2014 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES BIDS TIMELINE:

July 28, 2005 - Dead for NOC's to nominate and submit applications for bid cities

August 16, 2005 - Deadline for bids to submit signed Candidature Acceptance Procedure and application fee (USD$150,000)

February 1, 2006 - Deadline for applicants to submit questionnaires

June 22, 2006 - IOC selects PyeongChang, Salzburg and Sochi to short list of 2014 candidates

June 23, 2006 - Candidature Procedures and Bid Book questionnaire to be distributed to short listed candidates

July 10, 2006 - Candidate cities must pay bidding fee to IOC

January 10, 2007 - Deadline for candidate cities to deliver bid book to the IOC

February 14 to March 17, 2007 - IOC evaluation commission will visit the candidate cities. Evaluation Commission Chairman: Chiharu Igaya (IOC Vice President)
+Pyeongchang: February 14-17, 2007
+Sochi: March 20-23, 2007
+Salzburg: March 14-17, 2007


July 4, 2007 - Election of 2014 host city in Guatemala City

CANDIDATE CITIES:
Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
Salzburg, Austria
Sochi, Russia

Cities that didn't make it on the first short-list:

Almaty, Kazakhstan
Borjomi, Georgia
Jaca, Spain
Sofia, Bulgaria
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