The six applicant cities for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games are:
- Almaty (Kazakhstan)
- Beijing (China)
- Krakow (Poland)
- Lviv (Ukraine)
- Oslo (Norway)
- Stockholm (Sweden)
Timeline:
Phase 1:
- Deadline for NOCs to submit an Applicant City – 14 November 2013
- Applicant City Seminar – Lausanne – 4-6 December 2013
- Sochi Olympic Winter Games Observer Programme – 7-23 February 2014
- Submission of the Application File – 14 March 2014
- Selection of Candidate Cities by the IOC – Executive Board – 8-9 July 2014
Phase 2:
- Submission of the Candidature File & Guarantees – January 2015
- IOC Evaluation Commission visits – February – March 2015
- Evaluation Commission report / Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members – May – June 2015
- Election of the 2022 Host City by the IOC Session – Kuala Lumpur – 31 July 2015