The 123rd

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Session (or the 2011 International Olympic Committee Session, the 123rd IOC Session or the 2011 IOC Session) was held in July 2011 at the

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. At the session, Pyeongchang, South Korea was announced as the host city of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and

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officially announced Durban as the host city of the 123rd IOC Session at the 120th IOC Session in

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on 7 August 2008, before the 2008 Summer Olympics. (In April 2008, the IOC had announced

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and Durban as the two candidates to host this 2011 IOC Session.) IOC withdrew recognition of the NOC of the Netherlands Antilles following the formal dissolution of Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010. The athletes of the five islands comprising the Netherlands Antilles were allowed to qualify and compete in the 2012 Olympic Games as independent athletes under the Olympic flag. The sport of floorball was granted full IOC recognition.

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