2014 Winter Olympics bids

Olympic bid|2014|Winter

winner = Sochi
votes1 = 51
runner-up = PyeongChang
votes2 = 47
shortlisted1 = Salzburg
venue = Guatemala City, Guatemala
1stBid = July 28, 2005
2ndBid = February 1, 2006
shortlist = June 22, 2006
decision = July 4, 2007Seven applicant cities presented bids to host the 2014 Winter Olympics (formally known as "XXII Olympic Winter Games") to the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC Executive Board shortlisted three cities—Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; and PyeongChang, South Korea—with Sochi winning the IOC's July 2007 final vote.

The three selected candidates, chosen on June 22 2006, delivered to the IOC their Candidature Files (known as "bid books") on January 10 2007. From February to April 2007, an ad-hoc committee performed visits to the candidate cities and prepared an evaluation report which was released one month before the election.

The election by exhaustive ballot took place on July 4, 2007 in Guatemala City during the 119th IOC Session;cite web |url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/bids/2014.shtml |title=2014 Winter Olympic Games bids |publisher=GamesBids |accessdate=2007-04-02] Sochi beat out PyeongChang by four votes in the second round of voting to win the rights to host after Salzburg had been eliminated in the first round.

Candidate cities

Three candidate cities were selected by the IOC on June 22, 2006:
*Sochi
*Salzburg
*PyeongChang

Final round

Like four years earlier, PyeongChang led the first ballot, but was defeated in the second one, then losing to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Both votes although four years apart bear a remarkable similarity.

There were two rounds of voting at the session that decided which city would host the games. In the first round, PyeongChang received 36 votes while Sochi received 34 votes. Salzburg was eliminated carrying only 25 votes. In the second round of voting PyeongChang garnered 47 votes but Sochi carried most of the votes originally cast for Salzburg and garnered 51 votes, winning the bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

"Note: the cities are listed in the presentation order determined by draw during the IOC Executive Board meeting of 26 October 2005."

Non-finalised applicant cities

The following cities expressed interest in bidding but withdrew their 2014 Winter Olympics bids or decided not to bid.
*flagicon|Andorra Andorra la Vella, Andorra - No backing by the Andorran Olympic Committee for 2014 bid, but now considering bidding for 2022 Winter Olympics.
*flagicon|France Annecy, France - No backing by the French Olympic Committee after Paris lost its 2012 bid, but now considering bidding for 2018.
*flagicon|Turkey Erzurum, Turkey - The National Olympic Committee of Turkey cited a lack of infrastructure. Erzurum will organize the 2011 Winter Universiade.
*flagicon|China Harbin, People's Republic of China - Investment has been poured into the 2009 Winter Universiade
*flagicon|Germany Munich, Germany - National Olympic Committee for Germany cited lack of detail and planning
*flagicon|Sweden Östersund, Sweden - Lack of Swedish political support
*flagicon|USA Reno and Lake Tahoe, United States of America - No backing by the United States Olympic Committee
*flagicon|India Shimla, India - Lack of Indian Government support
*flagicon|Norway Tromsø, Norway - The Norwegian government did not guarantee money to the bid
*flagicon|Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland - Withdrew their bid on September 14, 2004

Applicant cities comparison

* [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1073.pdf Report by the IOC candidature acceptance working group to the IOC Executive Board]

ee also

*2010 Winter Olympics bids

References

External links

* [http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_945.pdf Candidature acceptance procedure for the XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014]
* [http://www.sochi2014.com/ Homepage of the Sochi bid]
* [http://www.salzburg2014.com/en/ Homepage of the Salzburg bid]
* [http://www.jaca2014.es/eng/Default.asp Homepage of the Jaca bid]
* [http://www.2014almaty.com/almaty-2014-fr.htm Homepage of the Almaty bid]
* [http://www.pyeongchang2014.org/eng/main.html Homepage of the PyeongChang bid]
* [http://www.sofia2014bg.org/us/ Homepage of the Sofia bid]
* [http://www.borjomi2014.ge/ Homepage of the Borjomi bid]
* [http://www.gamesbids.com/ Information on current bid process]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1516 IOC press release about the bid process] (October 26, 2005)

Candidature files

* [http://sochi2014.com/sch_questionnaire Sochi 2014]
* [http://www.salzburg2014.com/en/ourplan_1160.html Salzburg 2014]
* [http://www.pyeongchang2014.org/eng/html/sub6/sub6_07.html PyeongChang 2014]

Mini bid books

* [http://design.promo.ru/sochi2014/Sochi2014_Questionnaire.pdf Sochi 2014]
* [http://www.salzburg2014.com/download/salzburg2014_response_finalversion_en.pdf Salzburg 2014]
* [http://www.jaca2014.es/documentos/2006/JACA2014-EN.pdf Jaca 2014]
* [http://www.gamesbids.net/library/applicant_files/2014/Almaty2014_mini_bid_book.pdf Almaty 2014]
* [http://www.pyeongchang2014.org/upload/minibid/PyeongChang2014%20Replies%20to%20the%20Questionaire_fr&en_Q&A.pdf PyeongChang 2014]
* [http://www.sofia2014bg.org/us/Olympic_Bulgaria%20ApplicantCity_Sofia%202014.pdf Sofia 2014]
* [http://www.borjomi2014.ge/Borjomi2014_bidbook.pdf Borjomi 2014]

IOC evaluation report of the applicant cities

* [http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_1074.pdf&id=1074 Conclusions]
* [http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_1073.pdf&id=1073 Full evaluation report]