Bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics
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XXIII Olympic Winter Games XII Paralympic Winter Games |
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Pyeongchang Munich · Annecy |
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| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue |
Durban 123rd IOC Session |
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| Bid | October 15, 2009 |
| Decision | July 6, 2011 |
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| Winner | Pyeongchang (63 votes) |
| Runner-up | Munich (25 votes) |
| Annecy | |
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| Votes | 7 |
| Country |
 France
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| Munich | |
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| Votes | 25 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Pyeongchang | |
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| Votes | 63 |
| Country |
 South Korea
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Three cities applied with bids to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics (also known as XXIII Olympic Winter Games and XII Paralympic Winter Games) in October 2009. The International Olympic Committee, under the leadership of Jacques Rogge, received three bids on October 15, 2009. The cities of Annecy, France, in the French Alps, Munich, Germany (host of the 1972 Summer Olympics), and Pyeongchang, South Korea, a two-time previous bidder, competed for the hosting rights to the event. This was the lowest number of bidding cities since the 1988 Summer Olympics, coincidentally also won by South Korea. The winning bid was announced on July 6, 2011, at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa by IOC President Jacques Rogge at 5.22 pm local time Pyeongchang beat Munich and Annecy in the first round of votes with 63 of the 95 total votes.
These venues are from the applicant cities' mini bid books. Note that the selected candidate cities, and in particular Annecy, have changed their venues plan afterwards in the final proposal to the IOC.
Each cell of the table provides a minimum and a maximum figure obtained by the applicant city on the specific criteria. These figures are to be compared to a benchmark which has been set at 6.
All three bidding cities were short-listed.
All three cities suggested hosting the Games between February 9–25, 2018. The Paralympics will be held from March 9–18.
At first, the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) was quite reluctant in bidding for a Winter Games, preferring to focus on a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. However, four cities (Annecy, Grenoble, Nice and Pelvoux) expressed interest in hosting the 2018 games. On September 24, 2008, the Olympic Committee announced it had granted these wishes and would bid in 2011. Annecy was elected as the official candidate city by the French NOC on March 18, 2009. The CNOSF acknowledged its tough competition, but intended to learn from the failure of Paris to secure the Summer Olympics recently with victory in Annecy, maintaining a humble approach.
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