In the past, the Summer Universiade was held in 10 regular sports (athletics, fencing, diving, tennis, basketball, football, swimming, gymnastics, water polo and volleyball) and in two sections for men and women. From the 2007 Universiade in Bangkok, it was decided to add judo and table tennis to the mentioned disciplines, and 3 to 4 disciplines would be allocated as optional disciplines to the host of each competition.