
The International Olympic Committee has published the list of interested parties for the 2036 Summer Games.
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The DOSB has submitted the application for 2036, 2040 or 2044. Munich prevailed in the national procedure.
The German Olympic bid with Munich has competition from six countries in the race for the 2036 Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee named the following as further candidates:
Qatar (Doha)
India (Ahmedabad)
South Korea (not yet decided)
Hungary (Budapest)
Turkey (Istanbul)
South Africa (Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg)
As a next step, the IOC will decide in March next year which of the applicants will move on to the second phase of the application process, the so-called “Strategic Dialogue”. The 2036 Olympics and Paralympics will be awarded at a general meeting in mid-2029.
Before that, the IOC wants to agree on a “selected number” of preferred hosts in December 2028 who will make it into the final selection. Further applicants could express their concrete interest until the end of October, after which the list of candidates for 2036 will be closed. In November, all interested parties should present their plans to the IOC selection committee.
German application also applies to 2040 and 2044
Munich prevailed in the national application process against the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr project. Hamburg's plans had failed in a referendum. Berlin withdrew its candidacy shortly before the decision of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) because the Olympic supporters in the Senate had been voted out in the House of Representatives election.
The DOSB had submitted the German application for the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Games to the IOC. Should the 2036 Olympics go to one of the candidates from Asia, Munich would automatically enter the race as a DOSB applicant for the following two editions. The aim is to come up with a strong project when the IOC awards the games to Europe again.
What's next for Munich
Among Munich's European rivals, the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul has already made several unsuccessful attempts at the Olympics. Hungary, with its capital Budapest, has also expressed interest in the summer games for a long time, but efforts have quietened since former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was voted out. Madrid was also recently considered a possible applicant, but does not appear in the IOC list.
Munich and the DOSB must now submit detailed plans and financial guarantees to the IOC before the preselection is scheduled to be completed in March 2027. The makers of the Munich application recently estimated the costs for the Olympics at around ten billion euros. Five billion for the organization of this is mainly covered by ticket revenue. The remaining costs relate to infrastructure projects.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Decision about moving to the second phase of the application process
Very likely · Within months

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