Overview
- The German Olympic Sports Confederation voted 91 to 50 for Munich over Köln/Rhein‑Ruhr at an extraordinary assembly in Baden‑Baden on Saturday, September 26, 2026, formally naming Munich as the national candidate.
- A DOSB evaluation commission had rated Munich slightly higher than Köln/Rhein‑Ruhr (about 87.03 versus 85.02 points), a technical edge that reinforced Munich’s frontrunner status but did not determine the secret ballot outcome.
- The vote used 141 total votes from 42 Olympic sport federations plus DOSB delegates, cast electronically and counted under supervision, reflecting the federations’ block voting rules and the narrow field after Hamburg and Berlin withdrew earlier.
- Federal President Frank‑Walter Steinmeier announced the result with DOSB president Thomas Weikert and senior political figures including Bavaria’s Markus Söder praised the choice while NRW’s Hendrik Wüst pledged support; public voices such as coach Jürgen Klopp urged the country to treat the bid as a national project.
- Munich now enters the IOC’s multi‑stage international process, where it will compete with other countries in continuous and targeted dialogues and could face a final IOC decision for a 2036 host as early as 2029, with alternative years 2040 or 2044 also possible.