2026 Winter Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international athletic event held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy from 6 to 22 February 2026. 

 Candidate cities 


The cities with an official candidature were:

 20px Calgary
 20px Erzurum
 20px Graz
 20px Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo
 20px Sapporo
 20px Sion
 20px Stockholm-Åre

On 24 June 2019 in Lausanne the International Olympic Committee presented the Italian and the Swedish candidations and, at 18:03, IOC's president Thomas Bach announced the victory of Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo for 47 votes versus 34. 
Stages of Olympic torch

 Greece 

 November 26 Kalavryta
 November 27 Karpenisi
 November 28 Metsovo
 November 29 Kastoria
 November 30 Naousa
 December 1 Thessaloniki
 December 2 Lamia
 December 3 Acropolis of Athens
 December 4 Athens

 Italy 


 Lazio 

 December 6 Rome
 December 7 Viterbo

 Umbria 

 December 8 Terni
 December 9 Perugia

 Tuscany 

 December 10 Siena
 December 11 Florence
 December 12 Livorno

 Sardinia 

 December 13 Nuoro
 December 14 Cagliari

 Sicily 

 December 15 Palermo
 December 16 Agrigento
 December 17 Syracuse, Sicily
 December 18 Catania

 Calabria 

 December 19 Reggio Calabria
 December 20 Catanzaro

 Campania 

 December 21 Salerno
 December 22 Pompei
 December 23 Naples

 Lazio 

 December 26 Latina, Lazio

 Campania 

 December 27 Benevento

 Basilicata 

 December 28 Potenza

 Apulia 

 December 29 Taranto
 December 30 Lecce
 December 31 Bari

 Molise 

 January 1 Campobasso

 Abruzzo 

 January 2 Pescara
 January 3 L'Aquila

 Marche 

 January 4 Ancona

 Emilia-Romagna 

 January 5 Rimini
 January 6 Bologna
 January 7 Ferrara
 January 8 Parma

 Liguria 

 January 9 Genoa

 Piedmont 

 January 10 Cuneo
 January 11 Turin

 Aosta Valley 

 January 12 Aosta

 Piedmont 

 January 13 Novara

 Lombardy 

 January 14 Varese
 January 15 Pavia

 Emilia-Romagna 

 January 16 Piacenza

 Lombardy 

 January 17 Brescia

 Veneto 

 January 18 Verona

 Lombardy 

 January 19 Mantua

 Veneto 

 January 20 Vicenza
 January 21 Padua
 January 22 Venice

 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 

 January 23 Trieste
 January 24 Udine

 Veneto 

 January 25 Belluno
 January 26 Cortina d'Ampezzo

 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 

 January 27 Bolzano
 January 28 Cavalese
 January 29 Trento

 Lombardy 

 January 30 Livigno
 January 31 Sondrio
 February 1 Lecco
 February 2 Bergamo
 February 3 Como
 February 4 Monza
 February 5 Milan

