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IOC selects Tokyo as host of 2020 Summer Olympic Games

9/7/2013 10:32:00 PM

Tokyo received 60 votes to Istanbul’s 36 in the final round, with Madrid having been eliminated in the first round after losing a tie-breaker with Istanbul. Tokyo, which also bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, previously hosted the Games in 1964.

“Congratulations to the city of Tokyo on its election as host of the 2020 Olympic Games,” said IOC President Jacques Rogge, whose 12-year term in office comes to an end on 10 September. “Tokyo presented a very strong technical bid from the outset – and it needed to in competition with two such high-calibre bids from Istanbul and Madrid. All three cities were capable of staging excellent Games in 2020, but in the end it was Tokyo’s bid that resonated the most with the IOC membership, inviting us to “discover tomorrow” by delivering a well-organised and safe Games that will reinforce the Olympic values while demonstrating the benefits of sport to a new generation.”

The signing of the Host City Contract and press conference with the 2020 host city is scheduled to take place from 18:30 today, local time.

RESULTS:

Round 1
Tokyo: 42
Istanbul: 26
Madrid: 26

Round 1 tie-breaker
Istanbul: 49
Madrid: 45

Round 2
Tokyo: 60
Istanbul: 36

For more information about the 2020 host city election, click here.

Footage of the announcement ceremony, vote and presentations can be found here.

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2020 Host City Election Broadcast

9/7/2013 5:52:00 PM

The International Olympic Committee apologises for the inconvenience, but would like to reiterate that Madrid’s presentation to the 125th IOC Session continued without incident and that the vote for the election of the 2020 host city will not be affected in any way.

How does the 2020 Election Process work?

9/4/2013 10:00:00 AM

Phase I: Applicant Phase
A total of six cities endorsed by their National Olympic Committees (NOCs) submitted their applications to host the 2020 Olympic Games. These cities, in order of the drawing of lots, were: Baku (Azerbaijan), Doha (Qatar), Istanbul (Turkey), Madrid (Spain), Tokyo (Japan) and Rome (Italy)*. Phase I, known as the Candidature Acceptance Procedure, involved a thorough technical review by the IOC of each city’s potential to organise the 2020 Olympic Games. Cities were asked to reply to a questionnaire, and their answers, which were submitted to the IOC as an Application File, were studied by an IOC-appointed Working Group. This Working Group produced a report to assist the IOC Executive Board select the cities to become Candidate Cities and move on to Phase II.

*Rome withdrew during the first phase of the bid process

Phase II: Candidature Phase
On 23 May 2012, the IOC Executive Board selected Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid* as Candidate Cities to advance to the second phase of the bid process. By 7 January 2013, all three cities had submitted their Candidature Files, which are an in-depth description and blueprint of their Olympic project, and are based upon the 14 themes of the IOC’s Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire. These files form the basis for each city’s bid for the Games.

* Cities listed in the order of drawing of lots

Evaluation Commission
On 6 September 2012, President Rogge announced the composition of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Games. Led by IOC Executive Board member Sir Craig Reedie, the Commission is composed of representatives of the Olympic Movement and a number of technical advisors. The Commission visited each of the Candidate Cities on the following dates:

Tokyo: 4-7 March 2013
Madrid: 18-21 March 2013
Istanbul: 24-27 March 2013

Following these visits, the Commission produced the IOC Evaluation Commission report, which is a detailed technical appraisal of each city’s bid, highlighting the risks and opportunities. The report was made public and distributed to the IOC members on 25 June 2013.

Briefing for IOC Members
On 3 and 4 July 2013, the 2020 Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members was held in Lausanne. This meeting gives the cities and the IOC members the opportunity to discuss the technical elements of their bids over a two-day period. This year’s meeting was attended by 86 members and involved a technical briefing from each city, followed by a second day for members to ask any follow-up questions and view plans and models of each bid.

