Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics advancing nations can successfully host the winter games". He called to the OCI core values saying that letting Almaty host the Games was "a golden opportunity to showcase the real long-term power of Olympic legacy for a region that has never hosted the Games". In the final voting Almaty lost to Beijing by only 4 votes. On 5 November 2013, the Chinese Olympic Committee announced that it would submit a bid for Beijing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Beijing (where the indoor ice sports and the ceremonies would take place), was the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Zakopane bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics Hockey Federation was concerned with the logistics of holding the men’s ice hockey final in Kraków. During the 109th IOC meeting held in Seoul the final presentation was headed by Irena Szewińska. The Zakopane bid missed the shortlist. After selection, Zakopane didn't bid for Olympics, but Kraków bid for 2022 Games included Zakopane as venue for snow sports. Zakopane bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics Zakopane 2006 was an unsuccessful bid by Zakopane, Poland, and the Polish Olympic Committee to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was one of six candidates, but failed to be short-listed. The proposed venues concept