Three Cities move to next level of competition to host 2018 Olympic Winter Games

Lausanne (pps) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Munich (Germany), Annecy (France) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea) have all been selected as Candidate Cities to host the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The IOC Executive Board (EB), which took the decision unanimously during its meeting in Lausanne, nonetheless asked Annecy to review its venue concept.

‘The Executive Board today decided that all three Applicant Cities deserved to move to the second phase of the bidding procedure,” said IOC Olympic Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli. “It has been made clear, however, that Annecy needed to review its project. We look forward to working with the three Candidate Cities and wish them good luck for the year of competition ahead.”