 Route 

DateStops26 nov 2025 Olimpia (lighting of the flame),  Pyrgos,  Amaliada,  Ilida,  Lampeia,  Kleitoria,  Kalavrita27 nov 2025 Kalavrita,  Patrasso,  Ponte Rion Antirion,  Agrinio,  Karpenisi28 nov 2025 Karpenisi,  Karditsa,  Mouzaki,  Pyli,  Metsovo29 nov 2025 Metsovo,  Grevena,  Kozani,  Ptolemaida,  Kastoria30 nov 2025 Kastoria,  Florina,  Agios Athanasios,  Edessa,  Naousa1 dec 2025 Naoussa,  Giannitsa,  Serres,  Drama,  Thessaloniki2 dec 2025 Thessaloniki,  Elassona,  Portaria,  Lamia3 dec 2025 Lamia,  Arachova,  Livadeia,  Kifisià,  Amarousio,  Kifisià,  Peristeri,  Egaleo,  Kallithea,  Nea Smyrni,  Athens4 dec 2025 Athens (route to Rome with the plane)6 dec 2025 Roma -  Vatican City - Roma7 dec 2025 Roma – Ostia – Tivoli – Civitavecchia – Tarquinia – Viterbo8 dec 2025 Montefiascone – Orvieto – Narni – Rieti – Terni9 dec 2025 Todi – Spoleto – Trevi – Foligno – Spello – Assisi – Perugia10 dec 2025 Gubbio – Castiglione del Lago – Città di Castello - Arezzo – Pienza – Montepulciano – Montalcino – Siena11 dec 2025 Grosseto – Volterra – San Gimignano - Pontedera – Empoli – Firenze12 dec 2025 Prato – Montecatini Terme – Pisa – Pistoia – Lucca – Livorno13 dec 2025 Olbia – Sassari – Porto Torres – Stintino – Alghero - Nuoro14 dec 2025 Oristano – Sanluri – Barumini – Quartu Sant'Elena – Iglesias – Cagliari15 dec 2025 Castelvetrano – Selinunte – Mazara del Vallo – Marsala – Trapani – Monreale – Palermo16 dec 2025 Cefalù – Piazza Armerina - Enna – Caltanissetta - Lampedusa - Agrigento17 dec 2025 Licata – Gela – Caltagirone - Ragusa – Noto – Avola – Marzamemi (Pachino) - Portopalo - Siracusa18 dec 2025 Priolo Gargallo – Augusta - Carlentini - Lentini - Catania19 dec 2025 Acireale – Giarre - Riposto - Taormina - Messina - Reggio Calabria20 dec 2025 Gioia Tauro – Rosarno – Tropea - Vibo Valentia – Lamezia Terme – Catanzaro21 dec 2025 Cosenza - Crotone – Maratea - Paestum - Battipaglia - Bellizzi – Salerno22 dec 2025 Sorrento - Amalfi - Positano – Gragnano – Castellammare di Stabia – Pompei23 dec 2025 Torre Annunziata – Torre del Greco – Ercolano – Portici – Marcianise - Caivano - San Giorgio a Cremano - Scampia – Napoli26 dec 2025 Caserta – Minturno - Formia – Gaeta – Sabaudia - San Felice Circeo – Latina27 dec 2025 Sermoneta - Frosinone – Cassino – Pomigliano d'Arco – Telese Terme – Benevento28 dec 2025 Avellino - Melfi - Castel Lagopesole - Rionero in Vulture - Venosa - Filiano -  Pietragalla - Potenza29 dec 2025 Castelmezzano – Pisticci – Matera – Altamura – Gioia del Colle – Massafra – Crispiano – Taranto30 dec 2025 Nardò – Gallipoli – Presicce – Aquarica – Maglie – Otranto – Lecce31 dec 2025 Brindisi – Ostuni – Cisternino - Alberobello - Monopoli – Polignano a Mare – Bari 1 jan 2026 Trani – Barletta - Foggia - Termoli – Campobasso2 jan 2026 Isernia – Castel di Sangro – Roccaraso – Sulmona – Chieti – Pescara3 jan 2026 Montesilvano – Silvi – Roseto degli Abruzzi – Giulianova – Teramo – Amatrice – L'Aquila4 jan 2026 Ascoli Piceno – San Benedetto del Tronto – Fermo – Civitanova Marche - Macerata – Ancona5 jan 2026 Jesi – Fano – Gradara  – Pesaro – Urbino –  San Marino – Riccione – Rimini6 jan 2026 Cesena - Forlì - Faenza - Imola - Bologna7 jan 2026 Cesenatico – Cervia – Ravenna – Comacchio - Ferrara8 jan 2026 Maranello – Fiorano Modenese - Sassuolo – Sestola - Reggio Emilia - Parma9 jan 2026 Massa – Carrara – Riomaggiore – Manarola – La Spezia – Lavagna – Chiavari – Rapallo – Portofino – Genova10 jan 2026 Savona – Imperia – Sanremo – Cuneo11 jan 2026 Bra – La Morra – Alba – Sestriere – Asti – Moncalieri – Stupinigi – Torino12 jan 2026 Rivoli – Venaria Reale – Settimo Torinese – Chivasso – Châtillon – Aosta13 jan 2026 Ivrea – Biella - Vercelli – Casale Monferrato - Novara14 jan 2026 Borgomanero/Gozzano - Verbania – Baveno/Stresa - Arona - Varese15 jan 2026 Magenta – Abbiategrasso – Vigevano – Mortara – Torre d'Isola – San Martino Siccomario – Pavia16 jan 2026 Alessandria - Tortona - Voghera - Lodi - Casalpusterlengo - Codogno - Piacenza17 jan 2026 Cremona – Crema – Sarnico/Paratico – Iseo – Brescia18 jan 2026 Castiglione delle Stiviere – Desenzano del Garda – Peschiera del Garda – Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella – Verona19 jan 2026 Villafranca di Verona – Valeggio sul Mincio – Custoza – Isola della Scala – Soave – Asola – Viadana – Brescello – Suzzara – Mantova20 jan 2026 Nogara – Legnago – Rovigo – Adria – Monselice – Este – Abano Terme –  Vicenza21 jan 2026 Schio – Asiago – Bassano del Grappa – Asolo – Montebelluna – Castelfranco Veneto – Cittadella – Padova22 jan 2026 Chioggia – Stra – Treviso – Mestre – Venezia23 jan 2026 Musile di Piave/San Donà di Piave – Jesolo – Concordia Sagittaria - Portogruaro – Caorle – Aquileia – Ronchi dei Legionari/Monfalcone – Trieste24 jan 2026 Gorizia – Gradisca d'Isonzo/Sagrado/Fogliano Redipuglia – Tarvisio – Palmanova – Cividale del Friuli – Udine25 jan 2026 Pordenone – Conegliano Veneto – Vittorio Veneto – Valdobbiadene – Feltre – Trichiana – Belluno26 jan 2026 Ponte nelle Alpi – Vajont/Longarone – Pieve e Tai – Valle di Cadore – San Vito di Cadore – Cortina d'Ampezzo27 jan 2026 Tre Cime di Lavaredo – Misurina – Dobbiaco/Villabassa – Anterselva/Rasun di sotto – Bressanone – Bolzano28 jan 2026 Ortisei - Canazei - Campitello di Fassa – Sorega - Moena – Predazzo – Tesero – Cavalese29 jan 2026 Merano – Terlano - Appiano - Caldaro – Baselga di Pinè, Mezzocorona - Termeno – Trento30 jan 2026 Cles – Malè/Croviana/Dimaro Folgarida – Madonna di Campiglio – Ponte di Legno – Aprica – Livigno31 jan 2026 Bormio/Valdisotto – Madesimo – Tirano – Sondrio1 feb 2026 Berbenno di Valtellina/Ronco – Ardenno – Varenna – Menaggio – Bellagio – Morbegno – Colico – Mandello del Lario/Abbadia Lariana – Lecco2 feb 2026 Villa d'Almè/Ponteranica – Alzano Lombardo/Nembro – Seriate – Bergamo3 feb 2026 Dalmine – Capriate San Gervasio/Trezzo sull'Adda – Paderno d'Adda/Robbiate/Merate – Crespi d'Adda – Vimercate/Arcore/Lesmo – Seregno/Meda – Cantù – Cernobbio – Como4 feb 2026 Gallarate – Rho Fiera – Busto Arsizio/Castellanza/Legnano – Saronno – Seveso – Desio/Nova Milanese/Muggiò – Lissone – Monza5 feb 2026 Milano6 feb 2026 Milano (ceremony)

