A total of 1,300 athletes from 15 universities participated: from Brazil , the Methodist Center of the IPA, the Porto Alegre Open League, the University of São Paulo, the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, the State University of Londrina, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, the Federal University of Paraná, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, FEEVALE University , and the Lutheran University of Brazil; and from Uruguay, the Instituto Superior de Educación Física, the Liga Universitaria de Deportes, the Universidad Católica, and the Universidad ORT Uruguay.