2021 Commonwealth Youth Games

Accepted bid

• Belfast, Northern Ireland

With the backing of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland, Belfast submitted an official bid for the games. On 29 November 2015, it was confirmed that Northern Ireland was the only official,and thus the preferred, bid. They were named the official hosts in January 2016.^[1] In June 2018, Belfast was stripped of the Games when the event due to uncertainty surrounding funding for the event during the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive. ^[2]

Withdrawn bids

• Gaborone, Botswana

The Botswana National Olympic Committee stated it was preparing a bid for the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games.^[3]

• Saint Helier, Jersey

Jersey was considering a bid in early 2015 but pulled out of the bidding process in June 2015.^[4]

Potential bids

• Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ^{[5] [6]}