125th IOC Session in Buenos Aries
The culmination of the bid process is the meeting of the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The cities each have 45 minutes to make a presentation to the Session, followed by 15 minutes for questions. The cities will present in the order of drawing of lots, which was carried out by the IOC Executive Board in December 2011. Following the presentations by the cities, the Chairman of the Evaluation Commission, Sir Craig Reedie, will address the Session on behalf of the Commission.

Voting Regulations
All eligible IOC members will then be asked to vote. In each round, each participating IOC member may vote for only one city. As per the voting regulations, only those IOC members who are not nationals of countries for which there is a Candidate City in a round are permitted to vote. The votes of members not taking part in a round of voting or who abstain, as well as invalid electronic voting entries, are not taken into account in the calculation of the required majority.

If, after the first round of voting, no city obtains the absolute majority of the votes cast, as many rounds are held as necessary for a city to obtain such majority. The city receiving the least number of votes leaves the competition. The name of this city is made public straight away and the vote continues. If only two cities remain in contention, the one that obtains the greatest number of votes is elected.

The winning city is then announced by the IOC President at the Announcement Ceremony, following which the newly elected city and the NOC will sign the Host City Contract with the IOC.

Major decisions set for IOC Session in Buenos Aires

9/2/2013 11:00:00 PM

The Session will be streamed live on www.olympic.org.

The action gets under way with a meeting of the IOC Executive Board on 4 and 5 September. President Jacques Rogge, who will retire after 12 years in office following the Session, will give a press conference after his last Board meeting, scheduled for 5 September at 2 p.m.*

The Session (full IOC membership) opens on the evening of 6 September with an official ceremony at Buenos Aires’ famous opera house, the Teatro Colon.

On 7 September, the three Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games – Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid** - will deliver their final presentations to the Session before the vote. The host city will be announced during a ceremony from 5 to 5.30 p.m.

The composition of the 2020 Olympic programme will be discussed on the morning of 8 September, with decisions on the core sports expected at around 10.15 a.m. and the possible inclusion of an additional sport at noon. Baseball/softball, squash and wrestling have been shortlisted and proposed by the IOC Executive Board for possible inclusion as an additional sport on the 2020 Olympic programme. They will deliver short presentations to the Session ahead of the vote.

On the afternoon of 8 September, the Session will hear reports about the preparations for future editions of the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games. The Organising Committees and respective IOC Coordination Commission Chairs for Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018 and for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing 2014 and in Lillehammer 2016 will update the IOC members about the ongoing work and progress made in the host cities.

On 9 September, the IOC Session will receive reports from IOC commissions, the IOC administration, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

On the final day of its meeting in Buenos Aires, 10 September, the IOC members will elect their new President, the ninth in the history of the Olympic Movement, as well as vote on one new Vice-President, one new member of the IOC Executive Board, and nine proposed new members and honorary members. The six presidential candidates vying to succeed Jacques Rogge are Thomas Bach, Sergey Bubka, Richard Carrión, Ser Miang Ng, Denis Oswald, and Ching-Kuo Wu***. The announcement of the new IOC President is scheduled for 12.30 p.m.

*all times are local and subject to change

** in order of drawing of lots

*** in alphabetical order

2020 Candidate Cities submit their Candidature Files

1/7/2013 11:01:00 AM

The IOC Evaluation Commission, chaired by IOC Vice-President Sir Craig Reedie, will now analyse the Candidature Files and make on-site inspections as follows:

Tokyo: 4 to 7 March
Madrid: 18 to 21 March
Istanbul: 24 to 27 March

The Commission will then prepare a detailed risk analysis report that will be published to coincide with the 2020 Candidate Briefing for IOC Members, which will take place in Lausanne on 3 and 4 July 2013. The election of the host city will take place on 7 September during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“The submission of the Candidature Files represents an important milestone for the Candidate Cities and the cities should be congratulated for their excellent work,” said IOC President Jacques Rogge.

Please note that the IOC will not release the Candidature Files, but has informed the Candidate Cities that they can make their files public and post them on their websites if they so wish as of tomorrow, 8 January.

Click here for all of the IOC documents related to the bidding procedure

[1] Cities are listed in the order of drawing of lots.

