2014 Summer Youth Olympics

II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Nanjing 2014 Olympic logo.
Host city	Nanjing
Nations participating	209 (estimated)
Athletes participating	3,600 (estimated)
Events	184 in 26 sports
Opening ceremony	August 16
Closing ceremony	August 28
Stadium	Stadium of the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games (officially known as II Summer Youth Olympic Games) is the second of the Summer Youth Olympics, a major international sports and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Summer Olympic Games from 16 to 28 August 2014, during the XXX Olympiad. The Games will be held in Nanjing, China in a decision announced on 10 February 2010 after voting by IOC members at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver, Canada.

Bidding results

Nanjing Olympic Sports Center

Nanjing candidate logo

• April 2009 — NOCs to inform the IOC of the name of a YOG Candidate City. (This was changed from February 2009 after several NOCs asked for more preparation time)^[1]
• September 2009 — Submission of the YOG Candidature File, YOG Guarantees File, photographic files and Undertaking
• December 2009 — Short-list of YOG Candidate Cities by the IOC Executive Board
• February 2010 — Election and announcement of the Host City of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games at the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver (before the 2010 Winter Olympics)^[2]

Poznań, Poland

The 2014 host city was elected during the 2010 IOC session in Vancouver, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

This was the first election of a Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were done through postal votes by IOC members.

2014 Youth Olympic Games bidding results
City	NOC Name	Votes
Nanjing	China	47
Poznań	Poland	42

Candidate Cities

• Nanjing, China

China bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics with the city of Nanjing.^[1] Nanjing is located in East Central China along the Yangtze River. The IOC noted Nanjing had "the least risk" of the applicant cities.

• Poznań, Poland

Poznań bid for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games which went to Singapore.^[3]

On January 8, 2010, the International Olympic Committee released their report on the Evaluation Commission for the Second Youth Olympic Games.^[4]

Withdrawn bids

• Guadalajara, Mexico

Guadalajara was chosen over Monterrey by the Mexican Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Mexicano) as the national applicant city for the 2014 Youth Olympics. Guadalajara will host the 2011 Pan American Games.[1] Guadalajara officially withdrew the bid on 22 January 2010,[2] two weeks after the release of the IOC evaluation commission's report ^[5] and less than three weeks before the final vote in Vancouver.

Cities indicating interest, but did not bid

• Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade showed initial interest in bidding for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, going so far to attend the initial workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland at the IOC headquarters. However, the city withdrew, declaring an intention to bid for the second edition instead.^[6]

• Jakarta, Indonesia

Jakarta had been confirmed, but ultimately did not bid.^[7]

• Moscow, Russia

Moscow was the finalist along with eventual winner Singapore in the contest for the 2010 YOG. Moscow declared it would bid for future editions,^[8] but did not bid for this edition.

• Rabat, Morocco^[1]

Rabat the capital of Morocco is planning to bid for the youth Olympic games 2014

• New Delhi, India

Citing the experience it will have gained in hosting the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi has declared the intention to bid for the 2014 Games, as well as possibly the 2020 edition of the regular Games.^[9]

• Rouen, Toulouse and Dunkirk, France

Three French cities had expressed interest in bidding for the Games. The French NOC decided in October 2008 to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics with Annecy instead.^[10]

• Monterrey, Mexico

Students of the universities of Monterrey supported hosting the Games. The MOC passed over Monterrey in favor of Guadalajara, which will have valuable infrastructure from hosting the 2011 Pan American Games. The Monterrey 2014 Foundation declared it would bid for 2018 if Guadalajara loses this bid.^[11]

Sports

This is a tentative list of the sports programme taken from the general presentation of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.^[12]

Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling

Diving Equestrian Fencing Football/Soccer Gymnastics Handball Hockey

Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis

Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} IOC Extends Deadline For 2014 Youth Games Applications
2. ^ Bidding Process For 2014 Summer Youth Games Begins
3. ^ Three Cities In Running For 2014 Youth Games
4. ^ Report Of The IOC Evaluation Commission For The 2nd Summer YOG in 2014 Available Online
5. ^ IOC Evaluattion Report for 2014 Summer YOG
6. ^ Nine Cities Submit Bids For 2010 Youth Olympic Games
7. ^ Lastania, Ezther (4 February 2009). "Indonesia Ajukan Diri Jadi Tuan Rumah Youth Olympic Games" (in Indonesian). Tempo. http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/olahraga/2009/02/04/brk,20090204-158507,id.html. Retrieved 17 August 2010. 
8. ^ Russia’s Extends Greetings To Singapore 2010
9. ^ India To Bid For 2014 Youth Olympics
10. ^ Rouen veut les Jeux 2014 (French)
11. ^ Monterrey 2014 pierde ante Guadalajara (Spanish)
12. ^ "2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games Brochure". http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1385.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 

• IOC's Coordination Commission visit to Nanjing a big success

External links

• Nanjing 2014 official website
• Guadalajara 2014 official bid website
• Poznan 2014 official bid website
• 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 (IOC brochure)

Preceded by Singapore

Summer Youth Olympic Games Host City 2014

Succeeded by TBD