( CNN ) -- The cities of Annecy , Munich and Pyeongchang will battle it out to host the 2018 Winter Olympics . Munich is aiming to become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics . The International Olympic Committee have confirmed they have received applications from France , Germany and South Korea ahead of this week 's deadline . The IOC will now decide which of the applicants will become official candidate cities , before they undergo a full evaluation process . The final decision will be made in July 2011 . France has hosted three editions of the Winter Olympics , most recently in 1992 in Albertville . Munich confirmed its run for the 2018 Games by officially launching the bid at the IOC 's headquarters in Lausanne , Switzerland earlier this month . Should Munich -- together with the sporting facilities in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Berchtesgadener Land region -- get the vote from the IOC in July 2011 , the scene would be set for another chapter in Olympic history . A city has never before hosted both the Summer and Winter Games , and Munich is now attempting to duplicate its success in attracting the Olympics back after hosting the 1972 Olympics . Pyeongchang formally submitted its bid last month . The city narrowly failed in its bids for 2010 and 2014 , losing by three votes to Vancouver for next year 's event and by just four votes to Sochi for the 2014 event . The runners and riders for the 2018 Winter Olympics were shortened earlier this week after China 's Sports Ministry decided against backing bids from Harbin and Changchun for the Games . The move signalled an about-turn from the authorities after September saw the Chinese government announce it would throw its weight behind bids from any of its cities for the Games .
Three cities will battle it out to host the 2018 Winter Olympics , the IOC reveal . Annecy , Munich and Pyeongchang are the trio in contention to stage the event . The three cities have been competing for years with a final decision expected by March 2019.