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2018 bid process – all three Candidate Cities submit their Files

1/11/2011 1:47:00 PM

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has received the Candidature Files of the three Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Munich (Germany), Annecy (France) and PyeongChang (South Korea) [1] all delivered their files by the deadline of 11 January.

The IOC Evaluation Commission, chaired by IOC member Gunilla Lindberg, will now analyse the Candidature Files and make site inspections as follows:

Annecy: 9 to 12 February
PyeongChang: 16 to 19 February
Munich: 1 to 4 March

The Commission will then prepare a report that will be published to coincide with the 2018 Briefing for IOC Members, which will take place in Lausanne on 18 and 19 May 2011. The election of the host city will take place on 6 July during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa.

Click here for all the documents related to the bidding procedure

[1] Cities are listed in the order of drawing of lots.

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2018 Applicant Cities Wrap Up Successful Bid Seminar

12/8/2009 5:10:00 PM

Representatives of the three Applicant Cities for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games — Annecy (France), Munich (Germany), and Pyeongchang (South Korea)* — took part in the 2018 Applicant City Seminar last week in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The four-day workshop was led by Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli and Head of Bid City Relations Jacqueline Barrett and addressed by IOC President Jacques Rogge.

The IOC President called on the delegates to take advantage of the transfer of knowledge from previous and current Olympic host cities.

“There is a tremendous amount of useful information at your disposal, more so than at any time in the past, and it is extremely important to leverage the transfer of knowledge to save yourselves time and energy when putting together your bids,” the President said. “But keep in mind that, win or lose, the bid process is a great opportunity for all Applicant Cities because of the legacies it can provide.”

The Seminar, which draws from a wealth of material from the IOC and previous host cities, is an invaluable knowledge tool that walks the bid partners through the bidding process and provides a comprehensive introduction to the complexity, scope and scale of hosting an Olympics. The meetings give the Applicant Cities a clearer understanding of what the Olympic product is and helps them create a long-term vision for their bids using key themes such as sustainability and legacy as their fundamental pillars.

In addition to a host of experts from the IOC, speakers at the Seminar also included the President and CEO of the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, who discussed his city’s winning bid for the 2014 Winter Games and delivered insightful tips on what to include and what to avoid during the two-year bidding process.

Envisioning Lasting Change

A key theme of the Seminar was that of legacy and the “triple bottom line” of economic, environmental and social progress that the representatives of the three cities were actively encouraged to begin preparing for as soon as possible.

Mr Chernyshenko told those assembled that the best way to keep an Olympic bid on track and moving forward was to map out a vision and legacy plan for the Games early on, keeping in mind that “everything you do is for the people, the future and how to make your city better.”

This message was underscored by the Vancouver 2010 Organising Committee in its video on sustainability for the 2010 Games, in which it was revealed that the overriding objective of the Vancouver Games was to ensure that benefits from the Winter Olympic Games would still be enjoyed 60 years after the 16 days of competition were finished.

“The Games are a catalyst for profound change that can be used to regenerate an entire community,” said Michael Pirrie of the London 2012 Organising Committee.

The Applicant City representatives were also reminded that a number of important legacies could be achieved merely as a result of bidding for the Games, as highlighted by the accomplishments of previous bid cities.

Strengthening relationships

In addition to briefings and workshops on the fundamentals of staging a Games (marketing, media and transport, to name but a few), heavy emphasis was also placed on the importance of relationship-building. The organisation of a modern Olympic Games is very much a team effort, with all levels of government, commercial partners, public services, community groups, local populations and sports authorities involved in the successful organisation of such a complex event. Open, honest and friendly communication with all relevant parties is therefore essential in producing both a cohesive and smooth-running bid campaign and, if awarded the Games, a memorable Olympic Winter Games in 2018.

What’s next?

The host city of the 2018 Games will be chosen at the IOC Session on 6 July 2011 in Durban (South Africa), and there is an incredible amount of work to be done before then.

