
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) will decide Saturday in Baden-Baden between Munich and the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr region as Germany’s candidate for a future Summer Olympics bid.
The vote takes place during an extraordinary general assembly at the Kurhaus, with 42 Olympic sports federations—each casting three bloc votes—joined by 10 executive board members and 8 personal members, totaling up to 144 votes. At least three voters, including footballer Leon Goretzka, have withdrawn, reducing the final count. Landessportbünde and the German Disabled Sports Association are excluded from voting under DOSB statutes, though the latter participated in evaluating the bids .
Munich’s bid centers on its 1972 Olympiapark, with 90 percent of venues within 30 kilometers of the Olympic Village and events like dressage at Nymphenburg Palace and archery at Schleißheim Palace. Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr proposes a temporary athletics stadium and Olympic Village in Cologne, leveraging existing infrastructure such as Schalke’s swimming venue and Dortmund’s football stadium .
A DOSB evaluation scored Munich at 87.03 points and Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr at 85.02, with Berlin withdrawing Thursday. The federations’ votes carry triple weight, giving them 126 of 144 possible votes. Bavarian Premier Markus Söder and North Rhine-Westphalia Premier Hendrik Wüst are attending the assembly. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will announce the result between 13:45 and 14:45, with ARD broadcasting live .
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