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Bids for the Commonwealth Games is the process where Commonwealth Games Associations select from within their national territory cities to put forward bids to host aCommonwealth Games. Since the creation of theCommonwealth Games Federation in 1932, which successfully appropriated the name of theInter-Empire Championships to create a modern sporting event for themembers of the Commonwealth, interested cities have rivalled for selection as host of the Commonwealth Games.
What follows is a list of the cities that have bid to host any of the Commonwealth Games. 20 cities (including repeats) have been chosen to host the Commonwealth Games; four inAmerica, two inAsia, six inEurope, one in theCaribbean and seven inOceania. NoAfrican city has ever been chosen to host a Commonwealth Games.
The General Assembly of the CGF is responsible for deciding who will host theCommonwealth Games, 8 years prior to the games in question once all bids have been submitted. The selection process is made in accordance with the Candidate City Manual, as drafted by the Executive Board and made available to candidates 18 months before a decision is made. The federation then entrusts the organisation of the games to the organising committee, CGA, and government of the winning host nation or territory, including the security and finance, but is still monitored by the federation.[1]
| Games | Year | Bid party | Result | Final selection process | Note | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | CGAs | Date | CGF General Assembly | |||||
| I | 1930 | Hamilton |  Canada | Awarded to host theI Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [2] | |||
| II | 1934 |  South Africa | Awarded to host theII Commonwealth Games(moved to London) | [note 1] | [3] | |||
| London |  England | Inherently awarded to host theII Commonwealth Games | ||||||
| III | 1938 | Sydney |  Australia | Awarded to host theIII Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [4] | |||
| – | Canada | Awarded to host theIV Commonwealth Games(cancelled) | [note 2] | |||||
| – |  Wales | Awarded to host theIV Commonwealth Games(cancelled) | [note 3] | |||||
| IV | 1950 | Auckland |  New Zealand | Awarded to host theIV Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [5] | |||
| V | 1954 | Vancouver | Canada | Awarded to host theV Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [6] | |||
| VI | 1958 | Cardiff |  Wales | Awarded to host theVI Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [7] | |||
| VII | 1962 | Perth | Australia | Awarded to host theVII Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [8] | |||
| VIII | 1966 | Kingston |  Jamaica | Awarded to host theVIII Commonwealth Games(17 votes) | Rome | [9] | ||
| Edinburgh |  Scotland | Eliminated in the first voting(12 votes) | ||||||
| Salisbury |  Rhodesia and Nyasaland | Eliminated in the first voting(5 votes) | ||||||
| IX | 1970 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Awarded to host theIX Commonwealth Games(18 votes) | Kingston | [10] | ||
| Christchurch | New Zealand | Eliminated in the first voting(11 votes) | ||||||
| X | 1974 | Christchurch | New Zealand | Awarded to host theX Commonwealth Games(36 votes) | Edinburgh | [11] | ||
| Melbourne | Australia | Eliminated in the first voting(2 votes) | ||||||
| XI | 1978 | Edmonton |  Canada | Awarded to host theXI Commonwealth Games(36 votes) | Munich | [12] | ||
| Leeds | England | Eliminated in the first voting(10 votes) | ||||||
| XII | 1982 | Brisbane | Australia | Awarded to host theXII Commonwealth Games(unanimous vote) | 14 July 1976 | Montreal | [13] | |
| Birmingham | England | Withdrew during the candidature stage | ||||||
| Kuala Lumpur |  Malaysia | Withdrew during the candidature stage | ||||||
| Lagos |  Nigeria | Withdrew during the candidature stage | ||||||
| XIII | 1986 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Awarded to host theXIII Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [14] | |||
| XIV | 1990 | Auckland | New Zealand | Awarded to host theXIV Commonwealth Games(20 votes) | Los Angeles | [15] | ||
| Delhi |  India | Eliminated in the first voting(19 votes) | ||||||
| XV | 1994 | Victoria | Canada | Awarded to host theXV Commonwealth Games(29 votes) | Seoul | [16] | ||
| Cardiff |  Wales | Eliminated in the first voting(18 votes) | ||||||
| Delhi | India | Eliminated in the first voting(7 votes) | ||||||
| XVI | 1998 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Awarded to host theXVI Commonwealth Games(40 votes) | Barcelona | [17] | ||
| Adelaide | Australia | Eliminated in the first voting(25 votes) | ||||||
| XVII | 2002 | Manchester | England | Awarded to host theXVII Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [18] | |||
| XVIII | 2006 | Melbourne | Australia | Awarded to host theXVIII Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | [19] | |||
| XIX | 2010 | Delhi | India | Awarded to host theXIX Commonwealth Games(46 votes) | 14 November 2003 | Montego Bay | [20][21] | |
| Hamilton | Canada | Eliminated in the first voting(22 votes) | ||||||
| XX | 2014 | Glasgow | Scotland | Awarded to host theXX Commonwealth Games(47 votes) | 9 November 2007 | Colombo | [22][23] | |
| Abuja | Nigeria | Eliminated in the first voting(24 votes) | ||||||
| Halifax | Canada | Withdrew during the candidature stage | ||||||
| XXI | 2018 | Gold Coast | Australia | Awarded to host theXXI Commonwealth Games(43 votes) | 11 November 2011 | Basseterre | [24][25] | |
| Hambantota |  Sri Lanka | Eliminated in the first voting(27 votes) | ||||||
| XXII | 2022 |  South Africa | Awarded to host theXXII Commonwealth Games and later withdrew | 2 September 2015 | Auckland | [26][27] | ||
| Edmonton | Canada | Withdrew during the candidature stage | ||||||
| Birmingham | England | Awarded to host theXXII Commonwealth Games(sole bid) | 21 December 2017 | Birmingham | [28][29] | |||
| XXIII | 2026 | Australia | Awarded to host theXXIII Commonwealth Games and later withdrew | 12 April 2022 | Ballarat | [30][31] | ||
| Glasgow | Scotland | Awarded to host the XXIII Commonwealth Games after Victoria withdrew | ||||||
