1959 – Torino, Italy– 1st Summer Universiade
1961 – Sofie, Bulgaria
1963 – Porto Alegre, Brazil
1965 – Budapest, Hungary
1967 – Tokio, Japan – 5th Summer Universiade
1970 – Torino, Italy
1973 – Moscow, SSSR
1975 – Roma, Italy
1977 – Sofie, Bulgaria
1979 – Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico – 10th Summer Universiade
1981 – Bukurest, Romania
1983 – Edmonton, Canada
1985 – Kobe, Japan
1987 – Zagreb, Jugoslavia
1989 – Duisburg, Germany – 15th Summer Universiade
1991 – Sheffield, Great Britain
1993 – Buffalo, USA
1995 – Fukuoka, Japan
1997 – Sicily, Italy
1999 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain – 20th Summer Universiade 
2001 – Peking, China
2003 – Daegu, South Korea
2005 – Izmir, Turkey
2007 – Bangkog, Thailand
2009 – Belgrade, Serbia – 25th Summer Universiade
2011 – Shenzhen, China
2013 – Kazan, Russia
2015 – Gwangju, South Korea
2017 – Tchai-pei, Republic of China
2019 – Napoli, Italy – 30th Summer Universiade

Summer World University Games:

2021 – Chengdu, China – 31st Summer World University Games
2023 –  Yekaterinburg, Russia