At the closing date of the receipt of applications to host 2006 Winter Olympics (formally known as XX Olympic Winter Games) on February 1, 1998, six cities had formally presented their candidatures to the IOC. The deadline for the receipt of candidature files was set at September 1, 1998. The Evaluation Commission proceeded with its visits to the six candidate cities in October and November 1998., p.7-8
In the wake of the 2002 bidding controversy, a new bidding procedure was instituted in 1999 to elect the 2006 Winter Olympics host city. After the six candidates cities made their final presentations before the members of the International Olympic Committee, during its 108th Session in Seoul, a new body called "Selection College" was tasked with selecting two "finalist cities" that would be subjected to the members' voting, in order to determine the host city. BBC News Sport Swiss anger at Olympic loss
Turin's bid ended up defeating Sion by 53 votes to 36. The other four non-shortlisted candidate cities that made presentations to the IOC were Helsinki, Klagenfurt, Poprad-Tatry and Zakopane.
The selection of Turin over Sion came as a surprise, since Sion was the overwhelming favorite in part because the IOC is based in Switzerland.
Final selection 2006 Host City Election – ballot results City Country (NOC) Round 1 Turin 53 Sion 36 Helsinki — Klagenfurt — Poprad-Tatry — Zakopane —
Proposed dates +XX Olympic Winter GamesIX Paralympic Winter GamesTurin4 - 19 February9 - 18 MarchSion11 - 26 February12 - 26 MarchHelsinki11 - 26 February8 - 17 MarchKlagenfurt11 - 26 February3 - 12 MarchPoprad-Tatry4 - 19 February4 - 13 MarchZakopane4 - 19 February6 - 15 March
Bidding cities City Country National Olympic Committee Helsinki Finnish Olympic Committee Klagenfurt Austrian Olympic Committee Poprad Slovak Olympic Committee Sion Swiss Olympic Association Turin Italian Olympic Committee Zakopane Polish Olympic Committee
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