Six bids were made for the

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. The IOC selected three of the bids as candidate cities. On July 4, 2013, Buenos Aires was elected as host city.

Bidding timeline

The

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(IOC) launched the bidding process on September 15, 2011. A letter was sent out to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs). The key dates are the following:IOC launches 2018 Youth Olympic Games Bid Process
- September 15, 2011 - ''

''Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire
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'' * 2012 ** March 1: Deadline for NOCs to submit to the IOC of the names of YOG Applicant Cities ** March 2: IOC announced that six applications for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics have been received ** March 15: Signature of YOG Candidature Procedure ** October 15: Submission of YOG Candidature File and other documents ** October to December: Examination of replies by IOC and experts3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018 REPORT OF THE IOC WORKING GROUP Lausanne, November 2012
/ref> * 2013 ** February 13: Shortlist of YOG Candidate Cities by the IOC Executive Board ** February: Additional questions to shortlisted Candidate Cities ** March: Video conferences between the bid committees and the IOC Evaluation Commission ** June 4: Report by the IOC Evaluation Commission ** July 4: Election of the host city of the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018.

Vote

The host city election vote was held at an extraordinary IOC Session in

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. The results were as follows:

Candidate cities

There were six bids for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games confirmed by the

. Bids were due by March 1, 2012. The list of applicant cities was announced by the IOC on March 2, 2012. For the first time, Asian NOCs didn't submitted a bid for the Summer Youth Olympics, thus making it the first time that Asia will not bid, and eventually, host the Games. Three European NOCs (Great Britain, The Netherlands and Poland) entered

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and

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bids respectively. American NOCs Argentina, Colombia and Mexico also submitted bids for

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, Medellín and Guadalajara respectively. Poznan withdrew their bid in October 2012. On February 13, 2013, the IOC Executive Board selected three candidate cities.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

On August 30, 2011, Buenos Aires and the Argentine Olympic Committee announced that they will bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games. Buenos Aires bid to host the

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and 2004 Summer Olympics but lost to

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and

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respectively.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

On September 19, 2011, it was announced that Glasgow would submit to the

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(BOA) a proposal to bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The city has never made an Olympic bid before. On February 22, 2012, the BOA agreed to put Glasgow forward as the United Kingdom's bidding city for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Glasgow's bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics marked the first time a city in

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has made a bid for an Olympic Game.

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has made four successful bids for the Summer Olympic Games in the past. They were awarded the

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, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics. The 1944 Games however were cancelled due to

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, however London still hosted the games three years after the war ended.

Medellín, Colombia

Medellín bid for the games after successfully hosting the

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and having all the venues already built in the complex Atanasio Girardot. Colombia has never made an Olympic bid before. The country held the

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in Cali. In January 2012, Andres Botero Phiillipsbourne was promoted to Sports Minister of Colombia. He is an

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member and will be working to promote the bid.

Non-selected applicant cities

Guadalajara, Mexico

Guadalajara was selected over Monterrey on February 16, 2012, to be put forward as an applicant city. Guadalajara bid for the

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but withdrew their bid before the IOC vote due to a poor evaluation report. Guadalajara hosted the

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Rotterdam, Netherlands

On February 29, 2012, the day before the deadline for bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, it was announced that

would be putting forth a bid.

Cancelled bids

Poznań, Poland

Upon the announcement by the IOC of who the applicant cities were, Poznań was revealed as one of the bidders. The city bid for the 2010 and

but lost to

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and

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respectively. On 8 October, the city council rejected the proposal budget of the bid. There were lack of financial guarantees from the city-organizer, so the city withdrew.

Monterrey, Mexico

Bids which did not go to application

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* Abuja,

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* Gothenburg,

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or Stockholm, Sweden *

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References

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