University Sports Association – 16 athletes
- University Sports Association of Nepal – 15 athletes
- Student Sports Federation of Kyrgyzstan – 14 athletes
- Association For University Sport Academic – 13 athletes
- Nigerian Universities Games Associations – 13 athletes
- Malta University Sports Club – 12 athletes
- Fédération Haitienne du Sport Universitaire – 10 athletes
- National Students Sports Federation of Turkmenistan – 10 athletes
- Qatar Collegiate Sports Federation – 9 athletes
- Association of Universities of Bangladesh – 9 athletes
- Ghana University Sports Association – 9 athletes
- Sports Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina – 9 athletes
- Danish Student Sport Association – 7 athletes
- Botswana Tertiary Student Sports Association – 7 athletes
- University Sports Federation of Costa Rica – 5 athletes
- Albanian University Sports Federation – 5 athletes
- Virgin Islands University Sports Federation – 4 athletes
- Libyan Students Sports Federation – 4 athletes
- Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association – 4 athletes
- Viet Nam University Sports Association – 4 athletes
- Kosova University Sports Federation – 4 athletes
- Univerities Sports Association of Ethiopi – 2 athletes
- Associazione Sanmarinese Universitaria Sportiva – 2 athletes
- Bhutan University Sports Federation – 2 athletes
- Albanian Federation of University Sport – 1 athlete
- Federación Deportiva Universitaria – 1 athlete
- Lao University Sports Federation – 1 athlete
- Guyana Olympic Association – 1 athlete