 Venues 

 For sports 













CityNameCapacityCompetitionMilanArena Santa GiuliaNome temporaneo dell'impianto, per il periodo dei Giochi. Ice hockeyCortina d'Ampezzo (Belluno)Cortina Sliding Centre Bobsleigh Skeleton LugeTofane Alpine Skiing Centre Alpine skiingCortina Curling Olympic StadiumNome temporaneo dello Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio, per il periodo dei Giochi. CurlingAssago (Milano)Milano Ice Skating ArenaNome temporaneo dato all'Unipol Forum, nome commerciale del Forum di Milano, per il divieto del CIO di utilizzare nomi sponsorizzati per gli impianti dei Giochi. Figure skating Short-track speed skatingBormio (Sondrio)Stelvio Ski Centre Alpine skiing Ski mountaineeringLivigno (Sondrio)Livigno Snow Park Freestyle skiing SnowboardingLivigno Aerials & Moguls Park Freestyle skiingPredazzo (Trento)Predazzo Ski Jumping StadiumNome temporaneo dello Stadio del salto Giuseppe Dal Ben, per il periodo dei Giochi. Nordic combined Ski jumpingRasun-Anterselva (Bolzano)Anterselva Biathlon ArenaNome temporaneo dell'Arena Alto Adige, per il periodo dei Giochi. BiathlonRho (Milano)Milano Ice ParkNome temporaneo dei padiglioni della Fieramilano, per il periodo dei Giochi. Ice hockey Speed skatingTesero (Trento)Tesero Cross-Country Skiing StadiumNome temporaneo del Centro del fondo e del biathlon Fabio Canal, per il periodo dei Giochi. Nordic combined Cross-country skiing

 For ceremonies 





CityNameCapacityEventMilanMilano San Siro Olympic StadiumOpening ceremonyPiazza delle MedaglieN.d.Awards ceremonyCortina d'AmpezzoPiazza delle MedaglieN.d. Awards ceremony VeronaArena di VeronaClosing ceremony

 Olympic villages 

 Milan Olympic Village
 Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic Village
 Predazzo Olympic Village
 Bormio Olympic Village
 Livigno Olympic Village

 Marketing 


 Emblem 
The logo of Olympic Games, for the first time, was chosen by the public. On 6 March 2021, during the Sanremo Music Festival, was presented two candidates, "Dado" and "Futura". "Futura" won after the public vote: the emblem consists of a stylized "26", written in a single stroke, imitating ski marks on the snow. Representing "sport, solidarity, and sustainability". 

 Slogan 
Official slogan of the Games was announced on 23 February 2025. This is "IT's Your Vibe": "IT" is also the abbreviation for Italy. Another variants of the slogan highlight the venues (like "Bormio - IT's Your Vibe"), the sports (like "Curling - IT's Your Vibe") and the sportsmen (like "IT's Talent - IT's Your Vibe").

 Mascot 

On 7 February 2024, during the Sanremo Music Festival, were presented Tina and Milo, the two mascots of the event. Tina and Milo were designed by students of Taverna, Calabria, with 53% of votes. Its name is the abbreviation of the host cities: MILanO and CorTINA. Tina and Milo are two stoats, symbol of innocence and purity. Tina, Olympic mascot, has white coat and moved from the mountains of Italy to the city to discover and explore new things; is passionate about art, music and nature. Milo, Paralympic mascot, has brown coat and is more creative and determined like the sister. It was born without a leg, but used this tail for walking. The different colour of coat represent duality and diversity and, for Organising Commitee, are the "first openly Gen Z mascots". The stoats are accompainied by the Flo, anthropomorfic snowdrops designed by students of Segrate, Lombardy. Flo are symbol of hope and resilience. 

 Song 
During the Sanremo Music Festival, on 5 February 2022, were presented the two final candidates, and a month later was announced the song, "Fino all'alba", singing by the Italian singer Arisa.

