123rd IOC Session

The 123rd International Olympic Committee Session (or the 2011 International Olympic Committee Session, the 123rd IOC Session or the 2011 IOC Session) is scheduled to be held in 2011 in Durban, South Africa, in which the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games will be decided.

The International Olympic Committee officially announced Durban as the host city of the 123rd IOC Session at the 120th IOC Session in Beijing, People's Republic of China on 7 August 2008. [cite news|title=Government will continue to promote sports development|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200808/07/P200808070154.htm|publisher="Information Services Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region"|date=2008-08-07]

Bidders

In April 2008, the IOC announced Hong Kong and Durban as the two candidates to host the 2011 IOC Session.cite news|title=Hong Kong vying for hosting 2011 IOC session|url=http://chinarealnews.typepad.com/chinarealnews/2008/04/hong-kong-vying.html|publisher="ChinaRealNews"|date=2008-04-14] cite news|title=Durban in the running for Olympic meeting|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080413075620511C673319|publisher="Sunday Tribune"|date=2008-04-13]

See also

*List of IOC meetings
*117th IOC Session

References