Due to the prolongation of the registration deadline for the Milan 2009 Games until 27 March, the number of countries where the participating universities are located keeps increasing. In addition to other teams, the University of Tetova from FYR Macedonia and the Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez of Chilli are now added to the list. This results in a total of 24 different nationalities. Furthermore, the Games are experiencing an increase in the number of participants with already more than 70 university teams.