Three Cities To Bid For 2018 Games

With the arrival of the 15 October deadline, only three cities have announced their official bids to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Annecy in France, Munich in Germany and PyeongChang in South Korea have submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee.

This is a decrease from previous bidding processes for these Games, most recently for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which saw seven applicant cities put forward a case to the IOC.

PyeongChang was one of the three bids to be shortlisted for the 2014 host city, but it was Sochi that won the right to hold the Games.

The 2018 Winter Olympics bid process will have the three cities face a two-stage evaluation process including the completing of a questionnaire and the submission of a detailed file explaining its hosting plan.

The winner will be announced in Durban, South Africa in July 2011.