The Philippines competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia from 6 to 17 July 2013.

[3] The Philippines won its first gold medal from GM Wesley So in chess.

The Philippines was basically represented by the collegiate team University of the Visayas Green Lancers sans their two Cameroonian imports.

The team won its right to represent the country by winning the National Students Basketball Championship, which was under the auspices of the Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines[6] The Philippine national team was disqualified for leaving the tournament before the quarterfinal round.

[8] All five group stage games that the Philippines played were assigned 0-20 defeats as the result of the qualification.