2018 Winter Olympic will be held in South Korea. And the name of the city is Pyeongchang. South Korea took previous two attempts but the authority was not selected them .At last the third attempt they are success. The Koreans had lost narrowly in previous bids for the 2010 and 2014 Olympics.
Needing forty eight votes for victory, Pyeongchang received sixty three of the ninety-five votes cast. Munich received twenty five and Annecy seven.
Japan arranged such types of game in 1972 in Sapporo city and 1998 in Nagano city. Pyeongchang will be the first city in Asia outside Japan to host the Winter Games.
Korean delegates erupted in cheers in the conference hall after IOC President Jacques Rogge opened a sealed envelope and read the words: "The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the 23rd Olympic Winter Games in 2018 are awarded to the city of Pyeongchang."
A majority was required for victory, meaning Pyeongchang received at least 48 votes among the eligible 95 voters.
It was the first time an Olympic bid race with more than two finalists was decided in the first round since 1995, when Salt Lake City defeated three others to win the 2002 Winter Games.
Had no majority been reached in the opening round, the city with the fewest votes would have been eliminated and the two remaining cities gone to a second and final ballot.
Pyeongchang, whose slogan is "New Horizons," campaigned on the theme that it deserved to win on a third try and will spread the Olympics to a lucrative new market in Asia and become a hub for winter sports in the region.
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