IOC Open Bidding Process for 2022 Winter Olympics & 2020 Youth Winter Olympics

The bidding process for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games will feature two phases – the candidature acceptance procedure and the candidature procedure – and conclude with the election of the 2022 host city during the 127th IOC Session, click to be held in Kuala Lumpur on 31 July 2015. Each NOC can nominate one city to enter the bidding process by the deadline of 14 November 2013.

Phase I involves a thorough review by the IOC of each city’s potential to organise the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Cities will be asked to reply to a questionnaire, ampoule and their answers will be studied by the IOC to help the IOC Executive Board select the cities that will move on to Phase II as Candidate Cities.

In Phase II, pharmacy Candidate Cities will be requested to detail their Olympic projects in their Candidature File and prepare for the visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Commission will make a detailed technical risk assessment of each candidature and publish a report in time for the Candidate City Briefing to IOC Members.

Oslo in Norway have already revealed their intention to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Phase I 

Deadline for NOCs to submit the name of an  Applicant City	14 November 2013
Applicant City Seminar – Lausanne	4-6 December 2013
Olympic Winter Games Observer Programme  – Sochi 2014	7-23 February 2014
Submission of the Application File	14 March 2014
Selection of Candidate Cities by the IOC  Executive Board	July 2014 TBC

Phase II 

Submission of Candidature File & Guarantees	January 2015
IOC Evaluation Commission visits	February – March 2015
Evaluation Commission report /  Candidate City Briefing to IOC Members	May – June 2015
Election of the 2022 Host City by the  IOC Session – Kuala Lumpur	31 July 2015

While the bidding process for the 3rd edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2020 will conclude with the election of the host city in May or June 2015.