2022 Summer Youth Olympics

Games of the IV Youth Olympiad
Host city Dakar, Senegal
Summer
← Buenos Aires 2018 2026 →
Winter
← Lausanne 2020 2024 →

The 2022 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Dakar 2022 will be the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympics, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It will be held in Dakar, Senegal, becomes the first IOC event to be held in Africa.

Originally scheduled to be held in 2022, at the 127th IOC Session it was decided to move the organisation of the YOG to a non-Olympic year, starting with the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be postponed from 2022 to 2023.[1] Subsequently the IOC have reverted to a 2022 date, and announced in February 2018 that they would be recommending that the event be held in Africa.[2] The 132nd IOC Session confirmed the change of date back to 2022.[3] The host was announced at the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the 2018 edition.

Bidding calendar

The IOC revealed the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics bid process on 29 March 2018.[4]

Preparation stage

  • Briefings via video conference/conference call (28–29 March 2018)

Dialogue stage

  • Deadline for signing Cooperation Agreement (13 April 2018)
  • Deadline for Interested parties to respond to first information collection request (27 April 2018)
  • IOC completes visit to each Interested party (May 2018)
  • Feasibility report (June 2018)
  • IOC issues invitations to become candidate cities (July 2018)

Candidature stage

  • Visits to the candidate cities and working sessions (July – August 2018)
  • IOC creates Outline Plan working with each Candidate party (August 2018)
  • Deadline for each candidate city to respond to information collection request (August 2018)
  • Follow-up discussions with each candidate city via individual teleconference (August 2018)
  • Evaluation Commission meeting (September 2018)
  • Evaluation Commission report (September 2018)
  • Election of the Host at the 133rd Session of the IOC and signature of the Host Contract (8 October 2018)

Final selection process

The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics on 8 October 2018 at the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2022 Youth Olympic Games bidding results
City Nation Votes
Dakar Senegal unanimous

Candidate city

On 6 February 2018, Senegal declared its interest to host these games. Senegal’s Olympic and Sport Committee President Mamadou Ndiaye said that “we have recently renovated or built a lot of sports facilities and infrastructure.”[5]

On 7 September 2018, the IOC's executive board announced that Dakar's bid would be the only bid that would advance to the October vote, effectively making Dakar the host of the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics.[6] President Thomas Bach announced that the IOC was interested in bringing the Summer Youth Olympics to Dakar.

Non selected applicant cities

The following three cities have been participating in the preparation stage and joined the briefings via videoconference/conference call, but not to select for applicant cities.[7]

Comprehensive list of potential bids

After hosting the 2014 African Youth Games at the capital and largest city of Botswana, the country's National Olympic Committee has in mind to bid for other competitions such as the African Championships in Athletics, African Swimming Championships and the 2023 Summer Youth Olympics.[8] Lassana Palenfo, president of ANOCA, has suggested a joint-African bid that includes South Africa, Botswana and Angola.[9] In February, 2018 IOC President Thomas Bach stated that the Executive Board "wants the Summer Youth Olympic Games 2022 to take place in Africa" and that it has been decided to propose African continent a strong priority for the host.[10]

Previously interested in bidding

Americas

In April 2016 the Monterrey City Olympic Foundation announced that the Mexican city will not be bidding for the 2023 Youth Olympic Games as had been originally planned. Monterrey bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and 2018 but both times the Mexican Olympic Committee chose Guadalajara as a candidate.[11]

Asia

In 2015 Pang Chung, former secretary general of the Hong Kong Sports Federation & Olympic Committee (SF&OC) who is still an adviser to the body, stated that the 2023 Youth Olympics would be perfect for Hong Kong. He said that the 2009 East Asian Games showed the city can stage successful games and added: "If China wins the hosting rights for the 2022 Winter Olympics, we can also strengthen the impact of sport in the region by hosting the Youth Olympics the following year". Hong Kong has bid for the 2006 Asian Games and failed to become a candidate for the 2022 Asian Games after lawmakers voted it down in 2010.[12]

Europe

Preliminary talks over potentially hosting the YOG between IOC members and officials from the city took place at the 131st IOC Session. Budapest bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics but withdrew on March 1, 2017.[13]

Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov supported the proposal to hold the Youth Olympic Games in 2023 in Kazan. The meeting of the State Duma on physical culture, sports, tourism and youth affairs took place in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan[14], also held the 2013 Summer Universiade.

Die Linke party along with the Ecological Democratic Party (ODP) in Germany wrote a letter to Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter on February 2016 urging to investigate a possible bid for the Youth Olympic Games.[15] Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics.

The Board of Aldermen of Rotterdam will do a feasibility study to see if the city should bid for the 2023 Youth Olympic Games. André Bolhuis, President of the Netherlands Olympic Committee said, "we are pleased to have such an enthusiastic partner for this beautiful event as Rotterdam." Rotterdam bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics but failed to become a candidate.[16]

Sports

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Agenda 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "IOC President Thomas Bach reports on the Youth Olympic Games 2022". International Olympic Committee. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018. the Executive Board wants these youth Olympic Games 2022 to take place in Africa. Therefore the EB decided today to propose to the session to make the african continent a strong priority ...
  3. ↑ "132nd International Olympic Committee Session: Day two". insidethegames.biz. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "2022 Summer Youth Olympics bid process" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Senegal To Bid For First Youth Olympic Games In Africa In 2022".
  6. ↑ Senegal set to host 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games
  7. ↑ Exclusive: Tunis and Abuja join Dakar in expressing interest to host 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games
  8. ↑ "Botswana braced to host more continental competitions".
  9. ↑ "Africa could launch joint-bid for Summer Youth Olympics, claims Palenfo".
  10. ↑ "IOC to target African country to host Summer Youth Olympic Games".
  11. ↑ "Monterrey, Mexico Abandons 2023 Youth Olympic Games Bid".
  12. ↑ "Youth Olympics perfect for Hong Kong, says former federation official Pang Chung".
  13. ↑ "Exclusive: Budapest targeted as host of Summer Youth Olympic Games".
  14. ↑ "В Казани могут пройти юношеские Олимпийские игры 2023".
  15. ↑ "Interest Growing To Host 2023 Youth Olympic Games in Munich".
  16. ↑ "Rotterdam To Study 2023 Youth Olympic Games Bid".
Preceded by
Buenos Aires		 Summer Youth Olympic Games
Dakar
IV Youth Olympiad (2022)		 Succeeded by
TBA
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