Kazan makes it to top 10 of Sportcal's annual Cities Index. Part 2

A total of 519 cities from 78 nations hosted multi-sport events or world championships in the 12-year period between 2008 and 2019.  

Kazan emerged in Sportcal's top 10 for the first time. It is evidence of a successful hosting of an entire array of high-profile sporting events, primarily the 27th Summer Universiade 2013 which was highly commended by the global sports community, and the addition to its roster of major events of the European Badminton Championship (2014), FEI Fencing World Championships (2014), FINA World Championships (2015), FIFA Confederations Cup (2017), and FIFA World Cup matches (2018).