(ATR) Bidding begins today for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
According to the IOC Candidature Acceptance Procedure published Thursday, interested NOCs must submit the names of their bid cities by Nov. 14 – a little less than 10 weeks after the IOC selects its 2020 host city Sept. 7 in Buenos Aires.
Bids for 2022 are so far expected from Oslo, which won government approval Wednesday and will face a referendum Sept. 9; Lviv, which is anticipated to be Ukraine’s city of choice; Poland/Slovakia, which was formalized in March with the support of both prime ministers; and Munich, which awaits federal and state elections in September as well as the 2020 decision.
Whichever cities are submitted in November will head to IOC headquarters in December for the Applicant Cities Seminar, where they will learn more about the bid process.
Bids will then be allowed to participate in the Sochi 2014 Observer Program and will submit their application files to the IOC by March 14.
The IOC Executive Board will decide which to approve as candidate cities at its July 2014 meeting, as of yet to be confirmed, marking the transition from the Applicant Phase to the Bid Phase.
January 2015 will be the traditional time when bid books and associated guarantees are due to the IOC.
Evaluation Commission visits are scheduled for February and March of 2015, with a report to IOC members in May and the Candidate City Briefing to follow in June.
The cities will learn their fate on July 31, 2015 during the 127th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur.
2020 YOG Timetable
Also on Thursday, the IOC opened bidding for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
According to the Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire, the race for the YOG will follow a similar timetable to the 2022 campaign.
Interested NOCs must submit the names of their bid cities by Nov. 28 with signature of the YOG Candidate Procedure due by Dec. 12 and a workshop at IOC headquarters to follow Jan. 15-16.
The only known bidder so far is Switzerland, which is expected to decide between Lucerne and Lausanne by the end of the month..
Bid books and other documents are due June 17, 2014.
Cities will then be allowed to participate in the Nanjing 2014 Observer Program before they are shortlisted by the IOC EB on Dec. 2 and 3.
Video conferences between the remaining candidate cities and IOC Evaluation Commission are scheduled for February or March with an election to follow in May or June of 2015.
Written by Matthew Grayson.
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