Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: Other possible host cities were Anchorage , USA ; Berchtesgaden , Germany ; Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy ; Lillehammer , Norway ; Falun , Sweden ; and Sofia , Bulgaria .
Simplified: Albertville was selected as host in 1986 , beating Sofia , Falun , Lillehammer , Cortina d'Ampezzo , Anchorage and Berchtesgaden .