LAUSANNE, Switzerland, September 14. THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that seven cities have been put forward by their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to apply to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016. <\/p>\n
The cities, in alphabetical order, are: Baku (Azerbaijan), Chicago (USA), Doha (Qatar), Madrid (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan). NOCs had until Sept. 13 2007 to notify the IOC that a city within their jurisdiction was interested in applying.<\/p>\n
Candidature process in two phases:<\/b>
\nFor these seven cities, today begins the first phase of the IOC's two-step procedure, which will run until Oct. 2 2009, election day of the 2016 host city.<\/p>\n
Key dates<\/b>
\nJan. 14 2008: Applicant Cities to reply to IOC questionnaire
\nBeginning of June 2008: Acceptance of Candidate Cities by the IOC Executive Board in Lausanne
\nBeginning of June 2008: Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire made available to Candidate Cities
\nAugust 2008: Candidate Cities participate in the IOC Observer Programme during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
\nFeb. 12 2009: Candidature file to be submitted to the IOC
\nMay \u2013 June 2009: IOC Evaluation Commission visits Candidate Cities
\nSept. 2 2009: Publication of the Evaluation Commission report
\nOct. 2 2009: Election of the 2016 Host City in Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n
Special thanks to the IOC for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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