2026 Olympic Winter Games host to be elected on 24 June

Lausanne (RWH) The host city of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be decided in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 June at the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee IOC.

The IOC Members will vote between the two candidate cities, Stockholm–Åre in Sweden and Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy. Swedish and Italian IOC Members will not be allowed to vote. The two 2026 Olympics finalists will make their final presentations before the election and announcement on 24 June.

The build-up and host city election announcement ceremony will be live on the Olympic Channel from 17:30 CEST on Monday 24th June as part of our coverage of the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne.

Timetable of events on 24 June

Stockholm–Åre final 30-minutes-presentation at 14:00 local time.

Milan–Cortina final 30-minutes-presentation at 14:45 local time. 

From 15.15, the IOC Evaluation Commission presents their reports and holds a question-and-answer session with the IOC Session.

Voting will follow at 16:00, with the announcement of the Host City scheduled for 18:00. The signing of the Host City Contract and a press conference follows at 18:30.

A live stream of the announcement ceremony on 24 June will be available on the Olympic Channel.

Report of the IOC Evaluation Commission 2026 

For the Olympic bobsleigh, skeleton and luge competitions, Stockholm plans to cooperate with the Latvian sliding track in Sigulda. Milan intends to reactivate the sliding track in Cortina.