 Sponsorship 
Sponsors of the 2026 Winter OlympicsWorldwide Olympic Partners

 AB InBev (Corona Cero)
 Airbnb
 Alibaba Group

 Allianz
 Coca-Cola-Mengniu Dairy
 Deloitte

 Omega SA
 Procter & Gamble
 Samsung Electronics

 TCL Technology
 Visa Inc.Premium Partners

 Amer Sports (Salomon Group)
 Enel

 Eni
 FS Group

 Intesa Sanpaolo
 Leonardo

 Poste Italiane
 StellantisPartners

 A2A
 Emporio Armani
 Esselunga

 Fiera Milano
 Juniper Networks
 Pirelli

 Randstad NV
 TIM GroupSponsors

 Bauerfeind
 Eli Lilly and Company
 Esaote
 Fincantieri
 FNM Group
 Grana Padano
 Herbalife

 Intercom Dr. Leitner
 Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato
 IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige
 ITA Airways

 La Rinascente
 Prosecco

 Salesforce
 Technogym
 Terna Group
 Trentino Marketing
 Uber
 ValtellinaOfficial Supporters and

 Airweave
 CTS Eventim ()
 Eni (Versalis)
 Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug

 RGS Events
 Riello UPS
 SEA Aeroporti di Milano



 Venice Marco Polo AirportOfficial Hospitality Provider

 On Location

 Participating National Olympic Committees 
Participating National Olympic Committees 






































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 NOCs that are expected to participate in 2026, but did not in 2022.NOCs that participated in 2022, but don't yet have athletes qualified for 2026. 


















 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committee 
RankingNOCAthletes1137211131024925916897888819781053114512391338143515331627172617261922202121202120231824172417261527142714271427143110328336336336336336336336405405405434434434434434434493493493493493493493562562562562562562562562562562562562562562562562562731731731731731731731731731731731731731731731731Total1,567

 The Games 

 Ceremonies 

 Opening ceremony 
The opening ceremony will be held at San Siro, Milan, Lombardy, on 6 February 2026. Event is entitled "Armonia". 

 Closing ceremony 
The closing ceremony will be held at Verona Arena, Verona, Veneto, on 22 February 2026. Event is entitled "Beauty in Action". 

 Details 

 Sports 


















 Calendar 
OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony
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SunEvents CeremoniesOCCC— Alpine skiing111111111110 Biathlon111112111111 Bobsleigh●11●114 Cross-country skiing112111121112 Curling●●●●●●1●●●●●●●●●●113 Figure skating●●1●●11●1●15 Freestyle skiing●11111111112315 Ice hockey●●●●●●●●●●●●●●1●●12 Luge●1●1215 Nordic combined1113 Short-track speed skating1211229 Skeleton●1113 Ski jumping1111116 Ski mountaineering213 Snowboarding●121●221●1111 Speed skating11111111211214Daily medal events00058598978967876104116Cumulative total0005131827354451596874818996102112116February 20264th
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SunTotal events

 Medal table 

Broadcasting

 RTSH

 RTBF, VRT

 Grupo Globo

 BNT

 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

 Chilevisión

 Caracol Televisión, Canal RCN

 ERR

 Yle

 France Télévisions

 ARD, ZDF

 RÚV

 Raidió Teilifís Éireann

 RAI

 Japan Consortium

 LTV

 NOS

 NRK

 TVP Info

 BBC

 RTV SLO

 RTVE 

 Sveriges Television 

 Controversies 

On 21 May 2024 the Guardia di Finanza, Italian law enforcement agency, raided the offices of Fondazione Milano-Cortina 2026: association Deloitte was accused of corruption, irregular payments and irregularity of sponsors. Some venues were criticized, too.

Notes

References

Winter Olympics
Category:Scheduled sports events
Category:Winter Olympics in Europe
Category:2020s in Italian sport
Category:February 2026 events