Munich’s 2022 Winter Olympic Games Bid Approved

Munich are set to make a formal bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games after a vote approved the bid, the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) has revealed.

In 2011, Munich lost out to South Korea’s Pyeongchang in the race to host the 2018 Winter Olympics but, at a meeting on Monday, DOSB members voted overwhelmingly in favour of another attempt.

The DOSB would have been boosted by the knowledge that their former President Thomas Bach is now the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Candidate cities must submit their bids to the IOC by November 14.

The Munich move still faces a referendum vote on November 10 by residents in the proposed host venues of Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ruhpolding and Berchtesgaden (Koenigssee).

The State of Bavaria and the city of Munich have signalled their support for another bid.

Other candidate cities for the 2022 Winter Games are Norway’s capital Oslo, Almaty in Kazakhstan, Poland’s Krakow, Ukraine’s Lviv and Sweden’s Oestersund.

The 2022 Winter Games will be awarded at the 127th IOC session in July, 2015 in Malaysia.