| Overview | |
|---|---|
| V Winter Youth Olympic Games | |
| Winner: Dolomites and Valtellina, Italy | |
| Details | |
| Committee | IOC |
| Election venue | 143rd IOC Session Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Map of the bidding cities | |
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| Important dates | |
| Shortlist | 3 December 2024 |
| Decision | 30 January 2025 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Dolomites and Valtellina, Italy |
| Runner-up | |
Dolomites and Valtellina were officially awarded the Games at the 143rd IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 2025.
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session at their headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are: [1] [2]
At this session, IOC modified the Olympic Charter to increase flexibility by removing the rule to select a host city for the Games, the period between 5 and 7 years before the next available games, and changing the concept of the host-city and opened the possibility to Games to be held in a multiple cities, regions, or countries.
According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided to 2 dialogue stages are: [3]
On 1 February 2024, IOC President Thomas Bach announced that the host city wouldn't be announced until early 2025. [4]
On 20 July 2024, the IOC Executive Board named Dolomiti Valtellina, a project led by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and its regional partners in Lombardy, Trentino and Veneto, as the "Preferred Host". The project would build on the legacies of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, entirely using existing venues. If all the requirements for hosting the Youth Olympic Games are met, the bid could then be put forward for election in a future IOC Session. [5]
Dolomites and Valtellina were selected as the host cities at the 143rd IOC Session in Lausanne on 30 January 2025. [6] [7]
The following are interested bidding parties for the 2028 Winter Youth Olympics, one of which took part in targeted dialogue with the IOC and Future Host Commission:
Dolomites and Valtellina, Italy 
Carinthia , Austria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Italy and 
Slovenia 
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1 – Games handed without bids submitted; 2 – Only one bid submitted; 3 – Bids submitted but no Games celebration; 4 – No bids submitted and no Games celebration  Olympic Gamesportal | |
