The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has received a very positive response to the request for preliminary bids to host the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, which brings together the World Championships of all the events included in the Olympic Sailing Competition.

The first stage of the bidding process closed on 15 October and ISAF is pleased to announce that preliminary bids have been received by the following cities:

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kingston, Canada
Qingdao, China, PR
Aarhus, Denmark
Busan, Korea
The Hague, The Netherlands
Pomerania, Poland
Santander, Spain

Alastair Fox, ISAF Events Manager said, "It’s great news for ISAF and for the development of Olympic sailing that we have received preliminary bids to host the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships from North America, South America, Asia and Europe.

With Perth, Australia, hosting the event in 2011 it is clear that the ISAF Sailing World Championships is of great interest and value to cities from around the world."

An Evaluation Commission will assess the full bids received by 1 December 2010 and presentations made in January. Only cities who have submitted a preliminary bid are now eligible for consideration.

The final decision as to where the 2014 ISAF Worlds will take place will be made by the ISAF Executive Committee in February 2011 following the advice of the Evaluation Commission.