Eight test events of Winter Universiade 2019 will take place in Krasnoyarsk in 2018.

The Winter Universiade 2019 test events will take place in Krasnoyarsk in 2018. All the services involved in preparation for the Games will work on interaction with one another and check the readiness of city venues to host tournaments and forums scheduled for the period of Winter Universiade 2019.

The test events will focus on checking the work of all functional areas of the Winter Universiade 2019 Executive Directorate: sport, medical services, security, logistics, accreditation, transportation, volunteers, meals, cultural programme, etc. All organizational processes, services provided to client groups and coordinated actions of staff during peak workload periods will be tested in real conditions.

International and All-Russian events in 2018 will be held at eight sports venues of the Games. In less than 2 months Krasnoyarsk will host alpine skiing events - a leg of the Russian Cup, Russian Championships (FIS). The events will take several days, from March 4 to March 10. Some 150 alpine skiers are expected to take part in the competitions. The events will be held in Funpark Bobrovy Log, the investment project of Nornickel, General Partner of Winter Universiade 2019. Anyone can come to the competitions and root for their favorite athletes.

The FISU Forum is scheduled in Krasnoyarsk for August 2018. An international educational event will take place at the Siberian Federal University venues. Students, sport leaders and representatives of national sports federations from different countries will discuss the principles of popularizing student sport on the world arena. More than 250 athletes representing 60 countries are expected to attend.

Six other test events of Winter Universiade 2019 are planned for the fourth quarter of 2018. The Russian Cup event in figure skating will take place at "Platinum Arena" Ice Arena in October. By that time construction of "Platinum Arena" Ice Arena will be fully completed. The Ice Arena with a seating capacity of 7,000 people will become the second largest arena beyond the Urals.

Crystal Ice Arena in Partizana Zheleznyaka Street and Pervomaisky Ice Arena will host participants of Student Hockey Challenge, the International Student Ice Hockey Tournament. The event will be held under the auspices of the Russian Student Hockey League. In October 2018, men’s student teams from Russia and abroad will compete in Student Hockey Challenge events, which will be held in Krasnoyarsk.

All-Russian student competitions in short track will be held at the end of year in Krasnoyarsk at Arena Sever Ice Palace. The Russian Women’s Cup in Curling will be held at Ivan Yarygin Sports Palace, and legs of Cross-Country Skiing and Snowboard Championships will be held at Raduga and Sopka Clusters. Plans are to include from 80 to 450 athletes in each of Winter Universiade 2019 test events.

Sales of tickets to test events in hockey will commence in the fall of 2018. More detailed information on test events of the Winter Universiade 2019, the schedule of competitions and list of venues will appear on the official website of the Games before they start.