2022 Winter Olympics - Previously Interested in Bid

Previously Interested in Bid

• Austria/ Italy Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino

The former parts of the County of Tyrol Tyrol in Austria, South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy were considering a joint bid as the Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino for the 2022 Olympics. The capital of Tyrol, Innsbruck, has already hosted Olympic Winter Games twice, in 1964 and 1976 as well as the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. However the common legislative assembly of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino rejected the proposal during its session on 30 March 2011.

• Quebec City, Canada

Quebec City initially expressed interest in bidding. In September 2011 Quebec City mayor Régis Labeaume ruled out bidding for 2022. However the city may bid for another Winter Games in the future. IOC President Jacques Rogge stated that he believes that the 2026 Winter Olympics would be a realistic option for the city to organize the games.

• Finland

During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Jouko Purontakanen, the Secretary General of the Finland Olympic Committee, said Finland could host the games alone in Tahko, Kuopio, and Helsinki if the project for artificial heightening of the Tahko hill progresses. Stefan Wallin, Finland's Minister for Culture and Sports, has also suggested that Finland should bid for the 2022 games with other Nordic countries after Finland's NOC discusses with them in Vancouver. Nothing followed from these suggestions: the heightening of Tahko hill did not progress since 2010 due to environmental concerns and no Nordic countries indicated an interest to bid with Finland since the discussions in Vancouver.

• Zaragoza, Spain

The Zaragoza-Pyrenees 2022 bid was withdrawn and left Barcelona as sole candidate from Spain to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Officials insisted that Barcelona never regarded Zaragoza as "a rival, but rather the opposite. Both of us championed the Pyrenees brand in our projects and that's why I believe Aragon will also benefit if Barcelona goes ahead with this bid, because it will have a positive effect on the whole Pyrenees".

• Östersund, Sweden

Östersund was interested in a potential 2022 bid, but the Swedish Olympic committee decided not to move forward with bidding due to a lack of financial guarantees from the government.

The SOC chairman said that future applications were unlikely because of the government policy.

• United States

Multiple cities in the United States such as Bozeman, Denver, Reno and Salt Lake City expressed interest in bidding for the 2022 Games but the USOC is opting to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics or the 2026 Winter Olympics.