Following last week’s Applicant City Seminar, the Bid Committees of the three cities will apply what they have learnt to their respective preparations, before reconvening in Vancouver in February for the 2010 Olympic Observer Programme, where they will get a first-hand look at Games-time operations, take part in a roundtable discussion and liaise with VANOC operational staff for a valuable transfer of knowledge.

After submitting their Applicant City Files on or before the 15 March deadline, the Bid Committees will participate in the official debriefing of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in early June.

The second phase of the bid process begins with the selection of the Candidate Cities by the IOC Executive Board from 21-23 June.

* Cities listed in alphabetical order.

Three Applicant Cities for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games

10/16/2009 10:30:00 AM

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that three cities have been put forward by their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to apply to host the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and XII Paralympic Winter Games in 2018. The cities, in alphabetical order, are: Annecy (France), Munich (Germany) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea).* NOCs had until 15 October 2009 to notify the IOC that a city within their jurisdiction was interested in applying.

Two-Step Procedure

The three Applicant Cities will now proceed to Phase 1 of the IOC’s two-step procedure, which will lead to the election of the 2018 host city in Durban, South Africa, in July 2011. Phase 1, called the Candidature Acceptance Procedure, involves a thorough review by the IOC of each city’s potential to organise successful Olympic Winter Games in 2018. Cities must answer a questionnaire, and their answers are studied by the IOC, before the IOC Executive Board selects the cities that will become Candidate Cities and therefore move on to Phase 2.

Candidature Procedure

In Phase 2, known as the Candidature Procedure, Candidate Cities will be requested to submit their Candidature File – which is an in-depth description of their Olympic project – and will be subject to a technical assessment made by a visiting team – the IOC Evaluation Commission. The IOC Evaluation Commission publishes a report, which is sent to the IOC members no later than one month before they cast their vote at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban.

For more information on the 2018 process, please see the press release.

* The cities will be listed in alphabetical order until such time as the official drawing of lots is carried out by the IOC Executive Board. The order of drawing of lots will then be used until the election of the 2018 host city.

2018 bid process gets underway

7/31/2009 12:00:00 AM

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today launched the bid process for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in 2018. National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have been invited to submit the name of a city within their jurisdiction as an applicant to host the Games in a little under nine years’ time. The key dates of the procedure are as follows:

Phase I - known as the candidature acceptance procedure, involves a thorough review by the IOC of each city’s potential to organise the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Cities will be asked to reply to a questionnaire. Their answers will be studied by the IOC in order to help the IOC Executive Board select the cities that will become Candidate Cities and therefore move on to Phase II.

15 October 2009	NOCs to inform the IOC of the name of an Applicant City
12-28 February 2010	Cities participate in the Vancouver 2010 Observer Programme
15 March 2010	Submission of Application File and guarantee letters to the IOC
March-June 2010	Examination of replies by the IOC
End June 2010	IOC Executive Board acceptance of Candidate Cities

Phase II - known as the candidature procedure, Candidate Cities will be requested to submit their Candidature File, that is to say an in-depth description of their Olympic project, and prepare for the visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Commission will make a detailed technical assessment of each candidature and publish a report one month before the election of the Host City for IOC members to review.

11 January 2011	Submission of Candidature File and guarantees to the IOC
February – March 2011	Evaluation Commission visits
One month before the election of the Host City	Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission for 2018
6 July 2011	Election of the Host City of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban

All relevant information and deadlines relating to the first phase of the 2018 bid process are contained in the Candidature Acceptance Procedure.

Download the document here

2018: Rules of Conduct Applicable to all Cities wishing to Organise the Olympic Games

4/2/2009 12:00:00 AM

During its meeting in Denver (USA) on 25 March 2009, the IOC Executive Board approved the text of the "Rules of Conduct Applicable to All Cities Wishing to Organise the Olympic Games". These Rules apply to the cities wishing to become applicant cities, for the procedure to select the host city for the 2018 Olympic Games and subsequent Games, as of 2 April 2009.

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2018: Rules of Conduct Applicable to all Cities wishing to Organise the Olympic Games