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The 2030 Winter Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2030), officially known as the XXVI Olympic Winter Games and branded as French Alps 2030 (French: Alpes Françaises 2030), is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place across the French Alps from 1 to 17 February 2030. The French Alps bid was elected at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on 24 July 2024, two days before the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]
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Location | French Alps, France |
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Opening | 1 February 2030 (in 65 months) |
Closing | 17 February 2030 |
Stadium | TBC (Opening ceremony) Promenade des Anglais (closing ceremony) [1][2] |
Winter Summer
2030 Winter Paralympics |
Nice will be the largest host city and will receive the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics.[4] Additional venues will be shared by the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Hautes-Alpes in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the departments of Haute-Savoie and Savoie in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. These games will be the second consecutive Winter Olympic games to be hosted in the European Alps (following the 2026 games, hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo).[5]
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:[6][7]
The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility in choosing hosts by making the date of elections more flexible and allowing multiple cities, regions, or countries to host instead of only single cities, regions or countries.
According to the Future Host Commission's rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into 2 dialogue stages:[8]
The French Alps was conditionally[10] confirmed as host of the 2030 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session on 24 July 2024 in Paris, France, pending the resolution of financial issues. As per the new format of choosing future Olympic Games host cities from the IOC's Agenda 2020, the vote was in a form of a referendum to the 95 IOC delegates.[11] Like the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics, the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics were awarded simultaneously; the first to France and the second to the United States.
These will be the first Winter Olympics since the 1980 Winter Olympics in which the host city won the hosting rights without competing against other host cities in voting.
City | NOC name | Yes | No | Abs |
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French Alps | France | 84 | 4 | 7 |
Due to financial concerns triggered by the 2024 French political crisis, the country was selected to host the games "conditionally". The IOC stated that the French authorities "must now deliver key financial guarantees in the coming months", in order to confirm the selection.[10][12]
The impacts of climate change have become a central focus of the International Olympic Committee in planning the Winter Olympics. According to the IOC, the number of NOCs capable of hosting the Winter Olympics—which require access to snow competition venues with adequate temperature and snowfall—has declined to "practically just 10-12".[13]
As a result of these challenges, the decision on the 2030 Winter Olympics host city was delayed until 24 July 2024 to allow the IOC more time to carefully plan the future of the Winter Olympics.[14][15] The IOC awarded both the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris, on the eve of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The speed skating races will be hosted at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy,[16] while the venues for the ceremonies have yet to be determined.[17]
Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
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New arena | Figure skating | 10,000 | Additional |
Short track speed skating | |||
Allianz Riviera | Ice Hockey | TBA (main venue) | Existing, to be divided into two temporary arenas |
TBA | |||
Palais Nikaïa | Curling | 4,600 | Existing |
Nice Olympic Village | TBA | Additional | |
Palais des Congrès de Nice | Official Press Centre | N/A | |
Marché d'Intéret National Fleurs | International Broadcast Centre | Existing, renovated | |
Promenade des Anglais | Closing ceremony | TBA | Temporary |
Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
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Serre Chevalier, Briançon | Freestyle skiing & Snowboarding (aerials, moguls, halfpipe) | 3,500-5,000 | Existing, renovated |
Montgenèvre | Freestyle skiing & Snowboarding (big air, slopestyle, parallel giant slalom) | 3,500-5,000 | |
TBA | Snowboarding (cross) | TBA | TBA |
Freestyle skiing (Ski cross) | |||
Briançon Olympic Village | TBA | Existing |
Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
---|---|---|---|
La Plagne | Bobsleigh | 15,000-16,000 | Existing, renovated |
Luge | |||
Skeleton | |||
Tremplin du Praz | Ski jumping | TBA | Existing |
Nordic combined | |||
Méribel | Alpine skiing (women's) | 23,000 | |
Nordic combined | |||
Courchevel | Alpine skiing (men's) | ||
Nordic combined | |||
Pole Savoie Olympic Village | TBA | Additional | |
La Plagne Olympic Village | TBA | Existing |
Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
---|---|---|---|
La Clusaz | Cross-Country Skiing | 12,500 | Existing |
Le Grand-Bornand | Biathlon | 12,000-15,000 | |
Pole Haute-Savoie Olympic Village | TBA |
Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Oval Lingotto, Turin, Italy | Speed skating | 8,500 | Existing |
In France, pay television and streaming rights are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery via Eurosport,[18] with free-to-air coverage owned by France Télévisions under a sub-license agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).[19] On 16 January 2023, the IOC announced that it had renewed its European broadcast rights agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery. The agreement, covering from 2026 to 2032, includes pay television and streaming rights to the Summer, Winter, and Youth Olympics on Eurosport and Discovery+ in 49 European territories. Free-to-air rights packages were concurrently awarded to the EBU and its members to cover at least 100 hours of each Winter Olympics,[18] with EBU member France Télévisions agreeing to the broadcast the Games in France.[19]
Territory | Rights holder | Ref |
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Albania | RTSH | [20] |
Asia | Infront Sports & Media | [21][22] |
Australia | Nine | [23][24] |
Austria | ORF | [25] |
Belgium | RTBF, VRT | [26][27] |
Brazil | Grupo Globo | [28] |
Bulgaria | BNT | [29] |
Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada | [30] |
China | CMG | [31] |
Croatia | HRT | [32] |
Czech Republic | ČT | [33] |
Denmark | DR, TV 2 | [34] |
Europe (except Russia and Belarus) | EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery | [35] |
Estonia | ERR | [36] |
Finland | Yle | [37] |
France | France Télévisions | [19] |
Germany | ARD, ZDF | [38] |
Greece | ERT | [39] |
Hungary | MTVA | [40] |
Iceland | RÚV | [41] |
Ireland | RTÉ | [42] |
Israel | Sports Channel | [43] |
Italy | RAI | [44] |
Japan | Japan Consortium | [45] |
Latvia | LTV | [46] |
Kosovo | RTK | [47] |
Lithuania | LRT | [48] |
Montenegro | RTCG | [49] |
Netherlands | NOS | [50] |
Norway | NRK | [51] |
Poland | TVP | [52] |
Slovakia | STVR | [53] |
Slovenia | RTV | [54] |
Korea | JTBC | [55] |
Spain | RTVE | [56] |
Sweden | SVT | [57] |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | [58] |
Ukraine | Suspilne | [59] |
United Kingdom | BBC | [60] |
United States | NBCUniversal | [61] |
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