On 26 September, the German Olympic Sports Confederation decided that Munich will be the country's candidate to host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. The Bavarian capital beat the joint bid of Cologne and the Rhine-Ruhr region. Deutschlandfunk ↗
The decision was announced in Baden-Baden. A technical glitch occurred during the announcement, which the participants took with good humour. Munich backed its bid with a referendum held in autumn 2025. Of the original four candidates, Berlin and Hamburg had already withdrawn before the decision. teraz.sk ↗
Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder called Munich's selection a historic moment. He also said that the bid should unite the individual regions of Germany. "Wir werden alles geben und uns gemeinsam als ein Land präsentieren," Söder said. Translated, he said that Germany will give its all and present itself together as one country. Tagesspiegel ↗
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier responded to the delayed publication of the result with a joke: "Wer es eben noch nicht gesehen hat, dem sage ich es." He addressed the remark to those who had not yet noticed the decision. Welt ↗
Munich now faces the international phase of its bid. The International Olympic Committee will decide whether Germany will host the Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. The bid may also open a discussion about the use of existing sports infrastructure and about distributing events among several German regions.
Munich Will Be Germany's Candidate for the Olympic Games
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Markus Söder:
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— „Wir werden alles geben und uns gemeinsam als ein Land präsentieren"
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— „Ist was Historisches"
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— „auf keinen Fall"
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— „nicht einfach wegzaubern"
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— „sehr, sehr stabil und stark"
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Mníchov bude kandidát Nemecka na usporiadanie olympijských hier
teraz.sk
| 16:01 26.09.
NRW geht leer aus
WDR Nachrichten
| 15:44 26.09.
Je rozhodnuté. Mníchov ide do boja o olympijské hry, v hre je aj historický unikát
sport.sk
| 15:57 26.09.
Entscheidung über die Olympiabewerbung: Wie München sich gegen Köln-Rhein-Ruhr durchgesetzt hat
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
| 15:13 26.09.
Fauxpas bei Verkündung – „Wer es eben noch nicht gesehen hat, dem sage ich es“, feixt Steinmeier
Welt
| 16:49 26.09.
DOSB - München wird deutscher Olympiabewerber - Söder: "Wir werden alles geben und uns gemeinsam als ein Land präsentieren"
Deutschlandfunk
| 17:23 26.09.
Party auf dem Oktoberfest: Söder und Krause planen Olympia-Looping auf der Wiesn
Tagesspiegel
| 15:10 26.09.
Olympia-Bewerbung: Söder nach Münchens Olympia-Sieg: „Ist was Historisches“
Tagesspiegel
| 15:05 26.09.
Union: Söder gegen Wüst – wer kriegt Olympia?
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
| 10:45 26.09.
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