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YOG – Host Selection 2024; Gangwon Province to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games

Photo: Martijn Giebels

Gangwon Province (Republic of Korea) will host the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Today, the proposal of the IOC Executive Board was approved by the IOC Session. Gangwon 2024 will use the same venues as PyeongChang 2018.

You can read the press release by the International Olympic Committee here.

Read more about the masterplan and venues here.

 

Results Vote

135th IOC Session
Results
Do you accept to elect the Province of Gangwon as a host the 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024
 Voting cards distributed 82
 Valid votes 81
 Abstentions (including blank votes) 1
 Majority 41
 Yes 79
 No 2

Source: IOC

 

Evaluation Commission Report – 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024

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YOG – Host Selection 2024; IOC Opens “Targeted Dialogue” with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KOC)

Pyeongchang Olympic Plaza – Photo by Martijn Giebels

 

Press release by the International Olympic Committee:

IOC to study proposal from Korean Sport and Olympic Committee for 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024

After receiving a compelling proposition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) today accepted the recommendation of the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games to initiate a targeted dialogue with the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee (KOC) for the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2024.

In line with the proposals for future host elections approved by the IOC Session in June, the IOC had already been open to opportunities for the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024. The proposal from the KOC and Gangwon Province also has support from the National Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the cities of PyeongChang and Gangneung.

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