1989 Winter Universiade Explained

XIV Winter Universiade
XIV Зимна универсиада
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Host City:Sofia, Bulgaria
Opening:2 March 1989
Closing:12 March 1989
Opened By:Todor Zhivkov
Previous:1987 Štrbské Pleso

The 1989 Winter Universiade, the XIV Winter Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1]

Iran boycotted the event in response to the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. Iran and Iraq also chose to boycott the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg for the same reason.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1989 Winter Universiade . 2011-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110705122055/http://fisu.net/en/1989-Winter-Universiade-614.html . 2011-07-05 . dead .